GBOLT Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) "The reason I do it is because if you get it wrong. It'll kill you. If you think it is too dangerous then go home, cut your grass, and leave us to it." - Guy Martin The Best Video of TT ISLE OF MAN Ever !!! - Part 2 - YouTube Edited March 11, 2012 by GBOLT
Kitcat Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 Beautiful road. But I just dont get "road-racing" on public roads with the general public. Drivers cant use the full road, wh/compromises their ability to go fast, or their safety and/or that of ordinary drivers running errands, taking kids to soccer, etc. The se7ens drivers are doing more than enjoying a spirited blat, they are charging into blind corners on the wrong side of the road, etc. Save it for track days and then show me what you got.
JohnK Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Agreed. However the times certainly have changed a lot. Jackie Stewart got a bad reputation because he put his foot down about the abysmal condition of driver safety in F1 but he did get it to change a great deal and very much for the better. For the better we've lost the old "Iron Man" ethos and the bravery, and all that testosterone-fueled, macho status driven stuff which we used to in order to believe that, as Frank Zappa sang, "It can't happen here."
DeanG Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I don't have a bucket list but if I did the watching the TT would be on it. 25 years ago riding it would have been on the list.
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