re post Michael Weaver (706)542-6468 [EMAIL PROTECTED] UCNS Network Specialist LAN Support Group University of Georgia, Athens Ga. )O( Public PGP key: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~weaver/pgp.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Rejected message: sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by [EMAIL PROTECTED] follows. Reason for rejection: sender not subscribed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Rob, Great to hear your experiences at the TT. Thrilling and exotic locale, to be sure: I raced a G-50 in the 1966 Senior TT, and the experience was memorable. More important, it was survivable (even managed to finish, at the back of the pack, which 65% of the starters didn't manage). Early morning practice, and I headed at 150km. into the bright sun, through scattered motorcycle wreckage. I thought Agostini had crashed, just in front of me; it wasn't -- Tarquinio Provini came off hard, and retired from racing soon afterward. I also recall Hailwood wrestling with "wild bull" Honda 500 four-cylinder monster around the course. The usual adjective used to describe the machine was "unridable". Slightly knew a young Japanese rider, who was killed at Cruickshank's in practice while riding a prototype Kawasaki 125 twin. I helped with the interpreting for the engineer from the factory who had accompanied him. I hope to go back to see the events in a year or two, and would like to hear your impressions about accommodations, prices, etc. Did you rent a bike to go over (you didn't mention this so I guess not). Was such an arrangement feasible? BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB '86 RG-500 '87 RG-400 '89 TZR-250 "RC" '96 TZR-250 "SP" '93 ZXR-750 "RR" >From: "Rob Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Isle of Man TT Races >Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 17:07:40 -0400 (EDT) > >Well, have just returned from my holidays, taking in IOM and France, and >staying near London. >Spent 5 nights on IOM, and found a magnificent spot to watch from. Just >after Glen Helen (a long left-hander), the road goes up to Kate's Cottage. >There is an almost invisible turn to the left, immediately before the >cottage, with enough room for a few cars to park..or immediately after is >another entrance on the left with room for several bikes. Wonderful >viewing, with the bikes about 15 ft away, and no crowds! >Saw the brand new Bennelli which was released there. What a lovely bike! >Weather poor to good. >Only saw 1 GTS, 1993 model, amongst the 10's of thousands of bikes there, >being ridden 2 up round Creg Ny Baa. So many bikes were R1's and >Fireblades. Great fun to hear the bikes roar off from the pub at the Creg, >under a policeman's nose, accelerating flat out in 4 gears before slowing >down. There's no speed limit on IOM outside village signs! As our own >GTS's get to about 90mph flat out in 2nd, imagine how fast these guys were >going...not just a few bikes....literally hundreds!! >Sadly Joey Dunlop has just died in a road race in Estonia, aged 48. He won >3 races in IOM when I was there, bringing his total to 26 TT race wins(?). >A magnificent rider who knew every inch of the 37 3/4 mile track. >Saw lots of Italjet hub steering scooters in France. Great country..I'm a >real Francophile..love the food, country and people! >Regards, > >Rob Chapman > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
