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I thought it was on today please tell me i have'nt missed it? I have also just washed, dried and polished every inch of my bike only for the heavens to open and give it a thorough drenching :mad:
I thought it was on today please tell me i have'nt missed it? I have also just washed, dried and polished every inch of my bike only for the heavens to open and give it a thorough drenching :mad:
It was back in May dude.
lukemillar
31-08-08, 11:40 AM
??
It was about 3 months ago! Unless you are talking about a replay on TV?
eh?? :confused: well thats made me look more than a little bit silly! i thought i had seen an ad on tv saying that it was gonna be shown on itv at the end of august or summit. A plonker is what i am.
dirtsk8
31-08-08, 12:28 PM
search for a torrent of it.
Isn't the Manx GP due soon?
phil24_7
31-08-08, 05:00 PM
Manx finished yesterday!
Dave20046
31-08-08, 07:01 PM
I thought it was on today please tell me i have'nt missed it? I have also just washed, dried and polished every inch of my bike only for the heavens to open and give it a thorough drenching :mad:
TT's long gone think I may go over for it next year (but probably not on the bike apparently it's really dangerous and coppers love snapping the tourists). Went last week on the bank holiday - only saw four SVs!
Supervox
31-08-08, 07:13 PM
TT's long gone think I may go over for it next year (but probably not on the bike apparently it's really dangerous and coppers love snapping the tourists). Went last week on the bank holiday - only saw four SVs!
Unless things have changed radically in the 5 yrs since we went - it's not particularly dangerous - you just have to ensure you that you aren't tempted to ride beyond your limitations & accept that there will be LOT of very fast (sometimes stupidly so [IMHO]) riders around & not be tempted to try & keep up with them !!
As for the police I don't know where your information came from but I can't say that I had any problems or have heard of any problems with them picking on tourists. If anything, they bend over backwards to keep as low a profile as possible as they realise that so much of the island's income comes from the biking events held there. yes, if you behave / ride like a tw*t in the towns & villages they will hammer you - but seeing as there's plenty of places that you can let rip - why bother ?
Whilst we were there we stopped for lunch at 'The Craig' and got talking to a couple of bike coppers who explained to us the next series of bends and added that ". . . it looks as though you need to brake - don't bother, just nail it, you can take it flat out no problem . . ." - tell me where you';; get advice like that from a copper over here !! :cool:
ThEGr33k
31-08-08, 07:14 PM
TT's long gone think I may go over for it next year (but probably not on the bike apparently it's really dangerous and coppers love snapping the tourists). Went last week on the bank holiday - only saw four SVs!
Yea if you speed they do... which is fair since most limits are 30. Their national speed limit though is as fast as you like. :mrgreen:
Brain fart....
Next Spring/Summer, SV650.org Isle of man meet? :D
Dave20046
31-08-08, 07:23 PM
Unless things have changed radically in the 5 yrs since we went - it's not particularly dangerous - you just have to ensure you that you aren't tempted to ride beyond your limitations & accept that there will be LOT of very fast (sometimes stupidly so [IMHO]) riders around & not be tempted to try & keep up with them !!
As for the police I don't know where your information came from but I can't say that I had any problems or have heard of any problems with them picking on tourists. If anything, they bend over backwards to keep as low a profile as possible as they realise that so much of the island's income comes from the biking events held there. yes, if you behave / ride like a tw*t in the towns & villages they will hammer you - but seeing as there's plenty of places that you can let rip - why bother ?
Whilst we were there we stopped for lunch at 'The Craig' and got talking to a couple of bike coppers who explained to us the next series of bends and added that ". . . it looks as though you need to brake - don't bother, just nail it, you can take it flat out no problem . . ." - tell me where you';; get advice like that from a copper over here !! :cool:
my sister lives over there and when I went recently there was a hidden copper gunning huge groups of what I assume to be english (no manx thing on their plate anyway) a friend that's been over for the tt a few times said in the late 80s there were reports of manx coppers knocking english bikers off.
The reason she said it was dangerous on the tt was because lots of english/germans and other tourists come over and drive ****ed and tend to cause accidents :(
andyharding
01-09-08, 04:22 PM
Its only as dangerous as you make it. I went over the mountain at over 120mph and there were people passing me. Just make sure you use your mirrors, stick to your side of the road and stick to the speed limits. The coppers over in the IOM are superb. our boys could learn a thing or two off them. if you respect them then they will respect you. Just got back this morning from the manx GP, Not had any trouble what so ever. Just be aware that the manx government draft in a load of coppers from England during TT and MGP Races.
Brain fart....
Next Spring/Summer, SV650.org Isle of man meet? :D
Try getting a ferry ticket mate - even before this years event finished the tickets were almost all gone.
Try getting a ferry ticket mate - even before this years event finished the tickets were almost all gone.
Doesn't have to be whilst the TT's on?
Probably better that way, at least we could get somewhere to stay.
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