Yes I agree with you personally on this particular issue John, and feel that commercialism has had a very negative effect on the "true" spirit of the TT.

OK, it's a test of endurance for manufacturers products and that is fine. The TT once held world wide acclaim as being the ultimate test for man and machine with manufacturers using the TT as the "foremost" event in the world for the promotion of their products, and stating that they had come up with the highest technical achievement possible in mechanical innovation for those products. "We won the TT"

Sadly, that is not so much the case these days as we are now to see "street legal" (albeit modified)machines in every race.

How can a 1000cc 4 stroke be compared to a fully tuned 500cc stroker when the latter is on full chat - never. The innovations that have developed the 2 stroke over the years have proved that they are beyond any doubt, the machines to race and are ultimately the more challenging machines to ride.

Sadly money speaks, and if Honda and all the others want to sell their "street cred" machines off the back of having won at the TT, (and they are the ones with the financial clout of course who can make or break the event), and the TT wants to survive, then the DOT&L have no alternative but to comply with the wishes of the "big boys".

Sadly the TT is no longer the event that it once was and it never will be again. It is becoming more and more like a clubmans outing and I for one am so sad to see that happen.

I am a "stroker" supporter, always have been and always will be be and the demise of the 125 and 250 classes, spell the death knell for me as far as the TT is concerned.

By the way, this is a personal posting from myself and not a posting stating the viewpoint of the site.