Isle of Man TT
Isle of Man TT
The IOM TT is on my bucket list but having second thoughts; looks as though I'd come away with a sore neck and wannabe frustration. The place to be of course is in the saddle, and although I have ridden at high speed on 3-4 lane motorways on a Sunday morning, these guys are on another planet. Their race machines are 190-200bhp and revving out at 18-19,000rpm yielding speeds of up to 200mph- on a country road..
Onboard 1 lap.
Onboard 1 lap.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" - KiR
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Great vid w/multiple camera angles. now my neck is sore
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Wow - just love to do that as well Kinard - thanks for posting!
I'd do it on a scooter though - the sun glare would cause me to crash into the many hedges along the track
I'd do it on a scooter though - the sun glare would cause me to crash into the many hedges along the track
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Chubacca is a sock puppet of Kinard (he has several) that he uses to give himslef kudos. So sad.
Yeah mate - ones Kiwi, the others Aussie, brother from another mother.........Cinque SLA wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:48 amChubacca is a sock puppet of Kinard (he has several) that he uses to give himslef kudos. So sad.
And if true, Kinard would be a sockpuppet of Chewie given the date joined!
........ but you're wrong anyway
This is a pretty intense video. Even more so that it was done in a Rover, in the 1980s.
Massive stalker
There’s a video of different visitors reactions on watching their first race. Most giggled like school girls!
Yes. Absolute another level those bikers. Even MotoGP/WSB riders think they are nuts, even the ones who enter!
If you’re a long term biker you’ll not like riding there as there is so many idiots nowadays. Middle aged dudes on S1000R/R1s who have no idea what they are doing.
Don’t even bother with Mad Sunday. It’s carnage.
My dad lives there and just go to “The mainland” to get away from it all now, as do a lot of locals who don’t work in tourism or are not involved in the race itself.
It’s actually better (for a ride) to go when the TT has finished and all the barriers are still up, just in case!
As you may know there’s no speed limit outside 30mph villages and other signed areas. Wo betide anyone who flouts that limit.
I’ve known of a group of bikers (German) escorted off the island for tearing through villages at 80mph, on a non TT weekend. It’s just not tolerated.
I’ve overtaken a police car on a borrowed ZX6 at 120mph. Braked like hell for the village to 30mph and had to stop to take a call (phone was vibrating all the way up the mountain road) and as I’m on the phone the cop just nodded as he went past. It’s hilarious. Bit like Cambodia in that respect.
RIP the Dunlop’s.
Yes. Absolute another level those bikers. Even MotoGP/WSB riders think they are nuts, even the ones who enter!
If you’re a long term biker you’ll not like riding there as there is so many idiots nowadays. Middle aged dudes on S1000R/R1s who have no idea what they are doing.
Don’t even bother with Mad Sunday. It’s carnage.
My dad lives there and just go to “The mainland” to get away from it all now, as do a lot of locals who don’t work in tourism or are not involved in the race itself.
It’s actually better (for a ride) to go when the TT has finished and all the barriers are still up, just in case!
As you may know there’s no speed limit outside 30mph villages and other signed areas. Wo betide anyone who flouts that limit.
I’ve known of a group of bikers (German) escorted off the island for tearing through villages at 80mph, on a non TT weekend. It’s just not tolerated.
I’ve overtaken a police car on a borrowed ZX6 at 120mph. Braked like hell for the village to 30mph and had to stop to take a call (phone was vibrating all the way up the mountain road) and as I’m on the phone the cop just nodded as he went past. It’s hilarious. Bit like Cambodia in that respect.
RIP the Dunlop’s.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
Hahaha-0 now who does that sound like?Cinque SLA wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:48 amChubacca is a sock puppet of Kinard (he has several) that he uses to give himslef kudos. So sad.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" - KiR
Lol, gobsmacked.
LegendRIP the Dunlop’s.
Love it how often the front wheel comes up.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" - KiR
Yep. Dunlop (all of them) are legends as is Hickman, and McGuiness (who’s like a fat uncle but still wins).
They lose speed when the front wheel (more so both!) is off the ground but it’s inevitable.
The sidecar dudes are even nuttier.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
A chap I played tennis with would sometimes pick me up in his replica AC Cobra. It had a fully worked 3.5L rover V8 and of course he would fang it to show off a bit; it is the only time I've been in a car where the acceleration felt like being on a motorcycle
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" - KiR
Until it broke down...then it was like being on a British motorcycle.kinard wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:30 pmA chap I played tennis with would sometimes pick me up in his replica AC Cobra. It had a fully worked 3.5L rover V8 and of course he would fang it to show off a bit; it is the only time I've been in a car where the acceleration felt like being on a motorcycle
pew, pew, pew, pew!
No one nuttier than Guy Martin check out his 'Prized Possession'
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" - KiR