My brain and eyes simply can't process navigating this course at these speeds. The ability to have that much trust in a bike, memorizing 37 miles of complicated course bumps, rises, turns, shadows, walls, shift changes, distances between them, never losing focus seems impossible. Just hearing the bike that tight puts me into a trance. Truly amazing what humans can do.
Not to take anything away from this because it is just incredible, but onboard cameras always make racing look more insane than it is, being fixed and in 2D etc. Same in F1.
@@nuntana2No it doesn't. Onboard makes this look comprehensive compared to the fly by videos where you don't know how that's even possible. Also when I see this I think this is absolutely crazy but to a certain point (of course not as fast as them) I would dare doing it. Since I live in Germany, it's easier to try this but let me tell you.. A few minutes flat out over or at 200kph and you're thinking to yourself "alright let's chill now...". These guys are absolutely mental.. I had the pleasure to drive the new Fireblade once on a country road. I won't say how fast I went but to see the trees flying past you, turning that thing so fast at full acceleration and high speeds, I don't know how this is even possible to do. Especially for older man like John since I'm way way younger and very fit. I try to understand it but I still don't know how this works in real life..
@@Jacksonvillian904I don't know about the simulators since there is no excellent TT game. Good simulators cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars like in F1. The price money for a senior win is around 30000 pounds I believe. They don't have the money for that. There is the TT game for PC or console. I think to this day I still hold most of the records there and I know every inch of that virtual track by now. But I still would never go flatout in real life based on the simulator times and it's a really good game I have to say. But one small difference between game and real life and you're dead. James Hillier said something good: "There are corners which you can take at 100% but it's a risk.." They're not flatout everywhere but they almost are which makes them unbelievably fast overall but every time they go near 100%, the risk multiplies. But some riders like Hickman or Dunlup don't seem to care😅
@@steelhead750 Concentration isn't a binary, you need alot more concentration to control a bike at record braking speeds than you need when reading a book
Im new to this kind of thing, simply because my friend died on his 2023 gxs 1000. I never looked into bike racing but this! This is a new respect. R.I.P jamie
@@raiospartaonick people think racing is just dumb driving/riding they don't take into account all the other skills involved. Like the guys who race the nurburgring at blistering speeds, or pikes peak. A huge part is knowing exactly which turn to take at which speed in exactly which gear. The mental strength it takes along with just keeping the vehicle on the pavement is unreal. Jedi shit
Unbelievable! I think it was Joey Dunlop who, when asked how difficult it was, replied with: "Well, there's a green blur and a grey blur. I just try and stay on the grey one."
Wife and I went to the 2014 race and did a bus tour with Phil Mccallen….he narrated the entire course while taking questions from the tour group. Absolutely the best time while there. He noted that the man who wins the race is the one who woke up that morning with zero concern or fear of death. Most of the time instinct kicks in.
Riding a motorbike at 136mph in a straight line on a freeway is pretty nerve-wracking, this guy just averaged that on a twisting rural course. Magnificent.
Thank you for letting us hear the sound of a motorcycle! Not a musical soundtrack. The sound of engine, exhaust, acceleration, deceleration, is music to my ears.❤🎉😊
“Milky” Quayle describes it like a musical instrument, overwritten by self-talk, urging complete commitment & timing, to the moment you pop up out of the bubble and begin heavy breaking for a hard turn, down a gear, “ping…wah….ping….wah” as the bike slows & the lowered gear causes the pitch to jump up each time, then pushing into the turning point and looking for the apex, waiting, waiting to begin to pick the machine up out of the turn & get the throttle pinned again….
I love the way, through a series of left, right, left bends, just a bit before Ballagh bridge near the halfway mark, that each time he lays the bike over, the tyre is rotating on an edge where the rolling diameter is reduced & so the motors pitch rises, even though the speed on the road is nearly constant. It takes a lot to get close to that effect off a race track. You can’t ordinarily get as committed as that.
They won't be processing that much in real time like it's a surprise, they'll know what they need to do well in advanced. Something called muscle memory comes into play. After you've done the same lap hundreds of times, starting from a slow pace and gradually getting faster, you eventually remember where every bump, dip and everything else is. You learn where the vehicle starts to lose grip or where you can extract more grip because of the camber of the road, where the latest braking points are, etc. Then, you go out there with all of that muscle memory pieced together and attempt to re-enact that memory as best you can, "I do this when I get to here".
@@LewisHamiltonMSPR yes. That’s true but still, things change, tires aren’t exactly the same, temperatures, wind exc… some racers seem to be able to shut off the self preservation instinct and just trust that everything will go according to plan.
Nobody understands how much I look up to this man, My dad got me into bikes and racing bikes and introduced me to the TT, and the TT just fitted everything my dreams were, I one day hope to race at the TT and hell maybe meet Hickman.
I read that his front tyre does a number of miles less than that track length because it's in the air so much, and the rear does more miles than the circuit because he gets massive wheelspin laying down the power. Surely one of the greatest racing feats of all time.
Rear wheel distance is always going to vary though, since the circumference of the tyre is lower on the outside edge, which is where you spend more time during cornering. So, if you calculate the distance of the course based on rear wheel size at it's highest circumference point (the middle of the tyre's width), it will actually travel a higher distance over the 37.7 mile course since there are so many corners where the lower tyre size of the outer edges are in contact with the road (lower circumference means it has to rotate more times to cover the same distance than the higher circumference edge) A good example of this is just after 16:14, when he takes the left hand turn, you can hear the engine RPM increase quite quickly when he doesn't seem to be accelerating that much into a corner that he starts immediately slowing down for. This is because he's travelling at the same speed but the wheel (and therefore, the crankshaft) is spinning faster. You can watch at 0.25x speed too, if I'm not convincing you but I ride sportsbikes too and it's something I've noticed in my years!
@@RTSRAZORBACKok, then comprehend me the front tire underage, for 37 miles at 136 mph in some technical non jaw dropping way. Ty, just an ordinary guy..
That's debatable, perhaps there's some minor differences but probably not miles. Even when the front is briefly in the air for a few seconds the front wheel still keeps spinning.
I was there for all practice week and he was flying all week. You need to stand roadside to appreciate the earth shattering effect as all of the TT riders as they pass, it is incredible, bravest sportspersons on the planet.
Agreed. Been and Seen. It looks good on TV. But nothing prepares you for seeing it in person. There's almost a shockwave that comes off the bike as it passes. I was at Cronk y Voddy in 2017. Can't be described. Must be experienced.
Oh man, I can't begin to imagine what that experience must be like. One of these days I'm going to find out though first hand, when my brother and myself head across the pond to get the real Isle of Man TT experience!! Gotdamn I can't wait.......
Many others have died trying to do a lap like that. The closer you are to death the more you enjoy life, thats why people do this stuff. Its a choice to test yourself. This lap should be regarded as one of the greatest sporting moments of all time but media choose to ignore such bravery and courage
that's only right for people who are we call that "lebensmüde" in Germany which pretty much means something like "tired of life so that you need to risk it to feel something". Most people don't have this to feel happier but those who need it just can't do anything else or they won't be happy.
@@CarstenNRW Thank you very much. Since a young age I have lived a life of lebensmude . This has led me to do things most people never experience or even believe. It all started when I became tired of life. I figured at a young age that if I died doing something crazy nobody will think of it as suicide. I havn't shared that with people, I never knew it was recognized condition. Now happy in life with adult children I've just realized I no longer feel the urge to test myself, on the edge. thanks, your comment was meaningful .🙏
When you start watching it on your office chair as an ex biker. You start moving your head left and right. You start moving you body as if the chair was the bike You get dizzy. Having said that we need a 360 ! And a double spirit..
