Queens Fish Bar 10:34 Sat Jun 4
Isle of Man TT
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Love it,but the balls of the riders!
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Chigwell
11:59 Mon Jun 13
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Life at the other end of the TT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbtuWGRLa6c
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Too Much Too Young
3:58 Sun Jun 12
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There are deaths in many sports. I still fail to see why Group B rally was canmed. All they had to do was make changes to the spectator side of it.
It spectator lives mattered that much, football would have been banned years ago.
Can't think of any other sport being banned, other than Group B.
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Chigwell
3:17 Sun Jun 12
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...to answer your second point: this year there were probably around 200 entrants, and as we know 5 died. So that's 1 in 40 this year, which sounds quite bad but many riders compete year after year without serious mishap, because they are not taking ridiculous risks: if they race at 80% their chances are much better.
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Chigwell
3:11 Sun Jun 12
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Mashed: only about 50 qualify by doing the fastest times in the qualifying sessions. So quite a few don't end up in a race at all, but they still get the experience of riding at high speed on the Mountain Course. Many riders compete in at least 2 different classes. This year one racer took part in all 5 classes including sidecars: he must know the 37-mile lap like the back of his hand.
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mashed in maryland
2:52 Sun Jun 12
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Cheers Will/Surf
But how many competitors are there?
Basically I'm asking what's the odds/percentage of dying
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Far Cough
2:50 Sun Jun 12
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It used to be called Stirling Moss, in my day
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Dicko75
2:34 Sun Jun 12
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I travel there several times a year. The locals are mad for it, it’s the highlight of their year. But I think it should be banned. It also makes the local cabbies think they’re Lewis Hamilton and they drive like utter cunts up there
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Willtell
10:24 Sun Jun 12
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I don't know the exact rules but no-one can simply rock up and then compete.
There is an amateur, clubman's level event called the Manx GP that's held in September usually. Even that has high levels of qualifying experience of racing and stringent medicals.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
10:20 Sun Jun 12
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MiM
'Entrants must be in possession of a valid National Entrants or FIM Sponsors Licence for Road Racing'
I presume this is a certificate showing you vaguely know what you're doing.
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mashed in maryland
9:44 Sun Jun 12
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Queens Fish Bar 8:03 Sat Jun 11
Do you need any sort of license to compete? And how many competitors are there? Google isn't helpful.
Not gonna say it should be banned or anything, just genuinely interested. Don't fancy competing either tbh!
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martinbritt_63
12:10 Sun Jun 12
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Essence of the TT 2022
Beautiful short video.
To me, Michael Dunlop is the bedrock of this type of racing.
Lost his uncle, his father, his brother - and yet he still commits - a warrior in leather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq49fWQ-vOs
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Queens Fish Bar
8:03 Sat Jun 11
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mashed in maryland 3:22 Sat Jun 11
Very sad. RIP.
But thats the TT.
Anything in life that combines fear and excitement is one hell of a buzz.
The TT offers both to the max.
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mashed in maryland
3:22 Sat Jun 11
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Just seen a father and son duo died ffs
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joe royal
3:21 Sat Jun 11
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mHDIhqTOrS4&bpctr=1654951650
Video of the RS200
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joe royal
3:18 Sat Jun 11
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Death of group B.
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/wodk7lo/
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joe royal
3:17 Sat Jun 11
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From memory an RS 200 crashed and took out 6/7 spectators. The lancia crashed and killed the driver.
The RS 200 crash was on YouTube a few years ago. No idea if it’s been taken down tho.
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Too Much Too Young
3:12 Sat Jun 11
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So why was Group B rally banned?
Would love that to come back.
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Far Cough
1:37 Sat Jun 11
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Sold, zactly, the riders and the spectators know the risks.
They could make the course safer but what do you do when brick walls are in effect your crash barriers
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Northern Sold
1:32 Sat Jun 11
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That's what I am saying fella... all the other sports are as safe as they will ever be you either accept it or ban it... I have not got a clue how you make the TT race any safer?? If 5 riders being killed is an acceptable way to go like it used to be in motor racing in the 50/60/70's etc then so be it?? Some people live for the thrill and know what they are getting into... just like jumping on that horse to go round Aintree... or jumping in that ring to fave Foreman in his peak... or sticking on those ice shoes to go up K2... or the loons looking to ride 100 foot waves off Portugal... you take it away from them you crush their soul
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Far Cough
1:15 Sat Jun 11
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5 riders have died in this year's TT
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