What does NO LIMIT mean to me?

I've been having difficulty answering this question because I can't recall when I became aware of the film. It seems to me it's always been a part of the TT and always there. Which I guesss is like the TT itself, it's always been there.

I grew up in Liverpool and from a young age our crowd always knew about bikes. Our early teenage years (70's) were consumed with talking about bikes, collecting brochures and stuff, oggling bikes in the area. I remember distinctly seeing my first MV, BSA Rocket 3, Kawasaki Z1 and everything in between. From our point of view, bikes equalled the TT and TT equalled the Isle of Man and No Limit. I was probably 15/16 when we made our first trip to the TT on the midnight boat and returned the following day. Probably on the same boat that carried George Formby in the film, it seemed so anyway.

If I hear the words No Limit I immediately think TT even if the phrase is used in a totally unrelated context. I don't believe No Limit has had a significant impact upon us as individuals, other than we know it and it's part in TT history, but the same crowd of us go to the TT each year even today, one of our party has been 27 years continuous I think. We're all fast approaching our 50's now but it doesn't matter a bit, we're still 16 at heart and despite the years we haven't changed that much. Therefore the TT has helped cement those friendships over nearly 4 decades and if you accept No Limit's part in the TT, then it has too just as every other iconic element that makes the TT special.

We'll be there again this year enjoying every minute of our holiday pretending we're 16 (16 stone is probably more accurate ) and do you know it won't seem any different from all those years ago. The same banter, the same grub, the same ale, the same long sunny days and I'm sure at some point one of us will chirp up and say;

"Turned out nice again"
Enjoy TT 08, alf.