Hahha yeah that’s me 😂 Loved watching this and seeing your reaction! You definitely need to come to the Isle of Man and watch it in person! It’s 100 times more insane than it looks! 😂

Fun fact: This year marks the 3rd year in TT history that no riders was killed. The other year was 1982.

A participant in this race once said. "You have a grey surface surrounded by two green surfaces and the thing is that you need to stay in the grey surface or you are dead."

I've never gotten over the fact that, over a lap, the front tire travels something like 1-2 miles less than the rear from being off the ground so much

"I'm not stopping till I see god or the checkered flag" is one of the most badass things I've ever heard.

The corner where jimmer said "you're just dead, you're in someone's living room": guy martin actually had a crash there and survived rather miraculously. It's callad ballagary

My dad crashed on quarry bends in 2004. They said he was going between 160-180mph. He hit the wall and then the bike hit him. The autopsy was abandoned as they said he was basically liquified and they couldn’t tell any of his organs apart, it was just soup. I think it was his leathers that were holding him together really. There was apparently a diesel spill on that corner the day before, but it also could have been something like a bird flying across the track, striking his helmet, or even a poorly timed sneeze, that’s all it takes. Brilliant track though, been around it many times in various cars. Rip Colin Breeze, it was the last day of practice, he was riding a GSXR 1000, he won the Manx in 1999 and smashed all the records, (same track, but older bikes), once you race the TT, you can’t go back to the Manx, so once he won that, he was after the senior TT win.

Isle Of Man POVs are the kind of videos we should send to an approaching alien invasion force to make them reconsider their plans.

Today I discovered that it's not only the free solo climbing videos that can give me sweaty palms

Those bikes are phenomenal too, able to go so fast while carrying a creature attached to two giant balls of the densest material in the universe

Isle of Man is just madness, made for the bravest, most talented and most insane drivers. Hats down to all of them that are competeing. It centrantly requires a special kind of driver.

FYI, about the electronics of the bike, it has TC=traction control, AW=anti wheely and a configurable EB=engine brake but no ABS. The rumbling that you can hear from the bike is not the TC or AW, but actually the split throttle activation, at low speeds and high lean angle, the bike only obens up the throttle bodys of the left two cylinders which gives a better throttle response.

Bikers know how damn incredible these riders are This footage is freaking scary as hell and even tho I have been riding for 9 years now, I wouldn't survive 6 7 corners These guys are just absolutely crazy and amazing

Something that also is seldom considered is how variable the course conditions are. From dry to damp areas as you go through the trees, surface temperature changes due to the patchy sun, going from dark to light and vice versa and your eyes needing to constantly adjust, and all of that changing as the day progresses - no 2 laps are the same. This is raw instinct and balls of pure tungsten - it's beautiful, and one of the very few bucket list items I have😍

I will always rememebr taking my then girlfriend, now wife to watch here first TT race. We were watching just after the bit in your video you said you can hear the reverb off the bike from the wall. We were watching in a lay-by road and our head level was at road level. The bikes came out to literally 1 or 2 inches away from us, not only could you feel the enegry in the bike, you could smell it too, it's the most raw thing in racing I;ve ever seen. I don't think my wife was ready for the first one, you could hear bikes coming for a few minutes, so she was excited to see them, when it came past it was doing about 150mph+ and very loud. She screamed a little and made her jump, but she enjoyed it.

We went the week before the TT in cars... it is MENTAL! We have a POV in a Mclaren going over the mountain pass on our channel... its crazy doing 160+mph on public roads, AND ITS LEGAL! The people of the Isle of Man were amazing as well!

Would love to see you go there irl and do a vlog about it.

Josh Brookes actually mounted a kerb this year at 140mph and continued like it was nothing and laughed it off after the race... also superbike races are 6 laps and all other races are 4 laps .. sidecars are 3 laps I think

I saw an interview with Rossi right after he stood at Ballacraine for a part of the Senior TT ... they asked him what he thought and he said "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu$@!!!" followed by a laugh and a shake of the head (although it was more like "Faaaaaack" with his accent). I thought it summed it up nicely.

Probably the most insane and dangerous motorsport event in the world,this how i love the Isle of Man TT

Seeing it bouncing on and off the tarmac multiple times per second, even mid corner, is crazy!

Imagine, you are at full throttle, going 275 kph, or faster, and another motorcycle catches, drafts, and passes you. Unbelieveable.

To answer your question: Because it is on the Isle Of Man! Similar races in Northern Ireland are all but gone now because of insurance impossible to obtain for the organizers! The IOM have their own government and have special exemptions for insurance, etc.. just for the TT. Most other places in Europe it would be impossible to run this. Another mad fact, the circuit is 40 Miles long, thats more than 200 corners to memorise and thatts how they do it, they learn every single corner!

