Images Dated 5th October 2019

Roy Peplow - 1965 ISDT

Roy Peplow leaves the start for the first day of the 1965 International Six Days Trial - the bike would never be that clean for the next six days. Roy won a Gold

1965 International Six Days Trial, Roy Peplow, Triumph

Bill Smith - first and last TT rides

Liverpool rider-dealer Bill Smith rodse this Velocette special in the 1957 Lightweight TT. 43 years later he made his Island farewell ride on 1 a 400 Honda

1957 Lightweight Tt, 2000 Lightweight 400 Tt, Bill Smith, Honda, Velocette

Sally - a Manx Norton with a long history

Bob Dowty jnr heels his father's long-stroke Manx into Governors's Bridge. Bought for Bo snr in 1952, this was the machine that Geoff Duke took to Japan on his first visit there to gve demonstrations rides in 1960. Geoff gave a hint to the British motorcycle industry that the Japanese were capable of building fine motorcycles - as we all know