1927 Isle of Man TT

The 1927 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw more changes occur with a fatal accident during practice to Archie Birkin, a brother to Tim Birkin of the Bentley Boys fame. The corner in Kirk Michael where the accident occurred was renamed Birkins Bend and from 1928 practice sessions were held on closed-roads. In the 1927 Junior TT Race the retirement of Wal Handley on the last-lap handed the victory to Freddie W Dixon, riding a HRD motorcycle, winning at an average speed of 67.19 mph (108.13 km/h).

In the 1927 Lightweight TT Race, Wal Handley won the 7 lap race in 4 hours 10 minutes and 23 seconds, at an average speed of 63.30 mph (101.87 km/h). A slipping clutch for Stanley Woods in the 1927 Senior TT Race, riding a new over-head camshaft Norton, allowed teammate Alec Bennett to win at an average speed of 68.41 mph (110.10 km/h).

Senior TT (500cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Alec BennettNorton68.41 mph (110.10 km/h)3.51.42
2Scotland Jimmie GuthrieNew Hudson66.024.00.04
3United Kingdom Tom SimisterTriumph65.754.01.03
4United Kingdom J W ShawNorton64.834.04.28
5United Kingdom Graham WalkerSunbeam64.724.04.52
6United Kingdom Freddie DixonHRD64.324.06.26
7United Kingdom O LangtonNew Hudson64.044.07.29
8United Kingdom Charlie DodsonSunbeam63.774.08.23
9United Kingdom George RowleyAJS63.744.08.40
10United Kingdom W S BraidwoodP&M62.944.11.50

Junior TT (350cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Freddie DixonHRD67.19 mph (108.13 km/h)3.55.54
2United Kingdom H J WillisVelocette4.06.39
3United Kingdom Jimmie SimpsonAJS4.08.22
4United Kingdom G L ReynardRoyal Enfield4.08.24
5Republic of Ireland C. W. JohnstonCotton4.10.21
6United Kingdom Edwin TwemlowExcelsior4.12.19
7United Kingdom C S BarrowRoyal Enfield4.15.23
8United Kingdom L R CohenAJS4.18.34
9United Kingdom W S PearceDOT4.21.39
10United Kingdom George HimingZenith4.22.27

Lightweight TT (250cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Wal HandleyRex-Acme63.3 mph4.10.22
2Italy Luigi ArcangeliMoto Guzzi61.24.18.52
3United Kingdom Cecil AshbyOK-Supreme61.14.19.24
4United Kingdom Syd CrabtreeCrabtree4.32.32
5Italy Achille VarziMoto Guzzi4.35.08
6United Kingdom F L HallNew Imperial4.35.56
7United Kingdom C S BarrowRoyal Enfield4.36.21
8United Kingdom Sid GleaveDOT4.37.01
9United Kingdom Geoff S DavisonRex Acme4.39.26
10United Kingdom L HigsonMontgomery4.41.00


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