Isle of Man TT

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:21 am

The Isle of Man TT racing is on with races June 5th through June 8th.
Ever notice the differences in style/form and position of the rider on the bike of the TT racers versus the track racers (MotoGP, FIM, AMA)?
Big difference in technique between the open road racers and the track racers.

YZF_Rider · Post by **YZF_Rider** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:56 pm

In this weeks MCN there was a small feature on Steve Plater.
He won the Macu gp and the North west 200 and is no slow bloke on short tracks.
he is doing the TT for the first time.Some say hes not siuted to it but he is trying a different riding style and says he will "see how it goes"

Post by **Hooligan** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:14 pm

good point don, the riders of the road racing series do have a different style about them.

maybe the don't hang off as much due to the hazards on the curbs of the courses. can't really clip an apex leaning half way off the bike into the atmosphere and not hit a mailbox/garbage bin/spectator.

Post by **FZRDude** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:29 am

Hooligan wrote:....can't really clip an apex leaning half way off the bike into the atmosphere and not hit a mailbox/garbage bin/spectator.

Wall

YZF_Rider · Post by **YZF_Rider** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:52 pm

The news today is one rider was killed and three specators at the 28th mile stone

Post by **FZRDude** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:18 pm

News artical about above crash...

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/ ... lities.php

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:12 pm

You can see all the Isle of Man TT news and results at
http://www.iomtt.com/

John McGuinness set a new lap speed record of 130.354mph