Ben Oates Wrote:Practice and Neil Tuxworth would be the biggest difficulties to overcome, the latter being the biggest problem, especially with his birthday coming up.

At least one main manufacturer (in direct opposition to the majority of fans who want more variety back) doesn't want 2-strokes at the TT. If the TT reverted from being a manufacturers' showcase for the big bikes the toys would be out of the pram again.

Which makes me wonder if this was behind the demise of the very popular parade lap. There was lots of spare/wasted time when they could have run a proper parade lap or a 250 TT on Senior Race Day, even after the two or three guests on Ducatis had been out to play. Has that "vacant" slot been pencilled in this year simply to accommodate a big manufacturers' sales presentation next year?

Could anyone have said, "We're not turning up this year and we'll only come back when you let us have the TT Course to ourselves as a showroom?"