Ive seen pretty much every onboard lap of the TT on RUclips and nothing comes close to how this made me feeel. An almost perfect racing line for 37 miles, flat out bravery and commitment, just unbelievable riding. All TT racers are legends but hicky is just something else 😮
That is truly mind-blowing that anyone has the nerve to do what these guys do. They have my full respect. Big up Michael Dunlop too for this year's performance
@@purwantiallan5089 Yes, I was at the Isla Of Man in 1966 hoping to see Trquinio Provini nicknamed Elbow, by The British fans, sadly he crashed in practice on the Benelli 250six at 140mph, he never recovered , and retired. Agostini on the MV3, while battling with Hailwood, suffered a break down, the chain came off the bike . My friend and I Positioned ourselves at the end of a long downhill, with a single house at the end by a sharp corner. In those days a rider had to push the bike to started, before getting on it.
@@marcellogenesi6390 That must have been an incredible experience, with the wildest sounding bikes too. The things I would do to sit there in the grass along some high-speed section in 1966...
As a motorcyclist of more years than I care to remember. I just cannot understand how a Human can ride a Motorcycle like this. Even going back to when Mike Hailwood rode the Honda 500 at a lap record of 115 mph, a bike he admitted scared him every time he rode it. And he likened it to a Garden Gate with a hinge in the middle. Yet he achieved that. With a machine that hardly anyone else could ride. Incredible skills from guys that are not just next level,but five levels above. Amazing vid.
mad respect for this man and everyone who races here, he's going on the absolute limit inches away from the kerbs, if he does only one single tiny mistake he's dead, he keeps pushing, nothing but respect, incredible balls and talent.
@@Sm00thieK speed hasn't actually killed anybody, it's the sudden decelaration that does... if you think an airbag can save your life for hitting something at 300kph, good luck to you son.
,, that’s the good thing with riding smaller bikes,, your going balls out, the smile is on your face and your less likely to kill yourself on a off! ,, been there done that 😉✌,,
as the ex owner of a MKVIII Competition Itom ..... I so agree ...... 2 teeth less on the back sprocket, nose on the speedo and bum in the air (and a following wind) would just, just reach 70 but boy ..... was it fun !!!
Probably best that more aren't into it cus when something gets popular over the top rules get slapped on it (look at drones!) Or it would just get banned all together
Im not a huge fan of these or any motorcycles for that matter, but these guys have my utmost respect. The nerves, skill and concentration required is ungodly.
Unreal, this guy is on another level. The bike is definitely rider-limited, and the fact that he brought it that close to the edge redefines what it means to have skill and guts
If you look up the IOM TT 2018 stats, Hickman's 2018 senior lap average speed is 135.452mph, and on his super stock bike, his AVG is still a wopping 134.403mph!! that year, Which is only 1.49mph slower than on his full race bike, and still faster than ALL the rest of the riders. So what I'm saying is he can ride a slower bike to within that close to his full race bike, which means the bikes are the limiting factor with Peter.
There are about 50 men who can ride like Hickman, but most choose not to ride the TT. Hickman has spent much time learning the track, other great riders may have his skill or even more, but Hickman dares to race the Isle. I doubt he's do that well on a MotoGp track. Just as Martin would not come close to Hickman on the Island.
This is such a fortunate & rare treat indeed to tag along with Master Isle of Man TT Rider Peter Hickman riding his BMW M 1000 RR around this legendary Isle of Man in record lap time ... Thank You So Much to BMW M 1000 RR Team , Master Rider Peter Hickman , the Isle of Man TT channel & to all who have contributed for this amazing lap & for sharing! 🙏🌷🌿
I would love to go and experience this. Definitely something me and the wife need to put down on the bucket list. I've done Sky diving, Abseiling, Jet Skiing and Snowboarding. Incredible time's. But experiencing the TT boy's going 200mph around the course, you have to see it to believe it. Just phenomenal!
*road course….what makes this event stand out is this is that it’s on normal roads…so all the bumps, dips etc one gets on normal roads….as shown, this ain’t no smooth flat purpose built race track with marshals, run off areas etc etc etc… Not sure if you know this, but you can actually ride the course so if you do ride motorbikes, when you visit it’s worth riding around with the missus to really appreciate what these guys (and girls) do.
If I rode this 37.75 mile course on a guaranteed closed circuit (no possible oncoming traffic, no possible surprises) and achieved an average speed of 50mph I would be buying champagne for everybody in sight. 136mph is unreal. This man is an artist, such skill and guts. Unreal!
37.73 miles to be exact - it matters when calculating the speed, which I can do precisely. If anyone wants to test me with ANY time, over ANY amount of laps...
As a young teenager first hearing about the Isle of Man TT I was in amazement. With the advent of the internet and watching onboard footage of these riders, I'm not only amazed but enthralled and speechless at their talent & courage. Incredible stuff. Long live the Isle of Man TT and genuine congratulations & awe to Peter Hickman.
You get addicted pretty quick 😅 I've only really focused on learning more about the TT in the last year, and I still watch in childish wonder and amazement at the sheer bravery and raw talent of all these riders. Peter Hickman and Micheal Dunlop are the two riders I'm just blown away by personally
My palms are still sweaty. I just returned from a magical 3-week ride around the UK on a borrowed 1972 Honda CB500-4 (thanks, Tim!), with a 5-day jaunt from Liverpool via the Steam Packet Ferry over to the Isle of Man for the 2024 Manx G.P. While it was the wettest-ever GP in the 101 years of the event, I managed to sneak out early on September 25 before the rains returned and the roads were still open to traffic. I lined up alone on the Start-Finish line (these are public roads, remember) on the 52-year old Honda at 7:00 am, and took off and rode the entire 37.75-mile Mountain Circuit. Now of course, I had to keep to only "my" side of the road (the left side), but there were only two other bikes on the road that early and I was in absolute motorcycle nirvana. Seeing the magical names of the turns and sections, like Bray Hill, Ago's Leap, Creg-ny-Baa, Signpost Corner, Bungalow, etc., that I'd read about for 45 years...and here I was...there. Obeying the posted speed limits. Mostly. I've seen the films, the videos, etc., I thought I knew what this looked like. But having actually ridden these twisty, serpentine, tortuous village roads myself now at an average speed of roughly 42 mph...and seeing what it looks like here at just a tick over 200 mph at certain points (like at Sulby Bridge), I had no clue. What were gentle curves to me were knee-dragging corners to the racers. Coming down from these speeds through the gearbox, down-down-down-down-down, hard-hard on the brakes, setting up for a tight right-hander (or worse, Ramsey Hairpin), required knowing exactly what lie ahead to the inch-no hyperbole!-and pounding those brakes and gearbox to not die. These guys study the circuit all year long and know every bump, curb, tar strip, overhanging branches that cover the sun and allow for a slightly damper surface, etc., until it's a high-stakes video game in their brain. Mess up one corner and you're not set up for the next and even worse for the next and you mess up by 1-1/2 inches and you're doing 147 mph into a corner and the medicac helicopter is called in to mop you up. No, you're not ready for this, even if you're the fastest guy at Willow Springs or Barber. You need to go there. Respect for these guys...and every year, some die. And to race there, you need to qualify and meet a certain threshold, to even be the slowest qualifier on the grid. Think about that.
