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    Thread: Road racing memorabilia
Post: RE: Road racing memorabilia

Kev Brown Wrote:Have you tried Ebay? yip, nothing on there at the moment.
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 5 8,880 27-03-2009, 04:53 PM
    Thread: Road racing memorabilia
Post: Road racing memorabilia

Hi there, I am after a unique piece of road racing memorabilia for a special birthday. Can any of you point me in the right direction? Many thanks
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 5 8,880 26-03-2009, 10:22 PM
    Thread: Legal action against S 100 club
Post: RE: Legal action against S 100 club

I really want to see this case tested. It is so unclear where liability starts and stops. For example, say a fan is knocked down after roads open because the crowds are so big they were was pushed on ...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 45 61,462 07-08-2008, 08:05 PM
    Thread: Legal action against S 100 club
Post: RE: Legal action against S 100 club

What a tit. When you stand (or sit) inches away from the braking area for a corner with nothing to protect your legs you can assume there is a good chance you will end up with broken legs. Maybe the...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 45 61,462 06-08-2008, 11:41 PM
    Thread: FAO Paul Phillips
Post: RE: FAO Paul Phillips

FC Wrote:We may not all agree with what is mostly fact, but is that Pauls fault No Point out where I said it was. I was actually backing him. As I say most of the what I listed appears not to fall u...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 56 87,087 30-06-2008, 11:32 PM
    Thread: FAO Paul Phillips
Post: RE: FAO Paul Phillips

FC Wrote:Oatssi. Paul has responded in great depth on his responsibilities when he did not have to, I can clearly see what his role is and hope others now do as well, and will say that its not what w...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 56 87,087 30-06-2008, 10:51 PM
    Thread: FAO Paul Phillips
Post: RE: FAO Paul Phillips

thewitch Wrote:The Billown races a poor spectacle.. what rubbish!:Ang Call them TT or not that 250 was epic No it wasn't. The first 8 laps were a decent race but you'll see plenty of decent races on ...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 56 87,087 30-06-2008, 02:35 PM
    Thread: FAO Paul Phillips
Post: RE: FAO Paul Phillips

This thread appears to be about changing things for the better at the TT. Adding more practice time, improving the spectical by offering a different class etc. I think you need to realise that the TT ...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 56 87,087 29-06-2008, 02:12 PM
    Thread: Clean emissions races.....
Post: RE: Clean emissions races.....

andy21aa Wrote:oatssi Wrote:Got take a tank of hydrogen and shoot a hole in it. See what happens. Nothing! Hydrogen, like petrol needs oxygen to burn, and as there is no oxygen inside the tank nothing...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 56 92,948 26-06-2008, 01:20 PM
    Thread: Clean emissions races.....
Post: RE: Clean emissions races.....

DCLUCIE Wrote:oatssi Wrote:While I am sure all racing in 30-50 years time will be green and clean emmissions there is more chance of pigs flying past the Bungalow than seeing a race like this in 2009....
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 56 92,948 25-06-2008, 01:25 PM
    Thread: Clean emissions races.....
Post: RE: Clean emissions races.....

While I am sure all racing in 30-50 years time will be green and clean emmissions there is more chance of pigs flying past the Bungalow than seeing a race like this in 2009. I am sure we will see a pa...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 56 92,948 24-06-2008, 05:25 PM
    Thread: TT 2008 ?
Post: RE: TT 2008 ?

Good points those Sticky. I am off the the British GP next week so interested to see how that Thundersport GB class will work. McWilliams has just entered it.
oatssi Information, Press Releases etc and your comments 17 10,662 15-06-2008, 02:38 PM
    Thread: prohibited area thoughts
Post: RE: prohibited area thoughts

I see the chief constable was on the radio today saying that he believed the prohibited areas were justified after Sammy Miller came off in the Parade. So a wobbler comes off in a Parade and the prohi...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 5 7,895 09-06-2008, 08:49 PM
    Thread: Is it a Record
Post: RE: Is it a Record

DCLUCIE Wrote:oatssi Wrote:Can you think of any one make series that has 70+ riders that would get out of bed and decide that they would do the TT? Maybe this is more irony I am missing but it doesn't...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 46 59,352 05-06-2008, 12:31 PM
    Thread: Is it a Record
Post: RE: Is it a Record

Can you think of any one make series that has 70+ riders that would get out of bed and decide that they would do the TT? Maybe this is more irony I am missing but it doesn't sound like something that ...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 46 59,352 03-06-2008, 06:31 PM
    Thread: Is it a Record
Post: RE: Is it a Record

There is zero chance of a one make series. With so few TTs in a year the manuafacturers would be so alienated that it would cause more harm than good. Plus many riders are contracted to specific manuf...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 46 59,352 03-06-2008, 06:13 PM
    Thread: Prohibited Areas
Post: RE: Prohibited Areas

Heard a good one yesterday. If the offical line is that there are only 3-4 additional prohibited areas, are they counting the Grandstand to Ramsey as 1?
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 21 25,151 02-06-2008, 01:18 AM
    Thread: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....
Post: RE: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....

It appears I have. Apologies Tom, too clever for me.
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 65 100,194 30-05-2008, 02:09 PM
    Thread: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....
Post: RE: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....

Tom Loughridge Wrote:THAT OATSSI FELLA BELONGS BACK IN A DUNGEON IN THE MIDDLE AGES, HOW CAN THE GREAT FAT ROBBER BARON AND HIS LAPDOG CRONIES FROM RUGBY CASTLE FILL THEIR BULGING COFFERS WITHH ILL G...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 65 100,194 30-05-2008, 12:43 PM
    Thread: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....
Post: RE: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....

Thinking about this a bit more... The What the **** were you thinking! question is probably the most important. Look at the letters the ACU were sending to land owners. Even if there was a way that ba...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 65 100,194 29-05-2008, 03:12 AM
    Thread: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....
Post: RE: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....

Fair enough but the correct questions were: What criteria was used to determine the designation of areas, that have been considered safe for years, prohibited? Did the impact on the popularity of th...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 65 100,194 29-05-2008, 02:53 AM
    Thread: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....
Post: RE: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....

Ah well with this year's entry there's a few more pennies for the pig. I would say sell GBP500 per competitor (in addition to the money above) to an advertiser. Fairly cheap way to get a lot of public...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 65 100,194 29-05-2008, 12:42 AM
    Thread: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....
Post: RE: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....

According to Paul Phillips every rider at the TT is paid to come.
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 65 100,194 28-05-2008, 10:28 PM
    Thread: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....
Post: RE: The Greatest Free Show On Earth My ....

I have read this thread with some degree of horror. Some of the posters here are stalwarts of the TT so for them to have such a bad take on this year's event is very worrying. The centenary was always...
oatssi TT Related Posts (Only) 65 100,194 28-05-2008, 10:06 PM