RETRO FOOTAGES were AMAZING... !!! Thanks for adding such awesome. 😊👍🏻 Isle of man TT.. Racers/Riders really got balls of Steels riding that INSANE SPEEDS ... 👀 They literally fly during the Races. 🤯😱😳😲
@TullyOnABike not mean, just joking. It is a risk they knowing took in the spirit of fun, right? Not like anyone forces people into very high risk careers or sports, or hobbies. So, death and feeling bad about it?
This motorsport is considered the most dangerous of all racing and sports, you must be dedicated to set the fastest time or speed and greet death as an old friend when youre behind the wheel. More than a hundred died on the annual race. These racers are the bravest and has the balls to defy their limits in speed. This is why i respect and loved watching this sport 😊❤
First time visit to the TT this year, what a wonderful week, crazy lying in a grass verge within touching distance of bikes passing at near 200mph, Dunlop Hickey n Harrison smashed it, cant wait to return in a couple of years.
3 of 4 dunlops died reacing michael is only one left brother dad and uncle all died racing in TT not all on isle but same types of races. Joey His uncle for decades was the god of The TT oldest guy to win in his 50s before dying in another TT type race. That poor family has given their family to these races.
Outstanding video. The true champions of the Isle of Mann TT are the absolutely wonderful people who live there and resist the entire worlds efforts to stop their incredible invitation to all supremely talented motorcycle riders, from all over the world, to display their courage. I thank them for so perfectly showing what courage looks like. Those Isle Of Mann people are truly one of a great kind of people. Peter Hickman, this year, redid the fastest lap ever done at the Isle of Mann TT. It is on RUclips. It is the most insanely technically perfect street racing laps of any street course I have ever seen. Bravo Peter Hickman and the unbelievably fast BMW 1000 he is riding.
been riding for a while..ive always respected a supersport inline-4 600cc and liter bikes...racing through the isle of man at full throttle is just insane ...
It’s been massive in the UK for years and years! Thanks to gas monkey and people like that it’s going over to you guys in the US! You have to go and witness it for yourselves it’s breathtaking live😊
Ace video. I went this year after watching it for a while on tv. The vibe of the island is awesome being a few feet from bikes doing over 100 is amazing. The flame pic use when talking fatalities was Guy Martin in 2010 and he survived, albeit with singed eyebrows lol. One more dampener. I know you love Rossi, but he said it’s too dangerous and only did one exhibition lap.
Not mentioning Michael Dunlop while doing Joey and Robert is a crime, the nephew of Joey is just 1 win short ot tieing his uncles record and becomming the greatest ever, also was the first rider to record a 130MPH lap on a 600cc bike.
Michael and William Dunlop deserved a mention as well. Nephews of the great Joey Dunlop. Michael is now equal with Joey on 26 TT wins. William sadly passed away racing on the Island. Carl Foggarty was another rider with multiple WSB titles and TT wins. Our Lord an saviour Rossi rode a couple laps of the course and declared it too crazy for him and expressed his great respect for all those brave and talented enough to race. They're all crazy and it's essential TV viewing for me. We get great coverage of the event on British TV
You say: "Our Lord an saviour Rossi rode a couple laps of the course and declared it too crazy for him and expressed his great respect for all those brave and talented enough to race."… and he was being guided round by his own hero and mentor, the great Giacomo Agostini, who knows his way around the Island pretty well, after scoring more than a few wins there himself.
Just a note for the pronunciations - Snaefell - "Snay" "Fell" Ballaugh - "Bah" "Laff (Laugh)" Creg Ny Baa - "Creg" "Nuh/Nih-Bar" Otherwise spot on and brilliantly put together video.
Rarely mentioned is that all TT races are timetrials. Bikes set off at intervals so there is good separation of riders. The race is primarily against the course.
I was there, just a few weeks ago (June 2023). An amazing event all round and should be a bucket list item for everyone. Where else can you sit in a hedge less than two metres away from some of the best custom made or factory 'standard' bikes passing at 150-180mph? Superb countryside too. Loved the No Speed Limits One Way Mountain section - scary fun, as riding should be.
I can't believe he didn't mention my Guy even once. Guy Martin has done it all, Guy Martin Proper has some great videos in India, China, Russia, Japan, Chernobyl and others
Peter Hickman pulled somthing fantastic this year at the North West, his bike got banned so the dude decided, "screw it! imma just use my own bike" and came third. Absolutely fantastic mindset to watch. (also hats of to FHO for letting him do that, i couldn't see very many other teams allowing their riders to do that)
This year saw phenomenal weather: two weeks of constant sunshine, no rain. Records were broken right and left. And you only messed on pronunciation; Ballaugh is pronounced as Ballauk.
