IOM TT 2016

[stose85]

Crazy fast racing !! We've watched every minute of it

All those guys --- insanely talented and wonderfully fearless.

STILL --- on my bucket list -- watch live in person, not race

I'm game for that!

 

[yamafitter]

Crazy fast racing !! We've watched every minute of it

All those guys --- insanely talented and wonderfully fearless.

STILL --- on my bucket list -- watch live in person, not race

I was there for practice week in 2014 and the first super bike on Saturday. We had a rental bike and also rode the course during the day. This should be on everyone's bucket list.

 

[steveoreno]

That Hutchy fellow is pretty good too! I miss Guy Martin not being there though.

 

[900gc]

Crazy fast racing !! We've watched every minute of it

All those guys --- insanely talented and wonderfully fearless.

STILL --- on my bucket list -- watch live in person, not race

I was there for practice week in 2014 and the first super bike on Saturday. We had a rental bike and also rode the course during the day. This should be on everyone's bucket list.

My bucket list retirement vacation is to spend about 6 weeks to take in the IOM, a couple of MotoGP and WSBK races throughout Europe and ride all over the Alps. If I die doing it, I'll think I'm in heaven already anyway...

 

[Mudslide Miller]

That was a nice tribute they did for John McGuinness after the sidecar race, showing all the old bikes that he raced on.

 

[PhatAir4Me]

I really honestly don't know what to say after that, holy shite the run out is non existent, the speed insane, variables immense! my heart rate picked up, I got an adrenaline rush and a chubby and I was watching a you tube video, wow...

 

[FJRPittsburgh]

And 5 riders died this year. I know it's a little morbid, but I'd like to see the actual accidents to see what went wrong. None of that footage is shown on the telecast to respect the families. I think what went wrong is riders riding a 37.7 mile course and averaging 133 mph. Unbelievable. If you haven't seen the race, you're really missing something incredible.

 

[rickysnickers]

That Hutchy fellow is pretty good too! I miss Guy Martin not being there though.

Yeah, why wasn't he there this year?

 

[FJRPittsburgh]

Because he decided to set his sites on a mountain bike race so an article says at:

https://www.crash.net/road-racing/news/226149/1/guy-martin-withdraws-from-isle-of-man-tt.html

 

[BkerChuck]

One of my regrets is that I had an opportunity to attend back in 2001 and passed. Mona and I had just built our house and money was tight. The HD/Triumph dealership I worked for was organizing a trip to go over including sending your own bike over so you had a ride. The owners even offered to ship 2 new Triumphs over for her and I to ride so we didn't have to give up our own rides for time it would take to ship back and forth and to lend us the money to go. I just didn't like the thought of being indebted to my bosses like that.

Maybe some year we'll get to go.

 

[LKLD]

Yeah Chuck, it's a Bucket List item for sure. Maybe Britain will vote out of the EU, and the Pound will drop, so it can be affordable for regular folk. :grin: