TT outright lap record racing machines
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RE: TT outright lap record racing machines
Shaun. Yes, I know about Steve Cull. The list I posted did not want to be complete. Only, I need to know if the info(=machines and engine capacities) I posted are correct and to complete them.

About Steve Cull. If you look at page 111 of the book "Honda - The TT winning years" by the late Peter Kneale and our Bill Snelling, you can see a beautiful shot of Steve Cull at the approach of Brandywell during the 1988 Senior TT race. The caption says: "Steve Cull, on the ex-Joey Dunlop NS500...".
I think this is a mistake as Cull's machine (as you said too) was the 3-cilynders RS500 and not the 4-cilynders NS500.

P.S.
Of course about Hislop I meant 1990 and not 1999 as I wrote because of a "lapsus calami". I'm going to do the correction editing my post.
About 1980 and 1981 outright lap record machines:

1980 - Joey Dunlop (115.22 mph) - Classic TT
- racing machine: YAMAHA TZ 750
- engine capacity: 747cc.

1981 - Joey Dunlop (115.40 mph) - Classic TT
- racing machine: HONDA RSC 1000 ?
HONDA BRSC 1000 ?
- engine capacity: 1062cc. (for the RSC)? 996cc.(for the BRSC)?

Who can confirm the 1980 info and determine the 1981 ones?
(25-07-2009, 09:57 AM)Marco Wrote: About Steve Cull. If you look at page 111 of the book "Honda - The TT winning years" by the late Peter Kneale and our Bill Snelling, you can see a beautiful shot of Steve Cull at the approach of Brandywell during the 1988 Senior TT race. The caption says: "Steve Cull, on the ex-Joey Dunlop NS500...".
I think this is a mistake as Cull's machine (as you said too) was the 3-cilynders RS500 and not the 4-cilynders NS500.

I'm wrong. Also the NS500 is a 3-cylinders as the RS500. But the former is the work machine and the latter is the private one.
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