The 1927 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy

Isle of Man TT

The International Isle of Man TT Race is a motorcycle racing event held on the Isle of Man and was for many years the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world...

saw more changes occur with a fatal accident during practice to Archie Birkin

Archie Birkin

Charles Archibald Cecil "Archie" Birkin was a British motorcycle racer, brother of Tim Birkin, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s.-Background and family:...

, a brother to Tim Birkin

Henry Birkin

Sir Henry Ralph Stanley "Tim" Birkin, 3rd Baronet was a British racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s.-Background and family:...

 of the Bentley Boys fame. The corner in Kirk Michael

Michael District

Michael Sheading is a sheading in the Isle of Man and has, according to the 2006 census, 1,640 residents . It is a mainly agricultural area on the west coast of the island. It is also a House of Keys constituency...

 where the accident occurred was renamed Birkins Bend and from 1928 practice sessions were held on closed-roads. In the 1927 Junior TT

Junior TT

The Junior TT is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June...

 Race the retirement of Wal L. Handley on the last-lap handed the victory to Freddie W Dixon

Freddie Dixon

Frederick William Dixon was an English motorcycle racer and racing car driver. He was the designer of the motorcycle and banking sidecar system. He was also one of the few motorsport competitors to have been successful on two, three and four wheels. He was twice awarded the BRDC Gold Star...

, riding a HRD

HRD Motorcycles

HRD Motors Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturer in the 1920s. It was founded by Howard Raymond Davies. He had worked in motorcycling, and had raced with some success in the mid-twenties, but often not finishing due to unreliability. This inspired him to build a reliable performance motorcycle,...

 motorcycle, winning at an average speed of 67.19 mi/h.

In the 1927 Lightweight TT Race, Wal L. Handley won the 7 lap race in 4 hours 10 minutes and 23 seconds, at an average speed of 63.3 mi/h. A slipping clutch for Stanley Woods

Stanley Woods

Stanley Woods Dublin, an Irish motorcycle racer famous for 29 motorcycle Grand Prix wins and winning the Isle of Man TT races 10 times in his career. He was a past pupil of The High School, Dublin. Stanley started racing in 1921 on a Harley Davidson...

 in the 1927 Senior TT

Senior TT

The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. The Senior TT is the Blue Riband event of the festival and takes place on the Friday of race week. The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars...

 Race, riding a new over-head camshaft Norton

Norton (motorcycle)

Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range...

, allowed team-mate Alec Bennett

Alec Bennett

Alec Bennett was an Irish-Canadian motorcycle racer famous for motorcycle Grand Prix wins and five career wins at the Isle of Man TT Races.-Biography:...

 to win at an average speed of 68.41 mi/h.

Senior TT (500cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Alec Bennett Alec Bennett Alec Bennett was an Irish-Canadian motorcycle racer famous for motorcycle Grand Prix wins and five career wins at the Isle of Man TT Races.-Biography:...	Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range...	68.41 mi/h	3.51.42
2	Jimmie Guthrie Jimmie Guthrie Andrew James "Jimmie" Guthrie was a Scottish motorcycle racer famous for 19 motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 3 victories in the North West 200 and 6 wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career.-Biography:...	New Hudson New Hudson New Hudson may mean:*New Hudson, New York, the town located in Allegany County, New York*New Hudson , a former UK engineering and motorcycle manufacturing company...	66.02	4.00.04
3	Tom Simister	Triumph	65.75	4.01.03
4	J W Shaw	Norton	64.83	4.04.28
5	Graham Walker	Sunbeam Sunbeam (motorcycle) Sunbeam was a British manufacturing marque that produced bicycles and motorcycles from 1912 to 1956. Originally independent, it was ultimately owned by BSA...	64.72	4.04.52
6	Freddie Dixon Freddie Dixon Frederick William Dixon was an English motorcycle racer and racing car driver. He was the designer of the motorcycle and banking sidecar system. He was also one of the few motorsport competitors to have been successful on two, three and four wheels. He was twice awarded the BRDC Gold Star...	HRD HRD Motorcycles HRD Motors Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturer in the 1920s. It was founded by Howard Raymond Davies. He had worked in motorcycling, and had raced with some success in the mid-twenties, but often not finishing due to unreliability. This inspired him to build a reliable performance motorcycle,...	64.32	4.06.26
7	O Langton	New Hudson	64.04	4.07.29
8	Charlie Dodson	Sunbeam	63.77	4.08.23
9	George Rowley	AJS AJS AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England, company A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, from 1909 to 1931, by then holding 117 motorcycle world records, and after the firm was sold the name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on...	63.74	4.08.40
10	W S Braidwood	P&M Phelon & Moore Phelon & Moore manufactured motorcycles in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England from 1904 to 1967 particularly those under the Panther marque. They became identified with one particular design of motorcycle which had a large sloping 40-degree single-cylinder engine as a stressed front frame member...	62.94	4.11.50

