Great Idea !!

Hi Howard - that letter in Roadholder was also on the forum some weeks ago.
 
The Directors have started thinking about the 75th anniversary of the featherbed frame and specifically how Geoff Duke won the senior TT that year with a featherbed Manx Norton.
 
We are currently coming up with ideas on how to really recognise this 75th anniversary and what we will do in 2025.
 
So - we are on it and I'll share outcomes of our plans when ready.
 
Thanks - Paul.

...so how do we incorporate replicas? I think the more the better, especially in terms of the massed sound!

Howard, is your -59 Manx a 500 or a 350? Reason I ask is that I have a -59 40M made in a batch for John Surtees. Not his bike, the Geoff Tanner one. I've ridden it since 2018 in Swedish Classic events.

I participated in a Montesa Impala anniversary rally years ago in and around Barcelona and during the lunch break, they executed this.

In advance, they'd made a drawing on a scaled map and, using that, placed markings on the ground for bikes to be parked on.

They were all Impalas Howard. In fact, out of view many more were parked. I still have the participation tag on the Impala and my number was 337. It's a bit of a cult bike over there with pretty active enthusiasts. And they all ran too. In fact, those 175's and a handful of 250's were pretty fast. I remember the whole group overtaking an R6 in a couple of hairpins. They certainly knew how to find the throttle!

With eight Manxes, a 7 and a 5 will be possible, but I do like the fact those Spanish (sorry, Catalans) actually used a font and played with design. Who knows what will be possible! You might be able to make the Manx three legged logo too...

Cheers,

Tim

Celebrating 60 years of the Mini at Jurby museum. Fabulous collection of vehicles of all types including a motorcycle from every year of the TT last time I was there. Photo taken by one of the entrants with a drone.