IoM TT 2014

[graham22]

y2blade said:

Had a nice run across mountain late on Mad Sunday.

Can't believe the cones, never used to be there and for a safety reason/result.

Without cones, saw a bike overtake another who was turning into the museum (turning from the LH lane even though one way), the overtaking rider ended up where your bike was parked, leaving a black line as he just managed to get back onto the course just before the Thot-y-will Road junction. Luckily no-one had dare parked where you where & pedestrians just leaped out of the way.

[y2blade]

Yazza54 said:

y2blade said:

Yazza54 said:

y2blade said:

Mr OCD said:

Yazza54 said:

I was there!

Me too... where the fk were you!!!

He didn't want to meet up


pretty obvious

I went with OCD but was balls deep in Kawasaki when we should've been out boozing

I know, I was busting your balls Ryan.

Banter aside it is a shame we didn't get to meet each other

Wanna Skype? :P

F*** off

[Mr2Mike]

996 sps said:

Shocking! My Dsd cams to TT on the back of the VFR with me - He's 70 fragile but very motivated to 'crack on' and enjoy the TT.

I can only imagine how livid you must be - Any chance you can catch the culprits?

I hope so. The woman in the car next to him stopped (because he was being pushed towards her) and they exchanged numbers so she might have taken the reg. I don't really understand why someone would do this, it's not as though they are going to stay in the queue of traffic for any longer.

[Yazza54]

y2blade said:

Yazza54 said:

y2blade said:

Yazza54 said:

y2blade said:

Mr OCD said:

Yazza54 said:

I was there!

Me too... where the fk were you!!!

He didn't want to meet up


pretty obvious

I went with OCD but was balls deep in Kawasaki when we should've been out boozing

I know, I was busting your balls Ryan.

Banter aside it is a shame we didn't get to meet each other

Wanna Skype? :P

F*** off

[y2blade]

996 sps said:

My Dsd cams to TT on the back of the VFR with me - He's 70 fragile but very motivated to 'crack on' and enjoy the TT.

I have a lovely image from the Simon Andrews tribute lap of an old lady being held up out of her chair looking very frail (she had to be in her 80s at a guess) but with a massive smile and waving at all the bikes as they went down bray hill.

[scunnylad]

I got back late sat night after another great time at the TT

Re the comments about how much riders slowed for yellow flags,this has always
been a problem at the TT
On short circuits usually you can gauge your speed by riders around you but at the
tt you are often alone.If you have been averaging 140+ for the last 3 miles and you
slow to say 80 it must feel like you could step off the bike.However if you are marshall/medic
in the road attending an injured rider a bike going past 3ft away at that speed your perspective
may well be different.
The marshalls can and have in the past put in official complaints about riders ignoring yellow flags.
Race control can and do investigate incidents,a few years ago a couple of top 10 riders were reprimanded
for not slowing sufficiently following a fatal incident at Ballagery.
So it would appear once the dust had settled everyone that matters,not just some blokes on a forum
are happy with how the riders reacted.

As an aside I witnessed the Horst Saiger incident during the senior and I would guess the differential
in speed between the riders passing the incident were 40mph+

[ofcorsa]

I figure to Guy who was behind MD felt like he slowed a lot to stay behind MD. Connor had no traffic so while he did slow it had less effect on his lap. If that makes sense? I guess that's what happens when its a time trial rather than a race.

[scunnylad]

ofcorsa said:

I figure to Guy who was behind MD felt like he slowed a lot to stay behind MD. Connor had no traffic so while he did slow it had less effect on his lap. If that makes sense? I guess that's what happens when its a time trial rather than a race.

That's exactly what does happen,you may come across yellow flags deployed because
a rider is slowing to retire,whereas a guy running a min behind you on the road may
not see them

[y2blade]

oooo just to add I used one of these for my trip, charged iPhone and GoPro with it.




12000mah version for £25 from Amazon

I'd have been lost without it.

[j00pY]

Y2 - are you a big chap with a shaved head?

[y2blade]

j00pY said:

Y2 - are you a big chap with a shaved head?

Nice to meet you.

[j00pY]

ha - sorry. I saw the bike and thought hmmm that could be Y2blade, but I didn't want to be 'Excuse me, are you off the internet?'

Edited by j00pY on Monday 9th June 23:08

[y2blade]

A few guys/girls recognised my bike (& the PH Smiley on front mudguard) and chatted with me about it.


Thought maybe one if them was "you". I have an idea who a couple of them were.

[j00pY]

Ah I didn't see the PH smiley at all. I think I saw your bike in the area behind the grandstand, possibly near the simulator ride?

[SteRB5138]

dtiom said:

What a week! Didn't get many laps on the bike but did see all the races from some new spots, Gutheries was awesome. Loads of photos and loads of video.

Some large pics:
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
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http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/fu...
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/manxfishing/tt2014/Im...

They are awesome pics, do you mind I use a couple as wallpapers?

[dtiom]

SteRB5138 said:

They are awesome pics, do you mind I use a couple as wallpapers?

Help yourself, there's more on http://www.pixelregistry.com

[bogie]

GTIR said:

I find it amusing that some of those bikes are chained up!

There not exactly expensive compared to other machinery.

In pretty sure bike crime is zero whilst the TT is on?

one would like to think so...can you imagine a gang of bike thieves trying to make it off the island ?

saying that, how many vans full of bikes are going back and forth and how are they controlled/Policed ?

[Mr2Mike]

There was a bike theft reported whilst I was on the island, it made the news on the local radio one morning. Some poor sods Fireblade got stolen from Liverpool docks just before I sailed over as well.

[y2blade]

Mr2Mike said:

There was a bike theft reported whilst I was on the island, it made the news on the local radio one morning. Some poor sods Fireblade got stolen from Liverpool docks just before I sailed over as well.

Quelle surprise

[dtiom]

The security at Douglas is very hit and miss, they have a quota to check each sailing and tend to pull over the first dozen cars or vans that arrive. People that arrive late are never checked. On the boat the police sometimes run the drugs dogs through the car deck.

It always amazes me when you see a family with kids or a 70 year old couple getting searched and the dodgy looking blokes or vans filled to the roof, who arrived late, pass straight through.