PeterCourtney Wrote:I am interested to note that no-one seems bothered about the "result" of this gimmick, proving that as a race it was as important as the fastest lap of Onchan Stadium by a Purple Helmet!

Would you have taken more notice if the winning machine had been ridden by McGuinness then? Don't you think that completing a lap at pretty respectable speed proves something? (something like the increasing viability of electric bikes in terms of range, performance and useability, something that would never have been countenanced by those who never looked beyond heavy, slow shopping scooters).

If you compared the original horseless carriages to the well-developed stagecoaches and thoroughbreds in stables throughout the land you could have come up with some pretty similar criticisms, you must remember that Peter ?