Its an amazing video, one Ive seen a LOT 😂 BTW there is No TC or Anti Wheelie etc, the "buzzing" is the split throttles, it opens the throttle valves at different rates and purposely misfires to make it more ridable at lower rpms And IIRC the lap was about 133mph average which is almost record speeds

I love that every time jimmy makes a TT video he just doesn't know how to process it. I've been a riding motorcycles for 16 years and love seeing car guys getting into the crazy skills of top talent riders.

Best racing event of the year, 2 weeks of bliss!!! It's on my bucket list! The Nurburgring is second place and also on the bucket list! SOOOO Good! I've shown many people this helmet cam video, my wife almost had a heart attack!

Best thing is they dont "Hold on for dear life" if you could see his hands he'd be barely holding on, most grip is from the legs and core strength. Great to see your entusiasm for the TT though bud 😁

Leaning over the tyre also gets you into the preferred rpm's faster, so a tiny bit better acceleration swerving outcoming some corners. So if you wonder why they swerve .. that's why ;-) I only raced on GP tracks, been over 10 years i crashed bigtime and called it quit. This is just heavenly :-)

7:52 that stone wall at Handleys 😮 respect to all past, present and future TT racers you are all legends👏👏👏

It's the sidecar racing that really gets me.

Watched vids like this a hundred times and it's always nerve wrecking watching it. Brutal sense of speed.

I buy the package every year to watch the races. I was standing on the couch screaming watching Peter Hickman on a warpath during the first lap of the senior race, that lap was going to be earth shattering. The TT is the greatest motorsport event on earth, nothing else comes close.

@16.10s that was us! The sidecars stole the show for us. Incredible.

Love me some TT. Subbed to TT+ every year since release, well worth it. Good old Davey, "Yeah, boy!" that is slow and steady for him, dude was on fire this year at the North West and the TT.

This always gets me excited, currently working my way up to make it to Isle of Man one day, the sensation must be next level! No track I go to could ever compare

I went and watched it this year and it's even more mad in person. If you ever have the time to go see it it's absolutely worth it.

This is a real man’s sport!! I hope it never gets cancelled the most thrilling week you will ever witness if your lucky enough to go watch

Now watch the video again.. But keep your eyes on the far right hand side, the middle bit is Davy Todds EYELASH and you can see when he blinks! And yes he blinks MID corner/next to walls etc PLENTY of times.. M A D N E S S

i am going next year 2025. traveling from holland with some mates. this is gonna be the best thing i ever done in my life.

Higgins lap in the subaru was pretty quick for a car these bike rideers are top top tier level nutters 😂 R.I.P to all the fallen riders who are no longer here ❤

Holy sh*t 🤯 all of this is exceptionally insane... encapsulated perfectly "what has to be missing in your brain for you to do this?!"

2:40 About the tc and/or anti-wheelie comment Jimmy If this is the Superstock bike yes it has those, if it is Daveys Superbike then not, cause most Superbikes ridden at the IOM TT are pretty close to BSB bikes and in BSB rider aids such as TC ABS or anti-wheelie are not allowed The buzzing you hear might be the split throttle bodies BMW and Honda are using so at lower RPM there are only two or three trottle bodies opening to take some power out So basically really crude TC without sensors or any electronic feedback to ehat the bikes doing, just turning sown the power a bit

HOLY CRAP! This is the first time since I got a motorbike and learned to ride that I have watched one of these and JEEEEESSSSEEEE.... I ganantee this man is experiencing none of the fear that I am just watching this... WOW!

Went this year for the second time, and let me tell you. Nothing compares to watching the isle of man TT... you have to see it at some point in your life Jimmer!

I went there this year for the first time and words cant describe how insane these guys are.

The game btw in it's third instance (TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 3) is great and gives you kind of the feeling of the Isle of Man and what those Dare Devils experience irl. Great video and thanks for sharing your thoughts on it :) Stay Safe! To all the riders out there!

I always make the same promise about making the trip to the TT races. Been following it for years and watched plenty of on boards and this is the coolest view yet. One thing that is true is when you know what corners are next its actually a little less scary because you'll learn the big ones. Its the little ones and where the bike should be on the track to navigate them is where experience comes in. Realistically it takes years to learn this track, with corners like Quarry Bends needing about three to get the sequence right to maximise the speed on the Sulby straight.

