IOM TT TRIBUTE EXHIBITION
Since 1907, the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) has provided a testing ground where motorcycles and their components have been assessed under much harsher conditions than the average rider could ever expect to meet.
Success on the arduous and challenging TT course was certain to boost sales of the individual marques in the showrooms and enabled the British motorcycle industry to retain its dominance until the late 1960’s when Japanese manufacturers led by Honda introduced reliable, more modern looking and less expensive machines. This led to a rapid decline of what was an extremely important UK manufacturing industry.
The Northwest based Lakeland Motor Museum exists to collect, preserve and interpret motoring heritage and for the 2011 season has created an entirely new thought- provoking exhibition entitled ‘A Tribute to the TT – Riders and Machines’.
This provides a fascinating insight into the history of the TT by means of a ‘timeline’ and a ‘hall of fame’, which relates the astonishing achievements of famous competitors, including: Geoff Duke, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood, Dave Molyneux, Giacomo Agostini, Barry Sheene, Joey Dunlop, Steve Hislop, Bob McIntyre and the present day ‘King of the Mountain’ John McGuinness, plus many more.
The museum has ample tangible evidence of motorcycle heritage with over 50 fine examples of famous marques including models by Scott, AJS, Rudge, New Imperial, OK Supreme, Velocette, Norton, NSU and Honda.
The stars of the new exhibition include a 1993 Honda 125cc, ridden in the TT by the late Irish legend Joey Dunlop and various Honda and Yamaha racing bikes as used by the ‘Morecambe Missile’, John McGuinness.
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The well researched exhibition has been created with the co-operation of the Isle of Man Government, The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and Manx National Heritage. Highlights include continuous edited film footage from the 2007 video entitled John McGuinness – Breaking the Barrier; an incredible action packed story of the first man in the TT’s illustrious history to lap the 37.73 mile circuit at an average speed of more than 130mph.
Other interesting aspects of the exhibition relate to the Isle of Man’s diversity in terms of historical sites, industrial heritage, including the Laxey Wheel – the largest working water wheel in the world and numerous transport attractions including the Douglas horse drawn trams, the electric Snaefell Mountain Railway, and the Manx Steam Railway, which still runs as the longest narrow gauge steam line in the British Isles.
The exhibition will be open for public appreciation from Easter. The museum is open daily except Christmas Day, from 9.30am, closing at 5.30pm until the 30th October, then 4.30pm to the 18th February 2012.
Additional information available from Edwin L Maher, Lakeland Motor Museum.
Email: info@lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk | Tel: 015395 30400
