The last gladiators?
 

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That was just about perfect. The images used really give a tiny glimpse of how insane that race is.
And that music. I was ready to hate it during the intro but suddenly it was perfect.

Chef kiss!

WOW....fantastic!

Any Isle of Mann video is amazing to watch . Motorcycle/sidecar to go karts the speed is intense . Crazy stuff .

When telephone poles look like a picket fence.

That has to be the purest form of road racing that exists today if you ask me. Also the most dangerous too.

Threading a needle of death.

If you are a motorcycle enthusiast you owe it to yourself to attend either the TT or the Manx once in your life. It's simple amazing.

I have done many interesting things in my life - this is just different and special.

I can't imagine.

This is Guy Martin. He used to have a real southern drawl. Then he ran a couple of hot laps.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9db1XPKSk8

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U0RzZvHiX8g

These guys are not wired up like the rest of us!

They don't race for money as most just have normal day jobs so they race to feel alive :cool:

I worked with a lad that raced an RC30 at the IOM. He was a welder at the military vehicle factory I worked at in the UK. I asked him how he got to know the track and he said he drove around the track once a month for a whole weekend. Lap after lap. Then when he was welding the vehicles he just thought about gears and corners. Gears and corner day after day.

Nucking Futz....