As an affirmation of the fact that another grid full of Japanses sports bikes is not necessarily the way forward, the following is an excerpt from a post by a guy who goes by the moniker of Gixer 1 on iomtt.com. It was on a picture thread of mine and I hope he doesn't mind me copying it here:

"...after 10 years of going to the TT, this was my first visit to the manx, and to be honest, if it werent for Stu going, i doubt i would of gone! but it wont be my last visit, and i agree with you 100%, it shouldnt be turned into a TT lite, without the classics it wouldnt be the manx! i doubt even Stu would of got me to go just to see more 4 stroke japs! i only wanted to experience the sound and sight of the classic beasts roaring past, it was brill, sounded like a squadron of lancasters as they neared ballaugh bridge! awesome, long may it continue."

'nuff said.