@@i3l4ckskillzz79 Yeah the Subaru Impreza did a 128mph average. That was only pushing 600hp and didnt have crazy down force like you see at pikes peak. Motorcycles can hit around 1.1G in a corner which is basically most sports cars without down force . I wouldn't say they are bad at cornering and if anything in the real world at license keeping speeds they may even be better. Basically a decent sports bike should be able to corner like a Honda civic type R. If anything its braking that really lets bikes down on track.
Watch Mark Higgins do the TT course in a world rally car in 2016 I was there and saw him do practice runs , the one on RUclips is a practice run , unfortunately in the bike race before his run a rider was killed at Kepple Gate a traveling marshall going to the incident also crashed and was very badly injured the med evac helicopter had to come in and the police have to investigate the riders death so Mark Higgins do not get to do the planned final lap so they released the footage from the practice lap which is mental., Enjoy 👍
Most things in life I can see how they are possible ie. flying a plane, becoming a school teacher, an astronaut, shooting the highest score in basketball or being the fastest runner… but this… this is beyond any comprehension. How anyone can get on a bike and do this is beyond my understanding. Just incredible 👏 so much respect.
The lap record average speed in 2018 was 135.452mph. A difference of less than 1mph. Same rider, also a BMW. In 2016 it was 133.393mph and in 2015 it was 132.701mph. Maybe it is how this is filmed to bring across the speed differently?
I've been playing the game and after trying so many times you end up memorizing and knowing the turns but it is insane, i can barely do a lap going full mode without crashing, these guys go lap after lap without doing a mistake, and any slight mistake can be fatal, after playing the game on realistic i have even more respect for them, there are so many things that can kill you, and it is so easy to lose control of the bike and crash at 200km/h + speeds.
It's because for a rider, the TT is something that obsesses and possess you. It takes 3 years riding it to learn. You can sort of learn it watching the onboards. But not so you'd be safe to ride it.
This is the first onboard lap I’ve watched. I’ve got a new found respect for anyone that takes this race on. I imagined a 136 mph lap to be pretty much flat out all the way. It’s unbelievable the amount of delicate control it takes with aggression and adrenalin pumping as well as memorising the course. Congratulations Pete, you just scared the c**p out of me.
I’d love this with a track map in one corner, and some telemetry another - throttle, brake, speed, and time. It’d help me contextualize what the heck is happening. Just a thought
That speed is insane! It's so fast it genuinely looks as if the footage is sped up. Just the sound of the engine slowing down makes you remember that it's the real deal. Incredible!
It's 2 AM, I was going to sleep, clicked on that video and I didn't blink once in 17 minutes 4 seconds.... Absolutely perfect lap, amazing racer, incredible lap, long live the TT!!! 😎😎
Absolute insanity you can't not but give these men the utmost respect, they are the pinnacle of legendary status. To be that committed and on point at every second of the race to the normal human being or even rider seems impossible. I don't know how they do this the concentration and the courage that's needed to be so on point for the whole lap and to know every little bump and corner of the track.
They do 6 laps too, not just one; the whole race itself lasts for about an 1 hour & 40 minutes. You can imagine the degree of concentration & strength that takes. 😮
the skill level to ride like this is off the scale. These riders are titans! Also the mechanics who fettle the bikes in order to achieve this performance must be top notch. Kudos to them.
Always enjoy watching these videos. Makes me smile thinking that the spectators only have to wait around 16 or 17 minutes before their favourite comes around again. On my first visit back in 1966 it took the big bikes about 25 minutes to complete a lap, how times have changed. It was wow back then but it's a capital WOW nowadays.
Man, watching this even I've developed tunnel vision!..........These guy's are something else, courage doesn't begin to describe it because what I've just seen is unimaginable to the senses!
Unbelievable. Me and a mate of mine once went flat out on a German autobahn for about 10 min. It started off amazing, then eventually I was so knackered that I could barely hold on and couldn't wait for him to back off. These guys are not only fearless and skilful, but they are also very fit.
How much is "flat out"? On a good bike with good tyres(!) it is easily possible to ride at 250 km/h (or even more) on a German Autobahn for far more than 10 minutes.
@@marcos.1771 Flat out in my geared (down 1 tooth on the front cog and tuned with exhaust etc) S1000rr is 182 mph these racers are super humans. My point is that even on a straight road after only 10 min flat out a mere mortal struggles. These racers are super fit, super skilled and super brave.
I’d have to get up and ride it every morning for the whole year to remember it like they do. Only then could I max out top speed on a Grom or something 😂😂😂
In terms of pure sensational skills, incredible talent and artistry, combined with serious concentration, commitment and nerve, this is the most impressive and exhilarating sporting accomplishment I have witnessed in 2023. Peter Hickman is a God of motorsport, and I would give anything to ride with him around the 37,73 mile Isle of Man TT circuit, although at a slightly reduced speed! The speed along Sulby Straight (8:09-8:22) is truly awe inspiring! Special mention must be made to the legendary Michael Dunlop, who I believe pushed Hicky to produce this mind blowing lap! Hicky, you and ALL the other riders/sidecar racers, are true heroes, and deserve the utmost respect! Nothing on planet Earth can ever compare to the TT!
Incomprehensible. I've been 153mph on an R1 once on an interstate and had nothing around me or near me and it was an overwhelming experience. This is 1000 times more dangerous and skill demanding. I'd have a better chance surviving a ski run down Mt. Everest than a lap on this course at HALF this speed.
Yeah, I once did 150mph on a motorway in England, on an FZR1000 EXUP, just after dawn, when it was empty. It's just a complete blur unless you're looking way down the road ahead.
Lots of that used to go on in UK. Mate on the back of mate’s bike was doing 150+. Quite a few twisties on the route. Never again he said lol. Bearing in mind here, Hick was doing over 200mph in places!
@@QuicknStraight Have reached 168mph in a TVR Griffith numerous times and that felt amazing. Once you get up to that speed, there is no margin for error. The other cars around seem like they are in slow motion.
I would have loved telemetry on this video. At one point going through the canopy of trees, I was focused on the bright spot on the other end, turned out to be a barn roof. I woulda gone straight through. My one screw up to end it all. Salute to these riders.
I'm not rly a Motorsport fan but every time I think about the isle of man tt I have to watch some footage. Just insane stuff. You don't have to be a fan at all to recognise how insane this is
Barregarrow 1 and 2 have to be the single most terrifying bends on this lap, the way the bike unsettles through 1 with that camber drop and the way 2 has that shortened sweep in left will leave anyone with their undies in need of a rinse. This is an immense lap.
There really isn't a word that can really describe this race. Nowhere near enough respect and recognition is given to the riders who take this on each year, they are true sporting greats.
Absolutely incredible, it doesn’t seem that long ago the 130mph was mind boggling fast and how could anyone go any faster, now the riders are steadily creeping up to 140mph.
It will never NOT blow my mind seeing these onboard videos of this event. There's no way I'd go that fast on the smoothest, straightest road that can be found; Maybe... *_maybe_* in my youth. Yet these cats do what they do and actually _enjoy_ it. Clearly the brains of people that require extreme levels of danger in order to feel excited are just plain constructed differently than yours or mine. But I'm glad there are humans out there that are not as risk-averse as I have become, since they surely do make for kickass entertainment! Congrats to Mr. Hickman on this lap that had me sobbing in the fetal position... even without any danger to my person -- only his. Side thought: I wonder what the adrenaline dump is like once the lap is over and the heightened nervous system sensitivity begins returning to its baseline.