I went three times many years ago. Lucky enough to watch Hailwood make his return the first time. Went again the following year and again in 2000. Still have all the photo's. Makes you realise that when people brag about being 'fast' they have no clue what they are talking about. They could not hold a candle to these guys.
Got to hold lap time signs for Peter Hickman this last 2023TT. The speeds are absolutely insane. You have to be there to feel it in your guts. Would recommend 13/10
There are auto rally also but they don’t have near the challenge the bikes have. Running GP speeds with trees and solid buildings all around takes some big brass.
@liambeal9018 I'm a retired cop, and we had considered retiring there as American ex-pats, but your immigration laws are as strict as ours. Even if I bring my retirement pension and paid medical, I still can't get a "retirement" visa from your country.
Good to see the yanks doing a video on the TT. Unfortunately road racing is dying out as events here in Ireland and the UK are unable to get insurance. Side note I'm surprised you didn't mention mad Sunday, where the course was opened to the public
Qualifying and practice are the same, and do not determine the starting order. Lap times set during qualifying are also not considered official, only race laps count for a lap record. Also don’t believe they do a Jr TT anymore
Excellent, excellent video Yammie. And I watched your interview video with Garrett Gerloff, another couldn't stop watching showcase. However, as a keen student of the IOM, you had a few glitches. The bottom of Bray Hill is a right hand turn, not a left. Also you could have mentioned that at the bottom, the suspension compresses to the point of bottoming out, leaving skid marks....at a buck eighty!!!! They also bottom out at the bottom of the Baggerrow doing 140, 150 mph. Mind boggling. Also, the highest point of the Snaefell course across the mountain is 1300+ feet, not over 2000 feet. And Ballaugh Bridge is not a high speed jump, they are only going @ 60,70 mph. Where they do get hang times, at absolutely RIDICULOUS pace, are at St. Ninnians,Crosby, Rhen Cullen, the K tree, and Ballacrye. Love your content, big ups respect for the niche you've carved out for yourself. Me being me, couldn't let the inaccuracies go. Ain't shittin' on you though dude, uze coolio wit da Footbeast!! P.S. As I'm texting, sidelined wit a broken collarbone after busting my ass on my 2011 Ninja 1000, an excellent, excellent piece of kit, to quote Connor Cummings. Got ran off the road doing triple digits, plowed into a corn field, and, in the immortal words of the one and only Howard Cosell, "DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!!!" Safe travels Mi Amigo, and keep up da good work!!!
Yammie, just so you know, some of the races are only four laps; others, like the IoM TT Senior, are six laps. The riders to pit stops on every second lap (lap 2 and lap 4) to refuel and change the rear tire.
I see the racers as dedicated to the race as though it were a ZEN exercise. The course must be run perfectly at the highest possible speed in every curve
Bought a new 2000 F150 4x4 , in Wisconsin,went to Menards, bought all the stuff to tow my broke down 1983 Caddi back to the coast of N.C. , towed it back in snow and ice, bad weather all the way to Raleigh. Made it fine. At 66, I climb 100 ft trees, over the house, with a chainsaw. Ride an R1 on my off time. I take me ocean boat, 25 miles off shore, Atlantic Ocean, by myself. Isle of Man seems pretty do-able. I haven't died yet, this could be fun.
Just go. Put down a $500 deposit on accommodations for the 2025 TT, and figure the rest out. At your age, Peel would probably be more comfortable than dealing with the party crowd on the Prom in Douglas.
Isle of man is for the guys with big balls, nothing compares to it... for me they are the most skilled riders. Circuit riders do the same thing thousands of times, they perfect their ride . If you want to prove your skills, isle of man for sure
Thanks for this video! I’m riding the TT route (at regular street speeds and on a street bike 😂) on August 1! Special thanks to Jason Griffiths for letting me hire a bike.
You forgot the most innovative-motorcycle ever made and designed by one man , the 'Britten', which raced at The Isle Of Man . Also the fastest-bike around the course in 1994 ridden by Nick Jefferies . A brilliant rider from Ireland , also died at the same event , on one of the Britten-Bikes (RIP Mark Farmer ) Dave NZ
You shpuld look up joey dunlop funeral, now that what i call respect estimated 60,000 + people from Ireland to a far as south America came to say goodbye , absolute legend
i know it is probably all copyrighted but you should of stuck some raw on board footage with audio in, scary stuff. brilliant video, love the content. any plans to go watch the TT?
