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    Thread: Foreign Riders in the TT
Post: RE: Foreign Riders in the TT

3 Sisters Ammo, and you'll be lucky to hook 4th for long there.
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 11 15,403 11-04-2012, 10:06 PM
    Thread: Anthony West set to retire after Speed Master MotoGP ride falls through
Post: RE: Anthony West set to retire after Speed Master ...

(27-01-2012, 10:00 PM)Malcolm Wrote: [Image: http://www.ttwebsite.com/gifs/antwestprofile.jpg] Anthony West has announced that he has been unable to find the funding to return to MotoGP with Speed ...
Manx Mist Other Race Meetings - MotoGP, WSB & BSB, Irish Roads etc - 1 4,487 30-01-2012, 12:18 AM
    Thread: Proof Read a NEW BOOK
Post: RE: Proof Read a NEW BOOK

(26-11-2011, 06:50 PM)ian huntly Wrote: When you have a few minutes have a look at http://www.bbhmg.eu/ian2.htm .... I am hoping that this will form the basis of a book I hope to publish in 2012...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 30 44,555 28-11-2011, 01:00 AM
    Thread: Engine stripping
Post: RE: Engine stripping

(27-09-2011, 09:29 PM)George Wrote: (25-09-2011, 12:31 AM)Manx Mist Wrote: I heard a few years ago that there is equipment available to accurately measure bore size through a plug hole. Stroke ca...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 34 51,026 29-09-2011, 12:35 AM
    Thread: Engine stripping
Post: RE: Engine stripping

I heard a few years ago that there is equipment available to accurately measure bore size through a plug hole. Stroke can obviously be measured easily this way anyway, so if this technology does exis...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 34 51,026 25-09-2011, 12:31 AM
    Thread: Should bikes race in the wet ?
Post: RE: Should bikes race in the wet ?

(03-09-2011, 10:30 PM)George Wrote: Your all missing the point, they dont call a wet race at the MGP, if they did you would be allowed to use full wets, as the regs stand full wet tyres are not perm...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 68 128,737 03-09-2011, 11:13 PM
    Thread: Should bikes race in the wet ?
Post: RE: Should bikes race in the wet ?

We had a debate on another site about this after the debacle at this years TT. Here's my opinion at the time, and I still feel the same way............ I can see both sides of this, as an ex rider ...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 68 128,737 03-09-2011, 06:31 PM
    Thread: Plot your sailing ! Liverpool
Post: RE: Plot your sailing ! Liverpool

(20-05-2011, 08:05 PM)ian huntly Wrote: http://www.wirralcam.org/mobile.shtml Put this link on your laptop and watch the ferry setting out for the Island ! Or this one http://www.shipais.com/curren...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 1 4,143 23-05-2011, 11:17 PM
    Thread: Who is this (No 1)
Post: RE: Who is this ?

You beat me to it Nick, I ws going to post a similar reply along the lines of 'Hang on a minute it still does really mean something!!'
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 22 46,890 12-05-2011, 10:16 PM
    Thread: Who Is This (No 2)
Post: RE: Another - Who Is This etc ...

(11-05-2011, 06:06 AM)Lee Wrote: Rod Stewart? I think I noticed that dude in a VHS I watched recently. 1993? I think he was pitting for Iain Duffus
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 7 11,719 11-05-2011, 11:15 PM
    Thread: PUBLIC CONSULTATION: Proposed Road Closing Schedule: MGP 2011
Post: RE: PUBLIC CONSULTATION: Proposed Road Closing Sc...

(03-02-2011, 02:18 PM)Jo Rowe Wrote: Just one hour extra, that's all it is! Anyway, didn't there used to be racing on the Sat evening? Classic Senior in the mid eighties
Manx Mist Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 14 25,061 04-02-2011, 12:05 AM
    Thread: Bungalow ?
Post: RE: Bungalow ?

Nice thought Ian but its nothing more than some winter maintenance work on the tram lines.
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 2 5,495 01-02-2011, 06:04 PM
    Thread: No change to TT medics after all
Post: RE: No change to TT medics after all

So fat boy lost after all then!! Its just a shame he felt the need to stick his nose into something that wasnt broken and didnt need fixing in the first place which has consequently led to a withdra...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 2 5,131 15-01-2011, 05:44 PM
    Thread: Lack of Adhesion flags on mountain
Post: RE: Lack of Adhesion flags on mountain

Here's one from pit lane at the weekend :) http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=139425
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 2 5,840 01-12-2010, 06:36 PM
    Thread: Steam Packet "Rattled"
Post: RE: Steam Packet "Rattled"

I fully support Mr Gawne's comments above, why should the government use tax payers money to bail out a private company. If the steam packet hadnt been so greedy in the first place there wouldnt have...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 17 30,955 25-11-2010, 09:46 PM
    Thread: Steam Packet "Rattled"
Post: RE: Steam Packet "Rattled"

If you want to play safe pay by credit (not debit) card and then you're covered by the credit card company if you dont get your goods, (in this case your travel) I think as long as the value of the tr...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 17 30,955 20-11-2010, 01:31 AM
    Thread: Steam Packet "Rattled"
Post: RE: Steam Packet "Rattled"

