(01-06-2015, 10:02 PM)laverda77 Wrote: Can anyone remember real characters amongst tt fans of the past? Like the old Swedish guy who used to ride a Honda 70 all the way over from Sweden,or the Guy from Dumfrieshire withe the super light triumph tridents who used to stand on the prom each night, please leave your memories,just trying to think of something to brighten up this rubbish weather on practice week.

Yes I met him several times through the years. Harry Lundberger, born 1918, dead 2005. He was known as The Professor even outside Sweden. He used to race in ice racing, dirt track and road racing in his earlier days. He was well known for his photographic memory and his great knowledge about older vehicles. If the ignition coil in an old Volvo was mounted in a wrong place compared to original he saw it at once. His moped is in Murray's Motorcycle Museum in Santon, Isle of Man.