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Charles Rolls on the way to winning the Isle of Man TT race in a 20 hp Rolls-Royce, 1906. Rolls set up business selling French and Belgian cars before going into partnership with Henry Royce, forming the motor car and engine manufacturing company Rolls-Royce in 1904. The same year Rolls crossed the English Channel by balloon, and in June 1910 made the first non-stop double crossing by aeroplane. The following month he was killed in a plane crash. Charles Rolls on the way to winning the Isle of Man TT race <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Harry Collier on a Matchless bike, Isle of Man Senior TT, 1912. The Collier family founded the Matchless company in 1899. It was one of Britain's earliest motorcycle manufacturers. Harry Collier on a Matchless bike, Isle of Man Senior TT, 19 <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Sir Algernon Lee Guinness in a Sunbeam, Isle of Man TT race, 1914. Guinness failed to finish the race. AL Guinness in a Sunbeam, Isle of Man TT race, 1914. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Sunbeam at the Isle of Man TT Race, 1914. Kenelm Lee Guinness at the wheel of the car which won the race. Sunbeam at the Isle of Man TT Race, 1914. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Kenelm Lee Guinness behind the wheel of a Sunbeam c1913-c1924. Lee Guinness took the land speed record to 133.75 mph (215 kph) at Brooklands in 1922. His other achievements included winning the 1914 Isle of Man TT car race. Kenelm Lee Guinness behind the wheel of a Sunbeam c1913- <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Sir Algernon Lee Guinness at the wheel of a Sunbeam, (c1910-c1920?). Algernon Lee Guinness was a well-known racing driver who won the 1922 Isle of Man TT car race. Sir Algernon Lee Guinness at the wheel of a Sunbeam, (c191 <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Freddie Dixon and passenger Walter Denny, Isle of Man sidecar TT race, 1923. Dixon and Denny won the race on this Douglas machine, the first sidecar TT, add an average speed of 53.15 mph. The banking sidecar chassis was designed and built by Freddie Dixon. The complete outfit could be banked to either side for optimal cornering speeds. The sidecar wheel was mounted on a 7inch crank, raised or lowered by the passenger with the long lever in front of the wheel. Freddie Dixon and passenger Walter Denny, Isle of Man sidec <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Kenelm Lee Guinness and his mechanic, Perkins, with an 8 cylinder Sunbeam, 1922. Lee Guinness took the land speed record to 133.75 mph (215 kph) at Brooklands in 1922. They are pictured here at the 1922 Isle of Man TT meeting. Perkins was killed at the 1924 San Sebastian Grand Prix when their Sunbeam crashed. Kenelm Lee Guinness and Perkins with an 8 cylinder Sunbea <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Henry Segrave in an 8 cylinder Sunbeam, Isle of Man, 1922. He set the fastest lap of the 1922 Isle of Man TT race, but failed to finish the race due to mechanical trouble. Segrave drove racing cars in the 1920s as well as making three successful attempts on the Land Speed Record. He was killed on Lake Windermere in 1930 while attempting to break the Water Speed Record. Henry Segrave in an 8 cylinder Sunbeam, Isle of Man, 1922. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Matthew Park at the wheel of a Vauxhall 3 litre, 1922. Park drove this car in the 1922 Isle of Mann TT race, but failed to finish due to engine trouble. Another 3 litre Vauxhall came third in the race, however. Matthew Park at the wheel of a Vauxhall 3 litre, 1922. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Talbot Darracq in action, Isle of Man TT race, 1922. Talbot Darracq in action, Isle of Man TT race, 1922. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Alec Bennett at the Senior TT, 1924. Refuelling his Norton bike at the edge of the track. The spectators above him watch as he does so. A Boy Scout can be seen on the left. Alec Bennett at the Senior TT, 1924. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Alec Bennett on a Norton bike, in the Senior TT, Isle of Man, 1925. Riding the number 11 bike. Alec Bennett on a Norton bike, in the Senior TT, Isle of Man <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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1926 Douglas motorbike, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1961. The machine is pictured at the Vintage Motor Cycle Club's 5th TT Rally. Douglas motorcycles were popular in the 1920s, with owners including King George V. 1926 Douglas motorbike, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1961. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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FW Dixon with a HRD motorbike, 1927. Sitting on his bike smoking a cigarette. Dixon was the winner of the 1927 Junior 350cc race at the Isle of Man TT. HRD bikes were founded by Howard Raymond Davies, who used his initials for the name. FW Dixon with a HRD motorbike, 1927. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Jimmy Guthrie riding a Norton, (1930s?). A man kneels by the side of the bike inspecting it. The man dressed in a suit but without a hat is a French importer. Guthrie was a Norton works rider from 1931 to 1937, and was six times winner at the Isle of Man TT. Jimmy Guthrie riding a Norton, (1930s?). <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Jimmy Guthrie on Norton motorcycle, Isle of Man Senior TT Race, 1932. Guthrie finished the race in second place, behind another Norton ridden by Stanley Woods. Jimmy Guthrie won a total of six TT victories between 1923 and 1937, and was a Norton works rider from 1931. He was unfortunately killed at the German Grand Prix in 1937, and a memorial to him is sited at the point on the TT course where he retired from his last race in the event. Jimmy Guthrie on Norton motorcycle, Isle of Man Senior TT <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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George Eyston at the Isle of Man TT, 1933. Eyston came third in the race, driving an Alfa Romeo Monza. As well as competing in races, Eyston set numerous speed records. George Eyston at the Isle of Man TT, 1933. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Wal Handley at the Junior TT, Isle of Man, 1933. Handley skids and comes off his Velocette as the crowd looks on. He remounted his machine to finish seventh. Handley won four victories in his TT career. Wal Handley at the Junior TT, Isle of Man, 1933. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Bugatti in a race on the Isle of Man, 1933. Bugatti in a race on the Isle of Man, 1933. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Stanley Woods on a 498cc Moto Guzzi bike, Isle of Man Senior TT, 1935. This was his most famous win. He was expected to stop at the end of the sixth lap for fuel, however he carried on racing and beat Jummy Guthrie by just four seconds to win the race. Stanley Woods on a 498cc Moto Guzzi bike, Isle of Man Sen <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Ted Mellors winning the Lightweight TT Isle of Man race, on a 1939 Benelli, 1939. Benellie was founded in 1911, and is the oldest European motor-bike marque still in activity. Ted Mellors winning the Lightweight TT Isle of Man race, on <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Lightweight TT Race at Isle of Man<br>The massed start of the lightweight TT which was won by M Barrington on a Moto Guzzi<br>18th June 1949
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M Barrington on a Moto Guzzi bike, Isle of Man TT, 1949. Barrington was the winner of the 250cc class. M Barrington on a Moto Guzzi bike, Isle of Man TT, 1949. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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The start of the Senior TT trophy race at the Isle of Man. H L Daniell, is first to start (Norton No 1), others followed at 10 second intervals.<br>10th June 1950
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Competitors passing Ramsay Town Square at speed. Number 69 is W. J. Evans on AJS and number 90 is C.F. Brett on Velocette.<br>TT races at Isle of Man - 7th June 1950
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A Norton in action in the Isle of Man TT, 1950. Geoff Duke rode Norton to victory in the Senior TT and second place in the Junior race that year. A Norton in action in the Isle of Man TT, 1950. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Isle of Man Senior TT, 1951. Spectators have already turned to watch for the next rider as the competitor in the picture speeds past. The 1951 Senior TT was won by Geoff Duke riding a Norton. Isle of Man Senior TT, 1951. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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John Surtees with Norton motorcycles, 1954. Surtees rode these machines in the Isle of Man TT races in 1954 , finishing 11th in the Junior race and 15th in the Senior. Over his TT racing career he won on six occasions. In 1960, Surtees moved from motorcycles to car racing, and remains the only man to have been world champion in both. John Surtees with Norton motorcycles, 1954. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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South African motorcyclist Ray Amm, breaks lap record in junior TT on a Norton 23 minutes 56 seconds an average speed of 94.61 mph at the<br> Isle of Man <br>June 14th 1954
