Ralph Bryans stopped at 'The
Gooseneck'
on his works 50cc Honda, during the 1965
IOM TT. These bikes had calipper brakes
on the front wheels (to save weight!)
Ernst Degner
on his 50cc Suzuki.
at the Gooseneck, 1965 IOM TT
Luigi Taveri on his 50cc
Honda.
at Gooseneck, on his winning ride
in the1965 IOM TT
250cc 6 cylinder Honda at Signpost
Corner, IOM TT
Phil Read on his 250cc square 4 Yamaha
breaking for Signpost Corner in the 1964
IOM TT
Mike Hailwood on the 'battered'
500cc MV 4
at 'The Gooseneck'. He had a spill dicing with
AGO at 'Sarah's Cottage' in the rain and re-mounted
to win the race. His screen was boken and his
exhaust's were flattened in the crash
Bill Ivy at Governor's Bridge
in his winning ride
on the 125cc, 4 cylinder Yamaha in the
Lightwieght TT.
Bill just missed out on being the first rider to
do a 100mph lap on a 125cc machine in
this race, lapping at 98.55mph. He was said
to have been hitting the wall's in place during
this hot lap.
Agostini on the MV 3 only won
the Junior 350cc race at 103mph!
Mike Hailwood, 500cc MV at
the Gooseneck
before his crash in
the 1965 Senior TT
(how I wish I had the negative
of this)
Phil Read on the 125cc 4
cylinder Yamaha
at Governor's Bridge in the Lightwieght TT
Jim Redman on the 250cc, 6 cylinder Honda
braking into Signpost Corner. 1965 TT
Another shot of Jim Redman
250cc, Honda 6. 1965 TT
Jim Redman on the 350cc 4 cylinder Handa
at Signpost in the 1965 Junior TT
My 'spy picture' of the
brilliant 5 cylinder 125cc
Honda built to combat the 4 cylinder Yamaha's
of Phil Read and Bill Ivy. Shot taken in the
paddock area IOM TT. The 5th exhaust came
out under the seat - Dunlop TT 100 tyre?
A couple of pix taken at
'Old Hall Corner'
Oulton Park in the 70's (before
'Armco'
and high fenceing ruined this
corner!!