Goosebumps all the way. This is pure Flow, just as free solo climbers, wingsuit flyers, ski freeride etc. and everyone who does extreme sports at this level just can understand because they felt it. When Flow makes everything just look far slower than it is and you feel confident because you re ready. Most beautiful thing ever for adrenaline junkies like us.
the fact you can memorize / basically muscle memory the whole track is fkin wild he is a true pro idk how much experience he has on this track but you'd have to imagine he has a lot in order to navigate this efficiently
It's just wild! Going so fast that you have to throw the bike over before you even see the next corner. Just insane! Amazing level of skill and practice by these guys!
Speechless, absolutely amazing.
A masterpiece from Peter Hickman, in staying on the gray blur and avoiding the green blur.
🤔 It was alright definitely room for improvement 😁
@@beauzo9965What is your best average speed ?
@@MisterTwister88 my speed is not average, some might say it is excessive
@@beauzo9965I thought the same.. Specially approaching corners
man I am lucky to be in the 18s as a 47 year old man TT3 PS5 that is
It's literally superhuman. Hopefully one day we'll have higher frame rate recordings, because this just looks incomprehensibly mad
He is travelling over 300 feet per second. You stick a big Phantom on his lid he won't be as quick.
you can easily have 4k 120fps
we need telemetry as well
This video is only 25fps for some reason, a shame.
not only mad but suicidal
From photographing war in 1856 to onboard real-life pod-racing. Here we are. Imagine showing this footage to guys racing in 1920- something.
My brain and eyes simply can't process navigating this course at these speeds. The ability to have that much trust in a bike, memorizing 37 miles of complicated course bumps, rises, turns, shadows, walls, shift changes, distances between them, never losing focus seems impossible. Just hearing the bike that tight puts me into a trance. Truly amazing what humans can do.
That's what I keep saying
Not to take anything away from this because it is just incredible, but onboard cameras always make racing look more insane than it is, being fixed and in 2D etc. Same in F1.
They know this route the same if not better than you know your commute to work. They run this course on simulators hundreds and thousands of times.
@@nuntana2No it doesn't. Onboard makes this look comprehensive compared to the fly by videos where you don't know how that's even possible.
Also when I see this I think this is absolutely crazy but to a certain point (of course not as fast as them) I would dare doing it. Since I live in Germany, it's easier to try this but let me tell you.. A few minutes flat out over or at 200kph and you're thinking to yourself "alright let's chill now...". These guys are absolutely mental..
I had the pleasure to drive the new Fireblade once on a country road. I won't say how fast I went but to see the trees flying past you, turning that thing so fast at full acceleration and high speeds, I don't know how this is even possible to do.
Especially for older man like John since I'm way way younger and very fit.
I try to understand it but I still don't know how this works in real life..
@@Jacksonvillian904I don't know about the simulators since there is no excellent TT game. Good simulators cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars like in F1. The price money for a senior win is around 30000 pounds I believe. They don't have the money for that.
There is the TT game for PC or console. I think to this day I still hold most of the records there and I know every inch of that virtual track by now. But I still would never go flatout in real life based on the simulator times and it's a really good game I have to say. But one small difference between game and real life and you're dead.
James Hillier said something good: "There are corners which you can take at 100% but it's a risk.."
They're not flatout everywhere but they almost are which makes them unbelievably fast overall but every time they go near 100%, the risk multiplies. But some riders like Hickman or Dunlup don't seem to care😅
Being able to sustain this level of concentration for 17 minutes is insane. One screw up or forgotten corner and you're dead.
That's just one lap he has got five more to go, six laps for the senior TT.
@@richardsutton7125Correct ! The only tea break they get is for the pit stop 😀
Tiktok really made people forget that you can concentrate for more than 30 seconds at a time.
@@steelhead750 Concentration isn't a binary, you need alot more concentration to control a bike at record braking speeds than you need when reading a book
@@Byley-e7h bow ow wotah
This man was asked what he thinks about when he is flat out and he responded with “why don’t they make a faster bike” different breed
👴🏻🥃 TODD PACKER 24
I guess at those speeds, what’s a few mph going to do to reduce your safety 😂
Love it dude. I remember starting on my 100cc Enduro yamaha, outgrowing it and many others, it never gets old, you just want more speed!!
@@memybikeni9931 just a few more HPs
Should get the ninja h2 lol
Im new to this kind of thing, simply because my friend died on his 2023 gxs 1000. I never looked into bike racing but this! This is a new respect. R.I.P jamie
I swear people like this must experience time more slowly than the rest of us. I can't even imagine memorizing a 37 mile course.
Adrenaline does the job i guess.
Still mindblowing though
They also know every bit of the track like the back of their hand. Superhuman skills
Driving fast for an extended period of time makes you blind to the speed
This is what i allways wonder also , everything is insane , but how do you memorise all pieces of sutch a long circuit at that speed !
@@raiospartaonick people think racing is just dumb driving/riding they don't take into account all the other skills involved. Like the guys who race the nurburgring at blistering speeds, or pikes peak. A huge part is knowing exactly which turn to take at which speed in exactly which gear. The mental strength it takes along with just keeping the vehicle on the pavement is unreal. Jedi shit
Unbelievable! I think it was Joey Dunlop who, when asked how difficult it was, replied with: "Well, there's a green blur and a grey blur. I just try and stay on the grey one."
The green one is the culprit!!!
Whoa lol
Guy Martin said that
@@avfeast No, it was Joey Dunlop.
@@mirandahotspring4019that was me
Wife and I went to the 2014 race and did a bus tour with Phil Mccallen….he narrated the entire course while taking questions from the tour group. Absolutely the best time while there. He noted that the man who wins the race is the one who woke up that morning with zero concern or fear of death. Most of the time instinct kicks in.
Riding a motorbike at 136mph in a straight line on a freeway is pretty nerve-wracking, this guy just averaged that on a twisting rural course. Magnificent.
INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!
I guess this is the the difference between common people and pilots !
... with dry-stone walls skimming past the top of his head
And hit 202mph through the speed trap!
must be taking 10,000 mg of omega 3 and 20,000 mg of nutritional yeast before the race..
Thank you for letting us hear the sound of a motorcycle!
Not a musical soundtrack.
The sound of engine, exhaust, acceleration, deceleration, is music to my ears.❤🎉😊
So a musical soundtrack
“Milky” Quayle describes it like a musical instrument, overwritten by self-talk, urging complete commitment & timing, to the moment you pop up out of the bubble and begin heavy breaking for a hard turn, down a gear, “ping…wah….ping….wah” as the bike slows & the lowered gear causes the pitch to jump up each time, then pushing into the turning point and looking for the apex, waiting, waiting to begin to pick the machine up out of the turn & get the throttle pinned again….
I love the way, through a series of left, right, left bends, just a bit before Ballagh bridge near the halfway mark, that each time he lays the bike over, the tyre is rotating on an edge where the rolling diameter is reduced & so the motors pitch rises, even though the speed on the road is nearly constant. It takes a lot to get close to that effect off a race track. You can’t ordinarily get as committed as that.
Not a musical sound track BUT one of the best sound tracks I've ever heard if not the best
I for one wish he woulda put some hip hop music over the annoying engine sounds
A perfect symphony, he's the conductor and instrument.
