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Meccano sidecar cheered home after TT lap

 

Top Gear presenter James May has completed his epic lap of the TT course on a sidecar made from Meccano.

He and fellow TV presenter Oz Clark set out from the TT Grandstand the day before yesterday to film a special programme that’ll be shown on BBC2 at Christmas.

The bike was beset with problems but managed to make it over the line this morning in front of a packed crowd on the Glencrutchery Road finish line.

Afterwards, James told Chris Kinley the bike had reached a respectable speed:

 

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