1969 Isle of Man TT part 4 of 4

Part four of the 1969 TT races

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Triumph
• Norton
• BSA
• Trident
• Rocket
• Bonneville
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[john289]

Aaaah yes, dear old me, pudding-basin Cromwells, slipping clutches, oil fumes and fading brakes...now THOSE were the days !

[lunmad]

Nicely put john289, I still think the sound of an old Brit twin takes some beating :-)

Thanks for your great comments.

[slize10]

@sparra1946 hmmm are you calling people from that time stupid?They where not dummer that we are they made quality bikes today bikes are worse in quality i can say becose they need the money when people need to fix the bike.

[sparra1946]

"These are not special machines, but ordinary production bikes..." Oh yeah? What about all the titanium inside the engines, forged pistons, bigger oil-pumps etc, and engines 'not quiet in the usual place', ahem, as the frames were made from better tubing anyway. Not to mention the odd bit of alloy-painted magnesium in places the scrutineer could see (unpainted elsewhere). But I'll begrudgingly take one off you if you were to offer it for free! Met Alec Scobie a few times, y'see. The stories...

[burnley5960]

Just goes to show the british bikes were more than up to it long live british bikes there is still nothing like them

[kombivw]

love this video but Triumph really should never have made that mistake in there own advertising. Bonneville was not named after the Bob lepan speed record . That was made much later. It was named after Johnny Allens speed record at Bonneville

[DBD34GS]

I was at the Highlander to watch this race. The good old days before I became an old man.( who still rides a Fireblade 954)