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    Thread: IofM Government Dep't of ED Publishes Proposals for new Classic TT Races
Post: RE: IofM Government Dep't of ED Publishes Proposal...

Yes ,I have just re read the proposals as posted by Malcom and the only mention of status would appear to be based on experience,no mention of what that experience might be. I like conspiracy theories...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 16 22,213 07-09-2012, 09:53 PM
    Thread: IofM Government Dep't of ED Publishes Proposals for new Classic TT Races
Post: RE: IofM Government Dep't of ED Publishes Proposal...

Totally bewildering,and how exactly is a rider of GP status defined.I presume it means the likes of Crutchlow,McWilliams and even Rossi.! What an absolute can of pigs ears.
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 16 22,213 05-09-2012, 06:36 PM
    Thread: oldies on here
Post: RE: oldies on here

Now ,what exactly is meant by 'oldies on here' if it is long standing members then I probably don't qualify but if it means old farts then I do !. I would say that this site is inhabited by older mor...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 14 18,969 02-09-2012, 07:33 PM
    Thread: Minister hits back over Manx Grand Prix ‘U-turn’
Post: RE: Minister hits back over Manx Grand Prix ‘U-tur...

I agree with all the foregoing ,,what you have to remember is that Mr Shimmin was a teacher before becoming an MHK which explains his I am right and you will listen attiude. WRONG!! I will now spoi...
beepee Information, Press Releases etc and your comments 4 3,384 10-08-2012, 10:57 PM
    Thread: Riders Threatened
Post: RE: Riders Threatened

Don't hold your breath waiting for a reply from Paul,I get the impression he is only to pleased to take plaudits but shys away from owning up to controversial decisions but there again was it really h...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 7 11,078 07-06-2012, 12:56 AM
    Thread: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELEASES FURTHER DETAILS OF PROPOSED MGP
Post: RE: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELEASES FU...

Quite apart from not inviting 'biased' interested parties the answer seems to lie in the fifth line of the DED release,ie to reduce the impact on local businesses and residents by closing the roads ov...
beepee Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 9 15,845 09-05-2012, 09:07 PM
    Thread: New Footbridge on TT Circuit
Post: RE: New Footbridge on TT Circuit

Sorry I can't supply photos Ian but my Missus goes past the Bungalow every day and she assures me that there are piles of rotten sleepers in the compound.Of course that does not explain the whereabout...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 4 7,829 25-10-2011, 09:20 PM
    Thread: Hair and helmets
Post: RE: Hair and helmets

Over on the other TT websites forum a contributor states that a helmet should be verging on the uncomfortable if it is to be a proper fit and after being involved in an incident,many years ago, when a...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 3 7,302 25-10-2011, 09:15 PM
    Thread: Engine stripping
Post: RE: Engine stripping

How times change! Does removing the head really require an expert rebuild? By gum when I were a lad it were second nature to do basic engine maintenace like taking the head off.Even on a four pot job ...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 34 51,066 16-10-2011, 12:41 AM
    Thread: New Footbridge on TT Circuit
Post: RE: New Footbridge on TT Circuit

All very well but why has the Bungalow footbridge been taken away ?
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 4 7,829 16-10-2011, 12:18 AM
    Thread: Who is out there
Post: Who is out there

This forum has been quiet for a while but I feel things are beginning to pick up a bit.On here there is a more adult and reasoned attitude to TT racing,I say that by looking at the number of views on ...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 7 11,980 08-09-2011, 10:22 PM
    Thread: Hot off the press BROOKES FOR TT 2012
Post: RE: Hot off the press BROOKES FOR TT 2012

Well what an innovative idea Ian,trouble is how do you persuade the Moto GP owners to even acknowledge that any other form of racing exists. I would expect the crowds at a monsoon ridden GP in Malays...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 5 8,751 08-09-2011, 10:12 PM
    Thread: Hot off the press BROOKES FOR TT 2012
Post: RE: Hot off the press BROOKES FOR TT 2012

Hmmm, should help him smooth out his riding style.
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 5 8,751 07-09-2011, 06:16 PM
    Thread: test tickles or what MGP 2011
Post: RE: test tickles or what MGP 2011

Ha ha Larry yes indeed,in fact one of the very few races I won was in the rain but it wasn't here.What I didn't realise at the time was the fact I was not immortal.:icon_lol:
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 10 15,688 01-09-2011, 11:08 AM
    Thread: test tickles or what MGP 2011
Post: RE: test tickles or what MGP 2011

Indeed,but what happened to the 'no racing in the rain' rule that came not so long ago or was that just for the TT OR more likely the chance of having no racing at all meant it has been conveniently o...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 10 15,688 31-08-2011, 11:03 PM
    Thread: Please Read
Post: RE: Please Read

