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I think it's awesome. More top riders should stump up. It's not for the midgets of MotoGP and they're rider assists..
also give them the brakes from today for safety.
Sorry but if any other racing event around the world had 2 to 5 fatalities a year it wouldn't be around long.
Rest in peace fellow riders. Very very sad here.
Ever race Rc cars? There is zero chance of dying while racing rc. That is also why it is only a tenth as fun as racing the real thing.
The closer you are to dying, the closer you are to truly living.
Put your fears aside, and live your life. Don't worry about what others opinions are, or what they think of you.
Would suck to live in the bubble, and have a heart attack trying to grunt out last nights dinner in the morning.
None of us are guaranteed even our next breath.
F1 in its early years and the sport would lose more than a few drivers yearly. If you were a member of the Ferrari team in the 50's-60' era there was around a 50% chance you would lose your life before tour career was over. Now you rarely hear of a F1 driver getting killed. Progress in safety is possible without losing the thrill. Seems like the organizers of the Isle need to work on improving safety
If you're driving down the highway at a pretty good clip ( say 10 - 15mph over the speed limit ).....
Some guy passes you like you're standing still , do you say to yourself..." That dude is nuts , what an idiot ". OR....you come up behind some other dude , who is doing the speed limit , and you say " Man this dude is an idiot , and needs to learn how to drive! "
Everything is centered around what " you believe." It's what you perceive as everything should be....exactly the way you want it. Anyone who doesn't follow your rules of life , must be freaking crazy , or have a death wish , pr just plain stupid and needs to get out of your way.
These guys at the Isle....they live their life the way " They " want to....Not yours. And it's their God given right to do so. To sit there and say they are stupid for doing it , is an insult to them and everyone who loved them , or the people whom they loved.
Should be ashamed of your selves. And again....RIP moto brothers!
On the other hand, stopping people from doing something of their own free will is an extremely slippery slope. Where does it start? Where does it stop? Does it end when its too late and we become characters in a George Orwell novel?
As always, there are exceptions and my comments were not absolute.
Guy Martin is the coolest dude ever btw
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Why you say? Most riders out of the top 10 won't be getting paid. They do it for the love they have for the sport. It's the ultimate man and machine challenge. I think it's accepted by the families, i can't recall a family member of a passed rider ever asking for the event to be banned. Yes the death statistics are high, but it can't be compared to say a motocross event.
It's history for the last 100 years it's been happening and a island that thrives on the TT races. Without that there would be a huge void in the motorcycling world. It's refreshing that it's something that's allowed to go ahead in this day and age. The Isle of Man have their own government, if it was different and they was under U.K. law it probably would of been stopped. Long live the TT. And R.I.P to all the fallen riders this year, I hope there families find comfort in knowing they was doing what they loved!
If you ever have chance please visit the TT, you will be blown away!
Climbing Everest is a good analogy, the only reason people want to stop that is environmental ones, not because they are trying to save lives.
Lets ban base jumping, and heli skiing while we're about it.
All of our riding.
Whilst it is a tremendously sad thing to have deaths in racing, and I hope all bereaved families and friends get through this, We All who ride could die at any time we ride.
So, for you people criticizing riders for racing the IOM, I, once again put to you - Stop riding your Motorcycles Now. You are taking a risk that most of society holds as being too much of a risk. Indeed, stop Anything that has a risk to it - you can die / be seriously injured in so many ways, without even getting near a Motorcycle.
This pontificating / grandstanding about these deaths, disgusts me - as I said before, especially so when coming from fellow riders.
Just give up on riding now - you are doing the wrong thing, by the way you write. Just become sedentary, pathetic blobs, as so much of society is becoming. There's plenty of computer games you can 'ride', but hell, the excitement of it all might just give you a bloody heart attack.
Shameful, holier than thou stuff from a few here.
Rest In Peace to the fallen.
People are conflating two issues here. I don't see hardly anyone suggest banning the race, which I agree should run. I am against the nanny state. But there's a totally separate issue of how selfish it would be to do this with family, which is more than wife or kids. There's parents, siblings, etc... There is nothing wrong with people pointing out how selfish it is or not supporting it for this reason.
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