"The Right Crowd, and No Crowding". Never were truer words expressed. It was a perfect day.
Warriors at ease: the 1929/30 World Speed Record machines, last together in 1930...read the story here. |
Fantasy radial-engine bike. |
Photographer Dimitri Coste |
Triumph ridden by Frank Chatokhine, the fastest bike of the day. |
Jerome Coste of Ruby |
The sisters du Bucheron return to steal hearts... |
Aude Rageys, with her grandfather Roger Loyer's Velocette KTT, which she rides with great verve. |
Ah, the breakdown truck... |
La Planche a Dixie |
French design genius on display... |
Jean Marie Guic'arch, pen at the ready |
Sketching the Nougier 125cc dohc special |
The Nougier in question; note gear-driven cam drive. |
Supercharged MG |
Roger Loyer's TT Replica trophy, and the bike on which he gained it. |
Montlhery sits in a forest. |
New Imperials |
Steering gear and suspension of the Napier-Railton, which lives in the Brooklands Museum |
Primary Morgans |
The 'Crocodile', Sunbeam's experimental ohc racer |
The Southsiders |
Organizer Vincent Chamon; excellent job, mon amis! |
Super Kim; would you dare? |