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Now...This is a real bike race

Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by marc 55, Jan 10, 2015.

  1. marc 55

    marc 55 Well-Known Member

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    None of that candy ass track stuff...Just man, machine and the open road...


    marc 55, Jan 10, 2015
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    Yeah that kind of racing is a whole different animal from the track. I liked that front wheel coming off the ground on the turns... balls of steel
    kickstand68, Jan 10, 2015
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    One of my Club Brothers and his wife are going to this years race for their 25th anniversary, it an't cheap.
    HarleysLR, Jan 10, 2015
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    Think these guys are a little crazy..no run off room. I'd love to go see it but in a way, I'd not enjoy it for fearing for the racers. Goose used to post on here years ago, was a racer, raced in the Daytona 200 and one of the smoothest, fastest riders I've ever ridden with wasn't a big fan of the IOM TT either for the same reasons. They used to let some riders ride out there on mad Sunday I believe and there's been a number of fatalities
    Sleepy, Jan 11, 2015
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    Lots of dead TT riders.


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    Fatboy128, Jan 11, 2015
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    They don't show the wrecks on the show. I used to do 160 mph on my Suzuki but that was when I was a self acknowledged crazy man. But not through streets lined with stone walls and buildings on the curb line!
    check this footage


    AND this one
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    Fatboy128, Jan 11, 2015
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    marc 55 Well-Known Member

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    This race has been around for 104 years and 234 people have died...Most were spectators...
    marc 55, Jan 12, 2015
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    I can appreciate the purity of what they're doing.
    badinfluence63, Jan 12, 2015
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    me too but....too close to the edge for me
    Sleepy, Jan 13, 2015
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    That hurt just watching. Wonder if he survived?
    kickstand68, Apr 28, 2015
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