I'm more than a bit surprised to read that the editor of MCN will be riding with Valentino Rossi on the Parade Lap before the Superbike Race, for 2 reasons.

Firstly, everyone will want to see the most famous motorcycle racer in the world today, and nobody will want to see some journalist who is in a senior position with a publication that has long been loathed by many on the Isle of Man (and with good reason). What right has he to be on the course? If he ends up in a heap on the road I suspect there will be some marshals who would feel pretty hard of helping him after some of the scandalous things he and his publication have said about them over the years.

And secondly, the journalist in question openly admitted last year in a posting on the iomtt website that he has had dodgy eyes for many years. This prevented him from doing last year's Parade Lap. So how can the organisers even consider letting him loose on the TT Course at any sort of speed when he admits himself that he has for a long time had serious problems with his eyes? When it comes to safety on the TT Course, it would appear that there is one rule for one and one for another!

Click on http://www.iomtt.com/Home/Forum/ShowPost...tID=114699 and have a look at the 14th posting down.