Thanks, Arnie. The weather is causing big problems. I feel sorry for the fans camping, the marshals with no free time, and of course the man that spends time and money building his bike in the garden shed to use up his annual holiday to race in the MGP only to find he's left in the cold playing 2nd fiddle to TT superstars being paid big money to join the classic superbike mgp. I don't like it. Both the TT and MGP is too intense now. And the organisers attitude is, if you don't like it, don't come.
@@Manxmann I totally agree , not seen a TT since its worst race ever 1989 1300 production, and not watched the MGP since 1994 , I would never dream of missing a North west 200 , or the southern 100 however , mass start racing is far superior, but ask any competitor they will tell you the TT is best , as there is a lot of prestige in a mountain course victory , the final nail in the coffin for me was when riders set off individually rather than in pairs , it's not easy to watch without a secure AM radio signal in areas of intermittent coverage, and is easy to lose track of competitors outside of the top ten without radio and stopwatch , in brief I am probably one of the only manxmen you will meet that does not favor timetrial racing , the North West 200 for example is fielded by the world's top road racing competitors , and once you experience its magic as a spectator it will never leave you , and only a couple of months later there is the southern 100 followed by Armoy , also not forgetting the season opener the Cookstown 100 prior to these other events , any way " what do I know" 😆 keep well yessir , kind regards Arnie ...
@@Manxmann i can't believe the revised schedule for this year's classic junior MGP , only ONE !! lap , when the last competitor reaches Ballaugh the front runner will be at Brandish or Cronk Na Mona , this is no more than a glorified parade lap , an insult to those that have invested time and money in this entry , what is to happen if god forbid there is a red flag incident, will the winner be judged on the speed covered along Sulby straight, or in the judges opinion nicest paint job , how will it be done , it won't be wheel to wheel racing as we were used to with Bob Heath and Bill Swallow in the good old days that's for sure , what a mess ! Hope all goes well and safely though and look forward to a better meeting for all that wish to compete and spectate in the future, kind regards Arnie ..... 🚩
Great video , Hope the weather picks up , kind regards Arnie...
Thanks, Arnie. The weather is causing big problems. I feel sorry for the fans camping, the marshals with no free time, and of course the man that spends time and money building his bike in the garden shed to use up his annual holiday to race in the MGP only to find he's left in the cold playing 2nd fiddle to TT superstars being paid big money to join the classic superbike mgp. I don't like it. Both the TT and MGP is too intense now. And the organisers attitude is, if you don't like it, don't come.
@@Manxmann I totally agree , not seen a TT since its worst race ever 1989 1300 production, and not watched the MGP since 1994 , I would never dream of missing a North west 200 , or the southern 100 however , mass start racing is far superior, but ask any competitor they will tell you the TT is best , as there is a lot of prestige in a mountain course victory , the final nail in the coffin for me was when riders set off individually rather than in pairs , it's not easy to watch without a secure AM radio signal in areas of intermittent coverage, and is easy to lose track of competitors outside of the top ten without radio and stopwatch , in brief I am probably one of the only manxmen you will meet that does not favor timetrial racing , the North West 200 for example is fielded by the world's top road racing competitors , and once you experience its magic as a spectator it will never leave you , and only a couple of months later there is the southern 100 followed by Armoy , also not forgetting the season opener the Cookstown 100 prior to these other events , any way " what do I know" 😆 keep well yessir , kind regards Arnie ...
@@Manxmann i can't believe the revised schedule for this year's classic junior MGP , only ONE !! lap , when the last competitor reaches Ballaugh the front runner will be at Brandish or Cronk Na Mona , this is no more than a glorified parade lap , an insult to those that have invested time and money in this entry , what is to happen if god forbid there is a red flag incident, will the winner be judged on the speed covered along Sulby straight, or in the judges opinion nicest paint job , how will it be done , it won't be wheel to wheel racing as we were used to with Bob Heath and Bill Swallow in the good old days that's for sure , what a mess ! Hope all goes well and safely though and look forward to a better meeting for all that wish to compete and spectate in the future, kind regards Arnie ..... 🚩