THE TUNERS OF A GOLDEN AGE OF MOTORCYCLING
WRITTEN BY BILL SOUTHCOMBE
Published in 2023
For fans of the Isle of Man TT who want to reminisce about the golden days of the island road race, a new book is available detailing the great tuners from the first 70 years of the event and the bikes they tweaked.
Written by former TT racer Bill Southcombe, the 106-page colour book features race engineers from 1906 to 1974.
In total the book, collated together with late friend and racer Peter Williams, features 40 legendary tuners of Nortons, Brough Superiors and more specialist makers, from all around the world, who competed on the legendary Mountain Course.
CONTENTS :
Brooklands
The Isle of Man
The archers of Aldershot
Arter, Tom – Bailey, Les – Baragwanath, Edwin C.E. – Beart, Francis – Bradshaw, Granville – Brough, George – Bullus, Tommy – Degner, Ernst – Denly, Herbert – Dixon, Freddie – Driscoll, Pat – Fernihough, Eric – Flying Flea – Franks, Edgar M. – Hele, Doug – Kaaden, Walter – Kuzmicki, Leo – Lacey, Bill – Lancefield, Steve – Le Vack, Bert – Marchant, Dougal – McCandless, Rex and Cromie – Monty, Geoff – Moore, Walter – Munro, “Burt” – O’Donovan, Daniel – Petty, Ray – Pike, Roland – Pope, Noel – Potts, Joe – Pullin, Cyril – Smith – of Pegson, Jim – Staniland, Christopher – Thorp, Tom – Williams, Jack – Williams, Peter
The book is new. Hard cover. 106 pages, English text.
On the first page is a handwritten note of Bill Southcombe.