Anyone Watching the Isle of Mann TT?
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Anyone Watching the Isle of Mann TT?
That is one scary race. (Though it looks about like a CBRclassic video). It is on DirecTV in HD and the HD portions, especially the slow motion shots, are incredible.
37 mile "laps" through two lane black top, in real towns with little to no safe crash points. Beautiful country but no protection for the riders.These guys are brave. McGuiness has now won about 15 times.
Looks like Honda took the top three spots in the Superbike category.
And if you want to hear some great accents, listen to the interviews prior to the race.
37 mile "laps" through two lane black top, in real towns with little to no safe crash points. Beautiful country but no protection for the riders.These guys are brave. McGuiness has now won about 15 times.
Looks like Honda took the top three spots in the Superbike category.
And if you want to hear some great accents, listen to the interviews prior to the race.
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The IOM TT is the dogs b0llocks , I love MotoGP and WSB but street racing is the best and yes these guys need to have guts!
At one time all these old street races would have been part of the normal race routine for track racers as well. But could you imagine the likes of Rossi or Lorenzo risking life and limb in this type of race now? The teams wouldn't allow it even if they wanted to!Though he did turn up , but not to race
Here he is:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tojHoqp8WIQ
At one time all these old street races would have been part of the normal race routine for track racers as well. But could you imagine the likes of Rossi or Lorenzo risking life and limb in this type of race now? The teams wouldn't allow it even if they wanted to!Though he did turn up , but not to race
Here he is:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tojHoqp8WIQ
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Do they still allow "mad Sunday" or has that been stopped? Used to be a free for all where anybody could pay a small fee, sign their life literally away and then go for it. Those guys are mental! Those metre thick rock walls don't give much, not to mention the jumps in the course. There's a company here who do package deals to ship your bike over, then fly you over with accomodation etc. included....When one of us wins big that's where we should all go to ride and play up
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Dave.
This ones on utube from Mad Sunday,excellent.
http://www.youtube.com/user/CBRSIXPA...13/LQ9cci73JRc
This ones on utube from Mad Sunday,excellent.
http://www.youtube.com/user/CBRSIXPA...13/LQ9cci73JRc
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That is one scary race. (Though it looks about like a CBRclassic video).
Those races are great watching ...that's for sure ...
That was a ripper road ride of the Island Rob complete with some very high speed traffic dodging
I still love this one from Steve Platter ...the 09 TT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avy57Y4NS98
Last edited by CBRclassic; 10-15-2009 at 07:29 AM.
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