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1952 Lightweight TT
Winner of the first 250cc World Chamionship, Bruno Ruffo flies his Guzzi along the Braddan Straight in his only TT appearance, where he finished 6th

1953 Lightweight TT
Bob Geeson on Bray Hill with his home-designed and built ohc twin. In later years the REG was raced with success on short circuits by John Surtees and Derek Minter

earoling
Manx Grand Prix leader board man, long-time TT rider and travelling marshal Albert Moule demnstrates the clingability of the tyres on his v125 Mondial

The pavement-racing-line
Carlo Ubbiali teaches MV team-mate Tarquinio Provini the long, sweeping fast line round Parkfield Corner in the 1958 125 TT. He had practised the art of pabement raceing the previous year (inset)

The Gallarate four
John Hartle accelerates past the Grandstand in the 1958 Senior TT. A contemporary and team mate of John Surtees, he rode works Norton and MV

Memories
If you can remember when your bike was crated on, and you queued up in Finch Road fot your temporary Manx road fund licence - congratulations - you have reached a pensionable age

Bob Mac
50 years before John McGuinness broke the 130 mph barrier, Bob McIntyre took this 500 Gilera to unknown heights with the first ton lap

Manx Legend; Tom Thorp
Tom Thorp was never destined to reach the top spot on the podium Tom is seen here at Cronk ny Mona in the 1959 Junior; leading on the last lap, the engine expired

1957 Junior TT
Australias first World Champion. 1957 Junior winner Keith Campbell heels his Guzzi single through Union Mills

Breath man - BREATH
Terry Folwell looks overwhelmed by the Nursey Bends on the Clypse Course, practicing for the 1959 Sidecar TT

Hondas first year
" I herby avow my intention that I will participate in the TT race and I proclaim with my fellow empoyees that I will pour all my energy

The Pastmaster on his favourite circuit
Stanley Woods (350 Moto Guzzi). 35 years after he first raced on the Island, he returned to take a modern Moto Guzzi round on a demonstration lap during the Golden Jubilee races

Bill Barnett - Reynolds Tubing
Reynolds Tubing sent Bill Barnett to service the Featherbed frames which they had produced, but he was also pressed into modifications and reapiring all forms of racing metalwork

The first Honda - 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Naomi Taniguchi round the Manx Arms during Hondas first surjourn into TT racing - the rest is history

1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Ken Kavanagh (Ducati) at Parkfield Corner

The Moto Guzzi V-8
Conceived in 1955, the fabulous Guzzi V-8 was developed into a potential world championship challenger in 1957, only for Moto Guzzi to pull out of GP racing at the end of the year

1959 Lightweight TT
Siegfried Lohmann takes Parkfield Corner on his German Adler. He finished 10th. It was suggested the Adler design formed the basis of the Ariel Arrow

1959 Formula One race
Californian Ed La Belle brought this BMW and a Junior Norton for the 1959 races. Asked why he dropped the Norton in the Junior

Eight non-stop laps
Forget your four-lap dashes. In 1957, 41-year old Arthur Wheeler rode the eight-lap Senior TT non-stop on the 500 Guzzi single

Garage Art
Local TT enthusiasts / artist Norman McKibbins tribute to Bob McIntyre, pictured during the 1959 Junior TT

Memories of pioneering days
A conversation worth eavesdropping on. 1907 Twins winner Rem Fowler (left) and 1908 Single victor Jack Marshall compare notes, Taken atthe Golden Jubilee TT

Wakter - a BMW Zellert
Walter Zeller accelerates towards Bray Hill in the 1957 Senior. It was a last miute decision to fit the full fairing on the morning of the race

Francis Beart - master tuner
For many years the lime-green Manx Nortons from the Surrey tuning stable of Francis Beart were the fastest machines after the works mutis

The flying ace and the Manx ace
WWII flying ace Douglas Bader signs an autograph for triple Manx winner Don Crossley. Douglas, who briefly lived on-Island in his youth, was a guest at the 1957 Manx Grand Prix

Signpost Corner - 1959
What has changed in the last 52 years. The estate built behind the stonewall, road surface, riding gear including helmets - thats about the start of it