I still don’t understand how they process all of this at that rate. Incredible.
I guess they think a lot less than bass players!
They won't be processing that much in real time like it's a surprise, they'll know what they need to do well in advanced.
Something called muscle memory comes into play. After you've done the same lap hundreds of times, starting from a slow pace and gradually getting faster, you eventually remember where every bump, dip and everything else is. You learn where the vehicle starts to lose grip or where you can extract more grip because of the camber of the road, where the latest braking points are, etc. Then, you go out there with all of that muscle memory pieced together and attempt to re-enact that memory as best you can, "I do this when I get to here".
@@LewisHamiltonMSPR yes. That’s true but still, things change, tires aren’t exactly the same, temperatures, wind exc… some racers seem to be able to shut off the self preservation instinct and just trust that everything will go according to plan.
Do a lap with Guy Martin commentating sometime. They know every kerb. Every tree. Every drain.
@@o0pinkdino0o i mean would they still "be here" if they didnt?
Nobody understands how much I look up to this man, My dad got me into bikes and racing bikes and introduced me to the TT, and the TT just fitted everything my dreams were, I one day hope to race at the TT and hell maybe meet Hickman.
I read that his front tyre does a number of miles less than that track length because it's in the air so much, and the rear does more miles than the circuit because he gets massive wheelspin laying down the power. Surely one of the greatest racing feats of all time.
Rear wheel distance is always going to vary though, since the circumference of the tyre is lower on the outside edge, which is where you spend more time during cornering. So, if you calculate the distance of the course based on rear wheel size at it's highest circumference point (the middle of the tyre's width), it will actually travel a higher distance over the 37.7 mile course since there are so many corners where the lower tyre size of the outer edges are in contact with the road (lower circumference means it has to rotate more times to cover the same distance than the higher circumference edge)
A good example of this is just after 16:14, when he takes the left hand turn, you can hear the engine RPM increase quite quickly when he doesn't seem to be accelerating that much into a corner that he starts immediately slowing down for. This is because he's travelling at the same speed but the wheel (and therefore, the crankshaft) is spinning faster. You can watch at 0.25x speed too, if I'm not convincing you but I ride sportsbikes too and it's something I've noticed in my years!
I agree.
@@RTSRAZORBACKok, then comprehend me the front tire underage, for 37 miles at 136 mph in some technical non jaw dropping way.
Ty, just an ordinary guy..
@@deanhil3978 simple... Front wheel in air = front wheel no turn = less distance travelled
That's debatable, perhaps there's some minor differences but probably not miles. Even when the front is briefly in the air for a few seconds the front wheel still keeps spinning.
I was there for all practice week and he was flying all week. You need to stand roadside to appreciate the earth shattering effect as all of the TT riders as they pass, it is incredible, bravest sportspersons on the planet.
Agreed. Been and Seen. It looks good on TV. But nothing prepares you for seeing it in person. There's almost a shockwave that comes off the bike as it passes. I was at Cronk y Voddy in 2017. Can't be described. Must be experienced.
Do they have to modify the bikes to accommodate the watermelon-sized balls of these guys? They must have to carry them around in a wheelbarrow.
Oh man, I can't begin to imagine what that experience must be like. One of these days I'm going to find out though first hand, when my brother and myself head across the pond to get the real Isle of Man TT experience!! Gotdamn I can't wait.......
Your never more alive than when you've just cheated death. What an adrenalin rush!
@tfitz47 hope you enjoy it pal, its something to behold, you won't regret it
Many others have died trying to do a lap like that. The closer you are to death the more you enjoy life, thats why people do this stuff. Its a choice to test yourself. This lap should be regarded as one of the greatest sporting moments of all time but media choose to ignore such bravery and courage
I know right? I wish I had the emotional fortitude to widow my wife and orphan my children.
that's only right for people who are we call that "lebensmüde" in Germany which pretty much means something like "tired of life so that you need to risk it to feel something". Most people don't have this to feel happier but those who need it just can't do anything else or they won't be happy.
@@CarstenNRW Thank you very much. Since a young age I have lived a life of lebensmude . This has led me to do things most people never experience or even believe. It all started when I became tired of life. I figured at a young age that if I died doing something crazy nobody will think of it as suicide. I havn't shared that with people, I never knew it was recognized condition. Now happy in life with adult children I've just realized I no longer feel the urge to test myself, on the edge. thanks, your comment was meaningful .🙏
He's going by the crowd so fast, they look frozen in time. Almost like they're a photograph... Insane lap
Almost as if a video was just multiple photographs chained together!
When you start watching it on your office chair as an ex biker.
You start moving your head left and right.
You start moving you body as if the chair was the bike
You get dizzy.
Having said that we need a 360 ! And a double spirit..
Even sitting at the side of the road there is a roll of the dice
Looking like PS1 NPC’s I swear 😮💨
@@zakelwe Started doing this just sat on the sofa - and I don’t even own a bike 😹
Ive seen pretty much every onboard lap of the TT on RUclips and nothing comes close to how this made me feeel. An almost perfect racing line for 37 miles, flat out bravery and commitment, just unbelievable riding. All TT racers are legends but hicky is just something else 😮
He was moving so fast that he left reality behind. Mind scrambling.
The dude is a monster.. Michael seemed like the guy to beat but then its senior time and Hicky is like "hold my beer"
This lap was from the second superstock race not the senior.
This isn't from the Senior...the Senior actually wasn't very quick this year compared to the Superbike and Stock races
@@chrisclifford4109 It nearly like they all ran out of steam by the Senior race.
@@fordwrc2006 his point still stands. Hicky is the king of senior
@@ronnykazadi352 indeed but the fast lap didn’t come in the Senior but Superstock race 2 on the M1000RR with the carbon wheels etc.
That is truly mind-blowing that anyone has the nerve to do what these guys do. They have my full respect. Big up Michael Dunlop too for this year's performance
balls of steel
IN 1966 Hailwood lap speed 107 mph, the Honda four max.80 bhp, i was there.
@@marcellogenesi6390what? U watched that race before?
@@purwantiallan5089 Yes, I was at the Isla Of Man in 1966 hoping to see Trquinio Provini nicknamed Elbow, by The British fans, sadly he crashed in practice on the Benelli 250six at 140mph, he never recovered , and retired. Agostini on the MV3, while battling with Hailwood, suffered a break down, the chain came off the bike . My friend and I Positioned ourselves at the end of a long downhill, with a single house at the end by a sharp corner. In those days a rider had to push the bike to started, before getting on it.
@@marcellogenesi6390 That must have been an incredible experience, with the wildest sounding bikes too. The things I would do to sit there in the grass along some high-speed section in 1966...
This is what the fly in my room at night must feel like, buzzing super loudly and flying as fast as he can everywhere
Honestly this puts you in a trances, the amount of trust this man has for his machine is inspiring
I remember there was a fatal crash cause the engine seized. Imagine it happens when you're doing a corner at such speed.
Amount of trust he has in the road maintenance guys is insane
@@virupakshawalla5734 facts lmao
@virupakshawalla5734 im fairly certain a team inspects the entire track multiple times before the race.
Trusting the machine is trusting yourself
As a motorcyclist of more years than I care to remember. I just cannot understand how a Human can ride a Motorcycle like this. Even going back to when Mike Hailwood rode the Honda 500 at a lap record of 115 mph, a bike he admitted scared him every time he rode it. And he likened it to a Garden Gate with a hinge in the middle. Yet he achieved that. With a machine that hardly anyone else could ride. Incredible skills from guys that are not just next level,but five levels above. Amazing vid.
mad respect for this man and everyone who races here, he's going on the absolute limit inches away from the kerbs, if he does only one single tiny mistake he's dead, he keeps pushing, nothing but respect, incredible balls and talent.