So hard to think about/explain/discuss. So many parts to talk about. So much history. Reeks of death but should not be stopped or changed. Guy Martin in my time. Only one ain't dead with that much time under his belt and on a modern machine. I'm 45 and have crashed and hurt my fair share and I don't want to think about going that fast where it's that tight. My old broken hands and feet and fingers ache just thinking about it
I'm pretty sure the only reason that Guy is still alive is because he once taught the grim reaper how to ride a motorcycle like he isn't afraid to die even though he kinda is death lol
@@OmgWtfTsuji afaik Martin crashed once or twice during the race as well and kept coming back for more. Sadly he retired a few years ago. When I first laid eyes on the TT over my uncles shoulder when I was but a wee lad, Martin was still riding his silver Norton(?). The only racer in a clean black suit and without any sponsors on his majestic machine. Now that I ride myself I'm definitley planing on visiting this race once in my lifetime. Participate? no way! Ride the track once? Hell yes! Even got a little IOM Flag on my bikes tail now.
Eh, this is the premier racing event anywhere, at any time, on anything. Amazing that folks have those kind of balls. To witness it is on my bucket list. These are racers.
1st, great discussion and narrative. There is NO Junior TT (at least as far as I can remember)- perhaps you are thinking of the MGP Newcomers race? Ballaugh - NOT BALLOW - Ba -LAUGH - as in HA HA laugh. "Balaff".... Comparing MotoGP to TT - well it's like compariing feral kittens to lions... you get the drift. You forgot about the S100 where these same gladiators run the Billown course.... next time? Perhaps you should visit and witness yourself? It's alot different up close...
As regulations changed over the years, the Junior TT was renamed as the Supersport TT… When I first went to the TT, solo classes were 'Lightweight' (250cc), Junior (350cc), Senior (500cc) as per the GP classes, along with 'Production' and TT Formula One (close to today's Superbike class). In previous years, there were classes for 125cc and even 50cc. Sidecars were initially full sized, but in later years became restricted to F2 (initially 350cc two stroke twins or 600cc four stroke), and now follow current sidecar F2 regs.
@@chrisgraham5186 Thanks Chris. Those races well before my time, but am aware of the F2 size reduction on the chairs. Yeah things have changed dramatically from those days. Hopefull this is not the last for the Manx???? (Rumour is rife)👍
The women at festival give dig out lol went one year with work and was eye opener . They say women into equestrian pursuits are horniest,,add motorbikes to that.
Did he mention 4+ laps are completed of the ~40 mile/60km course, meaning they're riding at these insane speeds (average ~135mph/~220kmh) for over an hour?
Would be fun to ride this same track at my own pace, lol. Which is literally just cruising speeds and some dashes to higher km's since i'm unfamiliar with the layout. If I recall correct, it's possible to ride the lap (not sure if it is the exact lap as the race, I thought it was) with your own bike.
You can do a lap of the course any time of the year the roads are public and the speed limits are only in the towns once you leave the towns its ride at your own speed more or less
Please do remember this isn't a buzzling metropolis, it's a sleepy, cozy island that gives us the TT every year in its graciousness. Don't blast around there the other 345 days and make the people hate us riders and then take our TT away, leave them in peace when it's not TT time. They earned some peace and quiet. I'm sure not everybody on the island appreciates the whole road network closing for weeks, the deaths, the spectacle - don't give them any more ammunition.
@BisonShoulders hasn't been an unrestricted mad Sunday for decades. Only place you can go flat out on the TT course is the mountain section. Nowhere else at any time unless you're a racer
@ryancox3834 haha I last went in 91,got trip sorted for next year tho. Goddam it's expensive nowadays and have to book everything like 2 years ahead. Can't wait tho
Been watching this for as long as there has been USA coverage. Really glad the organizers finally put together a Live Pass website. Although some of the coverage isn't as exciting as the videos youtubers post, it's still great to be able to watch it when time allows as the race is obviously not in our local time zones, and takes place during working days.
A bit miffed the nightlies from ITV that used to be on Velocity/MotorTrend aren't any longer, but yeah, the live streams are a godsend for the passionate. I do miss the onboard footage that getting live would be a nightmare. I did catch a few of the nightlies last year, by streaming ITV, but have less need with Live Pass, and the RUclips Dailies.
It is ironic that the TT was removed from the Grand Prix racing schedule because of all the deaths and the injuryies. Now stock racing style motorcycles make two or three times what a race bike did 4 horsepower back in the 1950s and the 1960s. Oh well that's life.
