Lamacraft at speed

The last Pre-Second World War TT races are arguably among the most written about – certainly in the top half a dozen. The stories of the blower BMWs, V-four AJS, the Norton rear guard, Velocette Roarer, Moto Guzzi V-twins – and that’s just the Senior class, with DKWs, Benellis, Guzzis et al in the smaller classes.

Something else which happened at the 1939 TT series was the Isle of Man debut of the Velocette KTT MK.VIII, probably the best over-the-counter racer offered,