I need advice on riding the isle of mann

Keep the sticky side down?




Sorry, can't help much mate- but any excuse for a daft comment

Catch the ferry. Or you'll get wet.

A big saddle?

Go to a race school, iom is a race track, road riding skills and rules do not apply.

Beware of 'Ze Germans'

Advice?

Sure ..... ride to your abilities and don't try to compete with others, otherwise you may regret it. Surely the whole idea of going to the Island is to watch the racing, enjoy the partying, do a lap safely to say you have done it, and come back with a big grin and lots of happy memories?

Where in that does it say you have to try for a lap record?

sorry mate its been years since ive been to the isle of mann, and i was pillion on my old dads bike when we did mad sunday the way it should be gone...last time there was way back in the 70's and i did the course on my suzi gt250, but i was bimbling round so like the others i cant offer anything constructive....hope you have a great trip anyway mate

Your Mobile phone provider may charge more to use your phone in the IoM as it's not technicly in the UK mainland and probably won't come out of your inclusive minutes.

Mad Sunday Drivers LOL

If you ain't ridden on the island, let alone mad sunday, do not expect to keep up with all of the riders there (some/many of them will either know the circuit well or may even be ex-racers). Ride within your abilities and enjoy it. Had to cancel my booking for this year

keep your eye on the road....


if in the summer,,,drink plenty of water...

take regular breaks

don't eat a heavy meal and ride..


but most of All enjoy.....

thanks to the guys that made sensible suggestion mucho appreciatos

Keep your eyes wide open, develop a thousand yard stare, if in doubt slow down. watch out for loons with more bottle than abillity, dont ride outside your own abillity trying to keep with faster riders. if you scare yourself stop for a break.

ride for a view, if you cant see the road ahead slow down, if you can see it then speed up. watch for mixed grip, areas of dry road can spout areas of wet shadowed road in a instant.

be careful.

this sounds dumb but what's up with Mad Sunday and the Isle of Man?

if it's better than TGI Fridays then i'd be up for it

The Isle of Man TT course is opened to the public for one Friday during the TT. Anyone on two wheels. As I understand it, the roads (being closed to general (4-wheeled) traffic), have no speed limit. (There's no speed limit on rural roads on IOM anyway.)

The place gets mobbed with bikers going very fast. Some think they're Kenny Roberts and go stupidly fast. Most of *them* aren't Kenny Roberts, and screw it up to a greater or lesser extent, occasionally wiping out other bikes on the way. There has been at least one occasion of a farmer ignorantly pulling a tractor out into the road and getting whapped with bikes like moths on a windscreen...

It can be a dangerous place, but for most riders it's fine. If you want to go, be careful, ride within your abilities, and don't do that stupid alpha-male testosterone thing and try to beat everyone around you...

a bit like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnhiwqV4qFI...ated&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tswA-NstRdQ...ated&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfVwcbEMOEo...ated&search=

Sorry to resurrect this a little, but taking that I live on the Rock, I thought it might be useful..



Erm..It's a Sunday, actually - hence the name "Mad Sunday" That's when the mountain road is usually made one-way, and anyone (two and four wheels) can go for a more-or-less civilised run over the mountain. It's different this year, as the mountain road is one-way for the whole two weeks of TT. Doesn't mean it's Mad Sunday for two weeks, though, and ye olde bill has already announced a permanent presence up there - basically, normal rules of the road but one-way to avoid head-on collisions, which unfortunately have cost many a life in the past.

Although it's correct that some rural roads don't have speed limits, many do, and the number is unfortunately growing thanks to some civil servants here liking to follow the nanny-state approach of the UK. We narrowly avoided getting an all-island speed limit last year...

Other things to keep in mind:
The TT course is pretty nice and smooth, but that's because most of the cash is spent on it, leaving a little less for the other roads, so expect potholes and bumpy sections away from it.

Local drivers can not negotiate roundabouts - it's impossible - they tried. It's mexican stand-off every time - hopeless, and no-one knows why. Must be the air or something..