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Rupert Hollaus on bike number 23, Carlo Ubbiali on bike number 7, 1954. Hollaus is leading on a NSU, with Ubbiali following him on an MV Agusta, as they take the corner during the 1954 Isle of Man Ultra-Lightweight TT. They went on to finish first and second respectively. Rupert Hollaus on bike number 23, Carlo Ubbiali on bike num <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Douglas, Isle of man: Geoff Duke, riding an Italian Gilera (493) round the bend at Governor's Bridge during the Senior TT. Duke smashed all records to win his third Senior TT in 2-43-49 4/5 at an average speed of 97.93 MPH.<br>13 June 1955
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John Surtees on an MV Agusta, Isle of Man Senior TT, 1956. Surtees came first in this race. He was the only man to ever win a World Drivers' Championship on two and four wheels. He competed in 15 TT races and finished in all except the 1956 Junior. At the end of the 1960 season, he decided to finish his motorcycling career and turned to four wheels, going on to win the F1 World Drivers Championship. John Surtees on an MV Agusta, Isle of Man Senior TT, 1956 <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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John Surtees on an MV Agusta, Waterworks Corner, Isle of Man Senior TT, 1956. Surtees came first in this race. He was the only man to ever win a World Drivers' Championship on two and four wheels. He competed in 15 TT races and finished in all except the 1956 Junior. At the end of the 1960 season, he decided to finish his motorcycling career and turned to four wheels, going on to win the F1 World Drivers Championship. John Surtees on an MV Agusta, Waterworks Corner, Isle of <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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BMW Motorbike and sidecar combination, 1957. Germany's Fritz Hillebrand and Manfred Grunwald, the 1957 125cc World Sidecar Champions in action. Grunwald leans out to keep the machine balanced as it negotiates an S-bend. They won the Isle of Man Sidecar TT in both 1956 and 1957. Hillebrand was killed when the pair were involved in an accident in a race at Bilbao, Spain at the end of the 1957. As a result Grunwald then retired. BMW Motorbike and sidecar combination, 1957. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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McIntyre takes an S-bend.<br>This picture well illustrated the tight bend at Quarter Bridge as Scotland's Bob McIntyre, on a Gilera 500, taken in in the Senior International Tourist Trophy Motorcycle race at the Isle of Man 7th June 1957<br>He broke the race record with an average speed of 98.99 miles per hour. He also broke the lap record by being the first person to make a lap at the average of 100 mph. Later he set the new lap record of 101.03 mph.
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John Surtees racing an MV Agusta, 1958. He won the Junior and Senior Isle of Man TT races in this year, as well as winning the 500cc world championship for MV. He was the only man to ever win a World Drivers' Championship on two and four wheels. He competed in 15 TT races and finished in all except the 1956 Junior. At the end of the 1960 season, he decided to finish his motorcycling career and turned to four wheels, going on to win the F1 World Drivers Championship. John Surtees racing an MV Agusta, 1958. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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South African Jim Redman at Quarter Uridge on the first lap of the senior TT race in the Isle of Man. It was won by John Surtees<br>7th June 1958
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Isle of Man Senior TT Race, 1958. Arthur Wheeler, on an AJS is closely pursued into a corner by two Nortons. Wheeler finished 35th in the race, which was won by John Surtees on an MV Agusta. Nortons filled the next 8 places. Isle of Man Senior TT Race, 1958. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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BMW Motorbike and sidecar combination, 1958. The 1958 and 1959 125cc World Sidecar Champions, Walter Schneider (driving) and Hans Strauss, of Germany. They also won the Isle of Man Sidecar TT in 1958 and 1959. BMW Motorbike and sidecar combination, 1958. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Isle of Man: Japanese rider Taniguchi on a Honda machine racing round the Manx track in the TT race at Douglas on 3rd June 1959.