Junior TT (350cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Freddie Dixon	HRD HRD Motorcycles HRD Motors Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturer in the 1920s. It was founded by Howard Raymond Davies. He had worked in motorcycling, and had raced with some success in the mid-twenties, but often not finishing due to unreliability. This inspired him to build a reliable performance motorcycle,...	67.19 mi/h	3.55.54
2	H J Willis	Velocette Velocette Velocette is the name given to motorcycles that were made by Veloce Ltd, in Hall Green, Birmingham, England. One of several motorcycle manufacturers in Birmingham, Velocette was a small, family-owned firm, selling far fewer hand-built motorcycles than the giant BSA, Norton or Triumph concerns...		4.06.39
3	Jimmie Simpson	AJS		4.08.22
4	G L Reynard	Royal Enfield Royal Enfield Royal Enfield was the name under which the Enfield Cycle Company made motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines. This legacy of weapons manufacture is reflected in the logo, a cannon, and their motto "Made like a gun, goes like a bullet". Use of the brand name Royal Enfield was...		4.08.24
5	C. W. Johnston	Cotton Cotton (motorcycle) The Cotton Motorcycle Company, was a British motorcycle manufacturer of 11a Bristol Road, Gloucester, and was founded by Frank Willoughby Cotton in 1918. F.W. presided over the company until his retirement in 1953. The company was reconstituted as E. Cotton Ltd, and traded till 1980.-The...		4.10.21
6	Edwin Twemlow	Excelsior		4.12.19
7	C S Barrow	Royal Enfield		4.15.23
8	L R Cohen	AJS		4.18.34
9	W S Pearce	DOT Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company The Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company was established by Harry Reed in Salford, England, in 1903. By 1906 they had built their first motorcycle, using a Peugeot engine.-Harry Reed years :...		4.21.39
10	George Himing	Zenith		4.22.27

Lightweight TT (250cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Wal L. Handley	Rex-Acme Rex-Acme Rex was a motorcycle company which began in Birmingham, England in 1900. Rex soon merged with a Coventry bicycle maker named Allard and then later in 1922 the company merged with Coventry's 'Acme' motorcycle company forming 'Rex Acme'...	63.3 mph	4.10.22
2	Luigi Arcangeli Luigi Arcangeli Luigi Arcangeli was an Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver, his first notable appearance was a win in 1928 at the Circuito di Senigallia with a 2 litre Bugatti. After Bugatti he drove...	Moto Guzzi Moto Guzzi Moto Guzzi is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer. It is one of seven brands owned by Piaggio.Established in 1921 in Mandello del Lario, Italy, the company is noted for its central historic role in Italy's motorcycling manufacture, its prominence worldwide in motorcycle racing, and a series of...	61.2	4.18.52
3	Cecil Ashby	OK-Supreme OK-Supreme OK-Supreme was a British motorcycle manufacturer from 1899 to 1939 located in Birmingham. Grass-track racing versions of the machines continued to be available until 1946.-History:...	61.1	4.19.24
4	Syd Crabtree	Crabtree		4.32.32
5	Achille Varzi Achille Varzi Achille Varzi , was an Italian Grand Prix driver.-Career:Born in Galliate, province of Novara , Achille Varzi was the son of a prosperous textile manufacturer...	Moto Guzzi		4.35.08
6	F L Hall	New Imperial New Imperial Motors Ltd New Imperial was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by Norman Downes in Birmingham, between 1887 and 1901, and became New Imperial Motors Ltd in 1912, when serious production commenced. New Imperial made innovative motorcycles that employed unit construction and sprung heel frames long...		4.35.56
7	C S Barrow	Royal Enfield		4.36.21
8	Sid Gleave	DOT		4.37.01
9	Geoff S Davison	Rex Acme		4.39.26
10	L Higson	Montgomery		4.41.00

External links

• Detailed race results
• Isle of Man TT winners
• Mountain Course map