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).

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Alec Bennett	Norton	68.41 mph (110.10 km/h)	3.51.42
2	Jimmie Guthrie	New Hudson	66.02	4.00.04
3	Tom Simister	Triumph	65.75	4.01.03
4	J W Shaw	Norton	64.83	4.04.28
5	Graham Walker	Sunbeam	64.72	4.04.52
6	Freddie Dixon	HRD	64.32	4.06.26
7	Oliver Langton	New Hudson	64.04	4.07.29
8	Charlie Dodson	Sunbeam	63.77	4.08.23
9	George Rowley	AJS	63.74	4.08.40
10	Walter Braidwood	P&M	62.94	4.11.50

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Freddie Dixon	HRD	67.19 mph (108.13 km/h)	3.55.54
2	Harold Willis	Velocette	64.78	4.06.39
3	Jimmie Simpson	AJS	64.33	4.08.22
4	George Reynard	Royal Enfield	64.32	4.08.24
5	Paddy Johnston	Cotton	63.81	4.10.21
6	Edwin Twemlow	Excelsior	62.81	4.12.19
7	Cecil Barrow	Royal Enfield	62.4	4.15.23
8	Len Cohen	AJS	61.3	4.18.34
9	Sax Pearce	DOT	60.57	4.21.39
10	George Himing	Zenith	60.39	4.22.27

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Wal Handley	Rex-Acme	63.3 mph	4.10.22
2	Luigi Arcangeli	Moto Guzzi	61.2	4.18.52
3	Cecil Ashby	OK-Supreme	61.1	4.19.24
4	Syd Crabtree	Crabtree	58.15	4.32.32
5	Achille Varzi	Moto Guzzi	57.60	4.35.08
6	F L Hall	New Imperial	57.44	4.35.56
7	Cecil Barrow	Royal Enfield	57.35	4.36.21
8	Sid Gleave	DOT	57.22	4.37.01
9	Geoff Davison	Rex Acme	56.72	4.39.26
10	L Higson	Montgomery	56.41	4.41.00

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