The Greatest Race on Earth. The TT is world famous, it is the last of the great challenges in motorsport and is the ultimate test of man and machine.

With increasing speeds a worry and constant technical innovations improving machinery by the minute, a fresh challenge had to be found. Little did the 1911 entry of 104 riders realise just what a ...

While the Italians continued to dominate the smaller classes, Norton held their considerable challenge at bay in the 1952 Senior and Junior races. Duke made it four TT wins in succession with yet ...

The Greatest Race on Earth. The TT is world famous, it is the last of the great challenges in motorsport and is the ultimate test of man and machine.

Steve Hislop, after the disappointments of 1990, was in a determined mood. In practice he had smashed his own course record unofficially at 124.36mph on his 750 Honda. Teammate Carl Fogarty, just ...

The Greatest Race on Earth. The TT is world famous, it is the last of the great challenges in motorsport and is the ultimate test of man and machine.

Interest in 1963 focused on the return of Gilera - with a team managed by Geoff Duke. The former world champion and TT winner had persuaded the factory to take their 1957 350 and 500cc four-cylinder ...

Mike Hailwood joined Gary Hocking in the 'private' MV team in 1962, which meant that he could not ride for Honda in the Lightweight races. In the 250 he rode a single cylinder Benelli, and in the 125 ...

The Greatest Race on Earth. The TT is world famous, it is the last of the great challenges in motorsport and is the ultimate test of man and machine.

The Norton-Rudge battle continued in 1932, but, once again, it was Norton who emerged on top, leaving Rudge empty-handed after their unexpected defeat in the Lightweight class. The 21st running of the ...

Six times World Sidecar Champions, Klaus Enders and passenger Ralf Engelhardt also gained four Sidecar TT victories between their debut in 1966 and their final retirement in 1974. The bare statistics ...