It seems to me that the Manx Grand Prix is no longer to be a race meeting for the racers.I readily admit that the event has been underwritten by the government in order that it may break even but now ...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 4 7,409 30-08-2011, 07:37 PM
    Thread: Dainese Race Leathers
Post: Dainese Race Leathers

A brand new ,unworn, set of these top quality leathers for sale a the bargain price of £500.00.They are for a big boy being Euro size 60.
beepee Miscellaneous For Sale 0 3,209 17-08-2011, 08:54 PM
    Thread: OILSPILLS
Post: RE: OILSPILLS

Basically the answer is no,from my personal experience this product is no more than coconut fibre or similar which certainly is highly absorbent but does not clean the residue from the surface,that ca...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 2 5,003 17-07-2011, 10:11 PM
    Thread: IOM TT 2011
Post: RE: IOM TT 2011

I appreciate the need for sponsorship but to put in fast laps on a circuit where spectators are so close to the action is putting not only the spectators at risk but also the TT itself..... Be carefu...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 31 51,419 15-06-2011, 10:02 PM
    Thread: Marshalls dissent Over Comments
Post: RE: Marshalls dissent Over Comments

Now I am a retired old cynic,but I sincerely believe that someone who takes on the responsibility to be CoC for the TT and who gets very handsomely paid must be highly professional at all times. Alth...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 7 11,757 07-06-2011, 08:27 PM
    Thread: Latest starter to win MGP
Post: Latest starter to win MGP

Just thinking back to years gone by and was wondering who had the highest start number to win the Senior MGP. I think I know the answer but maybe you lot can confirm or refute my belief.
beepee Quiz Questions 1 8,819 15-02-2011, 10:09 PM
    Thread: Maria Costello Becomes fastest woman at Ulster Grand Prix
Post: RE: Maria Costello Becomes fastest woman at Ulster...

I think she may have more to crow about if she had at least made the top twenty.
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 1 3,517 18-08-2010, 07:27 PM
    Thread: TT-More variation in classes needed ?
Post: RE: TT-More variation in classes needed ?

I haven't read all the posts on this topic but to my mind what is available to race these days does not constitute enough variation to justify 2 weeks of practice/racing. Much better to have 600,1000...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 33 41,400 01-07-2010, 10:05 PM
    Thread: Parade laps - what's your opinion?
Post: RE: Parade laps - what's your opinion?

Having been involved in a number of parades over the years my personal preference is to have a small number of famous riders and their machines going round.This enables everyone to know exactly who a...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 15 19,075 23-06-2010, 09:33 PM
    Thread: TT programme omissions
Post: TT programme omissions

I have been meaning to mention this for some time now and have never quite got around to it. Can anyone enlighten me as to why the scale of prize money is no longer in the programme,I always found it...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 1 3,572 07-06-2010, 07:54 PM
    Thread: ITV 4
Post: RE: ITV 4

Can this be the same Bob who threatened a pensioner with violence for touching his vans wing mirror last year in Sulby.To be fair he did apologise later
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 8 9,965 07-06-2010, 07:47 PM
    Thread: An Ideal ride-out section
Post: RE: An Ideal ride-out section

You are quite right Ian it is suppossed to be a wizard,it was fashioned from a dead ash tree by a local tree surgeon, whose name I can't recall,using a big and tiny chainsaws. It has only recently be...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 1 3,532 07-06-2010, 12:03 AM
    Thread: Why You are Needed at THE SULBY GLEN HOTEL
Post: RE: Why You are Needed at THE SULBY GLEN HOTEL

Now that sounds exactly my type of fundraiser,being a whiskey drinker, and only living a couple of miles away,but when is it ?
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 2 5,154 28-10-2009, 09:32 PM
    Thread: No Classics at Southern 100 in 2010
Post: RE: No Classics at Southern 100 in 2010

What a great shame we are to lose the classics I always enjoyed them as they provided a bit of variety to the meeting.However, as they say,use it or lose it. No one can accuse the S100 club of not giv...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 2 5,088 30-09-2009, 06:16 PM
    Thread: A message of thanks
Post: RE: A message of thanks

How very true,last year a gang of us from the Sulby Glen Hotel did a sponsored skydive to raise money for the rescue helicopter.Shortly after the event I wrote to every one of my sponsors letting them...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 5 8,828 08-09-2009, 07:20 PM
    Thread: Females in the Manx
Post: RE: Females in the Manx

Fair comment about the replicas but if the third place man is over 10 minutes behind the winner,and on a similar bike,does he really warrant a rep.?
beepee Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 16 27,523 06-09-2009, 07:44 PM
    Thread: Females in the Manx
Post: RE: Females in the Manx

Hilary,don't do yourself down,I have always thought of you as a very glamorous lady.
beepee Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 16 27,523 31-08-2009, 08:49 PM
    Thread: UGP ON TV
Post: RE: UGP ON TV

