Hello Will,
What a good idea, to be able to buy the winning bikes, the queue would reach down to Douglas if a Paton or MV was up for grabs at £18,000. But seriously, I get the idea of what you mean but didn't that idea go wrong in America with the Triumph/BSA Group at Daytona in the early seventies?
As I said, my idea is to get more people racing at the Manx and the times from 1972, were suppose to be as a guide to Rep time.
We all know that the course is now faster than 1983, when the classic races were introduced and that race times are always going to improve but the idea is to get riders to enter the races and there has to be a realistic chance for a good rider to get a rep, not as this year.
I expect there are a good few different ideas, as to what is best for the MGP, I was just expressing mine with the two class idea and you have come up with a couple of others, so why aren't the MMCC with the ambassadors doing the same thing.
I know that the ambassadors did a good job at the MGP this year and are, perhaps, not helped or appreciated by the MMCC as much as they should be, or listened to, as they should be!
As another thought, I am not sure that having the over 500cc Classics in the senior race is a good idea, people might want to do the 500 and the over 500, as a few did this year but will now have to make a choice.