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John Surtees winning the Isle of Man Junior TT, on an MV Agusta, 1959. He was the only man to ever win a World Drivers' Championship on two and four wheels. He competed in 15 TT races and finished in all except the 1956 Junior. At the end of the 1960 season, he decided to finish his motorcycling career and turned to four wheels, going on to win the F1 World Drivers Championship. John Surtees winning the Isle of Man Junior TT, on an MV A <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Isle of Man: Ken Kavanagh, Austalian ace rider and a TT wnner, takes a keen interest in the Honda, Japanese 125 cc machines, which the Japanese team are riding in this year's races.<br>27th May 1959
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Isle of Man: N Taniguchi of Japan takes the corner at speed, riding a 125cc Japanese honda. He is competing in the forthcoming TT races.<br>27th May 1959
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The fastest member of the Japanese team Taniguchi, rides a Japanese Honda 125 cc machine over the Clypse course here, preparing for the TT races.<br>27th May 1959
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Isle of Man: N Taniguchi of Japan takes the corner at speed, riding a 125cc Japanese honda. He is competing in the forthcoming TT races.<br>27th May 1959
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Isle of Man: The members of the Japanese team, here to compete in the TT races, chat with mechanics after their first official practice. They are riding Japanese Honda, 125cc machines in the races.<br>27th May 1959
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Isle of Man: One of the Japanese team members T Tanaka speeds round thes maller Clypse circuit here on a Japanese Honda 125cc machine, rehearsing for the TT races.<br>27th May 1959
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Isle of Man: N Taniguchi, one of the members of the Japanese motorbike team here for the TT races has a technical discussion with the chief mechanic. They are riding Honda machines in the races.<br>27th May 1959<br>
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John Hartle winning the Isle of Man Junior TT, on an MV Agusta, 1960. John Hartle winning the Isle of Man Junior TT, on an MV Ag <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Mike Hailwood, riding a Norton, won the Senior International TT motorcycle race in the Isle of man. He is the only man ever to win three TT races in one week. View of the start of the Senior TT.<br>17th June 1961
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Bob McIntyre on a Honda, racing in the Isle of Man Junior TT, 1961. In 1957 he was the first man to do a lap at just over 100mph. Bob McIntyre on a Honda, racing in the Isle of Man Junior T <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Japanese machines enjoyed a great sucess in the two lightweight solo events during the frist day of the Tourist Trophy Race at Douglas, Isle of Man,. Honda machines took the first three placings in both the 125 and 250 cc race. Mike Hailwood won both events.<br><br>Picture shows: Japanese rider N. Taniguchi, riding a Japanese Honda during the TT in the Isle of Man<br>13th June 1961
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Japanese machines enjoyed a great success in the two lightweight solo events during the first day of the Tourist Trophy Race at Douglas, Isle of Man. Honda machines took the first three placings in both the 125 and 250 cc races. Picture shows: Bob McIntyre cornering on his Honda machine during the 250 cc race. McIntyre, of Scotland, led for most of the way, but his engine failed on the last lap to let Hailwood ride to victory.<br>June 1961
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K. Burkhardt leans out over the chair as F. Scheidegger takes the bend out of the Governor's Bridge on the second lap of the sidecar event at the motor cycle TT races in the Isle of Man.<br>12th June 1961
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Luigi Taveri (6) of Switzerland, rounds Govbernors Corner on his Honda on the second lap of the 125 cc lightweight race which he won over the TT mountain circuit, Isle of Man 6th June 1962.
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Switzerland's Luigi Taveri riding a Honda, speeding out of the dip at Governor's Bridge on his final lap to win the 125 cc Lightweight race on the Isle of Man TT course.<br>7th June 1962
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The 1st, 2nd and 3rd seen in the paddock after winning the 125 cc TT race on the Isle of Man. 1st was Luigi Taveri (no 6), of Switzerland, 2nd Tommy Robb (no 8) from Ireland and 3rd Tom Phillis (No 5) from Australia who was killed later yesterday in the Junior (350cc) TT race.<br>7th June 1962
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Jim Redman (right), shakes hands with Japan's Fumio Ito after winning the 250 cc lightweight TT race in the Isle of Man on one of the new Honda four-cylinder machines.<br>10th June 1963
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Isle O Man: Beryl Swain riding her 50c.c Itom Motorcycle in the 50 c.c. TT on the Isle Of Man in June 1962. Beryl was the first women to race a solo in a TT Race.<br>7 February 1963
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Isle of Man: Jim Redman pictured at speed on his new four-cylinder Honda during the 250cc TT lightweight race here. <br>11th June 1963
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Luigi Taveri, of Switzerland, riding a Japanese Honda, pictured at Governor's bridge during the lightweight 125 cc International Tourist Trophy race over the mountain circuit on the Isle of Man.<br>11th June 1964
