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Mapping the ISDT: 1967 Poland

As part of the preparation to trying to create a digital map of the original route in the modern times we are publishing a print of the event route for the event should any Polish readers or speakers be able to help us in locating a number of the places and tracks. More information can be found in the program for the ISDT 1967 event on the event page. Image – route map Day 1 Zakopane Poland ISDT…

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1938 NSU OSL 251 Sport

H & H are holding their beloved auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on the 9th December 2017. A number of worth period pieces for the inter war years can be seen including a BMW R35 from 1939 and a Velocette MOV from 1938 which appears to have had only two owners since new. photo – NSU OSL 251 Sport 1938 – (HH Auctions) My attention was however drawn to Lot 33, this delightful German NSU in…

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ISDT 1939: the movie

ISDT 1939: the movie

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, come inside come inside. The ‘Great Escape’ as it was known amongst UK ISDT fans, possibly the ‘Great Escape 2’ to those who are most familiar also with the events around the ISDT 1914, is one of the iconic events in the international off-road motorcycle reliability series dedicated to testing motorcyclist and motorcycle endurance where they…

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Mapping the ISDT:West Germany 1956

Mapping the ISDT:West Germany 1956

Thank you to our Euro correspondent SB for digging up a route map for the 6th day of the ISDT 1956. We have now loaded it into Google Earth to protect it’s history and provide a copy of the scanned map here for those studying the 1956 event held at Garmisch Partenkirchen. Image – The route of the 6th and final day of the ISDT 1956 to the east of Garmisch PartenKirchen If any readers have any…

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ISDT 1938: Final report and pictures from the Motor Cycle 21 July 1938

ISDT 1938: Final report and pictures from the Motor Cycle 21 July 1938

The Most Gruelling Six Days The Speedtracktales team has now acquired an original copy of ‘the Motor Cycle‘ report on the ISDT 1938 report. image – cover of ‘the Motor Cycle’ issue of 21 July 1938 with report on the ISDT 1938 (more…)

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ISDT 1956: Official event programme now on-line

ISDT 1956: Official event programme now on-line

With great thanks to our Euro ISDT expert we now have a scanned copy of the event programme for the ISDT 1956 which has been hand annotated to record the final starting list on the first day.   The program can be found at our issue.com library along with other programmes and magazine reports from the original events

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ISDT 1925: Miss L Ball & MissE Foley at Brooklands

ISDT 1925: Miss L Ball & MissE Foley at Brooklands

I am grateful to our readerStewart Ellison who drew my attention to this excellent photo taken of #52 Miss E Foley with her Triumph 499cc ohv alongside #64 Miss L Ball James 499cc. #52 Miss E Foley 499c Triumph with #64 Miss L Ball James 499cc [DM4687] at Brooklands circuit ISDT 1925 (more…)

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ISDT 1964: newly discovered event photos.

ISDT 1964: newly discovered event photos.

I am grateful as always to our Euro reporter SB who has provided these amazing snaps taken at the ISDT 1964 including some of the British team machines. I do not know the origin of these images and as soon as I know I will arrange a full credit. Photo – GB Trophy Team #222 J Sandiford’s BSA 350cc ISDT 1964 (Speedtracktales Archive) Check below for the rest of the images which are going to produce…

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ISDT 1939:Recently rediscovered images from the internet

ISDT 1939:Recently rediscovered images from the internet

More images from the Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe – National Digital Archive of Poland this set featuring moments from the ISDT 1939. photo – two riders at checkpoint #35 Ofeldw Forstner BMW 494cc of Germany #30 Fred C Perks BSA 496cc ISDT 1939 Germany (Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe) The ISDT 1939 was put on by the German Government with a view to demonstrating its army motorcyclists supremacy. The…

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ISDT 1936:Recently rediscovered images from the internet

ISDT 1936:Recently rediscovered images from the internet

Our gratitude to a reader Adam Sliwka who forwarded details of the Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe – National Digital Archive of Poland web site where an amazing library of historic images included a number from historic ISDT events. The images here are of the ISDT 1936 held in Germany. Of particular interest is the inclusion of images taken of riders on a very new Autobahn, one of the major civil…

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ISDT 1964: Painting of Steve McQueen at Erfurt by Jürgen Valdeig

ISDT 1964: Painting of Steve McQueen at Erfurt by Jürgen Valdeig

Sorry its been a while time waits for no-one and I’ve been struggling to keep up with a lot of things. Just checking through some old emails and I think I missed this one from our German contact SB who shares this image with us featuring the king of cool Steve McQueen. image – painting of McQueen on start in Erfurt ISDT1964 Jürgen Valdeig  is an artist (art painter). He lives in Erfurt. Mr.…

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The Lancashire Lampkin's and a charity ride Santander to Colne May 2016

The Lancashire Lampkin’s and a charity ride Santander to Colne May 2016

The famous Lampkin dynasty of off-road stars will be known to nearly all readers of this blog, all of them famous far beyond their home in Yorkshire. The family also has connections over the border in Lancashire. Photo – Graham Lampkin and BSA in 2014 ridden to Lerwick, Shetland and back from Colne Lancashire Graham Lampkin is one of the less well known Lancashire Lampkins and a regular classic…

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ISDT 1953: Huw Viney’s works 498cc AJS I've been lagging with a number of articles needing posting but here I've now put up a short article on the ISDT 1953 winning 498cc AJS ridden by Hugh Viney which turned up in auction in 2015 after its long term owner passed away.

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ISDT 1953: British Team rides to win the Trophy Again... but was it by the skin of their teeth?

ISDT 1953: British Team rides to win the Trophy Again… but was it by the skin of their teeth?

The British Team won the Trophy in  ISDT 1953 in Czechoslovakia and by now followers of the sport are aware of the following drought. We almost snatched victory in ISDT 1954 at the home rematch in Wales where victory was handed back to Czechoslovakia only by a Jury decision. In the subsequent years Britain has hardly lacked riders of the calibre required to pick up a basket full of gold medals.…

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Speedtracktales XMAS Present Bonanza 3 free ISDT Programmes to check out.

Speedtracktales XMAS Present Bonanza 3 free ISDT Programmes to check out.

Thanks to the generosity earlier this year of Brian Catt who started scanning his collection of ISDT programmes here are the first three that have been uploaded to our online library at issue.com Image – scanned cover Official Programme of ISDT 1969 (Greenwood Family Collection) Link to browse Speedtracktales ISDT programme library at issue.com. Sorry we can no longer embed ‘flash’ files in…

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Merry Xmas 2015 – snowy trials scene, Loggerheads Inn, Denbighshire 1938 In the distance are the famous cliffs at Loggerheads, at that time a Tea Garden owned by Crosville Coaches who ran regular trips from Liverpool.

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ISDT 1968: Event daily check times and schedule sheets

ISDT 1968: Event daily check times and schedule sheets

I am often greatly indebted to Brian Catt who not only feeds me first hand memories of the great ISDT events in the 60’s and 70’s because…. ‘he was there’. His personal ISDT and Enduro knowledge is almost as vast as his library of photos and books. I was therefore very grateful when he passed me copies of the road time sheets for each day of this event along with the schedule options. I am sure…