A BMW with a borrowed fairing
Florian Camathias and Hilmar Cecco take their BMW round the Manx Arms on the Clypse course. They finished second in the race and the world championship that year

TT comfort
TT, public, EX 1959 Cover

Sidecar Legends - Cyril Smith
Cyril Smith never had any luck in the Island, retiring in all 6 TT races he rode in. He won many Grand Prix and was 1952 World Champion. A 1957 shot with Eric Bliss

DOT - Deviod of Trouble - not this one
Peter Foster on Bray Hill in practice for the 1959 Junior Manx. The DOT, fitted with a Hogan-developed RCA engine gave so much trouble in practice week that he failed to qualify

A Scottish Formula Double
Glasgow Mercury club mates Alastair King (27, AJS) and Bob McIntyre (6, Norton) relax in the winners enclosure after winning their rspective classes in the 1959 Formula 1 races

52 years of Island racing
Arthur Wheelers Island career stretches from 1937 (Junior Manx Grand Prix), ending with a ride in the 1989 Classic Manx Grand Prix

Manx heroes - Alan Holmes
Castletown resident Alan Holmes used his local knowledge to good effect to win the Junior/Senior double at the 1957 Manx Grand Prix

Alistairs practice mount
It was a case of DOT and not carry one for Alistair King, who praticed on this Villers-twin powered DOT for the 1957 Lightweight TT. It failed to appear for the race

The last Manx Norton TT win
Mike Hailwood winning the last TT forthe overhead camshaft Norton, a power unit that was firstused in 1927. Norton;s last victory was with a very different engine

The only Japanese TT winner 1963-2007
In 1963 Mitsuo Itoh, who had been a member of the first Suzuki team from 1960, triumphed in the 1963 50cc. For 2007, he returned for the Parade Lap

1962 Ultra Lightweight TT
After winning the 1962 Lightweight TT, The King of Brands Derek Minter rode this production 125 Honda to fifth in the Ultra Lightweight

1962 Sidecar TT
All eyes on the starters flagL Max Deubel/Emil Horner (BMW, 4) and race-winner Chris Vincent/Eric Bliss (BSA, 3) anticipate the start

Ray and the RedPlum
Ray Knights account of building and riding theRedPlum, a Roal Enfield Meteor twin in an A.J.S. 7R frame

Suzukis first TT win
When Ernst Degner defected from East Germany, he took with him to Suzuki the tuning information which allowed the Japanese company to turn their also-ran racers to world champions

A Continental Circus Driver
South African Paddy Driver was a regular at Grand Prix during the mid 60s, riding for Tom Kirby. By his side at the weigh-in for the 1963 Senior TT is Geoff Monty, former rider and sponsor

Hondas first TT win
June 12, 1961. Mike Hailwood, Luigi Taveri and Tom Phillis relax in the winners enclosure after totally dominating the Ultra Lightweight race. Honda have won over 200 TT races since that June day

Bob McIntyre, the first rider to officially top the ton in 1957, nearly acheived that momentous feat on a 250 in 1962, failing to break he ton by a few seconds

1962 - the first year for sheds in the Manx
For 1962, the Manx Motorcycle Club allowed fairings to be fitted. Freddie Fisher takes his Reg Deaden Norton through Quarter Bridge

The Domiracer
No one expected the speed and reliability of Doug Heles works development Domiracer twin. Turning laps at over the ton, Tom Phillis fiished third behind Mike Hailwood

Beryl Swain - first female solo TT racer
Despite much opposition, Beryl Swain quaified for an Interntational race licence and took part in the 1962 50cc TT, finishing 22nd. Pictured at Bray Hill and (inset) receiving her finishers medal

All tucked in
Flat in top atthe bottom of Bray Hill. With everything in full compression, Wolfgang Gedlich gives his 50cc Kreidler all it has during the 1962 50cc race

Spectating
Wonder if the householder had liability insurance for this lot! The chap on the chimney appears to be calling down for tea and toast

1949 Manx Cup
The Little and Large of motor racing! John Cooper (996 Cooper J.A, P) passes the stricken 1986cc Aston Martin of St. John Horsfall

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