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Isle of Delight - Riding the Isle of Man
By Stuart Barker on 22/11/2010 15:05:11
If the TT is too OTT for you, Stuart Barker discovers there are 48 weeks every year where things needn't be 'Mad Manx'
? There is such a place and it's right on your doorstep: it's called the Isle of Man. An independent country with the oldest parliament in the world, the Isle of Man has long done things its own way. And when its parliament permitted car (and later bike) races
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Mount Everest vs. The Isle of Man TT
By Ben Cope on 30/05/2012 15:24:00
A few thoughts for your consideration
.That's one person dying for every 12 who have climbed to the top of Mount Everest.By comparison, the first Isle of Man TT race took place in 1907. The race was won by Charlie Collier at an average speed of 38.21 mph. Today a lot has changed about the TT
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Patriot Games - The British Grand Prix
By Bertie Simmonds on 16/06/2010 14:34:51
From the Isle of Man to Silverstone via Donington Park, the story and the thrilling races that make up the history of the British Grand Prix
Mountain course at the Isle of Man, it was a cornerstone of the calendar. By the 1970s, the event became an anachronism. It was out of touch with the times and more and more racers decided not to go there, citing safety as the main reason.In 1971 Barry
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The most exotic Honda CBR954RR ever...
By Gus Scott on 15/09/2010 15:13:50
If you're totally serious about winning the hardest of the real road races - the notorious Macau GP and Isle of Man TT races - you need the evilest, fastest, trickest machinery available.
nothing else than to score with race wins.Our story begins in June 2000, when Honda set out to take the TT by storm, employing four professional riders and previous Isle of Man race winners, all on factory Hondas. That's the way Honda like to do things
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Suzuki GSX-R1000 Versus Suzuki Motorboat
By Visordown on 01/12/2010 17:18:30
Two Suzukis race in a point-to-point dash across the Isle of Wight. One litre on land against four litres on the Solent, GSX-R 1000 versus hypercat motorboat. Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets
Simeon Penn, owner of Saber Marine and its Suzuki-powered Hypercat speedboat has today accepted our challenge to race a GSX-R1000 from The Needles back to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, where we meet on a rather blowy early April morning. As a
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Icon: George Formby
By Visordown on 22/10/2002 15:10:47
One of motorcycling's icons, would you believe it..
THERE CAN'T be many Isle of Man TT fans who haven't seen George Formby's hilarious 1936 movie No Limit.It immortalised the races way before names like Geoff Duke and Mike Hailwood made them famous, the film still plays on the Island every year
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TT Centenary: 100 years on the gas
By Jonathan Bentman on 13/05/2007 11:46:17
The TT is more than just a hairy, scary motorcycle race. It's a celebration of biking, an island-bound two-wheeled world where nothing else matters but motorcycling
That a motorcycle can circulate a racetrack at an average speed of 130mph would be quite shocking even in the fast moving world of MotoGP. That the circuit in question is instead a collection of public roads bounded by walls, schools, cottages and pubs makes that speed even more ...
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Pictorial: Five moments from the 2012 TT
By Ben Cope on 26/06/2012 16:19:52
We asked photographer Dan Lo to capture five moments from the 2012 TT and talk about why he chose them and how they were taken
Governor's Dip | I like to create images where the location is not immediately obvious, giving it a somewhat abstract look. The large dark patch in this photo may not be technically ideal but I don't mind it in this particular case. The distinctive Honda TT Legends livery doesn't...
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TT Centenary: Mad King Molyneux
By Jonathan Bentman on 13/05/2007 11:54:06
In 2006 11-times TT winner Dave Molyneux flipped his outfit at over 140mph. He promptly retired. But this year he's back for win number 12
Moly's a mad bugger. Those are his words, more or less, not ours. Last year Manxman Dave Molyneux, with some 11 TT victories under his belt, flipped his outfit while going flat out through Rhencullen, just after Kirk Michael village. We can assume he was travelling somewhere clos...
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The Hard Road: The Real Road Racers
By Warren Pole on 16/08/2010 13:46:37
Road racing’s superstars may dominate the headlines, but the unsung majority are still the sport’s lifeblood. Warren Pole unpicks the fabric of ‘real’ road racing
Walk through the gap in the hedge however and you’ll find yourself in another race paddock. There are no motorhomes here – caravans are as posh as it gets, while just as many are sleeping in their vans – and the team awnings coated in sponsor’s logos have been swapped for old ten...
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