Bugsy Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Tourist Trophy 1969Takes a while to load but well worth the effort.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zim Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Interesting film;Things have changed 'a tad'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Dang cannot see that with dial up.Did see today 8000 square straw bales were being taken to IOM for the TT as they don't make square bales on the island any more.Last time I was there Joey Dunlop overshot a bend and stopped feet in front of us. What a hero and so sadly missed.A mate of mine works for the IOM Council and looks after the roads one of his work mates is a marshall and we would view from a restricted area on private property - it was possible to go down the garden steps and if you reached out you would have been able to touch the riders as they went by the stone wall at 140mph plus. Thing was it was too scary to go down the steps more than once.One of my most embarassing instances was in TT week on the prom when I got a 4 line kite stuck on the war memorial - it was shades of red and a local reported it to the police as he thought someone had put a German flag on the memorial.Three police cars arrived and a crowd of many hundreds. Finally two fire engines came and retrieved my kite. I explained that they shouldn't pull the line as it is very thin Spectra which has a 300lb breaking strain - silly man pulled and the bayonet and end of the gun on the statue broke off.He gave me my kite back I slipped them £20 and legged it. It was all over the newspaper - very embarassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Great Stuff, good film and good result for Triumph in 750's, interesting comment about the 'other bikes' the cameramen were not allowed near, as Messrs Penny, Perris and Simmons discovered, they were coming and the writing was on the wall.Overall Fastest lap was Agostini (MV Agusta) I believe[8-|]I remember watching a lot of different Castrol films round about then; did Tony Pond ever make a 4wheel 100mph lap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 It made me chuckle, nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Sam Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Am I the only one who is having no luck trying to open that link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil & Pat Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 You might be able to find it here.Click on the playlist button at the bottom left of the video window, then select item 10, 1969 : Triumph.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Sam Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 [quote user="just john "]did Tony Pond ever make a 4wheel 100mph lap?[/quote]Yes in 1990 in a standard Rover Vitesse. He would have done it two years earlier if it hadn't been wet weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Sam Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Thanks Phil & Pat - sorted. Excellent film. As someone said, the Island has certainly changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Will we be seeing you riding your Triumph round Descartes Slippery Sam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 [quote user="Dog"]A mate of mine works for the IOM Council and looks after the roads [/quote]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSmSTpRUeLs[:D][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Sam Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 You may well teapot . It's a black 72 USA spec T150V with Rayguns on an IOM reg (for now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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