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Douglas, Isle Of Man: Japan's 1. Morishita pictured in action on his 50 c.c. Suzuki during the 50 - cc International Event in the 1964 T.T. Races here today. Morishita finished third behind Ralph Bryans of Ireland on a Honda, second, and New Zealander Hughie Anderson, who raced his Suzuki into first place with a record average speed of 80,64 MPH.<br>12 June 1964
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Jim Redman skids to victory on his Honda during the race on the Isle of Man<br>9th June 1964
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Douglas, Isle Of Man: Ireland's Ralph Bryans, on a Honda, comes out of Governor's Bridge just ahead of Japan's I. Morishita, on a Suzuki during the 50-cc International Event in the 1964 T.T. races here today. Winner of the event, in a record average time of 80.64 MPH was New Zealander Hughie Anderson on a Suzuki, with Bryans second and Morishita third.<br>12 June 1964
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Douglas, Isle Of Man: Ireland's Ralph Bryans, on a Honda, comes out of Governor's Bridge just ahead of Japan's I. Morishita, on a Suzuki during the 50-cc International Event in the 1964 T.T. races here today. Winner of the event, in a record average time of 80.64 MPH was New Zealander Hughie Anderson on a Suzuki, with Bryans second and Morishita third.<br>12 June 1964
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Isle of Man: Mechanics at work in the pits of the Japanese honda machines before the start of the lightweight 125cc international tourist trophy race on the Isle of Man.<br><br>1oth June 1964
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Mike Hailwood, on an MV Agusta, winner of the Isle of Man Senior TT, 1964. Known as Mike the Bike, he won his first World Championship at the age of twenty one. He won nine World Championships, 76 Grand Prix wins and fourteen Isle Of Man TT races. In 1967 he turned to motor racing. Mike Hailwood, on an MV Agusta, winner of the Isle of Man <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Isle of Man: It looks like a secret meeting is staged on the Isle fo Man yesterday as these men huddle on the grass. They are Honda mechanics from Japan who are currently on the island for the annual tourist trophy races which commenced today.<br>14th June 1965
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Douglas, Isle of Man: Britian's Mike Hailwood, motor cycle World Champion pictured her 14th June 1965.<br>13 December 1965
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Isle of man, United Kingdom: Italy's G. Milani (No 34) sits on his 248 Aernacchi in pit area here during yesterday's pre-race examination for today's Tourist Trophy Races.<br>14 June 1965
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Isle of man, United Kingdom: A. Pagani (7) is shown at yesterday's pre-race examination in the pit area her in readiness for today's Tourist Trophy Races. Pagani hails from Italy.<br>14 June 1965
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Isle of man, United Kingdom: wearing black leather racing gear, Lord Snowdon, husband of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, takes a bend on a powerful motorcycle on the Tourist Trophy Circuit here yesterday. Behind Lord Snowdon is Dennis Craine a well known local Grand Prix rider.<br>Lord Snowdon kept his speed down to 90 M.P.H.<br>After his spin around the T.T. course Lord Snowdon (right) talks to Dennis Craine.<br>7 July 1965
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Isle of man, United Kingdom: wearing black leather racing gear, Lord Snowdon, husband of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, takes a bend on a powerful motorcycle on the Tourist Trophy Circuit here yesterday. Behind Lord Snowdon is Dennis Craine a well known local Grand Prix rider.<br>Lord Snowdon kept his speed down to 90 M.P.H.<br>7 July 1965
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Assen, Holland: Britain Mike Hailwood (N0 . 1), worlds motor cycling champion, riding a four-cylinder Italian M.V., closely follows team mate Giacomo Agostini (N0.2) as they round a bend during Senior Dutch T.T. Race at Assen, June 26th, Hailwood, who won the recent Isle of Man Senior T.T., for the third successive year, set up a new record when he won the event after a great duel with Agostini. His time for the 96.6-mile race was duel with Agostini. His time for the 96.6-miles race was 64:59.6 seconds - An average of 88.4 M.P.H.<br>29 June 1965
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Ultra-Lightweight TT race, Isle of Man, 1966. Spectators occupy whatever vantage point they can find as Hugh Anderson crosses Governors Bridge on his Suzuki 125 on his way to claiming third place. Ultra-Lightweight TT race, Isle of Man, 1966. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Douglas Isle of Man: Giacomo Agostini, 24, from Italy pictured with his trophy after winning Wednesday's International Junior 350cc tourist trophy race on an Italian M V Augusta. He won the event with a record average speed of 100MPH<br>3rd September 1966
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Giacomo Agostini on bike number 6, Tom Dickie on bike number 3, Isle of Man Junior TT, 1968. Negotiating the Quarter Bridge. Agostini is racing a MV Agusta, Dickie a Petty Norton. Giacomo Agostini on bike number 6, Tom Dickie on bike numb <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Sidecar TT race, Isle of Man, 1970. This motorcycle and sidecar combination are airborne as they cross Ballaugh Bridge on the TT circuit. Sidecar TT race, Isle of Man, 1970. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Yamaha - Graham Cannell - Isle of Man TT races - ©TopFoto
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