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Apparently speed is addicting to some.....so far 252 have paid the ultimate price for fame and glory......10 square inches of tire on the pavement at 200mph is a bit dicey it seems.....
Nice. Best was an attractive redhead in motorcycle leather at 1:50, who remarks "___effin 'ell!"
That's about it. That's sure what I do when facing that fear of death, break out into laughter with a big old grin. Humans do this, for whatever reason!
I raced a Ninja 600 for first season, then a GSX-R750 second and third seasons of roadracing in my 20s. The season passed, so to speak, after when I moved away to another location (Seattle, which is less agreeable than California due to weather). We weren't on any damn TT course, and not holding a buck sixty for half the race like those nuts, but it was extremely intense. Whatever you think of the crowd reactions, I can guarantee you it's a screaming engine blur to the riders, fully tucked in and near wide open throttle.
Any errors on the TT mean plowing a stone wall and probable death. It got Joey Dunlop and others, eventually, and I mean top men in their field. The couple times I crashed there were 1) hay bales, and 2) an excellent foot-deep gravel trap that was lots softer than pavement. I was picking gravel out of my crack for a week, and the bike would cough out a stone for literally months after, but...
...I'm here to write about it.
My Ninja day I started track prep, fully stock:
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Nice. Best was an attractive redhead in motorcycle leather at 1:50, who remarks "___effin 'ell!"
That's about it. That's sure what I do when facing that fear of death, break out into laughter with a big old grin. Humans do this, for whatever reason!
I raced a Ninja 600 for first season, then a GSX-R750 second and third seasons of roadracing in my 20s. The season passed, so to speak, after when I moved away to another location (Seattle, which is less agreeable than California due to weather). We weren't on any damn TT course, and not holding a buck sixty for half the race like those nuts, but it was extremely intense. Whatever you think of the crowd reactions, I can guarantee you it's a screaming engine blur to the riders, fully tucked in and near wide open throttle.
Any errors on the TT mean plowing a stone wall and probable death. It got Joey Dunlop and others, eventually, and I mean top men in their field. The couple times I crashed there were 1) hay bales, and 2) an excellent foot-deep gravel trap that was lots softer than pavement. I was picking gravel out of my crack for a week, and the bike would cough out a stone for literally months after, but...
...I'm here to write about it.
My Ninja day I started track prep, fully stock:
Dunlop was a talented rider with 26 victories in various races on the IOM. He was actually killed in a 125cc race in Estonia, ran-off track in wet conditions into a tree, died instantly.
I like the first guy, the redheaded young man. He checks himself and decides to get back a bit. I'm actually surprised a fan hasnt been killed at that circuit. Idiots!!
I like the first guy, the redheaded young man. He checks himself and decides to get back a bit. I'm actually surprised a fan hasnt been killed at that circuit. Idiots!!
Numerous fans/spectators/bystanders have been killed over the years at the Isle of Man TT.
Attending the IoM TT is on my bucket list.
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