Can any of you remember returning from the 1976 TT to find that the FIM had stripped the TT of its world championship status......???

It was said that the Mountain Circuit was too dangerous and that the TT would subsequently grind to a halt !!!

Perhaps this year we should remember the loss thirty years ago, and then celebrate that the TT managed, with the help of Mike Hailwood and Phil Read and others, who returned in 1977, to last as long as it has and is still going on fairly strongly !!!!

Raise your Glasses !!