1965 ISDT ISLE OF MAN - PT 2 0F 3 . . . . I GUESS WE ALL ASSOCIATE THE I.O.M WITH THE TT ROAD RACING . . . . IT'S ALSO SEEN ITS SHARE OF ENDURO ACTION STARTING WITH THE 1965 ISDT . . . . MAN, THIS LOOKS LIKE COLD, WET, MISTY, DIRTY WORK . . . . AND THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE BEAST IF THE ISDT WAS YOUR BAG.

Words like grueling, fatiguing and frustrating come to mind when I watched this bit of history for the first time tonight, the Paris-Dakar is way more capable of fucking your shit up but there are so many intricate and exacting tests invoved in a six day trial . . . . all sorts of annoying ways of pushing a wet and cold rider and his mud machine beyond their limits, a myriad of ways to lose points not only for yourself but for your country, it was a legitimate test of riders, bikes and teamwork and I'm sure it still is.

This is part two of a three part gig so go on and check out the first and the last parts, the perfectly British narrator runs through the rules and regs so you get a decent idea of just how torturous this caper would've been when combined with arsewipe weather on a little island in the Irish Sea nearly fifty years ago . . . .