Henry Cole visits the 2015 Classic TT

Henry Cole talks Norton, introduces us to Mavis, and takes a trip to the Isle of Man to watch the parade lap celebrating Norton: The Rotary Years
First shown in Series 6 of The Motorbike Show

[@rodintoulouse3054]

More clips please! Love your work Henry

[@Paul-y7k]

Brilliant thanks I'm from the Isle of man Douglas ❤❤❤ glad you like it here, ya can't beat the smell of castlrol r oil my daily ride is a ninja 😂😂🎉🎉🎉😮😮😮😮😮😮 thanks HENRY 😀

[@capitalfagulhaenduro]

Thanks Henry, from Portugal 👍👍🇵🇹👍👍

[@martiniv8924]

Literally dozens and dozens of bikes have come and gone , but the Norton is a Keeper 👌🏻😎

[@Paul-y7k]

Them just Nortons were brilliant ❤❤❤

[@simonlunt353]

I could watch Henry all day you are the man sir 👍

[@dankorolyk5917]

Brilliant,can’t wait for more!

[@mikeymike3240]

Hi Henry, i really wish you guys would make much longer programs/videos, this is gonna sound corny, but you are one of my icons and I love the content of your videos, only problem is they are not long enough, I’m just really getting into it and…BAM…. It’s freaking over man, so come on, make em longer. Great video man. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@shirleyboy8859]

Always a delight to watch Henry.... Such passion is addictive.... :-)))

[@Paul-y7k]

As a MANXMAN ,I LOVE MY BIKES 🏍 2 STOKE 🛢 IN THE MORNING U AN SAM AN THE LADS R GREAT

[@DarkDays2023]

I love this show!

[@martiniv8924]

Watched Dunlop, Spray, and Nation race the Rotaries back in the day, awesome spectacle, two young chaps Hislop and Foggy battling out on the course

[@derekgray7716]

Please sir, can I have some more 🙏🏻✊🏼🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@G0ogs]

I must get back to the TT sometime.

[@tomgarney7700]

Please post the complete show.

[@sidewaysid]

RIP George I loved our chats, what a brilliant Man

[@butche54]

Cheers Henry thank you for the great videos. You need to do another ride in South Africa.

[@hakkalocken]

The Motor Car Act of 1903 meant that the speed limit in the UK at that time was 20mph. Racing came about on the Island because the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland (forerunner to the R.A.C.) needed somewhere to test and trial prospective British entrants for the 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup car race. The majority of the Public in the UK was hostile to speeding on open roads and the inconvenience and opposition that temporary road closures would cause was deemed too great. This is why the 1903 races had been held in the more rural Ireland. Founding member and organising secretary of the Automobile Club, Julian Orde, thought that the Isle of Man would be a suitable place to hold the 1904 trials. He, along with the help of his cousin Lord Raglan who was the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, started the process that led to the first ever motorsport event on the Isle of Man, the 1904 Gordon Bennett eliminating trials. The R.A.C. held its first event for touring cars (hence the name Tourist Trophy) on the Island in 1905. The Auto Cycle Union followed suit in 1907 with their own event for motorcycles, even going as far as to use the same Tourist Trophy/TT name. It's also worth noting that the car events were held on what were essentially variations of the Mountain Course right from the start in 1904, whereas the bikes first use of the Mountain Course was in 1911.

[@gingercat777]

Far too short, but great content.

[@Sam_Green____4114]

No the Isle Man TT came about because the British Government BANNED racing on public roads in the England ,Scotland and Wales and Ireland in 1905 because too many people were getting killed - riders and bystanders!!! The passed law didn't apply in the Isle of Man !!

[@l9jjp]

Thank you nice to learn something .Great comment

[@simonedwards5437]

Shut up

[@hakkalocken]

That's not quite right either. Racing came about on the Island because the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland (forerunner to the R.A.C.) needed somewhere to test and trial prospective British entrants for the 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup car race. The majority of the Public in the UK was hostile to speeding on open roads and the inconvenience and opposition that temporary road closures would cause was deemed too great. This is why the 1903 races had been held in the more rural Ireland. Founding member and organising secretary of the Automobile Club, Julian Orde, thought that the Isle of Man would be a suitable place to hold the 1904 trials. He, along with the help of his cousin Lord Raglan who was the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, started the process that led to the first ever motorsport event on the Isle of Man, the 1904 Gordon Bennett eliminating trials. The R.A.C. held its first event for touring cars (hence the name Tourist Trophy) on the Island in 1905. The Auto Cycle Union followed suit in 1907 with their own event for motorcycles, even going as far as to use the same Tourist Trophy/TT name. It's also worth noting that the car events were held on what were essentially variations of the Mountain Course right from the start in 1904, whereas the bikes first use of the Mountain Course was in 1911.

[@Sam_Green____4114]

Garbage! it's a s l said it my comment . There were too many people getting killed on British roads because of racing so it was banned !! @@hakkalocken

[@Paul-y7k]

As a MANXMAN U R SPOT ON STAY SAFE ❤🎉😂😮😮😮

[@martiniv8924]

Google F1 race at Thruxton ? and you’ll see what Stavros was talking about passing his loctite Yamahas 😁👌🏻😎

[@garyhardman8369]

Surprised you went for Norton, After the Stuart Garner embarrassment.

[@larbertman36]

This is quite an old recording made some years before the Garner debacle.

[@garyhardman8369]

@@larbertman36 Then more fool Henry, by not working in chronical order!