Yeah, you can probably hear them clang when he's walking. Those brass balls of his..
@@madmax7622Great guy! Great balls! What not to like?
You know he is wearing a full on riding suit with airbags right?
@@Sm00thieKdeaths are a common occurrence at this race event. Only been one year with no fatalities in its 100+ years of operation.
@@Sm00thieK speed hasn't actually killed anybody, it's the sudden decelaration that does... if you think an airbag can save your life for hitting something at 300kph, good luck to you son.
This is how I feel doing 45mph on the 50cc.
no fair, you get to have that feel on any b road at any time, these guys can get their kicks a couple times a year
,, that’s the good thing with riding smaller bikes,, your going balls out, the smile is on your face and your less likely to kill yourself on a off! ,, been there done that 😉✌,,
Now that’s funny
😂😂
as the ex owner of a MKVIII Competition Itom ..... I so agree ...... 2 teeth less on the back sprocket, nose on the speedo and bum in the air (and a following wind) would just, just reach 70 but boy ..... was it fun !!!
If only more people would realize what an amazing thing this is.
You'd be hard pressed to find any mention of this in the national news. 😠
Probably best that more aren't into it cus when something gets popular over the top rules get slapped on it (look at drones!) Or it would just get banned all together
@@mark675I don’t think so. The IOM is an independent self-governing entity and the TT is a huge earner.
Why?
Should have the same label as f1 Monaco. Legal roads used to theatre closed
Im not a huge fan of these or any motorcycles for that matter, but these guys have my utmost respect. The nerves, skill and concentration required is ungodly.
He left himself no room for error on a lot of those corners. Incredible racing
Can't play it safe if you want to win
🥃👴🏻 BILL COSBY 24
Peter obviously knows the course like the back of his hand.
That's the only way to get record breaking laps in.. should see the way Michael Dunlop manhandles a 1000 round here
Unreal, this guy is on another level. The bike is definitely rider-limited, and the fact that he brought it that close to the edge redefines what it means to have skill and guts
If you look up the IOM TT 2018 stats, Hickman's 2018 senior lap average speed is 135.452mph, and on his super stock bike, his AVG is still a wopping 134.403mph!! that year, Which is only 1.49mph slower than on his full race bike, and still faster than ALL the rest of the riders.
So what I'm saying is he can ride a slower bike to within that close to his full race bike, which means the bikes are the limiting factor with Peter.
@@hardergamer this makes me appreciate him more, that guy is an absolute maniac
@@marclahathaaMichael Dunlop is better.
You make a very interesting point. How long until we see drone-bikes racing the course?
There are about 50 men who can ride like Hickman, but most choose not to ride the TT. Hickman has spent much time learning the track, other great riders may have his skill or even more, but Hickman dares to race the Isle. I doubt he's do that well on a MotoGp track. Just as Martin would not come close to Hickman on the Island.
This is such a fortunate & rare treat indeed to tag along with Master Isle of Man TT Rider Peter Hickman riding his BMW M 1000 RR around this legendary Isle of Man in record lap time ... Thank You So Much to BMW M 1000 RR Team , Master Rider Peter Hickman , the Isle of Man TT channel & to all who have contributed for this amazing lap & for sharing! 🙏🌷🌿
Top class, Peter. What a ride! Now I understand why they say the closer to death you are, the more alive you feel. These guys are amazing.
Thank you Peter. Amazing experience. Thanks Isle of Man TT Races. Such a well coordinated event. Thanks to all bikers for the love of the TT.
Thanks to dog owners for leashing your pets. Imagine pooching it at those speeds.
I would love to go and experience this. Definitely something me and the wife need to put down on the bucket list. I've done Sky diving, Abseiling, Jet Skiing and Snowboarding. Incredible time's. But experiencing the TT boy's going 200mph around the course, you have to see it to believe it. Just phenomenal!
*road course….what makes this event stand out is this is that it’s on normal roads…so all the bumps, dips etc one gets on normal roads….as shown, this ain’t no smooth flat purpose built race track with marshals, run off areas etc etc etc…
Not sure if you know this, but you can actually ride the course so if you do ride motorbikes, when you visit it’s worth riding around with the missus to really appreciate what these guys (and girls) do.
If I rode this 37.75 mile course on a guaranteed closed circuit (no possible oncoming traffic, no possible surprises) and achieved an average speed of 50mph I would be buying champagne for everybody in sight.
136mph is unreal. This man is an artist, such skill and guts.
Unreal!
🤣 👌👌👌
The question is, how does he fit them in his suit? ⚾⚾'s that is.
37.73 miles to be exact - it matters when calculating the speed, which I can do precisely. If anyone wants to test me with ANY time, over ANY amount of laps...
@@michaellooney1089 lol
@@michaellooney1089 are you referring dick sizes here or the lap distance of the tt course
As a young teenager first hearing about the Isle of Man TT I was in amazement. With the advent of the internet and watching onboard footage of these riders, I'm not only amazed but enthralled and speechless at their talent & courage. Incredible stuff. Long live the Isle of Man TT and genuine congratulations & awe to Peter Hickman.
Und allen anderen die die Eier haben solch ein Rennen zu fahren.👍🏻🥚🥚
You get addicted pretty quick 😅 I've only really focused on learning more about the TT in the last year, and I still watch in childish wonder and amazement at the sheer bravery and raw talent of all these riders. Peter Hickman and Micheal Dunlop are the two riders I'm just blown away by personally
Welcome to the world of TT mate. Soon enough, you'll catch the TT bug and you'll see the absolutely crazy things these riders do. Insane.
My palms are still sweaty.
I just returned from a magical 3-week ride around the UK on a borrowed 1972 Honda CB500-4 (thanks, Tim!), with a 5-day jaunt from Liverpool via the Steam Packet Ferry over to the Isle of Man for the 2024 Manx G.P. While it was the wettest-ever GP in the 101 years of the event, I managed to sneak out early on September 25 before the rains returned and the roads were still open to traffic. I lined up alone on the Start-Finish line (these are public roads, remember) on the 52-year old Honda at 7:00 am, and took off and rode the entire 37.75-mile Mountain Circuit.
Now of course, I had to keep to only "my" side of the road (the left side), but there were only two other bikes on the road that early and I was in absolute motorcycle nirvana. Seeing the magical names of the turns and sections, like Bray Hill, Ago's Leap, Creg-ny-Baa, Signpost Corner, Bungalow, etc., that I'd read about for 45 years...and here I was...there. Obeying the posted speed limits. Mostly.
I've seen the films, the videos, etc., I thought I knew what this looked like. But having actually ridden these twisty, serpentine, tortuous village roads myself now at an average speed of roughly 42 mph...and seeing what it looks like here at just a tick over 200 mph at certain points (like at Sulby Bridge), I had no clue. What were gentle curves to me were knee-dragging corners to the racers. Coming down from these speeds through the gearbox, down-down-down-down-down, hard-hard on the brakes, setting up for a tight right-hander (or worse, Ramsey Hairpin), required knowing exactly what lie ahead to the inch-no hyperbole!-and pounding those brakes and gearbox to not die. These guys study the circuit all year long and know every bump, curb, tar strip, overhanging branches that cover the sun and allow for a slightly damper surface, etc., until it's a high-stakes video game in their brain. Mess up one corner and you're not set up for the next and even worse for the next and you mess up by 1-1/2 inches and you're doing 147 mph into a corner and the medicac helicopter is called in to mop you up.
