(08-06-2015, 01:18 PM)numptydad Wrote:

(08-06-2015, 12:43 PM)excollier Wrote: @Warrior
On your first point, there used to be far more bikes on the island years ago, and far less of this type of incident used to occur, I think it's the "bucket list" rider's attitudes that have changed the number of unnecessary incidents.

It's been a long time since I was able to come to the Island, and I remember the 2 miles of promenade chock-a-bloc with bikes, don't think I'd like what I'd see nowadays.


As to another post about challenging litterers and pee-ers,  well,  frequently they are intimidating looking yobbos , and very unlikely to pay much attention to a polite approach from someone civilised.  Western Society is going to Hell in a Handcart,  in fact it seems that the "tuff guy "manner has become a fashion for many.  You only have to go past a gathering of like-minded individuals, whether boy-racers, Hog riders, Subaru owners, you name 'em, to see the geezers standing around looking "well'ard" , arms folded to push the muscles into prominence, designer shades , pirate headscarves , I could go on and on.  The awful thing is, that many of these yobs are old enough to know better.

Sorry, overdone the rant as usual
Dave

All of these are excellent points. Like many of you, I have been going over to watch the racing for many years - and my dad even longer. However, I thought a letter in (the absolutely excellent) "Ride" magazine this month summed up some of the problems perfectly. A chap had written in to say how the racing was a sideshow and he and his mates went for the drinking and partying. He reckons that why most people go these days. I'm not sure that is true (2001 proved that!), but it does indicate a sorry state of affairs and attitudes - and of-course, he may be a wind up merchant! But it is one of the reasons I much prefer the Manx GP these days.

I am getting old!