In a world becoming more and more safety conscious, like F1 (boring), it is still great to see some motor sports keeping the spirit of real racing alive.
TT is more akin to Nurgburgring in terms of racing... it's a well-kept but still woefully tricky track that once you have it memorized... well, that's when the addiction kicks off. Difference between the two being that the later is open to regular cars for many days of the year...
A correction. Bob McIntyre died at I think Oulton Park not the IOM. An Italian who crashed at the Verandah was the impetus for it to be removed from the World Champs.
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@yammienoob Do you ever plan to visit the IOMTT? Not necessarily to race or ride it, but to watch the event?
my biggest flex is both my parents have raced in the isle of man
Time to make it a family tradition
@@lohchenghuat6388 got a long way to go before i’m anywhere good enough to even consider it tbh but would be awesome
2 guys?
@@ABunchOfBusas no mum and dad both did it, my mum didn’t finish the race though she crashed
THat’S flex! Woof!
I can't believe he is JUST FINALLY making a video on the TT!!! I've been watching this race for the past 15 years.
Same
And he did it badly
ermmm he did one a year ago^^
@@BisonMark Yes, yes he did...
@@Tearnofear I do remember something about it a while back, but it was just a quick mention.
Let's not forget that Peter Hickman broke the lap record again this year (2023) with a 136.358mph lap.... Mind boggling
He also broke it on a superstock bike
For him, it's just another Tuesday ride😂
@lohchenghuat6388 It is too. 😂 Hickman is so chilled.
On a Busa 🏍?
@@ABunchOfBusas m1000rr im pretty sure
RETRO FOOTAGES were AMAZING... !!!
Thanks for adding such awesome.
😊👍🏻
Isle of man TT.. Racers/Riders really got balls of Steels riding that INSANE SPEEDS ... 👀
They literally fly during the Races.
🤯😱😳😲
This is a nuts of a race, rip everyone who’s passed racing it❤
You mean, rest in many pieces. LOL.
@@Curious_SkepticHilarious 🙄
It is “A nuts of a race” indeed
@@Curious_Skeptic nah I mean rest in peace no reason to be mean💜
@TullyOnABike not mean, just joking. It is a risk they knowing took in the spirit of fun, right? Not like anyone forces people into very high risk careers or sports, or hobbies. So, death and feeling bad about it?
This motorsport is considered the most dangerous of all racing and sports, you must be dedicated to set the fastest time or speed and greet death as an old friend when youre behind the wheel. More than a hundred died on the annual race. These racers are the bravest and has the balls to defy their limits in speed.
This is why i respect and loved watching this sport 😊❤
To clarify, it's not a hundred in a year 😂 ~280 have died since 1911. For comparison, over ~180,000 died each DAY in 2022.
Behind the "wheel"
What bike has a steering wheel?
First time visit to the TT this year, what a wonderful week, crazy lying in a grass verge within touching distance of bikes passing at near 200mph, Dunlop Hickey n Harrison smashed it, cant wait to return in a couple of years.
Thanks for making this video. It’s surprising that most of the big motorcycle RUclipsrs don’t have a video explaining the TT.
Can't believe you left the younger Dunlop brothers out. Michael is great on the course, and William died on another.
Skerries 100 is where we lost William. NW200 for Robert and Joey at a race in Estonia.
MD is one of the GOATS
MD being only 1 win from tying his uncle joeys record after this year's of course
We met William before he passed. And we were there when Michael rode the first 16 minute lap of the Snaefel Mountain Course on the Isle of Man.
3 of 4 dunlops died reacing michael is only one left brother dad and uncle all died racing in TT not all on isle but same types of races. Joey His uncle for decades was the god of The TT oldest guy to win in his 50s before dying in another TT type race. That poor family has given their family to these races.
Outstanding video. The true champions of the Isle of Mann TT are the absolutely wonderful people who live there and resist the entire worlds efforts to stop their incredible invitation to all supremely talented motorcycle riders, from all over the world, to display their courage. I thank them for so perfectly showing what courage looks like. Those Isle Of Mann people are truly one of a great kind of people.
Peter Hickman, this year, redid the fastest lap ever done at the Isle of Mann TT. It is on RUclips. It is the most insanely technically perfect street racing laps of any street course I have ever seen. Bravo Peter Hickman and the unbelievably fast BMW 1000 he is riding.
The Manx people were incredibly gracious to us when we were there for the TT.
Glad you finally chose to cover this, it’s the best bike race in the world. 🙌
been riding for a while..ive always respected a supersport inline-4 600cc and liter bikes...racing through the isle of man at full throttle is just insane ...
