Hello Will, the course licence idea is a good one but I think the riders who live on the island might disagree, as they only have the pre-TT and the Manx, in which to get signatures. The added expense of travelling to the mainland for three more meetings would make it too expensive, this is why they use modern bikes at Jurby.
Yes, the Manx Classic Races are the Premier Classic Races, and long may they continue to be but they are not the TT, nor should they be based around the TT of the period. The TT was a world championship event, with world champions amongst there numbers and a world apart from the MGP and what it was intended for.
I would love to have a classic race at the TT, then base it on the TT of the period but let us leave the Manx as intended!
As for the legallity of the Paton, or any other machine, I would not try to argue, what I was saying is, these machine were never available to clubman, MGP riders in the day, so why now. Let them race in a seperate class, not ban them or stop them racing. The idea is to encourage more riders and machines back, not put them of entering.