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Old 06-22-2011, 01:06 AM
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Motorcycle Racers: The TT ( Tourist Trophy) Are they crazy?
Held in Europe on a 37 mile track, 180 MPH speeds, over 220 dead since it started ( 3 this year)?

WHY?
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Old 06-22-2011, 01:10 AM
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Held in Europe on a 37 mile track, 180 MPH speeds, over 220 dead since it started ( 3 this year)?

WHY?

Track?

It's on a freaking ROAD!
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Old 06-22-2011, 01:16 AM
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One of the classic motorsport races. More romance in one day of the TT than a whole season of F1, IMHO.

(And yes, they are crazy.)
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Crazy? Yes.

Why? Cos it's fun? Thrill-chasing?
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Old 06-22-2011, 04:27 AM
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No , they are not crazy .
They are simply driven by forces that you will never understand .
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No , they are not crazy .
They are simply driven by forces that you will never understand .
That's what all the crazy people say.

(I'll add that while I'm not a racer, there is something about riding that non-riders just don't get. It's such a rush, even at sane speeds and on tame roads.)
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Old 06-22-2011, 05:46 AM
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People who smoke cigarettes are crazy... TT riders just wanna win the race... Perfectly normal.

It's held on the Isle of Man.
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Held in Europe on a 37 mile track, 180 MPH speeds, over 220 dead since it started ( 3 this year)?

WHY?
'Because it's there' .

Fortunately the naysayers have been unable to stop it thus far.

It is voluntary, you know.

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Old 06-22-2011, 07:16 AM
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I was fascinated by it as a kid, and always wanted to see it someday.
It was dangerous enough on old Norton 500 singles with skinny tires. (Oops. Make that "tyres.")
But when the hellaciously fast multis began ripping it up... whoah. That's an extra dimension of craziness.
Even 20 years ago I had a tape of Joey Dunlop doing a lap around the Isle of Man with a bike-mounted camera. So you could see what he saw, and what he saw was barely nothing as bike shot into damp, dewy corners flanked by picket fences. All while averaging WELL over 100 mph. The tape made me light-headed with fear.

I don't see how they do it. As well, I don't see how people can climb Mount Everest.
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Old 06-22-2011, 08:39 AM
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Well, I am a racer and I say they're crazy!!! Way too many riders die in TT racing. Motorcycle racing on closed course race tracks is dangerous enough.
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I was fascinated by it as a kid, and always wanted to see it someday.
It was dangerous enough on old Norton 500 singles with skinny tires. (Oops. Make that "tyres.")
But when the hellaciously fast multis began ripping it up... whoah. That's an extra dimension of craziness.
Even 20 years ago I had a tape of Joey Dunlop doing a lap around the Isle of Man with a bike-mounted camera. So you could see what he saw, and what he saw was barely nothing as bike shot into damp, dewy corners flanked by picket fences. All while averaging WELL over 100 mph. The tape made me light-headed with fear.

I don't see how they do it. As well, I don't see how people can climb Mount Everest.
The best part was when Joey shot into the pits, immediately ripped off his helmet, and grabbed a ciggerette and started smoking while they fueled up his bike!! LOLOL Ohhh the days of old!! When people did what they wanted vice what was politically correct...Joey flat out ROCKED to the beat of his own drum!!
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Track?

It's on a freaking ROAD!
yeah - yikes!

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Yeah scary and that bike is only 250cc!
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Not crazy, supremely confident.
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"Only" 250cc's? That thing's got more HP than most of the bloated antiques that rumble along the highways these days. And weighs only 1/3 as much.
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