That “bush” on the right coming out of Kirk Michael village just past the chapel is actually a brick wall with ivy growing on it. That’s absolutely insane how fast they go by that, and *how close!!*

@8.19 Bottom of Barregarrow, my favourite corner in all of motorsport Approach fully on the right, see how close the fence and spectators are. Traverse over the crown of the road to the apex against the stone wall on the left, the bike compresses almost fully through it's travel and use the combination of lean angle, rebound from the shocks and power to literally bounce your way through the exit of the corner Absolute super heroes these guys, every single one of them not just the top runners!!

I don't normally give two fucks about people doing 'review' vids, but i respect your respect for the TT. You are also not an annoying commentator, so thank you for that as well. You got my subscription. Well done.

Every time I watch these riders and race car drivers I'm on the edge of my seat at this TT. This is the elite of the elite at this specific circuit, I can't even put it into words. For bikes especially, zero runoff allowed and is punishable by ... - end comment. Edit: Jimmy if you get a bike, get a bike only for the track if you want to scratch that itch for speed on two wheels, you'll have a full kit and runoff etc. If you just want to commute and have fun just imagine every car is out there to get you.

15:06 that feeling is unbeatable, riding on a mountain road, just you and your bike and nobody else around, it's the reason I am basically addicted to motorcycle riding. I do as much of it offroad / on gravel roads, that's where you'll get that feeling the most. But I'm not a madman like these people are, competing in the TT. I would not be able to do it, just because I'd think about my family, my parents, grandparents and siblings; I wouldn't ever want them to have to go through that fear when they know that I'm getting on a bike to do this, let alone when I'd make a mistake. Death is inevitable, but this. This is simply stupid. Either way, your Family and Friends WILL suffer. And the adrenaline rush I'm getting, just from watching this, is already crazy. Great video, thanks for making it. ; )

Hey Jimmer, on the "big bikes" meaning the 1000cc classes they now have an *average* lap speed of over 135mph now. It's hard to really let that sink in the first time, average speed. Over 135mph. For nearly 38 miles around public roads on a tiny island. Bloody love that place xD

You see, there are 2 kinds of people, the one reacting like Jimbo... and the ones sitting on the bikes! I would definitely sit on that bike!

Everytime I see something about the TT I swear to every deity we've ever created it's in fast forward. But no... no. It's just that insane. And human beings do it. Every year. Absolutely wild and wonderful and dangerous and bad ass. You love to see it.

I went for practice week this year, camped at Glenlough (where all the spectators/marshals are just before you get to ballagarey) It was a real eye opener when they come flying past at 170 and you are sat on the grass verge 2 feet away with NOTHING between you and them. Definitely worth a trip over for the experience.

It is the greatest and most dangerous motorcycle race in the world, and it’s an absolute thrill to watch. The amount of concentration that goes into these rider and at the speeds they are going it is super human.

I have been waiting for this! When are you coming to the TT jimmer it's the best?

I think it was Hickman who said he used to judge the perfect line through a corner if his helmet grazed the plants/bush on the apex at high speed, which he did for quite a few years, until he realised there was a solid wall a couple of inches behind it. the margin for error is insane, and to be able to switch that part of your brain off that says you're going to die and still go WOT through the course requires something most dont have. I need to get there too, I do ride a motorbike, but cant even imagine what this is like at even half the speed.

I don't think even Colin McRae would have dared do the sort of crazy stuff that motorbikes do on that race. And it takes a lot to be more fearless than even Colin McRae.

lived there for 10 years and it was mental. i went out on MAD sunday once and hit 150 over mountain with people under and over taking me on bends. I peeled of after that to relieve myself!!

I’m sat here with massive smile on my face watching this enjoying every minute of it. Am I mad I’d do it

rally racing is impressive af but this is next level. the most impressive race in all of motorsports period. this race is fully psychotic.

Insane.. i was there for the first time this year. Must come back again next year.

Davey won the senior TT this year too, It was "only" 4 laps instead of 6 due to cancellations throughout the week 😄

It always fascinates me definitely insane. It is absolutely outstanding full credit to all bike riders. Participate in this one of the kind bike racing. 🏁 👍

Bikers are insane, I was lucky enough to cover an event at Elvington last year and the guys were doing 200mph wheelies for fun.

It's do or die racing, back in the day all motor racing was like this! Real men, real racing!

This track was THE cannon track for my mind as a kid due to the TT Suzuki game. It blew my mind to be able to 1st person down the strip and the houses and fences and hills soooo fast.

There is nothing in motorspot more mad lad than this. I have the deepest respect for these low altitude flyers. Talking about flyers: the other mad lad thing is probably wingsuit flyers flying through canyons, mountains and trees at crazy speed.

