I agree about the TT having appeal to a wider audience. I'm still going to the TT with the the peaple I went with in the early 80s. When sadly I must admit the Lido place was a bigger part of the TT then the racing was for me at the time.
We now take along our partners but from a group of 8 males only one of our children have followed us over. We have pulled in new peaple but only of our own age.
I always go on my bike as stated before it's a big part for me. And allows me to move round to parts of the track a car would struggle to get to. And you don't get as stuck in the traffic as much.
There is definitely a shift in peaple that are coming over. And a lot of peaple exploiting that in a big rise in costs at certain places. £25 to £40 to sit in a plastic seat at Hillbury I'm told and not even on senior day. I won't visit the Creg anymore. The grandstand is a corporate paradise. Poor beer expensive food and don't start me on the bloody monster energy stunt show. But for all this the TT keeps its charm for me. There are still great pubs to drink in cheep and good places to eat. Pie night at Dhoon church is fantastic as is the Bride TT tea. There are some great pubs cafes and chippys on the back streets. Most of the peaple on hear no the great free spots to watch. I did pay £10 to watch at Black dub on the Wednesday and as there was no racing he give me my £10 back so I went back on Thursday and I do think it was good value for money.
On another note I think the super twins all be it a great race have  lost there way. For me they shouldn't of let Ryan modifie them to the extent he has. And to pressure the organisers to make  the lads that brought the sv650 a few years ago to make a pit stop because his bikes could do a race distance without was totally out of order. It must be as expensive to run a super twin as a 600 ss.
But as long as TT keeps its charm and history. Let the corporate bods have the grandstand and the Creg. I will keep the the hedges and back streets and still have a great time. Still miss the Lido though