wish we had full coverage the same as the TT!

Yeah I wish they had a shot of all the older bikes from early 2000’s see what they could do on them now

Hello mate :)

Circuit pedesaan😂😂😂😂😂 no safety 😇 👍👍👍👍👍 GP lewat

October issue of Classic bike mag,have a full write up about the bike and the team that built it for Dean

@@sjr999r thanks mate.

My 749 was the same, loved to be ridden hard and wasn't happy unless it was being ridden hard. But always felt safe because the bike felt happy doing what it was created to do. Smooth and stable but changed direction before you had to ask. Its a shame servicing costs were so expensive. Thats the only reason i sold it.

You know they weren't that bad, you just had to take good care of them, keep her happy and she'll keep you happy. Basically fix them before they break and then they don't break. Bloody expensive but worth it, i wish i could still afford one. The Japanese bikes are too easy, i miss having to be in the right gear at the right time all of the time. A 4 cylinder Japanese bike on the road you only really need 2nd 3rd and 4th gear. On an old Duke you need them all, try accidentally setting off in 2nd on a ducati, or accelerating out of villages in 4th gear, cough cough grunt. Its really satisfying changing gear out of necessity and listening to the engine go up and down through the gears. On a Japanese bike you've got to pretend to need 2nd or 3rd gear etc., because it will quite happily get up and go in any gear.

The mountain was the terrifying bit, doing 130 on my ducati 749 and styill spending mere time looking in the mirrors than where I'm going (if you've ridden a ducati you know the mirrors give you a great view of your elbows). Bloody terrified of pulling across infront of someone doing 170 on a 1000. They were mor scary than the course. Easier to ride that speed on an open road than on the mountain with so many nutters.

Yes, the nutters were far more scary than the course. They watched the pro racers and then decided their ability exceeded their obvious limitations. The nutters who overtook at high speed on wrong side of road on blind bends. The amount of smashed up front ends from wheelie "kings" crashing or hitting cars on the wrong side of road. And the begging bowls because they only had 3rd party insurance. I felt safer on the mountain, maybe naively, because I felt I had more options to get out of trouble rather than the open road brick walls elsewhere. Don't get me wrong the IOMTTs was an incredible experience and it should be on everyone's bucket list. However, next time I'll take the advice of one enthusiast "I survived Mad Sunday, I sat in the pub all day"'😀

Thats why he is moving to Honda for next yrs TT

Ive never raced but your mind does become accustomed to it, and as your mind speeds up the surroundings essentially slow down. I've felt that sensation, you dont even realise how much you do think until you look back on something that happened and realise you must of put a lot of thought into that. I assumed most fast road bikers have felt that, being in the zone so to speak. You just do what you do instinctively. Well these guys do the same, but have the skill to take it to the extreme rather than just have fun on the open road.

Really? Newer i know but my 749 pulled well until 135 before running out of puff at 145-150. Would have assumed a 916 would have atleast matched a 749 for grunt.

This lap is about 123.5mph. His quickest this week is 125.9mph.