Samarth 619

This race sure is tough! I heard that only 2 Indians ever participated in it? One being Aspi Bhatena, from Bike India.

Is it true that only 2 Indians participated in it? and Why such less number I wonder?

Anyways, I saw the strangest things happen here, crashes, front wheel concussions, crazy long jumps, even a racer banging against the footpath, etc.
I have been a follower of these type of races and love them!

haxor

hmm..
Competitor Profile: Aspi Bhathena

TT Career SummaryPosition36No of times1

• Full TT Results

Biography

From India and may have been the first rider from that Country to take up the challenge of the Mountain Course.

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soulstation

starsports has a motor show that shows highlights of the event in bits and pieces. plus they do have a 30 mins show too.. but its not marketed...

suren

Oh ! What are these type of races ? And what are the other races which are like the TT that you follow? Can you pls enlighten me on this.

soulstation

Ahey hey hey^^^ well there is sidecar.... yippeee... i love the sidecars... they used to be included along WSTK & WSTK600 but they are no more part of it... but it still exist here.. and they are fun to watch... ....

suren

Errr ! you spoiled the fun dude ! Anyways lets wait for the answer about 'these type of races' he follows !

superjd

Just got done watching IOM TT 2010, insanity

here's an intro from 2009


duke videos makes some of the best IOM TT videos in the world


2010 video

powertwin

Haxor!!
Aspi is the second Indian to participate the in this TT races,and eventually he won the Bronze replica in his class at the first attempt itself ( think at 1995..not sure about the year though!!)
A gentleman by name Mr.Shankar Varthek ( sorry for the poor memory lane..could recollect his full name) participated Isle of Man TT races at 1934, in his Rudge motorcycle, sadly he was disqualified in the 3 rd lap, for being hindrance to the other riders, due to lack of Track knowledge !!
So Mr.Pathek is the First Indian to participate at TT races & then Mr.Aspi Bhatena comes next after 60 long years to be precise.
Cheers,
Muthu Kumar.K
ps: My request to fellow members( youngsters), who are keen followers of this great event(TTraces) to dig out some Big books about TT races and post some interesting facts & figures , instead of googling....yes I mean it!!
pps: Nowadays ,Me, finding it difficult to go through books, with spectacles & stuff !!, as 'am nearly half the age of Isle of man TT itself..
PPS: Thanks for dr.cr(xbhpian), for revealing the full name of the First Indian rider @ TT races

NANOtechnology

I've been following IOM from almost 2004, its a very difficult and one of the most interesting races ever.
I have been following Northwest 200 and Cookstown 100 too, from almost 3 years...
Even these are public roads and equally challenging.
NW 200 and Cookstown 100 are races, but I.O.M is pure time trial, hence its much more necessary to push hard at all the times.

I don't know too much about it theoretically, but I've seen a lot of bikes give up before finishing the race.
Almost 1 1/2 hour of stress on 200kmph + average speed, the engine blows or the chain breaks a lot on lap 2 or 4.
There are totally 6 laps.

1 interesting thing is that these guys still follow the classic fueling method, they have a small drum of fuel almost 10~12 feet above the ground, and a pipe connected to it, hence they put that pipe in the tank and re-fill the fuel through the force of normal gravity.

From last year onwards these guys have started pitting normally as every other race on the planet enter the pits at a particular speed slowing down gradually, previously they used to stop before the pit line, touch their feet on the ground (complete standstill) and then enter the pits.

at an average, 2 people die at isle of man in a year, i.e a race week.

According to a classic documentary, an X racer said, previously it was much difficult to race as the surface was higher from the center and stooping towards the shoulders hence it will throw you off if you run wide, and it was mostly gravel, today the roads are at their very best, but again the speed of latest gen bikes makes it much much more difficult...

one needs guts to participate IOM, margin of error is almost none, at times animals have been hit at speeds above 250 and it has proved fatal for the rider too.
Not to mention the footpath which can hit your knee while turning (happened many times) and the electric poles or telephone booths acting as runoff !!!

Many manufacturers like kawasaki, honda and others are known today just because they had either won or been competitive at the very first time participating at IOM.
They had to run out of cash to participate and the gamble has been proved fruitful.

Its a shame that many many motorcyclists still don't know much about isle of man, the most popular 2 wheeler sport.

I am one of the few lucky guys to have a souvenir (small chequered flag with a bike in the middle and the logo) of I.O.M when my elder brother visited the place to watch the race, its still kept like one of the most precious things I've ever got.

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Ive been following old races for couple of years now.and that is what has made me a huge Joey Dunlop fan.I hope they start telecasting it here.

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