I agree that if Joey were still with us there would still be a TT for proper race bikes...

As you'll see from one of my earlier posts, I proposed exactly the same formula as Cargo on iomtt.com, not having seen Cargo's idea (he gets the credit!) as Paul Philips was active on the thread. I'm quite certain that with that formula you could put a decent grid together. Paul has come back with various reasons why not backed by statistics but as we all probably know, you can manipulate stats to say whatever you want them to say.

A problem I've had with the TT over the last few years has been the 'sameness'. This does not just apply to the races. You get the same prom entertainment, the same bands, the same comedians, the same guy who looks nothing like Freddy Mercury pretending to be Queen...you get the picture. It's almost as if no-one wants to apply any thought or try and do something hard - always take the easy option.

I'm absolutely sure a race for 250s with support from 400s, SV650s and singles would go down well with the race fans and I'm equally sure a solution could be found re: practice. Bring back morning sessions and expand Thursday. Run an afternoon session, break for a couple of hours and say a further 90 mins in the evening. Make the after-race practice sessions qualifiers for this class and run it on the Friday before the Senior.

I'm making no critiscism of Paul Philips as all of the chicanery that resulted in the classes in question being banned happened before his time but the organisers need to realise that there are other people they need to respond to besides the manufacturers. That being us - the 'punters'