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| Bunch of savages in this town  |
This race has always fascinated me. It is unforgiving. The majority are not professional riders, anyone can apply. I’m not even sure how it pays to place, but if you wreck, you will get messed up pretty bad. A death or two each year is not uncommon. The riders don’t do it for money or glory. They challenge themselves, and just finishing it is an accomplishment. If I had a health condition, and was granted a few months to live, I’d sign up. But someday I will go as a spectator. Cliff notes: A Kawasaki H2R hit a lap demo with a top speed of 218mph. https://youtu.be/FQFt-uPGHWc ----------------- I apologize now... | ||
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Just UNREAL! | |||
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The last real road racing. Amazing place, amazing riders. --------------------------- My hovercraft is full of eels. | |||
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| Bunch of savages in this town |
I read a story in CycleWorld, maybe 15 years ago, about a private rider who won the lottery, and got a spot to race. He couldn’t afford to ship a bike, much less get himself there, so he hid on a boat destined for the area. I believe he got caught, but they made him work for his right of passage. When he got to the Isle of Man, he bought a bike. A GSXR 750, I believe. Anyone else recall this? My memory is sketchy... ----------------- I apologize now... | |||
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Attending the TT one year is one of my bucket list items. Hopefully the safety crowd doesn't succeed in getting it shut down before I get over there to see it. My balls aren't big enough to ride at 50% of their level, but I sure love to watch. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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| It's all part of the adventure... |
As a man, I think “That would be so cool!” But as an older man, I think “That is so insane!” Still looks like fun, but I don’t think I could ever go quite that fast.  Regards From Sunny Tucson, SigFan NRA Life - IDPA - USCCA - GOA - JPFO - ACLDN - SAF - AZCDL - ASA "Faith isn't believing that God can; it's knowing that He will." (From a sign on a church in Nicholasville, Kentucky) | |||
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I would love to ride the course at a reasonable speed. Definitely a bucket list to watch this race though. | |||
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I would like to just ride the area. Looks like a great ride, even without the race. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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I love the Isle of Man TT's. I especially love the older clips of races in the sixties and seventies. Those are the bikes I cherish (and own!) | |||
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I watched it. Whether they are professional racers or not, they are all crazy. That said, thank you for posting, fastest I've ever been on a bike was my Brother in law's Sporster, @ 100. Wife was beating my back hard to slow down. I did. 218 mph? 美しい犬 | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
Except for the various clips from Irish road races, like the Northwest 200 Super Sport, or the Partenza MotoGP, in the linked video. But with the clips were from the IOMTT, its a testament to man's love of things bordering on insanity. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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I still miss the King of the Island. Watched every year for 20+ years now. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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I can't even fathom 218 mph on a mc and I've had one half way there afew times. Bucket List trip for me as well. One of the guides on a mc trip was a privateer. You could easily see that he had mad riding skills. Cockney Brit who was a hoot to party with. | |||
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I wonder if their seats have to be custom made to accommodate the incredible size of the balls it must take to ride like that. Bob Carpe Scrotum | |||
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I've had mine up to about 140mph on I-10 in the middle of the desert, but that was just straight slabbing it. I've been to 330 km/h in a Porsche in Germany and it was on a back country road, not a hwy. But I just don't have the brass balls to take my bike to the track. | |||
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I've also done a few track days. What amazes me is how they even navigate the course at that speed. When you watch from a bike view camera the events are unfolding ahead of you so quickly there is no way my mind could process the inputs fast enough to remain on two wheels long. I suspect they largely have the course memorized which given it's length is also a fairly amazing feat. | |||
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You should. Track days are divided up into experience. You’ll learn more in one track day than you will in a whole year of riding on the street. Many think the track is for outright speed, it’s more for safety. Learning how to control the bike leaned all the way over will save your bacon the street. I used to go an awful lot to the track. Got consumed with it for a while. But it’s like anything else, go to get your skill level up, then you can skip it or go back once every few years to work on your lines, brake markers, etc. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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How long is the course? | |||
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| A teetotaling beer aficionado  |
OMG. That's some crazy, high speed, limited protection shit. Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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