Thanks for the reminder as I had forgotten about it.
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 2 6,526 19-08-2009, 03:41 PM
    Thread: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
Post: RE: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions

No offence intended and no offence taken,carry on with the good work.
beepee Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 6 12,173 07-08-2009, 08:22 PM
    Thread: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
Post: RE: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions

Fair enough,no problem with all that.
beepee Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 6 12,173 03-08-2009, 03:07 PM
    Thread: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
Post: RE: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions

Although helpful I thought commercial advertising was not allowed on this board.
beepee Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 6 12,173 02-08-2009, 08:24 PM
    Thread: Meetings Clash ~ TT & Moto GP
Post: RE: Meetings Clash ~ TT & Moto GP

You are quite right Arthur Mad Sunday is always the first Sunday in June,therefore the TT dates change.The races can take place,virtually,during the first 2 weeks of June or last week of May and 1st w...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 16 22,176 30-07-2009, 05:56 PM
    Thread: Meetings Clash ~ TT & Moto GP
Post: RE: Meetings Clash ~ TT & Moto GP

The thought that crosses my mind is that if the TT were to have fixed dates there may be an outside chance of other events working around them,as it is TT week moves every year. This year TT fortnigh...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 16 22,176 29-07-2009, 06:04 PM
    Thread: Southern 100 benefactor?
Post: RE: Southern 100 benefactor?

When I first raced in the S100 in 19......... I believe the money came from the collection boxes around the course,I only say that because it wasn't always the same amount. I seem to recall the pract...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 3 6,523 14-07-2009, 08:58 PM
    Thread: Greatest ever TT rip off
Post: RE: Greatest ever TT rip off

Thankfully after the intervention of the local press it was brought to Flymaybe's attention that Scott was on a through ticket courtesy of American Airlines and should not have been charged.It seems t...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 5 8,988 08-07-2009, 11:13 PM
    Thread: John McBride FUNDRAISER
Post: RE: John McBride FUNDRAISER

John may not have been a TT superstar but he did a sometimes dirty job very well,he is deserving of our support as much as any other person injured at the TT.I will certainly be there to do my bit for...
beepee Events, Fundraising, Sponsorship 3 8,793 01-07-2009, 11:34 PM
    Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,

I was really replying to Hilarys post about why some people don't get classed as finshers,the red flag situation is obviously some what different. I must comment that some years ago I was put in the ...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 27 35,039 19-06-2009, 09:53 PM
    Thread: a new voice at glen helen?
Post: RE: a new voice at glen helen?

I really don't mind who they get as long as it is not another BBC whallah.I would like someone with local knowledge and who can get excited over what is happening,but not as excited as Mr Kinley. It ...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 1 3,857 18-06-2009, 09:36 PM
    Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,

To be precise what I meant was that if you happened to be on your fifth lap you didn't get classed as a finisher,of course you could be on your sixth lap and therefore get a finish but if you weren't ...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 27 35,039 18-06-2009, 09:20 PM
    Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,

I don't know if the rules have changed but it used to be that the checkered flag would be displayed when it was no longer possible to win a replica and anyone still on their fifth lap would not be cla...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 27 35,039 18-06-2009, 06:07 PM
    Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: Eddie Nelson,is he up to the joib?

I am glad I have managed to stimulate a little discussion on Mr Nelson.I was merely questioning what I saw as debateable decisions.I have heard from those in the know he is very good at delegating res...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 27 35,039 15-06-2009, 09:11 AM
    Thread: Eddie Nelson,is he up to the job? (split)
Post: Eddie Nelson,is he up to the job? (split)

I am wondering if Mr Nelson is the right man for the job of Clerk of the Course. I refer to the debacle over the cancellation of Saturdays racing until Monday.The reason cited was that after rain 24 ...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 7 10,261 13-06-2009, 12:19 AM
    Thread: TT 09 Wheres the party?
Post: RE: TT 09 Wheres the party?

Linzi Drew is(was) a slapper who gets her kit off.
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 25 36,923 12-06-2009, 11:43 PM
    Thread: TT 09 Wheres the party?
Post: RE: TT 09 Wheres the party?

Sorry Don I have to disagree with you on this one,for us diehards the racing is the thing but for the TT to survive it has to offer more than the racing.We are not talking about turning up at Doningto...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 25 36,923 12-06-2009, 11:24 PM
    Thread: John McBride-TM
Post: RE: John McBride-TM

Big John is in the Royal Liverpool Infirmary in an induced coma and is due in surgery tomorrow to set his fractures,which means he is responding well to treatment but is still very seriously ill.I am ...
beepee TT Related Posts (Only) 10 14,586 11-06-2009, 08:50 PM