It’s been massive in the UK for years and years! Thanks to gas monkey and people like that it’s going over to you guys in the US! You have to go and witness it for yourselves it’s breathtaking live😊
Though there are many great races around the world the Isle of Man is the greatest test of man and machine. It is on my bucket list.
Other races have mass starts, Ulster gp, Northwest 200,
@@johnengland8619 sounds exciting
The bikes have to be modded to reduce as much weight as possible the counter the weight of these dudes massive balls
Going over with your bike is something else. Great craic. Mad Sunday is something else.
Ace video. I went this year after watching it for a while on tv. The vibe of the island is awesome being a few feet from bikes doing over 100 is amazing.
The flame pic use when talking fatalities was Guy Martin in 2010 and he survived, albeit with singed eyebrows lol.
One more dampener. I know you love Rossi, but he said it’s too dangerous and only did one exhibition lap.
Not mentioning Michael Dunlop while doing Joey and Robert is a crime, the nephew of Joey is just 1 win short ot tieing his uncles record and becomming the greatest ever, also was the first rider to record a 130MPH lap on a 600cc bike.
Right! Just this year! Yam you gotta do MOAR research brotha!
Michael also rode the first 16 minute lap of the Snaefel Mountain Course on the Isle of Man. We were there.
Michael and William Dunlop deserved a mention as well. Nephews of the great Joey Dunlop. Michael is now equal with Joey on 26 TT wins. William sadly passed away racing on the Island.
Carl Foggarty was another rider with multiple WSB titles and TT wins.
Our Lord an saviour Rossi rode a couple laps of the course and declared it too crazy for him and expressed his great respect for all those brave and talented enough to race.
They're all crazy and it's essential TV viewing for me. We get great coverage of the event on British TV
Michael has 25 but I’m sure he will match and beat Joey’s record.
William passed in the Skerries 100 in Ireland, not on the Isle of Man.
You say: "Our Lord an saviour Rossi rode a couple laps of the course and declared it too crazy for him and expressed his great respect for all those brave and talented enough to race."… and he was being guided round by his own hero and mentor, the great Giacomo Agostini, who knows his way around the Island pretty well, after scoring more than a few wins there himself.
Just a note for the pronunciations -
Snaefell - "Snay" "Fell"
Ballaugh - "Bah" "Laff (Laugh)"
Creg Ny Baa - "Creg" "Nuh/Nih-Bar"
Otherwise spot on and brilliantly put together video.
Rarely mentioned is that all TT races are timetrials. Bikes set off at intervals so there is good separation of riders. The race is primarily against the course.
Unique race. Diverse categories, real roads, real excitement, real gladiators.
I was there, just a few weeks ago (June 2023). An amazing event all round and should be a bucket list item for everyone. Where else can you sit in a hedge less than two metres away from some of the best custom made or factory 'standard' bikes passing at 150-180mph? Superb countryside too. Loved the No Speed Limits One Way Mountain section - scary fun, as riding should be.
I can't believe he didn't mention my Guy even once. Guy Martin has done it all, Guy Martin Proper has some great videos in India, China, Russia, Japan, Chernobyl and others
Peter Hickman pulled somthing fantastic this year at the North West, his bike got banned so the dude decided, "screw it! imma just use my own bike" and came third. Absolutely fantastic mindset to watch. (also hats of to FHO for letting him do that, i couldn't see very many other teams allowing their riders to do that)
I think these riders experience time on a different level then us mortals. I realize it’s practice, practice, practice, but geeeeeze.
I've been a few times. It's a fantastic event. Camping for the week makes it a very cheap and easy.
You didn’t mention “mad Sunday”, it’s a blast.
my instructor has ridden this fifteen times. Crazy that he was standing there watching me struggling to do a figure of 8.
Best motor sports event on planet earth, and I say that as someone that absolutely loves racing…NASCAR, WRC, NHRA, all of it.
This year saw phenomenal weather: two weeks of constant sunshine, no rain. Records were broken right and left. And you only messed on pronunciation; Ballaugh is pronounced as Ballauk.
Planing a trip out for the 2025 tt. Have a friend that grew up just north of the island and knows some guys who work the tt!
I went three times many years ago. Lucky enough to watch Hailwood make his return the first time. Went again the following year and again in 2000. Still have all the photo's. Makes you realise that when people brag about being 'fast' they have no clue what they are talking about. They could not hold a candle to these guys.
WELCOME TO THE MANX YEETFEST
I ride like this on my vintage 2-stroke. Nothing like the feeling of red line shifting a 2 stroke motorcycle while leaning.
