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Title: Breaking News, Guzzi Wins IOM
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on December 01, 2015, 06:32:26 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Isle_of_Man_TT


Geez, I thought the Stevage twins would have done better
Title: Re: Breaking News, Guzzi Wins IOM
Post by: SED on December 01, 2015, 07:40:44 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Isle_of_Man_TT

Stanley Woods was an amazing rider.  Notice he won both the Lightweight and the Senior in the same weekend!  Each of those races was around 260 miles long!  :bow:

Geez, I thought the Stevage twins would have done better

That's a couple years before the Stevenage bikes became twins.  Still 500cc singles like this:
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/shawnsci/IMG_2243_zpsqzt8eygd.jpg)

1935 is also the year that Ariel won the senior TT ridden by George Formby in the movie "No Limit".  Best place finish ever for an Ariel in the Isle! (though it was called a "Rainbow" in the movie.)   :grin:
(http://www.arielnorthamerica.org/motorcycle/hist8_comp/NoLimit4.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Limit_%281935_film%29
Title: Re: Breaking News, Guzzi Wins IOM
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on December 02, 2015, 05:46:20 AM
Stanley Woods was an amazing rider.  Notice he won both the Lightweight and the Senior in the same weekend!  Each of those races was around 260 miles long!  :bow:

That's a couple years before the Stevenage bikes became twins.  Still 500cc singles like this:

I should have known that, I owned a Comet for years.