Dave Roper, the first American ever to win an Isle of Man TT, will be riding a restored 580cc Indian TT model v-twin in the 2011 TT. Roper has a lifetime of achievement in vintage racing, including more than 20 AHRMA national championships as well as his win of the 1984 Senior Historic TT on a G50 Matchless. Support the first motorcycle to ever win the Senior TT on the Mountain Course, the only American marque to win at the event and the only American racer to ever win the Senior Historic TT!
6/23/11 Here's another nice photo by Bill Burke of Richard Birch fettling the clutch as David Plant looks on at David's house in Bride, IOM. The Indian has great lines, doesn't it?
Yes, the bike looks the business and then some. It's no small thing to race a bike on the TT course - now or a hundred years ago. Your epic adventure really puts it in perspective. The juxtaposition of early 20th and early 21st century technology at this event shows clearly that a fast bike looks fast, even sitting still.
6/23/11 Here's another nice photo by Bill Burke of Richard Birch fettling the clutch as David Plant looks on at David's house in Bride, IOM. The Indian has great lines, doesn't it?
Yes, the bike looks the business and then some.
ReplyDeleteIt's no small thing to race a bike on the TT course - now or a hundred years ago. Your epic adventure really puts it in perspective. The juxtaposition of early 20th and early 21st century technology at this event shows clearly that a fast bike looks fast, even sitting still.