One of the more unusual features of this year’s TT photograph exhibition at Laxey Woollen Mill is a display devoted to last year’s Bonneville land speed record winning bike.

Referred to by its creator, and holder of the record, Ralf Mitchell as an ’installation’, the display aims to recreate the work area the team used on the salt flats at Bonneville, Utah.

Centre stage, under the gazebo, is the 1960s turbo-charged 250cc Royal Enfield that took the record in its class at the event last August.

Mr Mitchell said: ’The bike is a 250cc traditional pushrod engine, such as one would have witnessed around in the 1960s. Sticking to tradition, no computers or electronics were used, or rev counter or speedo, making the finished motorcycle one of the most unusual to appear at the event.

’The engine, donated by Murray’s Motorcycle Museum, for the build-project was a Royal Enfield and the frame was hand built from tubular steel by local specialists Richard Barks and Chris Procter, both of whom have considerable experience in such projects.’

In fact, the team started off with some disappointing runs throughout Speed Week, but everything came together on the last day of racing when they established a new world landspeed record of 74.7 mph, which exceeded the previous record of 69.7mph for the class, by a significant margin. Team member Richard Barks, from Laxey had himself taken a land speed record at the event at 203mph in the same event two years previously.

Mr Mitchell will be there in person at the Woollen Mill to chat and answer questions on Thursday afternoon on both practice and race weeks from around 1.30pm. All money donated at the exhibition is used for charitable purposes.