What a brilliant thread....two relevant viewpoints and perspectives being debated and openly challenged without animosity

I will offer my tuppenceworth on the comparisons of era's because I feel comfortable to do so in this thread. Being old enough to remember the days of Ago, Hailwood etc I would say that this years line up especially hits the spot for me by comparison to the 'golden era'. In all road races, I like to see competition. By that I mean that standing at the outset of a mass start and not being totally sure who is going to win the race irrespective of my favorites.

I find this prospect more exciting because of the mass start rather than the timed event like the MGP or TT as I personally favour mass start races....but that's my choice.

However, in the absence of 'fairing bashing' and masses of riders heading into entry points of corners only wide enough for half a bike, I find that this years TT has a special excitement for me whereby, like it has been stated, any one of 10 guys could win any of the races...especially the SBK races..... Now in my opinion - that more than makes up for my particular preferences during races....Not being disrespectful to previous TT's I believe this years will be more of a 'race' to me, rather than a procession