TT races1962

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TT races1962

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I saw some of the footage from the very early races. Those bikes were big engines in a frame and the riders were wearing little protection. Nutters.
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Those helmets and goggles get me! Accidents must have been messy in those days. Balls of steel!
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Ask kiwi to dig out his video tapes of that year. The old boy would have been in his teens back then (giggle)
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Blade wrote:Ask kiwi to dig out his video tapes of that year. The old boy would have been in his teens back then (giggle)
Video tapes? laddie we used 8mm back then..

ANyway you're the same vintage ya cheeky git! (finger)
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PMSL (giggle)

Were clearly not the same vintage ;) "Laddie" haha, thats something me old Grandad would say (giggle)
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