Keep the stories coming boys and girls. Wonderful. My story is from a spectator view only. Could never ride a bike despite being licenced, seemed to fall off them so I gave riding a big miss. Through my father, a works rider for P & R Williams in Sydney I learned to love motorcycles and the TT (he banned me from being a pillion too). In the early fifties we used to listen to the 'wireless' and it was almost impossible to hear a clear broadcast by Graham Walker as the cables were laid on the sea bed out to Australia. But the names of Bob Mac, Ray Am and our local friends, Bob Brown, Alan Burt, Keith Campbell, to name a few came across to be imprinted in my memory and my desire to visit the TT was immense. Only been three times since 1990 unfortunately and I tell all in Australia, you are not a true motorcycling fan unless you've been to a TT. In later life I have been involved in promoting speedway.
In my opinion, the motor cycling fraternity is one of the best. At home I call them my 'family'. My other family is the TT Website. Beaut mates, all of you.