Shaun,

My point exactly....

Thr 250 and 350 races were often the best of the fortnight because there was more strength in depth. Works teams from Honda, Yamaha, Benelli, MV etc. Then almighty gaps back to the rest of the 'Continental Circus' and the 'holiday racers' :wink:

In the latter years of GP the 500's were generally a toss up between Honda and MV Augusta 'if' they both finished. Once Honda pulled out 'no contest' and if they both failed to finish it was... "Another British manufacturer wins a TT" Even if the race speed was down 10mph on SMB and Ago'

The one class that did have more strength in depth was the 'slidy cars' With all the works and semi-works BMW's and the Fath etc....but we're catching up with the sidecar entries as well, the sidecar class is improving year on year.