The corner at 8:19 (its called the bottom of barregarrow) looks nuts from spectator videos, slowmos, and pictures

I’m going with lamp post! Quick and sudden although the tumble down may be fun …

As a motorbike rider myself, watching this is such an Adrenaline rush lol. I wish, I WISH I could race in one of these someday.

As much as this is insane, I think the side cars are just as mad if not more crazier than these riders. Great video and insight on what the TT is all about. One day, I will go and attend this historic event before it gets cancelled.😢

Memorizing every inch of the course is incredible too.

My first time at the IoM this year. I was going around well known corners (Balagary, for example) at a normal speed and my mind spontaneously boggling with "THEY GO HOW FAST AROUND THIS CORNER?". Davey Todd goes around Balagary at 240 km/h (@3:00).

as a motocross racer it is hard for me to watch these - the balls to do this... respect

These fellas are just a different breed. So wild.

I might be wrong but I think its one of the first years there were enough martials around the track that every martial could see the next martial, making a complete chain of vision

I was on one of the driveways on Bray Hill this year. Absolutely mental!!!

Having grew up bike racing our summer holidays were going to the isle of mann to watch my dad race in the side car series, I never raced road bikes until i was in my early 20's after suffering a serious crash racing motox in the USA, but I ended up giving road racing a bash once i could walk again, raced BSB for a few seasons and found circuit racing exceptionally boring, so started road racing in my K9 GSXR 1000 and absolutely loved it, raced in Ireland then the Isle of mann and done really well, second year I went 'ohh dear up the mountain road luckily my back tyre blew out at 192mph and i luckily survived ended up paralysed for a year and a half then still with my back brace on got straight back on my bike and came second ❤❤❤, met Valentino Rossi in the pits after the race and he laughed and said 'you have marbles in your head you crazy you guys totally crazy' 😂😂😂

Jimmy's not even riding the bike, just watching a video of it, and he's clinched up so tight he could sh*t a diamond 😂

I was lucky enough to be in the Isle of Man during this years TT and it was pretty wild. I even ended up running into 14 time sidecar champs Ben and Tom Birchall at a pub the week before and met their dad while sightseeing. Absolutely wild speed, and so fortunate nothing bad happened. It’s this weird thing where you know the chances of death are high and even expected but you dare don’t mention it during the week.

@3:00 that is also a blind apex you’re approaching at 300kph… Ballagarey corner… affectionately known as ‘Balla Scarey’

It’s interesting to watch his eyelashes you can see how he only really blinks on the straights. It’s mad

Watching Jimmer try and get a full sentence out between thrilling moments was the cherry on top.

It's insane, such a throwback to the 50's and 60's F1, or the 80's WRC Killer B's...

Saw a clip from a spectators POV and a bike came over a crest into the town and went slightly wide towards the curb, but there was a dropped curb about 2 feet long and he saw it and took the bike up the curb and back off again and kept riding, think he was going around 130mph but could be wrong. Insane clip, not sure where it was posted.

10:24 this is probably true in a sense. Like isle of man can only do so much to make the course safe so it feels like the old circuit races on roads, like spa or even le mans

I was there this year; it is mental. Throw in the fact that it rained on and off between races, so people also had to deal with different road conditions. I hope it lives on.

I don't know what's more impressive, the footage itself of the fact that the race is still allowed to happen this deep into the 21st century.

Considering that the prize money is so small for the risks they take , this is a true love of motorcycle racing jimmer

@Jimmy_Broadbent 11:23 i would say it has to be a very simple but deep quote from top gun maverick "don't think, just do. if you think out there your dead" it basically means let your instincts (subconscious) take control because thinking about what's ahead and where you need to be means your reaction is going to be slower than what it needs to be and yes it's very counterintuitive but it's very true

Without ABS if the rear weighs too little, it can chatter over the edge of road accel vs brake decel. The chain and anything else loose enough will audibly shake with it.

As someone who lived on the Isle of Man for many years I can officially say: yes.

Great place to visit, stunning isle land, great people and unleashing my BMW was so much fun, nothing compared to these guys tho.

I've gone over 180 mph on a bike a few times. But it's always just for a second. Basically see if I can hit it, then slow back down. I can't imagine running at those speeds for an entire lap. Insane.

13:47 im the 2nd guy in black lololol

As a sportbike rider myself. You gotta know this circuit like the back of both your hands. Hitting higher speeds on a normal sportbike obstacles pass you in seconds. Basically, once you see something, be it a street sign?? You're passing it!!

Jimmy, you need to get across to one of these events. Be it the TT, or the NW200. I think the NW200 is more of a spectacle due to it being an actual grid of riders going at it side by side at 200mph. Once you experience being within touching distance of a group of these mad bastards going past, you'll realise just what it involves first hand.