Special ! Motor Cycle Grand Prix (1969)

Special ! Motor cycle grand prix.
C/U of motorcycle No.59. Shots of motorcycles lined up in the pits. Various shots of mechanics making last minute adjustment to the bikes. M/Ss and C/U of bikes being filled with fuel. C/Us of cyclists revving engines. L/Ss of the bikes lined up on one side of the track. The competitors stand on the other. They quickly run across and climb onto their bikes as the signal is given to start the race. Several shots of the motorcyclists speeding away. Various shots of the 500 mile race in progress.
M/S Pan No. 52 and No 51. M/S Riders round bend towards camera. Pan with No. 52. L/S The finishing line. Three bikes flash past. M/S Pan another bike goes past then the flag drops. Big L/S Crowd of people round the winners. Camera zooms in. M/S Percy Tait, winner, with his corridor, Malcolm Uphill, is presented with laurel wreath. First, Percy Tait, then Malcolm Uphill.
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[@sicks6six]

Ride bike to the race with a pillion on the back (possibly mechanic or wife maybe son) Re jet the carb and race the bike then ride it back home. Them were the days.

[@andyb.1026]

I raced in that era, and never rode a race prepped bike to a National/ International meeting, neither did anyone else

[@stephenanderson4603]

Fantastic!

[@markchampagnie9401]

Unbelievable wicked...big shout to Steve Burns... kapppish 🇯🇲🇬🇧💯

[@northernspur6282]

Would those triumph 750,s be early Tridents ?

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

Probably with Dave Croxford, Percy Tait, Malcom Uphill, Tony Jeffries, etc.

[@4thinternational283]

There couldn't have been many 750 production bikes built in 1969.

[@louiseschultz5365]

1969 ?

[@lynngrantz7642]

2007 año

[@lynngrantz7642]

Anillo acredo

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