The 1931 TT was certainly a memorable event from the standpoint of the Bracebridge Street collective.
The good folks at Norton were obviously still smarting from the previous year’s TT, in which the Rudge team had won both the Junior and the Senior events and smashed a handful of lap and race records to boot.
The Norton team returned to the Island in 1931 with renewed vigour, improved machines and a mind to show spectators and rivals alike exactly what they were capable of.
Read more in the March edition of TCM