These presentations are SO GREAT I think I'm gonna have to watch them all. So much great info and photos. Excellent narration. Superb editing. Great background music. Well done.
A very iconic photo of Jim Davis on the vid. Have you heard the partial audio interview of Jim Davis I think back about 25 years ago. Awesome to listen too. If you know of any other archive audio interviews of Jim, that would be great to know. Cheers.
Thanks, I did, I expanded the series from articles I wrote on my website ArchiveMoto.com. There are a few hundred others there and more videos to come.
It would be so nice to have collector books on different manufacturers as in those historical days. But most on amazon or similar are 2nd hand ones released. Quite expensive, but nevertheless great to own.
Why did the AMA designate certain races "TT's", is it purely a hommage to the Isle of Man races, or is there something more to it? Does anyone have a definitive answer?
My understanding is that the TT, or Tourist Trophy designated a “touring” bike class, essentially street bikes today as they used to be called touring bikes. The Steeplechase TT wasn’t all that common in the US, but featured an irregular track with jumps, so it was somewhat like horse races and open to more road going motorcycles. Reaching way back to the teens pre-AMA they classified the touring class as Stripped Stock, which if you look at the Isle of Man or even later Brit cafe culture, that was essentially the method.
