Tomcat Wrote:

Will Loder Wrote:If Alan were to win with a new lap and race record would you lot still be complaining? He is a 'normal' manx bloke who doesnt ride at the TT.

The short answer is "no" Will, if Alan or anybody else managed to do it without resorting to space shuttle technology or budgets. You didn't find the same complaints being raised when Bob Heath and Bill Swallow were setting the races alight, because the bikes they were using were by and large what anybody with a bit of care and talent could produce in their shed.

It's a big "IF" though.

As someone who grew up in the MGP paddock, more specifically in the Classic racing side of the paddock, I remember an awful lot of grumbling about Bob Heath cleaning up, year after year, on his very expensive, Titanium G50's, which were a tool no-one else in the paddock could afford at the time. I'm sure Will can recall the same?!
I'm afraid you can't please all of the people all of the time and there will always be people who don't agree with certain things, whether it be rider or machine eligability.

There are pro's and con's to allowing TT riders into the MGP and I can see points of view on both sides, but, I for one, will be cheering if Alan does do it! ;0)