The Velobanjogent: January 2015

Friday, January 23, 2015

Alan Burt,a motorcyclist all his life...never married, some said he was wed to Velocette and AJS..... A racers racer was an apt description....passed away in January 2009. I found a small box with some more of his racing photos from the IOM and Europe....likely 1955

I'd like to share some more of Alan Burt's life with you... with some words and with some of his photographs....I've done several posts on him previously and a search using his name on my site will bring them up.
He was a motorcyclist all his life...never married, some said he was wed to Velocette and AJS.....
A racers racer was an apt description....
Recently I came across a small box of photos with his stuff that somehow I'd overlooked.
I feel they were taken in either 1955 or 1956, perhaps 1956 as he crashed badly in the IOM at TT practice with leg breaks that saw him hospitalised there and in rehabilitation until February 1956 when his great mate Bob Brown collected him and on crutches he was Bob's mechanic for the 1956 racing season.
The photos are unlabeled so I'll post them as they are, with a valid comment if I know it...
There are photos of various locations around the IOM TT course and I guess it was on a learning lap of the circuit...thanks to Bill Snelling of Foto Finders in the IOM for assistance in identifying the corners...