http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencer...nsane_race.html

WOW! I could watch that for hours and not be bored.

You fall, you're dead.

I couldn't imagine living in one of those houses and having a bike come crashing through my second story window whilst I enjoy a Coke and a smile.

Gives you a good idea how fast the big bikes run on the big tracks.

Those guys are running 10 tenths, which is tough to do anywhere, let along down roads where any mistake is going to be ugly.

Unbelievable talent to be able to push that hard.

What a fuching rush that's got to be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To push machine and self that hard with total disreguard , one has got to have unobtainium man stones ..........
Title says it all - Isle of MAN !!!!!!!!!

Jack

I saw a documentary on this. Its crazy!

Do their front tires ever touch the ground?

Yes, when their rears don't (braking).

Love the Isle race! It is sad that every year the victor has to give his condolences to a friend or fellow racer killed at the track... It would be a huge rush though. Those guys have some serious Marbles!

There is a reason it is called Isle of Man

Believe it or not we used to have a race in the states like that.

I race the last one they had. It was in Steamboat springs CO.
While the course was a fraction of the length of the Isle of Man course, It was no less deadly. It was about 6 miles long and was through the streets of the town. Complete with curbs,signs,walls,man hole covers and death lurking on every bend.

Some would say even more deadly cause it was a race against each other not the clock. We all left the line at the same time and battled bar to bar.
I got 2nd in a field of 35 bikes.

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