It's getting to be that time of year again. Good luck to all of the competitors.
Man this gets my heart pumping...
Man this gets my heart pumping...
Isle of Man TT full onboard lap
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This one from several years ago give me an extreme frisson. Freeze the frame @3:40 BTW, the Isle of Man has an interesting flag.
IOM TT is giggle in the helmet fun... tuck into a fetal ball going WFO
head inches away from the screen... it is a racers dream of completing
as a aerodynamic whole of a bio mechanical exotic masterpiece...
head inches away from the screen... it is a racers dream of completing
as a aerodynamic whole of a bio mechanical exotic masterpiece...
Been watching the Isle of Man TT races on television for many years. While many forms of motorsports are inherently dangerous, these races are at a whole different level.
I'd love to visit the Isle of Man and experience the races, but I'd also want to leisurely explore the countryside and medieval castles. It'd be impossible to do both at the same time.
I'd love to visit the Isle of Man and experience the races, but I'd also want to leisurely explore the countryside and medieval castles. It'd be impossible to do both at the same time.
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It looks like a video game, not reality. How does one memorize that much road to have the confidence to ride that fast??
I would be these guys. Hiding behind a barrier.
Crazy.
Crazy.
There are onboard videos you can watch over and over, such as the one I posted, which help someone learn the course. There ARE video games which can also help someone learn the course.
When I was there 10 years ago, an Isle of Man native and former racer, Milky Quayle, would take competitors new to the TT around the course to explain in detail where you want to be at any point on the course. I was told it takes around four years of competing there to really familiarize yourself with the course.
Most Sportbikes these days come from the factory with Bi-directional quickshifters. Meaning you only need to use the clutch when pulling away from a stop, or coming to a stop. It still helps to use the clutch at low RPM to make the shifts smoothly. Anything above say 3k RPM, and you can just move the shift lever with your foot as usual, without using the clutch lever. On upshifts the bike will momentarily cut the ignition to briefly unload the gear-to-gear engagement, allowing a very quick upshift without letting off the throttle. On downshifts the bikes ECU will blip the throttle to match the engine RPM to the speed of the lower gear, allowing clutch-less downshifts.
I didn't see that info on Honda's site. Then again, they don't give that much info on the site. So, is this like a slipper clutch that "slips" up and down? The original slipper clutch was just for down shifts.
A slipper clutch is not the same thing as quickshifter. A slipper clutch is intended to slip if you downshift to a lower gear which could potentially cause the rear tire to skid, upsetting the bike, as the transmission tries to bring the engine up to the higher RPM needed up to match the road speed in the lower gear.
Here are the specs of the 2026 CBR1000RR-R SP: https://powersports.honda.com/motor...-r-fireblade-sp/2026/cbr1000rr-r-fireblade-sp
It does mention if you scroll through the specs, the mention of a Quickshifter.
But the bike in the video is very unlikely to be in stock, street legal configuration anyway. Assuming it's in Superbike trim it will be heavily modified from stock.
There are aftermarket quickshifters as well. I have one on our Sportbike which didn't come from the factory with one.
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Been there, done that.
Well, at least that's how it felt like peddling my Huffy when the GF would tell me her parents are away.
Well, at least that's how it felt like peddling my Huffy when the GF would tell me her parents are away.
I mentioned Milky Quayle in a previous post. Here he is on a much more reserved lap than the one in the original post, but it has a neat perspective of the course. If you can view it on an HD TV at the highest resolution, you get a better sense of what it's like.
Onboard the fastest lap to date, with Peter Hickman on his BMW M 1000 RR, in Superstock trim. So figure around 215 rear wheel horsepower, and around 205 mph top speed.
Highlights from the 1st day of Qualifying.
Coverage of the races from today.
Apparently the sidecar class has been cancelled for this year. I guess for questions of safety. I'm not sure I understand that line of thinking. The IOM TT races have never been, and never will be safe. People know the risks, and still choose to compete.
RIP to Dan Ingham.
