Hi all..! Sorry if I got a tad strong on my last posting... but true, I do feel strongly about it all. Over here, you would never get to see an MV3 raced... what an opportunity..! And as a gearhead, I love the sound of bikes like that.. I did get to see a Paton raced over here last year... yes it was fast... past the fastest Manx on the last lap like it was standing still... only to run out of gas on the back side.... ooops.. (gotta first finish to finish first...).

In fact on my first trip over to the MGP in 2000, my pal Dave tape recorded the bikes in the Classic Classes, and the practice sessions with lots of different bikes. I listen to that tape, and smile... the sounds... ah the sounds... they are all different to some degree... and that also translates to what is on the course... lots of different bikes and riders.

The last two years over here at the Moto GP, Honda brought out some of the old race bikes, the 4's and 6's. Then a couple of times a day, one of them got fired up... it put tears in my eyes..! To see a Honda 6 raced again would be awesome..! Oh yes, ticklers on all 6 of those tiny carbs... ah....

If there were no MGP, then the entire classic world would lose..! Just go to Castletown on Sunday and see lots of old bikes....

I could go on forever.... and I am just ever so grateful to be able to visit the Isle and absorb all it has to offer..!

Cheers..!!!

Ron - 7 days until first practice..!!