the TT is an archaic throw back to a time when racers where expected to race on crap dangerous tracks , and where told they where lucky to do so . 97% of the riders are amateurs who for two weeks of every year can pretend to be professional racers . the remaining 3% are the so called stars , mostly british superbike mid field runners who for two weeks can pretend to be good . the latter riders love the place as without it they would never be famous [ guy who? ] i would love to see it stopped but i suppose if you really want to get ripped of by the ferry company to travel to a shabby island in the irish sea where you will have to pay premium prices for crap hotels , eat overprice food and watch second rate riders then who am i to stop you
Agreed, it's not as professional and high profile corporate as Motogp, but that's what I like about it. You don't really need big trucks full of junk, and multimillion dollar bikes to race though. And most of the riders have plenty of talent, but they simply prefer to focus on the TT and NW200. If they ride BSB, they ofeten consider that as just preparation for the TT.
I'm a huge MotoGP fan, and watch every second they are on the track. But to me, the TT is the highlight of the year.
Why so negative? It's not really a shabby island IMO, and if you go to MotoGP they also have crap overpriced food and lodging. And the atmosphere at the TT is much better than any MotoGP race I've been to.
