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TT riders simply have very high danger thresholds.
Brave? Well, I couldn't do it, but I'd also say it's selfish if you have a family and kids to support.
Most TT riders like Guy Martin admit it's a selfish thing to do, esp compared to saving others peoples lives (and the fact that some accidents will hurt spectators).
I've been to see it, it's bloody exciting, of all the classes there I reckon the chaps volunteering as moving ballast in the side cars were putting themselves at the most risk.
IOM has no speed limits outside of the town, this was splendid fun until I boiled the brakes in my 1.4 clio and had to drive into a hedge in Laxey to stop. I was pushing the boundaries of human stupidity, can I join?
Yes, but whatabout F1.. eh, isn't it ALL the same..? Won't someone PLEASE think of the children!!!!!!!
I love this forum.. 😆
TBH i always remember a stand up i saw about 20 years ago. Maybe more.
"He died doing what he loved, as long as he loved mis-judging a corner, and smearing himself over 200 yards of beautiful scenery and a dry stone wall"
Not actually word for word, or about the IOM. But still accurate.
Fear and risk are a part of most peoples lives, it manifests in many ways but as long as an individual is aware of the risks and those risks are managed, who is anyone else to judge? that goes for spectators too, right from as early as I could read, the 'Motorsport is dangerous' signs have been embossed in my memory. Mind you the WRC spectators of the Group B era were total fruitbats!
"He died doing what he loved, as long as he loved mis-judging a corner, and smearing himself over 200 yards of beautiful scenery and a dry stone wall"
Hard to imagine a better way to go.
Apart from Dave Lister's untimely demise at 98.