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1969 - Kimnell Park. My first race on a 200cc Ducati. |
1970 - Kimnell Park. My first outing on my Honda CR93, with the late Trevor Rock in the background. |
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1971 - Kimnell Park, 125cc Race, being chased by Neville Watts. With Darley Moors Alan Wilson in the background. |
1971 - Kimnell Park, leading the 125cc Race. |
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1973 - At home with my newly acquired ex Ron Hackett / Jim Curry, 250cc Pladdy’s Honda 3 |
1973 - Darley Moor Hairpin, on the Pladdy’s Honda 3. |
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1974 - Darley Moor, on my Honda CR93 125cc. |
1974 - Darley Moor, on the Cope’s Sponsored, Championship Winning Yamaha TD3. |
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1974 - Darley Moor, on my Championship Winning ex Chaz Ford Yamaha TD3 with Pete Sproston in hot pursuit. |
1978 - Carnaby Raceway, New Years Day Race. On the late Mal Carters Suzuki RG500 Mark II. |
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1979 - Oulton Park Test Day. First trial for the Maxton 475cc 3 cylinder Yamaha built by Ron Williams and myself. Ridden by Bernard Murray and Charlie Williams, and latterly Brian Spooner |
1979 - Oulton Park. When Dave Hancock was a Yamaha man, getting the Maxton Yamaha 3 cylinder ready for Charlie Williams to ride. |
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1980 circa. Isle of Man TT Formula 3 Race. Neville Watts aboard my 250cc Yamaha. |
1981 - Jurby, Isle Of Man. Testing Maxton Yamaha TZ350G, built for the late Stuart Jones to ride in the Junior Manx Grand Prix. |
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1982 - Darley Moor , on my favourite Championship Winning Maxton TZ350G |
1983 - Preparing for the Manx Grand Prix Diamond Jubilee on my Suzuki RG500. |
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1983 - Isle of Man, Manx Grand Prix Diamond Jubilee. Aboard my Suzuki RG500 at The Waterworks. |
1983 - Isle of Man, Manx Grand Prix Diamond Jubilee, 500cc Newcomers race, on my Suzuki RG500 |
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1983 - Isle Of Man, Manx Grand Prix Diamond Jubilee, after winning the 500cc Newcomers Race. From left to right: Steve Carthy (myself), Robert Dunlop 350cc winner, Barrie Middleton 250cc winner, being interviewed by the late Peter Neale. |
1983 - Isle of Man, Manx Grand Prix Diamond Jubilee. After winning the 500cc Newcomers Race standing behind me is my mentor Alex George. |
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1984 - Malcom Shaw and I with a brace of Maxton Yamaha's, getting ready for that years Isle of Man TT |
1984 - Isle of Man TT, Assembly Area. Waiting to go out for the Senior TT Race with my Maxton Yamaha TZ350G |
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1984 - Isle Of Man TT. The Gooseneck, Senior Race, on the Maxton TZ350G. |
1984 - Isle of Man TT, Governors Bridge Senior Race on the Maxton Yamaha TZ350G. |
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1984 - Isle of Man TT, at Ballacrye in the Classic TT Race. |
1994 - Est.1977 Steve Carthy Motorcycles, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. (my son Stephen Jnr and the late John Spong with myself, and Eddie Lawson’s Caciva 500cc GP Bike). |
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1994 - Isle of Man TT, Myself preparing the Sports Motorcycles Ducati 916 for the late Simon Beck for that years TT. |
1994 - Isle of Man TT, in the assembly area for the Formula 1 TT Race working with Steve Wynn – Sports Motorcycles. The rider was the late Simon Beck. |
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1994 - Ulster Grand Prix, Sports Motorcycles Ducati 916, helping Robert Holden at the start of the Superbike race. |
1994 - Honda MT125 1977 model. This was re-built by myself. |
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1995 - Spondon Engineering, Ducati 851, Re-built by myself on behalf of Sports motorcycles for Kevin Mawdsley to ride at the Stars at Darley Meeting. |
1998 - 250cc NSU. Re-built by myself and ridden at Schleiz, Germany and also at Jehonville & Chimay, Belgium. |
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The Late John Spong aboard his Ducati 350cc at the Isle of Man Classic TT, on the Billown Circuit. |
1999 - Chimay, Belgium, (Classic Chimay Old Timers), Riding Graham Boothbys ex works TGA 750cc Ducati. |
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1999 - Yamaha TZ250A ex Christian Estrosi. Re-built by myself as a Jarno Saarinen replica. |
2002 - Jehonville, Belgium, aboard the TZ250A Yamaha. |
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2003 - Stephen Carthy Jnr (my son), aboard a Honda RS250 at Darley Moor. |
2004 - Mallory Park Race Circuit, myself on a 1974 Yamaha TZ250 ex Christian Estrosi. |
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Spondon Yamaha TZ350G, re-built by myself in 2007. |
Honda RS250. This was re-built by myself in 2007. |
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Honda RS250. Re-built by myself and ridden by my son Stephen Jnr |
Stephen Carthy Jnr negotiating a trials section on his 250 Gas Gas |
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Paul Bennett, our good friend, negotiating a section at The Scottish Six Day Trial on his 280 Gas Gas |
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