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|Years || [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1951]] |First race || [[1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix|1949 250cc Swiss Grand Prix]]

...(Tourist Trophy)''' is a [[motorcycle racing]] event held on the [[Isle of Man]] since 1907. The race is run on public roads with minimal protection for s Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials.

'''Geoff Duke [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]''' (born [[29 March]] [[1923]] in [[St Helens, Mer ...TT]] races. Duke came to prominence after winning the 1949 Senior Clubmans TT and the Senior Manx Grand Prix and was to become the very first post-war mo

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] ...rcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. He was also a four-time [[Isle of Man TT]] winner and won 13 Italian national championships.

...nufacturer. The company also manufactures [[shotguns]], although this part of the business is now a separate company from the motorcycle side. ...enelli Racing Team was in the thirties an almost unbeatable force. Picture of [[Raffaele Alberti]] and to the right [[Amilcare Rossetti]]'']]

...eir first prototype, ironically called "Vespa 98", in 1945. After learning of that that the name had already been registered by [[Piaggio]] for its [[Ves Following the death of Count Domenico Agusta in 1971 the company declined and by 1980, it stopped

...uropean manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production. Guzzi is now one of seven brands owned by [[Piaggio|Piaggio & Co. SpA]], Europe's largest motor ...ed the industry in ground-breaking innovation — for the greater part of its history.