No, you're not ready for this, even if you're the fastest guy at Willow Springs or Barber. You need to go there. Respect for these guys...and every year, some die. And to race there, you need to qualify and meet a certain threshold, to even be the slowest qualifier on the grid. Think about that.
Nothing anyone ever does on 4 wheels can ever come close to this. Terrifying but mind-blowingly awesome. Legend
A car with enough down force and power would destroy this lap record. Bikes are not good at cornering
@@i3l4ckskillzz79 Yeah the Subaru Impreza did a 128mph average. That was only pushing 600hp and didnt have crazy down force like you see at pikes peak. Motorcycles can hit around 1.1G in a corner which is basically most sports cars without down force . I wouldn't say they are bad at cornering and if anything in the real world at license keeping speeds they may even be better. Basically a decent sports bike should be able to corner like a Honda civic type R. If anything its braking that really lets bikes down on track.
Watch Mark Higgins do the TT course in a world rally car in 2016 I was there and saw him do practice runs , the one on RUclips is a practice run , unfortunately in the bike race before his run a rider was killed at Kepple Gate a traveling marshall going to the incident also crashed and was very badly injured the med evac helicopter had to come in and the police have to investigate the riders death so Mark Higgins do not get to do the planned final lap so they released the footage from the practice lap which is mental., Enjoy 👍
@@i3l4ckskillzz79ahaha we are aware, he means in terms of danger and adrenaline.
@@i3l4ckskillzz79yes but bike is able to drive in a straight line through snake like corners, cars will have to turn there
Most things in life I can see how they are possible ie. flying a plane, becoming a school teacher, an astronaut, shooting the highest score in basketball or being the fastest runner… but this… this is beyond any comprehension. How anyone can get on a bike and do this is beyond my understanding. Just incredible 👏 so much respect.
... and writing a symphony. Otherwise, exactly my thoughts.
@@chrismuz I can write you a symphony but I assure you it won't be a good one.
@@residuevideoscacophony.
@@chrismuz modern classical music, easy-peasy. Just bang a couple of saucepans together for a while.
@@stevetaylor8698 True, but I was thinking more of Beethoven and the like. Lol.
watched this a thousand times and still not enough...awesome
Hickey really went above and beyond for this Lap !
What a TT this has been with both Him and Michael on top of their games !!
Roll on 2024!
I haven't watched an onboard lap for at least 5 years. This jump in speed is astonishing, I can't cope!
The lap record average speed in 2018 was 135.452mph. A difference of less than 1mph. Same rider, also a BMW. In 2016 it was 133.393mph and in 2015 it was 132.701mph. Maybe it is how this is filmed to bring across the speed differently?
John McGuiness on board is good from last year
@@my_dear_friend_ I don't think so, to get seconds on a lap means lot more speed actually, and one eye con feel it, it's pure physics.
Maybe average speed measuring make one think is less differences than it really is.
One mph faster over 37 miles is a huge difference in speed overall. I was wincing throughout that, just unbelievable
I've met Peter a few times, all I can say is he's one of nicest blokes to meet, always got time for the fans.
Absolutely amazing. My mind cant wrap around how these guys memorize every single turn of 37 miles... half of the turns are blind 🤯
I've been playing the game and after trying so many times you end up memorizing and knowing the turns but it is insane, i can barely do a lap going full mode without crashing, these guys go lap after lap without doing a mistake, and any slight mistake can be fatal, after playing the game on realistic i have even more respect for them, there are so many things that can kill you, and it is so easy to lose control of the bike and crash at 200km/h + speeds.
It's because for a rider, the TT is something that obsesses and possess you. It takes 3 years riding it to learn. You can sort of learn it watching the onboards. But not so you'd be safe to ride it.
@@IOFIsicknessHis average speed was quicker than 200kmh which is about 124 mph. More like 200 mph which is about 322kmh
This is the first onboard lap I’ve watched. I’ve got a new found respect for anyone that takes this race on. I imagined a 136 mph lap to be pretty much flat out all the way. It’s unbelievable the amount of delicate control it takes with aggression and adrenalin pumping as well as memorising the course.
Congratulations Pete, you just scared the c**p out of me.
WOW total concentration for a prolonged period. Not many could come close to doing this. Hats off to Mr. Hickman!
I’d love this with a track map in one corner, and some telemetry another - throttle, brake, speed, and time. It’d help me contextualize what the heck is happening. Just a thought
EXACTLY!!!
Agreed. And a look at Hickman's face at the end. Was he still mellow, or was he totally manic?
He's going fast as fuck, boyeeee
That speed is insane! It's so fast it genuinely looks as if the footage is sped up. Just the sound of the engine slowing down makes you remember that it's the real deal. Incredible!
These guys are not afraid of death
Would love to see the telemetry on this! Please make that happen for 2024
You forgot to click your fingers.
@FirstLast-ix7vh Cry harder you frightened pizzle.
@FirstLast-ix7vh hell yeah 🤩🤩
I have the telemetry copy.
Let me paste it here.
"Fast AF!"
@@XtreeM_FaiL 🤣
It's 2 AM, I was going to sleep, clicked on that video and I didn't blink once in 17 minutes 4 seconds.... Absolutely perfect lap, amazing racer, incredible lap, long live the TT!!! 😎😎
3AM and I’m up. Shit is insane 🔥
i've spoke to Him in the 2019 at the TT and it was amazing .. how calm he was.. before going to race
Absolute insanity you can't not but give these men the utmost respect, they are the pinnacle of legendary status. To be that committed and on point at every second of the race to the normal human being or even rider seems impossible. I don't know how they do this the concentration and the courage that's needed to be so on point for the whole lap and to know every little bump and corner of the track.
So right! Amazing is a too weak word for this job.
They do 6 laps too, not just one; the whole race itself lasts for about an 1 hour & 40 minutes. You can imagine the degree of concentration & strength that takes. 😮
And to do one lap without error is incredible and to it up to six laps is just outrageous ability and focus
They are juat rich kids with toys 😂
I rarely use the word insane. . . .
That is until spring of every year when I become a wannabe manx man for a week.
OMG
I don’t think I blinked during this video! Still in awe! Completely insane skill and bravery! No room for error.
Went to the Isle of Man this year for my first TT, glad I got to witness this! Awesome lap Hickman and every driver there was amazing. RIP Torras.
Rider, NOT driver, you silly sausage 🙄
@@ty.d.g.7550 Do you mean to say he is a silly German? 😀
Can you imagine remembering every corner? Unbelievable! 😍🤙
the skill level to ride like this is off the scale. These riders are titans! Also the mechanics who fettle the bikes in order to achieve this performance must be top notch. Kudos to them.
I think this year's TT was the best covered ever. Thank you guys for all the content you created and shared 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Always enjoy watching these videos. Makes me smile thinking that the spectators only have to wait around 16 or 17 minutes before their favourite comes around again. On my first visit back in 1966 it took the big bikes about 25 minutes to complete a lap, how times have changed. It was wow back then but it's a capital WOW nowadays.
Man, watching this even I've developed tunnel vision!..........These guy's are something else, courage doesn't begin to describe it because what I've just seen is unimaginable to the senses!
