Wednesday, December 7, 2011

NYCvinMoto arranged a screening of 'TT3D Closer to the Edge' at Bar Matchless tonight, albeit in 2D. The film covers the 2010 IOM TT races, mainly featuring Guy Martin, but with plenty of face time with John McGuinness, Ian Hutchinson, and Conner Cummins, among others. The racing footage is superb. The film certainly doesn't shy away from the dangers and follows up on Martin's and Cummins' horrendous crashes in the Senior and Ian Hutchinson's crash later in the season in a short circuit race in England. Paul Dobbs' widow is perhaps the most remarkable person in the film and her love of the racing and the place after her husband's death there is amazing. I got to meet Kiwi Paul at the MGP in 2004 as he raced the Classics too, on a Matchless G-50. I highly recommend the film as it captures the beauty of the place and the allure of the races.
And, I got yet another dose of the IOM TT when I went to Dean Adams site Superbike Planet. He's posted some film of the '68 Junior TT and you can see perhaps the same bike I rode there in the video previously posted here. You can clearly see Renzo Pasolini on the 350 Benelli four, as well as Ago on the MV and Phil Read on the Yamaha and many others.
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Dec/1112071968iom.htm

1 comment:

  1. Hope to see "TT3D Closer to the Edge" if it comes our way. On another note, just picked up the Dec. issue of Cycle World w/article on Team Obsolete and The Matchless G50. Then found Motorcyclist Jan 2012 - there you are Dave, in the article "Me & My Bike"! LOVED the picture of YOU and THE MATCHLESS!!!
    Darleen

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