(11-11-2010, 01:10 PM)Tomcat Wrote: I remember Duke Line, that was supposed to provide competition to the Stem Racket's high monopoly fares but it was hit by all sorts of suspicious mechanical disas...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 17 30,955 14-11-2010, 01:20 AM
  Question Thread: Steam Packet "Rattled"
Post: RE: Steam Packet "Rattled"

(04-11-2010, 12:12 PM)Malcolm Wrote: We will try to keep up service says SPC STEAM Packet bosses have vowed to do their utmost to maintain the frequency of services in the face of lift-on lift off ...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 17 30,955 05-11-2010, 12:04 AM
    Thread: Steam Packet "Rattled"
Post: RE: Steam Packet "Rattled"

Quote - He said: ‘This is very, very bad news for the Isle of Man. We have to fight this. This is about the survival of a company that has served the Isle of Man well for 180 years.’ What a load of d...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 17 30,955 01-11-2010, 11:41 PM
    Thread: Black and White kerbs
Post: RE: Black and White kerbs

(13-10-2010, 01:56 PM)John Foster Wrote: We Gorse Lea Marshals have complained loudly, regularly and officially for a few years now about the lack of fresh paint on the kerbs. The situation was at ...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 6 10,348 14-10-2010, 06:25 PM
    Thread: *** Manx2 2011 Flight Sales - Book Now ***
Post: RE: *** Manx2 2011 Flight Sales - Book Now ***

Ha I just tried to book a £29 Belfast, its one way & no hold baggage, a return with a bag in the hold was up to around £75 and thats before I got to the credit card surcharge bit. Ok still reason...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 2 6,314 24-09-2010, 06:30 PM
    Thread: Roger Nicholls
Post: RE: Roger Nicholls

(15-09-2010, 05:36 PM)pat slinn Wrote: Can anybody let me know where Roger Nicholls can be contacted. Roger rode in a number of TT's in the 70's, and he finished second to Phill Read when he rode th...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 2 5,381 15-09-2010, 11:29 PM
    Thread: MAL CARTER
Post: RE: MAL CARTER

(16-09-2009, 08:24 PM)pykey Wrote: The funeral of Mal Carter who passed away last Sun 13/09/09 will take place at Park Wood Crematoriam ,park rd, Elland, West Yorkshire at 4 30pm on monday 21 st S...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 3 6,020 16-09-2009, 10:54 PM
    Thread: PIT LANE SPEED CONTROL?
Post: RE: PIT LANE SPEED CONTROL?

Apparently its the ACU Road Race Committee who have brought this in, not the FIM. I had my mate on the phone this morning blowing his stack after receiving the memo with his entry, he'd been chasing ...
Manx Mist Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 28 51,238 28-07-2009, 12:04 PM
    Thread: Roger Hurst - 250 Yam
Post: RE: Roger Hurst - 250 Yam

(16-07-2009, 07:08 PM)britaxcooper Wrote: Hi Bill, I believe thats a TR3 because of the square fined barrels. The TD1C which my dad had the following items on metal profile forks, farhon drum front...
Manx Mist Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 8 16,382 18-07-2009, 12:28 AM
    Thread: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009
Post: RE: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009

Manx Mist Wrote:Arthur Lawn Wrote:tripod Wrote:Hey Gordon Staverton wasn't that long ago, I had my first race there. OK maybe it was.:Doh:Doh If my memory serves me right and I have the right place,( ...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 30 41,507 06-04-2009, 08:28 AM
    Thread: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009
Post: RE: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009

Arthur Lawn Wrote:tripod Wrote:Hey Gordon Staverton wasn't that long ago, I had my first race there. OK maybe it was.:Doh:Doh If my memory serves me right and I have the right place,( near Cheltenham ...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 30 41,507 06-04-2009, 08:23 AM
    Thread: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009
Post: RE: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009

Baylon McCaughey Wrote:what about Rockingham? Baylon, yes mate I forgot all about Rockingham!! Do they still run any bike events there? dont seem to hear much about it nowadays.
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 30 41,507 03-04-2009, 10:41 PM
    Thread: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009
Post: RE: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009

Manx Mist Wrote:Ok then, which rider allegedly set off in the wrong direction at Monza during his first test with a team and had to be flagged down at the start/finish line and turned around by the te...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 30 41,507 03-04-2009, 08:29 AM
    Thread: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009
Post: RE: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009

Ok then, which rider allegedly set off in the wrong direction at Monza during his first test with a team and had to be flagged down at the start/finish line and turned around by the team?
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 30 41,507 02-04-2009, 11:12 AM
    Thread: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009
Post: RE: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009

desmophile Wrote:Manx Mist Wrote:Impromptu quiz question - The British mainland has only two anti clockwise race circuits. They Are? Scarborough and Aberdare. Do I get a prize? Correct!! You win a pi...
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 30 41,507 02-04-2009, 10:36 AM
    Thread: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009
Post: RE: Sensational Announcement 01/04/2009

Impromptu quiz question - The British mainland has only two anti clockwise race circuits. They Are?
Manx Mist TT Related Posts (Only) 30 41,507 02-04-2009, 09:20 AM