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Olias · 06-06-2009, 12:14 PM

Don't know if you follow the IOM TT. It's one of the most exciting road race series in the world and we're actually getting good coverage of it on ITV.
It's on for the next week or so (practice this week and the racing next). Here's a video of Guy Martin doing a lap. He's an awesome rider but mad as a box of frogs.

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/v/QVXc29ZgutI&hl=en&fs=1

Aryan · 06-06-2009, 05:45 PM

Topic Approved.

@Olias: Please paste the other video links directly in this thread. Embedding does not work, sadly.

sam92 · 06-06-2009, 06:06 PM

that is one KICKA$$ race man ..
wonder how they navigate through that

VarunRTR · 06-06-2009, 07:27 PM

wow...this is what u call insane riding!! rightly said olias he is just as mad as a box of frogs..look at the beginning of the vid, u can see him jumping in his 1000 as if he is in some WRC!!

is there any way to see that race in india? or will you be uploading all the vids up here

?!!!

pulsater · 06-06-2009, 09:01 PM

I have been missing this race since 2 years in a row. Next time I am going for sure, at least as a visitor if not as a race marshal.

soulstation · 06-07-2009, 08:34 AM

On the grid this year.

Team Agni

Few teams have more experience in electric race bikes than Team Agni. Team leader, Cedric Lynch built his first electric competition bike from plywood in 1981.

For the TTXGP, Team Agni has converted a 2007 Suzuki GSXR 600 fitted with two Agni 95 reinforced motors and a Kokam lithiumpolymer battery of 63 cells totalling around 16 kilowatt-hours of energy. According to the team, this will give an impressive 40 to 50 horsepower averaged over the length of the race.

The Team:
Arvind Rabadia: director, organiser (India)
Hasmuk Rabadia: organiser (UK)
Cedric Lynch: motor inventor, team mechanic

Donald had a nasty crash earlier in the week. so i doubt the king of the mountain will be racing this year. that's too bad. i heard rossi will going to watch the toughest racing on two wheels too..

pulsater · 06-07-2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by soulstation

i heard rossi will going to watch the toughest racing on two wheels too..

he will have a lap as well. double miss

Olias · 06-07-2009, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sam92

that is one KICKA$$ race man ..
wonder how they navigate through that

I saw an interview with the late great Scottish racer Steve Hislop a few years ago. He was asked by the interviewer when he broke the IOM TT lap record at the time... "Steve, how did you manage to ride the course so fast?", he answered.... "I just aimed for the black bits between the green ones!!"

These guys must be mental. LOL.

L.P. · 06-07-2009, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olias

Don't know if you follow the IOM TT. It's one of the most exciting road race series in the world and we're actually getting good coverage of it on ITV.
It's on for the next week or so (practice this week and the racing next). Here's a video of Guy Martin doing a lap. He's an awesome rider but mad as a box of frogs.

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/v/QVXc29ZgutI&hl=en&fs=1

It's Just Amazing JIM, i can't even imagine how fast is he going??
and in the due course of the run,sometimes he is just so close to the other end as of it looks like he is OFF the track,But no! he is ON it..

Olias · 06-07-2009, 12:25 PM

Dave Jeffries was killed at the Isle of Man a few years ago. These two videos show a lap he did in 2002 on a GSXR1000. Awesome for a big heavy dude although I guess it helped keep the bike where he wanted it to be. What a rider. Put it on full screen mode and start leaning with him...

Start of lap video 1.

YouTube - David Jefferies TT'02 Onboard GSXR1000 1 of 2

Video 2.

YouTube - David Jefferies TT'02 Onboard GSXR1000 2 of 2

I don't know if you guys will get coverage in India of this year's race but it's on ITV 4 in the UK. It might be on some satellite channels. I'm sure a lot of it will eventually be posted on YouTube. The new average speed for a lap of approx 37 miles was set at 131 MPH. Wow!! In 1907 that average speed was about 38 MPH. Crazy difference.

Hope you enjoyed the vids.
Jim

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VarunRTR hardcore Apachian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 992	wow...this is what u call insane riding!! rightly said olias he is just as mad as a box of frogs..look at the beginning of the vid, u can see him jumping in his 1000 as if he is in some WRC!! is there any way to see that race in india? or will you be uploading all the vids up here?!!!

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pulsater nowbikers.com Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 690	I have been missing this race since 2 years in a row. Next time I am going for sure, at least as a visitor if not as a race marshal. __________________ If you think you are too small to make a difference, you probably havent slept in the same room with a mosquito

06-07-2009, 08:34 AM	#6 (permalink)
soulstation 9.5 Nasty Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pit Lane Posts: 415	On the grid this year. Team Agni Few teams have more experience in electric race bikes than Team Agni. Team leader, Cedric Lynch built his first electric competition bike from plywood in 1981. For the TTXGP, Team Agni has converted a 2007 Suzuki GSXR 600 fitted with two Agni 95 reinforced motors and a Kokam lithiumpolymer battery of 63 cells totalling around 16 kilowatt-hours of energy. According to the team, this will give an impressive 40 to 50 horsepower averaged over the length of the race. The Team: Arvind Rabadia: director, organiser (India) Hasmuk Rabadia: organiser (UK) Cedric Lynch: motor inventor, team mechanic Donald had a nasty crash earlier in the week. so i doubt the king of the mountain will be racing this year. that's too bad. i heard rossi will going to watch the toughest racing on two wheels too..

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