The unique motorcycling event celebrates 100 years of life, and death, with practice beginning on 26 May and racing on 2 June 2007.
Here's a selection of photographs - add your own smells and noise.
Two legends, both dead and barely known beyond their communities, but much loved and much missed - Mike Hailwood leads Joey Dunlop through a corner in 1978.
The Island's Greatest Racer, Joey Dunlop, looks out over his course, forever.
It is the unique 37.5 Mile road circuit which seduces the riders and spectators.
On the Mountain in 1911 and 2000
The Guest Houses haven't changed much since 1956 and nor have the riders - but the fashions and bikes have moved on.
The TT is nothing without its worldwide fan base who turn up year after year.
Read MotM's fascinating article in full
3 comments:
Mouth: you know what I'm going to say. Where's the pic of Steve Hislop? Guess you couldn't find a TT one to use. There's a shedload of ace track pics but I see these wouldn't have been suitable here.
Nice work though.
I wanted to give it a bit of a Joey focus, but perhaps there's room for a 2007 winners' gallery alongside the greats of the past at the end of TT week.
Maybe we could exchange pics and send to File come early June?
File - Big thanks for this. If you're not utterly teched out by getting this far, switching photos one and three will match the visuals with the text. And thanks for linking to the Big Blogger losing article!
Thanks again.
Very nice pics
I enjoy popping into the gallery when I'm too tired/lazy to read the good oil at the Corner.
Thanks Gov. Keep 'em coming.
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