Here is a question for you :-
If the Isle of Man TT was that important to the sales of the new Honda's this year, and IF, as Honda have stated, that the TT is a very important meeting for them, then why was there not a slice of the cash put aside for the TT in the first instance, even if it was to run a Honda Day?
I think people have to wake up to the fact that the TT is just being used as a marketing ploy as and when the manufacturers need it. So wouldn't it be a better idea to run the meeting for the competitors, who do turn up, rather than the manufacturers who only do so when it suits them.
We have seen races disappear so it satisfies the manufacturers need for all races ran so they can demonstrate their new 600's and 1000's, but this produces same machinery, same sound, same people winning, same old same old.
But then again why are we constantly pointing the finger at Honda, the only real manufacturer that has stuck with the TT through thick and thin? When, apart from last year, did we see a full factory team from Yamaha or Suzuki? I know that Hawk Kawasaki stood by the TT, but is this because the races are BSB standard or because they are wanting to do the TT just because it is the TT?
If its because they are BSB standard wouldn't it be a great idea to have the TT ran as a round of the BSB? Include points for those that compete in the BSB rounds, you could run each race with two types of entrant, BSB (red plates) and non BSB (Yellow plates) all in the same race. Yes I know Ducati would be up in arms about it because their machinery couldn't hack it, but it would be good ........ a race or meeting that isn't ran to the whims of the Italians .... WSB to name just one ....plus just keep the plates the same throughout all the practices and races. Save having red plates for practice, yellow plates for the race, confuses the heck out of me I don't know about the rest of you........ Just switch them or have two sets for each race, Red & Yellow, Blue and Black, White and Green.
Oh well my rant over for the year... I can hear Paul breathing a sigh of relief........ lol lol lol
When people say one thing and mean another its called politics, when organisers say one thing and mean another its called a mistake, when the ACU say one thing and mean another its called information.
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