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Speedtracktales V2.0: 1 year old April 2013
Map of Speedtracktales V2.0 readership for first year It was over a year ago whilst searching for some ISDT specific archive photo’s I was given a number of photos I had no need for. Such things are...
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ISDT 1936: official FICM Steward’s Final Report
We were excited when the FIM copied its archive collection of Stewards Reports and results still available in it’s archive. These have been very popular with site visitors looking at the download logs....
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Sidecars: A man with a chair – the age of the ISDT Motorcycle Combination
One of the great features of the ISDT for most of it’s history was the participation of the motorcycle sidecar. Our site’s visitors logs show riders like P Bradley with his Sunbeam outfit or Stuart...
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ISDT 100: Centennial Celebration of the first ISDT 1913 Carlisle, Cumbria –...
Just in a news release from Dot Jones with Centennial Ride news. The original emblem of the FICM International Six Days Trial April update. On Monday August 18th 1913 one hundred and sixty riders set...
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ISDT 1939 Re-ridden 2013
I was very pleased to find this email in my inbox recently and thought it would be good to share with those who may be interested or inspired to repeat a similar venture. “I just wanted to tell you...
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ISDT 1927: Report from Motor Cycling 24 August 1927
Thanks to our European man Friday ‘STB’ we have already had sight of ‘the Motor Cycle‘ report on the 1927 ISDT. Luckily a copy of ‘Motor Cycling‘ of the 24th August 1927 turned up on eBay recently...
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ISDT 1958 – daily route cards for 33rd ISDT Garmisch Parternkirchen
Again I remain indebted to my European Researcher and top ISDT consultant ‘STB’ who has allowed us to access these daily route sheets for each day of the ISDT 1958 from the archive collection of the...
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ISDT 1931: The first Italian Job
!931 was the first year that the ISDT visited Italy outright. Although other events had crossed into Italy before, by 1931 Italy had a good home Motorcycle Industry and the sport was popular and...
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ISDT 1938: Official Programme for the 20th ISDT Llandrindod Wells, Wales
I am really grateful to reader M Ryan who has been generous in taking the time to scan and send us his own copy of the ISDT 1938 Official Programme which can now be read on this post thanks to our...
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ISDT 1958: Official Programme of 33rd ISDT in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
Image – scanned cover of Official Programme for the ISDT 1958 at Garmisch Parternkirchen (Courtesy of the collection of the late Mr Harro Esmarch) This copy of the event programme is from a collection...
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Auction News: 1955 ISDT Royal Enfield Meteor Trials Sidecar of Brian Nash...
Delighted by the regular email from Bonham’s announcing their next classic bike Auction in Oxford on 15 June 1913 in association with the VMCC Banbury Run. I was pleased to see Brian Nash’s almost...
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Browse the online library of historical motorsport programmes and pamphlets...
One of our most reiable sources of material on the ISDT is the Technisches Mueseum Wien, The Technical Museum of Vienna which has amassed a considerable collection of historic programmes and pamphlets...
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ISDT 1961: report of opening days appearing in Motor Cycling issue of the 5th...
hello and apologies for the recent poor abandonment of service, partly due to a rather hectic race season backed up by some good weather that could not be missed. What have I missed whilst I was...
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ISDT: 100 Years 1913 – 2013
It is truly fantastic that in a world where so quickly established technologies come and go. The old becomes lost in a haze of moribund redundancy for a while before it may again be cherished. Not only...
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COURSE MAP: ISDT 1960 Austria
Always proving very popular with readers are any course maps that exist for the old events. Our latest discovery comes from our European correspondent who has provided a full colour scan of the...
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ISDT 1966: British Team preparation plan – PPPP
PPPP = preparation prevents pisspoor performance In the 20th January 1966 issue of the popular motorcycling magazine ‘the Motor Cycle‘ is an article written by Peter Fraser and covering the plans of...
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ISDT 1970: Official Results
I was intending in this post to cover an article by the British ISDT Ace the late Ken Heanes covering his experience as a rider in an ISDT in Austria. However a surprise gift by email from our Euro...
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ISDT 1971: Official Results – Isle of Man
The 46th ISDT in the Isle of Man have at last turned up thanks to a bit of overtime action on the FIM photocopier recently. Thanks to Marc and STB for fixing this up, so for those who lost their copy...
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ISDT 1949: Official Results and Stewards Report
It’s always extra special when an email brings in some news of bygone ISDT events that took place in Wales and today our European correspondent sent the official ACU results and stewards report for the...
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ISDT 1960: From a rider’s viewpoint – Ken Heanes
The ISDT 1960 ended in much controversy after extremely hard ground conditions created a controversial result which then changed on appeal to become even more controversial. The going was considered...
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