Loved my old R5 , 2 stroke, back in the day. Still have it , but,it's pretty much a heap of rust. But. I still ride an R1.
Old bikes just have a feel to them that modern bikes can't offer. I ride a '87 TZR250 1kt race spec and a'90 RZ350 hybrid with some goodies as well.
Got to hold lap time signs for Peter Hickman this last 2023TT. The speeds are absolutely insane. You have to be there to feel it in your guts. Would recommend 13/10
You need to go. And you need to experience a mad Sunday at the Isle of Man! Go ride the course.
Start position/numbers are assigned before the race meeting starts, not due qualifying times in practice week
There are auto rally also but they don’t have near the challenge the bikes have. Running GP speeds with trees and solid buildings all around takes some big brass.
Hey Yammie, you failed to mention Mad Sunday when anyone can use the course on anything and at any speed.
Let’s goo our little island got a shout out 😂 🇮🇲
We enjoyed our visit. We rented a cottage in Peel.
@@DortonFarb I live up north so short trip down on the bike to see them anywhere and anytime I want it’s brill
@@DortonFarb glad you enjoyed it tho :)
@liambeal9018 I'm a retired cop, and we had considered retiring there as American ex-pats, but your immigration laws are as strict as ours. Even if I bring my retirement pension and paid medical, I still can't get a "retirement" visa from your country.
It’s a good video Yammie Noob. Few errors but all can be forgiven. Get yourself over there and watch!
Good to see the yanks doing a video on the TT. Unfortunately road racing is dying out as events here in Ireland and the UK are unable to get insurance. Side note I'm surprised you didn't mention mad Sunday, where the course was opened to the public
That's because he's never been there.
What a fascinating event.. Thanks for the detailed video..
I haven't paid attention to the TT in years, but all i want is for Guy Martin to come back if he's still in retirement and to finally win the big one.
That is fascinating. Yammie noob you should go and cover this thing live on the ground.
Qualifying and practice are the same, and do not determine the starting order. Lap times set during qualifying are also not considered official, only race laps count for a lap record. Also don’t believe they do a Jr TT anymore
Excellent, excellent video Yammie. And I watched your interview video with Garrett Gerloff, another couldn't stop watching showcase. However, as a keen student of the IOM, you had a few glitches. The bottom of Bray Hill is a right hand turn, not a left. Also you could have mentioned that at the bottom, the suspension compresses to the point of bottoming out, leaving skid marks....at a buck eighty!!!! They also bottom out at the bottom of the Baggerrow doing 140, 150 mph. Mind boggling. Also, the highest point of the Snaefell course across the mountain is 1300+ feet, not over 2000 feet. And Ballaugh Bridge is not a high speed jump, they are only going @ 60,70 mph. Where they do get hang times, at absolutely RIDICULOUS pace, are at St. Ninnians,Crosby, Rhen Cullen, the K tree, and Ballacrye. Love your content, big ups respect for the niche you've carved out for yourself. Me being me, couldn't let the inaccuracies go. Ain't shittin' on you though dude, uze coolio wit da Footbeast!!
P.S. As I'm texting, sidelined wit a broken collarbone after busting my ass on my 2011 Ninja 1000, an excellent, excellent piece of kit, to quote Connor Cummings. Got ran off the road doing triple digits, plowed into a corn field, and, in the immortal words of the one and only Howard Cosell, "DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!!!" Safe travels Mi Amigo, and keep up da good work!!!
Yammie, just so you know, some of the races are only four laps; others, like the IoM TT Senior, are six laps. The riders to pit stops on every second lap (lap 2 and lap 4) to refuel and change the rear tire.
Peter Hickman set a new course record of 136.358 mph in 2023.
I see the racers as dedicated to the race as though it were a ZEN exercise. The course must be run perfectly at the highest possible speed in every curve
And if you miss ZEN for one millisecond you gonna hit the nirvana.
Hopefully, one day, we'll see Buell bikes racing in a bunch of races. I want to see what they can do against competition
Just not quick or nimble enough.
And I love buells and have had 2,but it's just a fact
You can thank Harley for screwing Buell over at every turn and then forcing the shut down
Best summary EVER!! Seen many of them. This is the best!!
Lol. So you've never been, eh?
TT Isle of Man is the pinnacle of racing.
