andy kirk
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what will they be riding (green t.t)
anybody got any info i have seen one of the bikes in the paper looked like a bmx push bike ![Rolleyes Rolleyes](https://www.ttwebsite.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif) any body got any info on this ?? going to be very strange watching a silent bike going past and the poor old commentators. no more i can hear him coming upto ramsey hairpin know (not) all very strange. do you think the manx gov has been sold a kipper so to speak
and how many are actually going to ride in this event ??
questions ?? questions ?? has any one got any answers ??
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RE: what will they be riding (green t.t)
David, on the official TTXGP website, there are pictures (in the media section) of amongst others, Chief Minister Tony Brown and Simon Crellin, the TT press officer and PR guy. You'll no doubt recognise some other faces too, so I guess it's all for real.
According to the initial regs posted on the forum (the final article in the hands of the ACU is late in being released... ![Rolleyes Rolleyes](https://www.ttwebsite.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif) ) the bikes are expected to average at least 60mph (!) over 40 miles of variable terrain...
I posted over on the 'other side' that while this sort of thing is bound to come one day, next year is way too soon. If you were going to take a model of conventional motor cycle that had never been raced before, 9 months would NOT be enough time to develop it as an effective racer, yet whoever is behind this can't see a problem in allocating that small amount of time to develop technology that's never been near a race track before and then debut the bloody thing on the most demanding race track in the world. It beggars belief really.
TTXGP claim that so far 39 'teams' have registered interest. Will any of them make it to the grid?
(This post was last modified: 19-09-2008, 09:50 PM by sticky.)
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19-09-2008, 09:46 PM |
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