Saturday 9 June 2012

TRIUMPH WINS TT



The Isle of Man is possibly not the best place in the world right now. No racing to watch on TV so heres a great (and not at all biased) film from 1969, or is it ?

7 comments:

WhitelinePsycho said...

With or without those oversize Yanky exhaust thingies, te he he, hardly bised mate, they smashed it. I think a lot of fans of the 'approachable' marque tend to forget that, [even if they were from Small Heath], and they set records as well if I remember correctly. Great find mate, love it !!

WhitelinePsycho said...

* biased, sorry.

Volksrodpaul said...

Love it Pete

Anonymous said...

Great footage Pete, I like the bit at the end, and the rider having a well earnt fag at the end of the race. Cant imagine many of todays types sparking up a Lambert & Butler, I may be wrong!

OILY RAG said...

I say there were some cracking birds in that moving picture.
Did they used to race in the other direction( i dont mean backwards i mean anti clockwise)?

Pete Stansfield said...

It was actually 1971, when smoking was compulsory. Pickers got the birds but never rode anti clockwise Rob, why ?

OILY RAG said...

on old TTs the pits are on the left, of the riders and there is a tight, downhill right, hairpin, under the cover of trees.
Now when i see the TT, the pits are on the right and the hairpin is a tight, uphill, right.
ive never been to the Isle of man so maybe that explains why im so confused.!!