http://www.sportbikerider.us/Videos/RIPJeffries1.wmv and what can happen when you mess up. http://www.blackfootonline.com/videos/2004/CKB_Motorbike_Crash_002.mpeg
Always loved watching that TT race... But Damn when he got it wrong he just lowsided and caught been there............. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I miss riding. Bought a bike right before I left for the monaco gp and it spun a rod bearing. Took it as an omen, and left it with the dealer. My last big wreck put the scare in me, and i never rode the same after that, even after 11 yrs. of experience.
that is not the typical low side! low sides are usually pretty easy but w/ the berming this one looks a bit like the high side! the high side is not so easy. did this guy make it? it is an old clip as the bike looks like an f2 or f3. i have raced for years in ccs, wera, and ama, and had always wanted to make the trip to run in the tt. i am glad that i did not race it as it really is dangerous unlike any other moto event. it is however (or must be) the greatest single racing event in the world. i still throw my leathers on each saturday but i always thinks of the tt and how it has made so many legends and then taken them. sad to see joey, dj, and hislop all gone. just doesnt seem normal at the tt anymore. pcb
The TT at the Isle of Man is the most manly man racing bar none. F1-Cart-NASCAR are all a bunch of sissy boys compared to those men ! Haybales we don't need no stinkin haybales. RIP Joey Dunlop , King of the Isle
What you don't see when racing there is the stone walls. Bray Hill is at the end of the straight away, and it is lined with stone walls, and steel picket fences. You don't see them, because you're going over 150 mph. I walked that hill in 89, and never went back. Ask Pat Hennen about the Isle of Man, as to those of you who don't know him, he was going to be a 500cc world champ, but had a crash there in the early 80s, and sustained severe brain damage. The way we ride in the US is what the Brits call "scratching" and you don't want to ride that hard there, Hennan is the perfect example of why not. Art