Police issue warnings after motorcyclist reportedly hits 188mph at Isle of Man TT

Police have issued warnings to motorcyclists visiting the Isle of Man after reporting an increase in speeding fines around the TT. 

According to a report from ITV, one rider was found to be speeding at around 188mph in a 50mph zone, which if true, would be faster than any known speed ever recorded by a motorcyclist in the UK. 

More speeding fines have already been handed out at this year’s event compared to the whole 2025 TT, and there’s still two days of action remaining.

Police inspector Elliot Butler is quoted by ITV News saying: 

"There was somebody caught doing I think 188 miles per hour in a 50 zone, which is astronomical. We also had someone doing double the speed limit in Onchen, you know it's a village.

"It's a small road, you're doing nearly double the speed limit through there, [and] it's a 30 mile an hour speed limit and I believe they were doing around 60 miles per hour through it which is just unacceptable."

The TT is not just popular with the locals as thousands of motorcyclists visit the event every year, whether that’s from the UK, or all over the world.

And unsurprisingly, a lot of them travel on two wheels in order to get their own taste of the Isle of Man’s iconic roads, especially the Mountain Course section. This is where some of the highest speeds at the TT are achieved, however, it seems as though some riders may have taken the idea of sampling the TT course a bit too seriously. 

Sergeant Anthony Corlett added: 

"They come over here to have fun and to have a good time and we want them to do that. We just don't want people to over step that mark. We don't want to pick people up off the road or attend a serious incident because a ripple effect from that is far more than just dealing with those people at a scene.

"It affects families, people over here, locals, sometimes businesses, farmers having their fences gone through all sorts of things. The amount of people affected don't really realise until it affects them, and we don't want it to affect them."

The 2026 TT, which has been plagued by poor weather, is due to continue today (Friday, 5 June), with a total of three races, before Saturday concludes the revised schedule with a further two races in the Superstock and Sportbike classes.

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