The TT100 tyre was named after the Welsh Wizard motorcycle racer Malcolm Uphill. He was the first rider to break the 100 mph lap at the IOM TT races on a production Triumph. I knew Malcolm who was a very quiet, and relatively shy person but on a motorcycle he was very fast and smooth. He always made the amusing comment about his time racing Agostini and with him always getting the accolades and attention of the women, but what did I get remembered for, only ‘A bloody tyre named after me’.
