As usually, ive sat & watched this thread/debate/discussion progress,
And as such, ive come to my own conclusions about it,

The paying fans want to see something different to watch for the 100th year of the TT, Not just the same classes that we have had for the last cple of years,

which brings me to one of the points that Paul brought up,

"The next point is, that if we want to run a race meeting, that attracts the manufacturers support and interest, which is what we have to do as a commercial, and not a purely enthusiast driven event, then we have to run classes that are applicable to what they are producing"

Without the TT these same companys wouldnt be where there are today, & for the sake of 1 year, why not let the public see what they want!!

As for the " Practice Problems ", after all these years, with a little bit of reworking the programme that problem is not a major one, its not that long ago, when you had 3 solo practise periods & a sidecar one

Stats can be made to look good,bad or whatever, its from what point you are trying to acheive a result,

The dropping of the 250 race was because of "small entries" but i & a few others know that in its last year the number of entries was higher than what was released to the public, Make from that what you will!

What i would like to do is, now that Ago/Sticky&Maggs have posted a list of possible riders, which looks like a very good field , Is for Paul to follow it through & lets see if something cant be done to make it work

If the carrot is dangled,to the guys listed they will come, instead of keeping the tuxworths of this world happy,

But there again Paul is busy,but has his finger on the pulse of what is happening racing wise, & wouldnt let any pressure from outside sources sway him?

this is not a dig at you paul, you have done a lot of good for the sport, but my worry is that if, like a lot of people before you, you get sucked into the power game,& you end up going with the flow!!

& as a final note add my name to the list of people that would love to ride again at the TT on a stroker,, if the acu deemed fit to give me a licence, but there agin ive got no road racing expereince

all the best
mike cain