larryd Wrote:It is interesting, if not surprising, that the TT Riders Association's own website carries no mention of Allan's death.

If there ever was an organisation that should have recognised this sad event, surely it is the TTRA?

Mind you, their most recent "Latest News" item is dated December 2006. . . . . .

Oh Allan, how your standards have been abandoned.

Allan was and always will be the TTRA, and anyone who trys to fill his boots, will have a massive job on their hands. Allan told me that the control of running the TT Classic Lap had been taken away from him, hence the variety of machinery which is now sadly lacking and he was very sad about that.

In 2005 i emailed the TTRA because i was looking for a special racing machine for an exhibition, thinking if any organisation could source a machine, they could with their contacts. They did not even bother to reply to my email, which makes me not surprised at all that they have not put a special page on their website.