Bought a new 2000 F150 4x4 , in Wisconsin,went to Menards, bought all the stuff to tow my broke down 1983 Caddi back to the coast of N.C. , towed it back in snow and ice, bad weather all the way to Raleigh. Made it fine. At 66, I climb 100 ft trees, over the house, with a chainsaw. Ride an R1 on my off time. I take me ocean boat, 25 miles off shore, Atlantic Ocean, by myself. Isle of Man seems pretty do-able. I haven't died yet, this could be fun.
Just go. Put down a $500 deposit on accommodations for the 2025 TT, and figure the rest out. At your age, Peel would probably be more comfortable than dealing with the party crowd on the Prom in Douglas.
@@gurnblanston3210 The Prom in Douglas sounds like fun.
It's surprising that John Hinds wasn't mentioned. He wasn't a competitor but a true hero of the race.
Oh Dorna/FIM adding street circuits to the Grand Prix calendar would be epic... A man can dream
Isle of man is for the guys with big balls, nothing compares to it... for me they are the most skilled riders. Circuit riders do the same thing thousands of times, they perfect their ride . If you want to prove your skills, isle of man for sure
now do a video on the north west 200 , actual racing not time trials, same bikes, more spectator vantage points
Thanks for this video! I’m riding the TT route (at regular street speeds and on a street bike 😂) on August 1! Special thanks to Jason Griffiths for letting me hire a bike.
We rented our Ducati from Jason too. Great guy.
id love for you to do a full breakdown of the Dunlop family. They are all fantastic and have been my local hero's for decades.
You live in Ballymoney?
You forgot the most innovative-motorcycle ever made and designed by one man , the 'Britten', which raced at The Isle Of Man . Also the fastest-bike around the course in 1994 ridden by Nick Jefferies . A brilliant rider from Ireland , also died at the same event , on one of the Britten-Bikes (RIP Mark Farmer ) Dave NZ
See you there Yam
As a local, you’ll find me being a squid daily between douglas and peel 🤣🤙
You live on Ellan Vannin? We stay in Peel for the TT. The party crowd on the Prom in Douglas, especially around Bushy's Beer Tent, is too much for us.
You shpuld look up joey dunlop funeral, now that what i call respect estimated 60,000 + people from Ireland to a far as south America came to say goodbye , absolute legend
You missed the reason as to why the race is held on the iom and not on the mainland
Just about as many people have died at the Isle of Man TT as have died climbing Mount Everest
Yer Man Joey Dunlop was awesome to see. I loved David Jefferies and Davey Lambert.
Would love to see you cover tbe rest of the race calendar such as the Northwest 200 , cookstown 100 , skerries 100 , ulster gran prix
Good. Now cover John Britten. And as one of his bikes is in the States, try and get that on a track!
i know it is probably all copyrighted but you should of stuck some raw on board footage with audio in, scary stuff. brilliant video, love the content. any plans to go watch the TT?
So hard to think about/explain/discuss. So many parts to talk about. So much history. Reeks of death but should not be stopped or changed. Guy Martin in my time. Only one ain't dead with that much time under his belt and on a modern machine. I'm 45 and have crashed and hurt my fair share and I don't want to think about going that fast where it's that tight. My old broken hands and feet and fingers ache just thinking about it
I'm pretty sure the only reason that Guy is still alive is because he once taught the grim reaper how to ride a motorcycle like he isn't afraid to die even though he kinda is death lol
@@OmgWtfTsuji afaik Martin crashed once or twice during the race as well and kept coming back for more. Sadly he retired a few years ago. When I first laid eyes on the TT over my uncles shoulder when I was but a wee lad, Martin was still riding his silver Norton(?). The only racer in a clean black suit and without any sponsors on his majestic machine. Now that I ride myself I'm definitley planing on visiting this race once in my lifetime. Participate? no way! Ride the track once? Hell yes!
Even got a little IOM Flag on my bikes tail now.
I can't believe I had to sit through 15min of "Isle of Man" information just to get that outro.
Eh, this is the premier racing event anywhere, at any time, on anything. Amazing that folks have those kind of balls. To witness it is on my bucket list. These are racers.
1st, great discussion and narrative.
There is NO Junior TT (at least as far as I can remember)- perhaps you are thinking of the MGP Newcomers race?
Ballaugh - NOT BALLOW - Ba -LAUGH - as in HA HA laugh. "Balaff"....
Comparing MotoGP to TT - well it's like compariing feral kittens to lions... you get the drift.
You forgot about the S100 where these same gladiators run the Billown course.... next time?
Perhaps you should visit and witness yourself? It's alot different up close...
