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ISDT 1939: the movie
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, come inside come inside. The ‘Great Escape’ as it was known amongst UK ISDT fans, possibly the ‘Great Escape 2’ to those who are most familiar also...
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Mapping the ISDT:West Germany 1956
Thank you to our Euro correspondent SB for digging up a route map for the 6th day of the ISDT 1956. We have now loaded it into Google Earth to protect it’s history and provide a copy of the scanned map...
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ISDT 1956: Official event programme now on-line
With great thanks to our Euro ISDT expert we now have a scanned copy of the event programme for the ISDT 1956 which has been hand annotated to record the final starting list on the first day. The...
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ISDT 1925: Miss L Ball & MissE Foley at Brooklands
I am grateful to our readerStewart Ellison who drew my attention to this excellent photo taken of #52 Miss E Foley with her Triumph 499cc ohv alongside #64 Miss L Ball James 499cc. #52 Miss E Foley...
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ISDT 1964: newly discovered event photos.
I am grateful as always to our Euro reporter SB who has provided these amazing snaps for our 200th blog post taken at the ISDT 1964 including some of the British team machines. I do not know the origin...
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ISDT 1939:Recently rediscovered images from the internet
More images from the Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe – National Digital Archive of Poland this set featuring moments from the ISDT 1939. photo – two riders at checkpoint #35 Ofeldw Forstner BMW 494cc of...
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ISDT 1936:Recently rediscovered images from the internet
Our gratitude to a reader Adam Sliwka who forwarded details of the Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe – National Digital Archive of Poland web site where an amazing library of historic images included a number...
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ISDT 1964: Painting of Steve McQueen at Erfurt by Jürgen Valdeig
Sorry its been a while time waits for no-one and I’ve been struggling to keep up with a lot of things. Just checking through some old emails and I think I missed this one from our German contact SB who...
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ISDT 1953 – video of promotional movie discovered
1953 was a great year for Great Britain in the ISDT, with one of its dream team line ups in the Trophy team who gave us our last win of the premier event award. A movie of the event was recently...
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ISDT 1953: Hugh Viney’s works 498cc AJS
I’ve been lagging with a number of articles needing posting but here I’ve now put up a short article on the ISDT 1953 winning 498cc AJS ridden by Hugh Viney which turned up in auction in 2015 after its...
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Speedtracktales XMAS Present Bonanza 3 ISDT Programmes to check out.
Thanks to the generosity earlier this year of Brian Catt who started scanning his collection of ISDT programmes, here are the first three that have been uploaded to our online library at issue.com...
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Merry Xmas 2015 – snowy trials scene, Loggerheads Inn, Denbighshire 1938
Photo – South Liverpool Cup Trial start at Loggerheads Inn 1938 (courtesy SLMCC) In the distance are the famous cliffs at Loggerheads, at that time a Tea Garden owned by Crosville Coaches who ran...
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ISDT 1968: Event daily check times and schedule sheets
I am often greatly indebted to Brian Catt who not only feeds me first hand memories of the great ISDT events in the 60’s and 70’s because…. ‘he was there’. His personal ISDT and Enduro knowledge is...
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ISDT 1952: Artur Fenzlau Part 1 – pix of the Brits!
These images are part of a 1000 image library of ISDT images from the 1952 ISDT held in Austria taken by Artur Fenzlau and were the photos featuring the British entrants both Factory, Military and...
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Tomas Melander’s unused 1974 Monark 125GS
Tomas Melander bought this Monark 125 in 1974 and promptly parked it hence its exceptional condition. Who would not want a gem like this. photo – RH front view of Tomas Melander’s unused 1974 Monark...
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ISDT 1971: Event report AMA News Nov ’71
Thanks to the marvellous resource of Google Books I have been able to find the Nov 1971 issue of the American Motorcycle Associations AMA News which includes a 20 odd page report on the ISDT 1971...
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ISDT 1974: Penton Motorcycles promo film of the event
Filmed and produced for Penton Motorcycles this interesting Pro movie shows the changing nature of the ISDT as well as the technology that was being developed. The below 2 videos were produced by...
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ISDT 1975: A personal view from a member of the organising team
From my early days riding in events, Dot and Jim Jones have always been an important part of the UK enduro scene both as riders, helpers and often importers of motorbikes most notably Moto Gori. Dot...
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ISDT 1928: Riders autographs from Harrogate
I am grateful for the recent contact from a new reader to ask about persons appearing on a list of Autographs he had acquired that was signed during the ISDT 1928 in Harrogate. I am grateful for the...
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Mapping the ISDT: 1927 Ambleside, Lake District, England
Having acquired an original copy of a 1927 Official Programme, we now have the route mapped out on Ordnance Survey base. In addition we also have the daily time schedule naming the stopping points and...
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