(14-12-2014, 10:15 PM)Alfie Noakes Wrote: What did you mean by this then ? - "Which means , for my eyes, that the modern big bikes already are too fast for the circuit". The road/corner changes at Quarry, Windy and Brandish weren't specifically/uniquely made to make the bikes go or lap faster they were made to improve the ease of use for the public with their cars/bikes/trucks etc on open roads and much of the road surface improvements and repairs are what happens naturally over time with repairs due to degradation, if they wanted to make it "easier" and faster then the run from Ginger Hall to Ramsey would get properly smoothed out - but it hasn't has it ?. The only part of the circuit I can remember being specifically changed/worked to aid the racing on is the crest of Bray Hill where there was road planing works involved with the bump and manhole cover after the tragic sidecar race in 1978. The recent changes at Hillberry involved closed road speed testing but again the road surface was due for renewal and the racing was taken into account, it wasn't specifically changed or altered because of an intrinsic problem with bike racing or to make the bikes faster through there - the dip/depression on the apex area is still there. The course is what it is and is matched by the evolution of man and his machine and speaking from a fair bit of very personal/mates/fellows experience since growing up on the IoM - a racing bike is never ever going to be too fast.

Of course I fully understand that the changes on the circuit aren't made to improve the lap speeds. But as a spin off effect, a better surface to ride on creates faster speeds.
I believe that that's the main reason for the improving lap times. About your question to me: "What did you mean by this then ?" - "Which means , for my eyes, that the modern big bikes already are too fast for the circuit". My reply is that "for my eyes" means my very personal opinion. I will never try to force someone else to have the same opinion as me. But a fact is that 2006 a rider couldn't give full gas at 85% of the lap on a big bike. What does that mean?