This is a must see to anyone into any sort of racing. Makes you highly respect the true ability of such a master.
God Bless Peter Hickman. The dude is Blessed. I respect him no matter what. Go Hickman 💪🙏🤙🏁
God Bless You Brother 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
Unbelievable. Me and a mate of mine once went flat out on a German autobahn for about 10 min. It started off amazing, then eventually I was so knackered that I could barely hold on and couldn't wait for him to back off. These guys are not only fearless and skilful, but they are also very fit.
How much is "flat out"?
On a good bike with good tyres(!) it is easily possible to ride at 250 km/h (or even more) on a German Autobahn for far more than 10 minutes.
@@marcos.1771 Flat out in my geared (down 1 tooth on the front cog and tuned with exhaust etc) S1000rr is 182 mph these racers are super humans. My point is that even on a straight road after only 10 min flat out a mere mortal struggles. These racers are super fit, super skilled and super brave.
Absolutely astonishing! Well done Peter Hickman. I've done many laps of that course, but quite how he does that, is just mind blowing!
I’d have to get up and ride it every morning for the whole year to remember it like they do. Only then could I max out top speed on a Grom or something 😂😂😂
I've only ever driven a car past 140mph (in an almost straight line) twice. How these guys do it on bikes through bendy village roads is incredible!
Get on a bike and youl see. They are the masters of the road.
Keep in mind that was his average speed....meaning that for a lot of these sections he is doing over 200mph.
@@Grooove_e El rocket ship
In terms of pure sensational skills, incredible talent and artistry, combined with serious concentration, commitment and nerve, this is the most impressive and exhilarating sporting accomplishment I have witnessed in 2023.
Peter Hickman is a God of motorsport, and I would give anything to ride with him around the 37,73 mile Isle of Man TT circuit, although at a slightly reduced speed!
The speed along Sulby Straight (8:09-8:22) is truly awe inspiring!
Special mention must be made to the legendary Michael Dunlop, who I believe pushed Hicky to produce this mind blowing lap!
Hicky, you and ALL the other riders/sidecar racers, are true heroes, and deserve the utmost respect!
Nothing on planet Earth can ever compare to the TT!
Peter Hickman a modern day legend.
This has to be the greatest bike race in the world I hope it never gets stopped with the way the world is going. Unbelievable lap congratulations
Amazing! The speed the crowd and lines go by is insane! Can't wait to be there next year :)
Awesome, and what a privilege to be able to watch.
And holy poo , when you're wheel spinning coming out of the corners at them speeds, awesome .
Incomprehensible. I've been 153mph on an R1 once on an interstate and had nothing around me or near me and it was an overwhelming experience. This is 1000 times more dangerous and skill demanding. I'd have a better chance surviving a ski run down Mt. Everest than a lap on this course at HALF this speed.
Yeah, I once did 150mph on a motorway in England, on an FZR1000 EXUP, just after dawn, when it was empty. It's just a complete blur unless you're looking way down the road ahead.
Lots of that used to go on in UK. Mate on the back of mate’s bike was doing 150+. Quite a few twisties on the route. Never again he said lol.
Bearing in mind here, Hick was doing over 200mph in places!
if you own an R1 and havent had it screaming at the top of 6th you dont deserve that bike...
@@QuicknStraight Have reached 168mph in a TVR Griffith numerous times and that felt amazing. Once you get up to that speed, there is no margin for error. The other cars around seem like they are in slow motion.
Mental!! Well done Peter! great to see nearly a whole lap with riders view too!
Other tracks: we installed state of the art SAFER barriers and perfectly angled walls to minimize driver injuries.
Isle of Man: f**k it, we ball.
Just incredible. The phase around 8mins going through the trees, it's hypersonic. What a thrill. Can't wait for 2024!
That is absolutely mental. I couldn't begin to imagine what it's like for the guys that do it in a sidecar .
I would have loved telemetry on this video. At one point going through the canopy of trees, I was focused on the bright spot on the other end, turned out to be a barn roof. I woulda gone straight through. My one screw up to end it all. Salute to these riders.
I'm not rly a Motorsport fan but every time I think about the isle of man tt I have to watch some footage. Just insane stuff. You don't have to be a fan at all to recognise how insane this is
This was absolutely phenomenal. On a superstock bike, no less....
Wow incredible focus love watching this every year one day I will take a vacation there to see the race and visit this beautiful island
A totally terrifying lap that is also thrilling & heart stopping at times too, just an amazing ride.
Don't care what anyone else thinks, these guys are the most insane pilots in the world and it is absolutely crazy with the speeds they reach.
Maliens have been at this level for awhile on planet Manly. 10,000 years or so.
You are a squirrel! Now get back on your Marx Big Wheel and pedal the hell outta here!
ive been a professional bike racer for 34 years.. but that was bat crap crazy..
Barregarrow 1 and 2 have to be the single most terrifying bends on this lap, the way the bike unsettles through 1 with that camber drop and the way 2 has that shortened sweep in left will leave anyone with their undies in need of a rinse. This is an immense lap.
The lines and shifting are so perfect it’s incredible.
Hickey60 is the best motorcycle racer ever in history⚡♥️⚡🤠
Performance like this is absolutely unreal. I had to check my phone to make sure I wasn’t watching this at 2x speed!!🤯
Now put it to 2x speed and prepare for an aneurysm
I remember being there the year that 118mph fell. You didn't think improvement on that was possible. And here we are.
There really isn't a word that can really describe this race. Nowhere near enough respect and recognition is given to the riders who take this on each year, they are true sporting greats.
Absolutely incredible, it doesn’t seem that long ago the 130mph was mind boggling fast and how could anyone go any faster, now the riders are steadily creeping up to 140mph.
This run was something else! Epic.
Insane racing. I come here to just appreciate the balls on these guys. 😂
Respect! If I didn't know this was real, I would swear the film was sped up, incredible.
It will never NOT blow my mind seeing these onboard videos of this event.
There's no way I'd go that fast on the smoothest, straightest road that can be found; Maybe... *_maybe_* in my youth. Yet these cats do what they do and actually _enjoy_ it.
Clearly the brains of people that require extreme levels of danger in order to feel excited are just plain constructed differently than yours or mine.
But I'm glad there are humans out there that are not as risk-averse as I have become, since they surely do make for kickass entertainment!
Congrats to Mr. Hickman on this lap that had me sobbing in the fetal position... even without any danger to my person -- only his.
Side thought: I wonder what the adrenaline dump is like once the lap is over and the heightened nervous system sensitivity begins returning to its baseline.
i saw the video 5 times in a row. am i crazy? No! im in love... im in fucking love with the sound, the view, THE BLUR...
Goosebumps all the way. This is pure Flow, just as free solo climbers, wingsuit flyers, ski freeride etc. and everyone who does extreme sports at this level just can understand because they felt it. When Flow makes everything just look far slower than it is and you feel confident because you re ready. Most beautiful thing ever for adrenaline junkies like us.
the fact you can memorize / basically muscle memory the whole track is fkin wild he is a true pro idk how much experience he has on this track but you'd have to imagine he has a lot in order to navigate this efficiently
It's just wild! Going so fast that you have to throw the bike over before you even see the next corner. Just insane! Amazing level of skill and practice by these guys!
absolute madness. 100% precision and amazing. was a great watch this year, so much history made in many races/classes.
Man and machine in literal perfect harmony ❤❤❤