veefour Wrote:I have been reading this discussion with interest & if i may i would like to add my own thoughts on the subject.

My first visit to the IOM TT was in 1967 when i went over with my brother on one of the Day Trips run by one of the Bike Mags (Anyone else remember them !). I remember how fast !! i thought the 50cc bikes went down Bray & also walking back to the Finish Line & seeing the great SMBH win the Senior. Needless to say i was back for the week the following year, & since then i have witnessed such things as Ago making his famous leap, i saw the battles ! of the 125 & 250's with Phil Read & the brilliant little Bill Ivy. Then there where the 70's culminating in Mikes fantastic return, & the 80's with Joey of course. My last year for a while was 1992 cheering on Hizzy of course, oh the memory of that race. For several reasons i never returned until 2005 when i went to the Manx GP, this of course sowed the seeds for the 'must be there for 2007' & i was. This brings me on i suppose to the reason for this post, & my thoughts on the present.

I really don't know the answer for the future of the event i suppose, & i know that things will not / can not stay the way they are for ever.
But i do know the memories of being down Bray Hill for early morning practice & still hearing those 'Noisy Bikes', Two Strokes & all disappearing for miles all the way through Union Mills still sends a shiver up my spine.
Will Silent Electric Machines still have the same effect !!, sorry for me personally no. For future fans, who knows. I am really glad i have had the privilege & good fortune to be there when i was.

As a footnote, i am not disagreeing with anyone's thoughts or ideas, good luck.

Dave.

Veefour,

your story could be mine!
I started going t0 the same year as you
I witnessed the same things
I am permanently "scarred" in the same way by such
memories!

We have been priviledged my friend and will never see
(or hear)
the like again

I for one go back each year to enjoy the racing, yes, but
also as a pilgriamge for memories of what took place on
that magic Island

Sad?

Perhaps

But I am happy doing it

TTXGP is a different kind of challenge that I hope works

I also feel that jozzer and people like him must be encouraged