I totally agree with all the comments about Pat Hennen and his impact in the Isle of Man.
A true road racer, and he was a real inspiration to myself to compete, see the paragraphs below from an article about my first Manx.

When I was over for the first time, I garaged with Pete Burgess at Bernie Potters place, before we headed for home he presented me with a couple of cracking shots of Pat in the 1978 races, it would be great to see him back at the TT or even the Manx, as I am sure there are many like myself who were in awe of a Grand Prix rider mastering the TT course in such a short space of time.

Best Regards

John Mc.

Since 1978, I had harboured a dream to compete in the Manx Grand Prix and take on the incredible ribbon of tarmac that is the Mountain Circuit. The first seeds were planted early in that balmy practice week when I gazed in awe at the likes of Pat Hennen sweeping through the leafy suburbia of Quarter Bridge on that delectable red, yellow and black Heron RG500 Suzuki.

This was and still is an endearing memory, as Hennen had bucked the trend of the World Championship runners of the time, who had been busy trying to put road circuit racing firmly out of service and move to more and more sterile short circuits that were springing up on the World Championship calendar. It is amazing to me that over 20 years later I myself would make that plunge down Bray Hill and head round that very corner albeit at a snails pace in comparison.