After reading the reports in the MCN last week and reading the responses this week about the proposed speed restrictions for this years TT races it got me thinking about why i love going to the Iom for the TT....the responses in the MCN were saying more or less that the TT will be ruined if the proposed limits come into force and that they wont be going back if they cant rip round the course at break neck speeds....these people surely must be in the minority and although i like nothing better than opening up my ZX9R round the island any limits imposed would make no difference to me at all , just riding round the course at 40 or 50 mph and thinking of the name of the particular section im on and which TT greats past and present have rode the same piece of tarmac is enough to give me goose bumps, stopping on Mad Sunday and soaking up the atmostphere with a pint in my hand is worth much more than being able to ride at whatever speeds you can muster legally...given the choice ( if i hd to pick one ) the atmostphere would win every time.
Then theres the crazy night life,where else in the world can you drink till the morning whilst watching amateur stuntmen try to do themselves harm ( thankfully only a small proportion succeed ), where else in the world would a policeman hold up traffic while someone completes his burnout,which other bike event can you sit and watch probably the best racers on the planet whisk by inches from your nose and then bump into them later that night , them being as drunk as you are.
To think some people would be willing to give all this up just because they cant ride that 30 or 40 mph more....never in a million years!!