TT anyone? 2015!

[weltweit]

Is Guy Martin any good, or does he live on reputation/media profile alone? I know he hasn't won much, but is that lack of talent or is he the Jimmy White of street racing?

I think he is a talented and fast racer, but just not totally flying as the very top guys are.

 

[mauvais]

It does. Here's a Manx local demonstrating the value of local knowledge, back in 1990, albeit in a car rather than on a bike:



Tony Pond's 100mph lap in a pretty much standard Rover Vitesse. AFAIK the record still stands.

It stood for 21 years, since beaten a couple of times: http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/isle-of-man-tt-car-lap-record-2014-06-04

 

[Dandred]

Guy doesn't do this week in week out like the other people (superbike racing). If he did and spent all his time doing racing he could be like Rossi, he just doesn't care for it.

He now prefers mountain bike endurance racing!

 

[weltweit]

Did you see one of them hit the curb yesterday doing quite a speed, forget who it was (ETA I think it was Bruce Anstey) but I thought it would be curtains for them, I would have parked up and walked home at that point but he continued on for a fast lap.

In fact, he hit the curb with such a whump with the front wheel I thought at the least he would have damaged the tyre or the rim.

 

[weltweit]

Quite a good website : http://www.iomtt.com/

 

[BandWagon]

Did you see one of them hit the curb yesterday doing quite a speed, forget who it was (ETA I think it was Bruce Anstey) but I thought it would be curtains for them, I would have parked up and walked home at that point but he continued on for a fast lap.

In fact, he hit the curb with such a whump with the front wheel I thought at the least he would have damaged the tyre or the rim.

There was the famous case where Mike Hailwood crashed his Honda, picked it up and restarted the wrong way (downhill) into the traffic, and then finished the race with the twistgrip jammed against the tank because the handlebar was broken. A legend, was Mike.

 

[weltweit]

Watching the Supersport race some of them seem to have some kind of auto gear shifters. Was watching one changing up and they didn't touch the clutch or the throttle but managed to upshift fine.

 

[weltweit]

Haven't seen any slotted brake levers, perhaps it isn't a problem any more.

 

[weltweit]

The TT Zero bikes just almost made a 120mph average lap, some technological achievement.

 

[weltweit]

Lightweights today and I think that is the last of the racing on the island this year. I wonder if they will break the 120mph average lap this time, probably. This class interests me a lot because it possibly represents a road bike that I would like, fast light and with good handling. I know people have Superstocks and 600s on the road but they are hyperspace machines really.