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Percy Tait, the Glossary

Percy Tait (9 October 1929 – 17 November 2019) was an English professional motorcycle road racer and senior road tester for Triumph motorcycles, where he was estimated to have covered over a million miles of road testing.^[1]

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Sportspeople from Worcestershire

Ardennes

The Ardennes (Ardenne; Ardennen; Ardennen; Årdene; Ardennen), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France.

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Barry Sheene

Barry Steven Frank Sheene (11 September 1950 – 10 March 2003) was a British professional motorcycle racer and television sports presenter. Percy Tait and Barry Sheene are 500cc World Championship riders and English motorcycle racers.

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Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

The Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season from 1949 to 1990.

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Bol d'Or

The Bol d’Or is a 24-hour endurance race for motorcycles, held annually in France.

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Brian Jones (motorcycle designer)

Brian Jones was a motorcycle designer and engineer born in Gloucester, United Kingdom in 1928.

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BSA/Triumph racing triples

The BSA/Triumph racing triples were three cylinder 750 cc racing motorcycles manufactured by BSA/Triumph and raced with factory support from 1969-1974.

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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, informally referred to as Spa, is a motor-racing circuit located in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium, about southeast of Spa.

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Doug Hele

Douglas Lionel Hele (13 July 19193 November 2001) was a pioneering British motorcycle engineer with Triumph and other firms: BSA, Douglas and Norton.

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Endurance racing (motorsport)

Endurance racing is a form of motorsport racing which is meant to test the durability of equipment and endurance of participants.

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English people

The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture.

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Ford Transit

The Ford Transit is a family of light commercial vehicles manufactured by the Ford Motor Company since 1965, primarily as a cargo van, but also available in other configurations including a large passenger van (marketed as the Ford Tourneo in some markets since 1995), cutaway van chassis, and a pickup truck.

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Giacomo Agostini

Giacomo Agostini (born 16 June 1942) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Percy Tait and Giacomo Agostini are 500cc World Championship riders and Isle of Man TT riders.

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Isle of Man TT

The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May and June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907.

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Malcolm Uphill

Malcolm Ernest Uphill (15 April 1935 – 15 August 1999) was a Welsh professional motorcycle racer. Percy Tait and Malcolm Uphill are 500cc World Championship riders and Isle of Man TT riders.

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MIRA Ltd.

HORIBA MIRA Ltd. (formerly the Motor Industry Research Association) is an automotive engineering and development consultancy company headquartered near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or, if three-wheeled, a trike) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat.

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MV Agusta

MV Agusta (full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is a high end motorcycle manufacturer founded by Count Domenico Agusta on 19 January 1945 as one of the branches of the Agusta aircraft company near Milan in Cascina Costa, Italy.

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North West 200

The International North West 200 is a motorcycle road race first held in 1929 on a street circuit known as the Triangle between the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Ray Pickrell

Raymond Pickrell (16 March 1938 – 20 February 2006) was an English short-circuit motorcycle road racer who won four Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. Percy Tait and ray Pickrell are 500cc World Championship riders, English motorcycle racers and Isle of Man TT riders.

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Road racing

Road racing is a North American term to describe motorsport racing held on a paved road surface.

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Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.

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Royal Highland Show

The Royal Highland Show is Scotland's biggest annual Agricultural show.

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Royal Show

The Royal Show, also known as the Royal Agricultural Show, was an annual agricultural show held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England every year from 1839 to 2009.

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Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team

The Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team (RSMDT), also known as the White Helmets, was a group of serving soldiers from the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army, who gave public displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding.

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Royal Welsh Show

The Royal Welsh Show (Sioe Frenhinol Cymru) is an agricultural show, organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (originally, the Welsh National Agricultural Society, formed 26 February 1904 by influential landowners, at Committee Room 12 at the House of Commons), and first held in 1904.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Tait

Percy Tait, the Glossary

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Sportspeople from Worcestershire

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