The Belfast to Derry race in 1904 was disguised as a ‘reliability trial’ and took place at around 40mph
A group of motorbike enthusiasts has retraced the route of what is believed to have been the world’s first motorcycle road race, which took place in Northern Ireland in 1904.
They included David Crawford riding a 1928 Moto Guzzi and his brother Eamon on a 1930 version of the same machine. Both bikes were in mint condition, as were their riders, though neither was born yesterday.
Map of re-enactment route. J P Burney with the Royal Enfield on which he won the world's first motorcycle race in 1904. Eamon Crawford’s 500cc Moto Guzzi stalled at one junction. “I fluffed it,” he confessed before kick-starting it back into life.
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