In cars there is the competition from the different manufacturers to produce cars , but on bikes it is going backwards so for me they were brought on to the world stage too early and to the wrong place , I can see the kudos that the IOM TT circuit carries , but when there is a smaller amount of bikes starting and finishing every year then I am afraid the credibility of the achievement is diminished by the lack of competition , and the cost's involved in buying a comparable machine
you say that the electric cars are the way that things are going , sorry but its fantasy land turn all the cars on the road in to electricity and where are you getting your electric from we are already importing electricity from France and where do they get their electricity from ?? nuclear!! something we don't like , sorry but the fact of life is that electricity is NOT as clean as some people would have you believe ,

and my comment about the Subaru is on the same lines , no competition so a diminished achievement

marvelous what can be achieved but every thing has its place and time and for me the time for Subaru and the Electric bikes is not in my opinion at the TT , sorry , but that's me !