As regulations changed over the years, the Junior TT was renamed as the Supersport TT… When I first went to the TT, solo classes were 'Lightweight' (250cc), Junior (350cc), Senior (500cc) as per the GP classes, along with 'Production' and TT Formula One (close to today's Superbike class). In previous years, there were classes for 125cc and even 50cc. Sidecars were initially full sized, but in later years became restricted to F2 (initially 350cc two stroke twins or 600cc four stroke), and now follow current sidecar F2 regs.
@@chrisgraham5186 Thanks Chris. Those races well before my time, but am aware of the F2 size reduction on the chairs. Yeah things have changed dramatically from those days. Hopefull this is not the last for the Manx???? (Rumour is rife)👍
It’s really cool to have Lazlow from GTA V commentary for the video
I don't know how you can straddle a motorcycle with balls that freakin huge!
The women at festival give dig out lol went one year with work and was eye opener . They say women into equestrian pursuits are horniest,,add motorbikes to that.
Sidecar for the badassery win.
IM GOING NEXT YEAR !!!!!
We've been planning this trip for 4 years..
Hon Westport!! Lovely place to visit if you ever get a chance.
i was there a month ago, was awesome
Did he mention 4+ laps are completed of the ~40 mile/60km course, meaning they're riding at these insane speeds (average ~135mph/~220kmh) for over an hour?
Nearly 2hrs on the superbikes
6 laps for the superbike and Senior TT races.
226 miles averaging over 130 mph including 2 pit stops for fuel and new rear tyre both times.
I know its rather new info, but Peter Hickman pushed the lap speed over 136 earlier this year.
Would be fun to ride this same track at my own pace, lol. Which is literally just cruising speeds and some dashes to higher km's since i'm unfamiliar with the layout.
If I recall correct, it's possible to ride the lap (not sure if it is the exact lap as the race, I thought it was) with your own bike.
You can do a lap of the course any time of the year the roads are public and the speed limits are only in the towns once you leave the towns its ride at your own speed more or less
Please do remember this isn't a buzzling metropolis, it's a sleepy, cozy island that gives us the TT every year in its graciousness.
Don't blast around there the other 345 days and make the people hate us riders and then take our TT away, leave them in peace when it's not TT time. They earned some peace and quiet. I'm sure not everybody on the island appreciates the whole road network closing for weeks, the deaths, the spectacle - don't give them any more ammunition.
You can do it on mad Sunday and it's as raceday with no general traffic
@BisonShoulders hasn't been an unrestricted mad Sunday for decades. Only place you can go flat out on the TT course is the mountain section. Nowhere else at any time unless you're a racer
@ryancox3834 haha I last went in 91,got trip sorted for next year tho. Goddam it's expensive nowadays and have to book everything like 2 years ahead.
Can't wait tho
Been watching this for as long as there has been USA coverage. Really glad the organizers finally put together a Live Pass website. Although some of the coverage isn't as exciting as the videos youtubers post, it's still great to be able to watch it when time allows as the race is obviously not in our local time zones, and takes place during working days.
A bit miffed the nightlies from ITV that used to be on Velocity/MotorTrend aren't any longer, but yeah, the live streams are a godsend for the passionate. I do miss the onboard footage that getting live would be a nightmare. I did catch a few of the nightlies last year, by streaming ITV, but have less need with Live Pass, and the RUclips Dailies.
It is ironic that the TT was removed from the Grand Prix racing schedule because of all the deaths and the injuryies. Now stock racing style motorcycles make two or three times what a race bike did 4 horsepower back in the 1950s and the 1960s. Oh well that's life.
In a world becoming more and more safety conscious, like F1 (boring), it is still great to see some motor sports keeping the spirit of real racing alive.
Michael Dunlop out here just chilling 😂
Watching Hickman's cam is insane.
I want to see the Buell Super Cruiser, in the next Super twin!!!
Those chin mounts guys should make a variation to put your iPhone there! I wouldn't want to get a Go Pro if my phone is good enough
Great video bro
TT is more akin to Nurgburgring in terms of racing... it's a well-kept but still woefully tricky track that once you have it memorized... well, that's when the addiction kicks off. Difference between the two being that the later is open to regular cars for many days of the year...
How did you know !!! Man this guy is on point with the vids 😂🤙🏼
A correction. Bob McIntyre died at I think Oulton Park not the IOM. An Italian who crashed at the Verandah was the impetus for it to be removed from the World Champs.
I'm just here to hear yammie say he loves man
Good intro to the TT, at least you pronounced Douglass and Ramsey correctly.
...except you misspelled "Douglas".
I went to the isle of Mann in 2008 I was amazing
It's such an amazing race. The concentration, the bravery. It's unlike any racing event! God Bless the Dead❤