I thought I would have a crack so I put a quick list together which includes 400's. It might be a good idea to allow MGP riders to compete and still allow them to compete at the MGP. I can't see any problems with that and it would probably enhance both fields.

The following riders currently race 125's, 250's or 400's. I have listed a class next to each rider as a guide, a class which each rider has entered competition prior.

Ian Lougher (250cc)
John McGUINNESS (250cc)
Bruce Anstey (250cc)
Michael Dunlop (250cc)
Guy Martin (250cc)
Ryan Farquhar (250cc)
Chris Palmer (250cc)
Andrew Neill (250cc)
John Burrows (250cc)
Paul ROBINSON (250cc)
Christian ELKIN (250cc)
William DUNLOP (250cc)
Denver ROBB (250cc)
Henrik VOIT (250cc)
Ian MORRELL (250cc)
Emlyn HUGHES (250cc)
Neil RICHARDSON (250cc)
Mark LUNNEY (250cc)
Ivan LINTIN (250cc)
Brian SPOONER (250cc)
Phil HARVEY (250cc)
Dwyer AGNEW (250cc)
Davy Morgan (250cc)
Paul Owen (250cc)
Phil Harvey (250cc)
Paul Shoesmith (250cc)
Sam Dunlop (250cc)
Chris Barratt (250cc)
Neil Chadwick (250cc)
Peter Wakefield (250cc)
Shaun Harris (250cc)
Dean Martin (250cc)
Alastair Bayley (250cc)
David Yeomans (250cc)
Tony Cawte (250cc)
Brian Mateer (250cc)
Robert Knight (250cc)
Neil Kent (250cc)
Kevin Strowger (250cc)
Chris Barratt (250cc)
Carl Salvage (250cc)
Carl Roberts (250cc)
Colin Wilcock (250cc)
Carl Salvage (250cc)
Jeff Ward (250cc)
Robert Knight (250cc)
AlanBudJackson (250cc)

Michael WILCOX (125cc)
Mark CURTIN (125cc)
Mark LUNNEY (125cc)
David LEMON (125cc)
Dan Sayle (125cc)
Nigel Moore (125cc)
Phelim LUNNY (125cc)
Mick CHATTERTON (125cc)
Tim STOTT (125cc)
Graham WILSON (125cc)
James Ford (125cc)
Chris McGahan (125cc)
Barry Davidson (125cc)
Paul Dobbs (125cc)
Robert Knight (125cc)
Chris Barratt (125cc)
Mark Buckley (125cc)
Jon Vincent (125cc)

Oliver LINSDELL (400cc)
Les SHAND (400cc)
Alan Oversby (400cc)
Tim Poole (400cc)
David MADSEN-MYGDAL (400cc)
Joe PHILLIPS (400cc)
Dan Kneen (400cc)
Ryan Kneen (400cc)
Mick Goodings (400cc)
Mark Parrett (400cc)
Alistair Haworth (400cc)
Alex HUTCHINSON (400cc)
Paul DOBBS (400cc)
Steve Ferguson (400cc)
John BARTON (400cc)
Maria COSTELLO (400cc)
Dave WOOLAMS (400cc)
Dave MOFFITT (400cc)

In addition to the above listed riders, the 2007 North West had the following number of riders who have not been listed:

20 250's
10 125's
15 400's

Other potential competitors who competed in the 2008 TT could be:

Cameron Donald
Keith Amor
Gary Johnson
Carl Rennie
Ian Pattinson
Mats Nilsson
James Hillier
Jamie Robinson
Ian Mackman
Craig Atkinson
Phil Harvey
Dan Stewart
Ian Armstrong
Si Fulton

So to summarise, there are 85 competitors' names who are listed as a guide and who currently race the relevant classes, a further 45 who are not listed but competed at the North West 200 and 14 potential competitors who currently race at the TT.

This gives 144 potential competitors. Let's be over contingent and chop the numbers in half. This leaves 77.

It wouldn't be particularly difficult to make the above figures significantly stronger. 2 stroke racing is strong in England and Ireland and there are a bucket full of 2 stroke riders who race on the Continent where 2 stroke racing is very popular. I haven't considered potential newcomers - the list is endless.

The riders want it as do the fans, it's just a shame Neil Tuxworth runs the TT!