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Re: Le Mans / Isle of Man TT Races

:Anyway, great images
: Shaun and I would urge anyone to seek out IOM TT clips on
: youtube and see if it floats your boat - there really is nothing
: quite like it in this heath and safety obsessed age and it's one
: of the few events in which you can still mingle in the paddock
: with racers and sit within feet of bikes flying past at
: ridiculous speeds inches from roadside walls and all manner of
: other solid objects.

In the UK search out the DVD "Closer to the Edge", 2010. Lots of on-board footage (does that compute in the mp4 age?) and the final scenes of Guy Martin, Ian Hutchinson and Cameron Donald in their hospital beds.

But not all the riders had balls....

.... Jenny Tinmouth did a good job too!

Mike

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