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[chrisgixer]

....as any biker will tell you, is Isle of Man TT week. Well, the first week starts with practice, second week is the races.

Delighted that Hutchinson is back. He will be the next king of the island I reckon, if he isn't already. Won 5 races a few years ago then had a big crash at turn 1 at Silverstone mid pack and had another rider hit him, smashing his leg in several places to the point they nearly amputated. Recovered slowly, came back to early with a right hand gear change and broke the leg again. Thought that was the end of biking for him, but, he's won on the island.

THATS THE SPIRIT!


I feel like I know him, even throw I absolutely don't, as I have his old Superstock spec fireblade in the garage.

[chrisgixer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/33083218

Team owner Kieth Flint. Mad biker of The Prodigy.

[chrisgixer]

Not for the squeamish. Replay later in the clip.
http://youtu.be/ZCSJbDBUV3Q

[tunnie]

I've been there twice, blasting over the mountain road is something else.  Wrong side of the road, 90mph, you just can't disconnect from the law. Keep drifting back to 'right' side of the road.

I touched 130 a couple of times, but to average that is insane.

Last year i was there, BBC Top Gear mag was there, I managed to get in one of their photo shoots with Ferrari and McLaren. 

[aaronjb]

I am pretty sure the guys who do the road racing have a few neurons related to fear that just don't fire..

I'd love to go over for TT week one year, though. [edit] To spectate, obviously..

[tunnie]

A few snaps from my last visit...

[tunnie]

Oh and this was the shot that made into BBC Top Gear mag...

[aaronjb]

Which one are you? The one with hands on hips?   

[Gaffers]

Nah, he's the lampost in the background

[tunnie]

Power Ranger suits not required on a GS 

[Sir Tigger KC]

What was it Clarkson says about bikers?  Middle aged blokes mincing about in leather... 

Good photos Tunnie. 

[The Sheriff]

Oh and this was the shot that made into BBC Top Gear mag...

There's one bike that looks slightly out of place there. 

[aaronjb]

Power Ranger suits not required on a GS 

Ah, you must be the one in the middle, then!

(Which looks like one of the Hairy Bikers?)

[tunnie]

Power Ranger suits not required on a GS 

Ah, you must be the one in the middle, then!

(Which looks like one of the Hairy Bikers?)

Nah, that's Tom Ford from 5th Gear. I thought it was a 5th Gear thing they were doing at the time, but he also does stuff for Top Gear Mag. 

[tunnie]

Oh and this was the shot that made into BBC Top Gear mag...

There's one bike that looks slightly out of place there.

Do you mean the one biker, who is not nearly as wide as his bike?   

I may have been on a GS, I still over-took quite a few on the mountain pass. Mostly Harleys and Pan-Euro's though