IOM TT Pros/Cons

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by MGDavid

Guy says it all, so simple and so eloquent - "of course it's dangerous, that's why I do it".
I cannot really add to that except to say that I identify with it completely.

Do you get a thrill out of cheating death ? How close have you come to it ? Ever seen the aftermath of a fatal accident ? I went with a friend of mine to clean his brother-in-law's brain and skull fragments out of the helmet he'd been wearing when he was killed racing a bike on the road. The guy's sister wanted her brother's helmet because she knew how much bike racing meant to him. I didn't see the body itself... but judging by what I did see, I shudder to think what the medics had to deal with when they came on the scene.

My own sister's family are related to Martin Finnegan who died 3 years ago in Tandragee. There's now a young woman without a partner and a little girl without her dad.

I'm sorry but Guy Martin's bravado is an insufficient justification to have people continually put through this kind of thing.