Britain held onto the ISDT Trophy, beating the German team by the narrowest of margins; the Dutch took the Vase, both awards decided in a high-speed blast round Donington. Freddy Frith and his Norton won the Senior TT by 15 seconds from Stanley Woods and his Velo after what was described as the most thrilling TT to date. Norton scored a hat trick in the Junior but the Lightweight went to Omobono Tenni on a Guzzi, and while Ginger Wood was runner-up on an Excelsior, DKWs finished 3rd and 5th. There weren’t many debutantes at the Earls Court Show, but they included the BSA Gold Star and Triumph Speed Twin. George Brough drew crowds with a 990cc transverse V-twin. It was a busy year. I just checked and found that 1937 now runs to 104,770 words and 283 pics including 39 contemporary adverts. I’ll take some time out to work on the huge backlog of excellent pics to be published in the Melange (thanks as always to mon ami Francois) before getting stuck into 1938.
Motorcycle Timeline 