Well, said Doug, If the TT riders were so good, then they could win in the 'fairer' Junior classic, after that race Ryan complaind that Paul Coward's bike was "so, much faster" it was 4mph faster......He has a 10mph advantage over everyone in the senior!

I know for a fact Alan Oversby will be riding something this year that will blow away any Paton on top speed, Ollie Linsdell is also riding a Paton (that is quicker than Ryan's through the speed traps) and given Ollie races this thing regularly and blows away the top uk classic riders on it, then there is a very real chance that the lap and race records will be absolutely dessimated.

If Alan were to win with a new lap and race record would you lot still be complaining? He is a 'normal' manx bloke who doesnt ride at the TT.

Doug I remember when only the top 6 were getting replicas, and we were finishing 7th, just made us want it even more......the whole idea of racing is to improve!!! it seems like people just want to stand and wait for everyone else to slow down.