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The Magic of the TT

The Magic of the TT


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About the Book

There can be no better author to write a celebration of the Isle of Man TT than Mac McDiarmid, whose Joey Dunlop tribute book received outstanding reviews and sales success. As a former TT racer and the long-time TT correspondent of Motocourse, he has this race in his blood - he even lives on The Island. This evocative book presents a lavishly illustrated collection of themed chapters commemorating the greatest motorcycle road-racing event in the world.

Table of Contents:
The Manx government sanctions car racing on closed roads in 1904, the bikes follow suit with the Auto Cycle Club's Tourist Trophy; Originally a test of showroom machinery, high-tech confrontations in the 1930s, GP status in 1949 (lost in 1973), TT F1 Championship in 1977; Retreat of the old 50, 125, 250, 350 and 500cc classes to be replaced by F1, Production Superstock and Supersport classes; The amateur Manx GP, stepping stone to stardom; Atmosphere and logistics as, for a typical TT, some 40,000 race fans swell the local population of 72,000 bringing with them around 13,000 bikes; The great riders, the great rides, the tragedies; Appendices listing race results from 1907 to the present day.

About the Author :
A former editor of Bike Magazine, Mac McDiarmid has attended every TT since 1976, first as a fan, then as a competitor, and for the past 20 years as a writer and photographer. He edits the annual TT magazine Island Racer, writes TT reports for Motocourse and provides in-depth TT analysis for Motor Cycle News. He lives on The Island.

Review :
'indispensable' Motorcycle News 'Quality' Bike 'stuffed full of extraordinary stories about amazing people and remarkable machines' Classic Bike


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781844250028
  • Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
  • Height: 250 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 1844250024
  • Publisher Date: 13 May 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 250 mm


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