No, just Scotty being Scottyv8-powered wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:10 pmWas his last day riding for Aprilia or something?
https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/07/17/re ... eliberate/
No, just Scotty being Scottyv8-powered wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:10 pmWas his last day riding for Aprilia or something?
That's before the bolt fell out it's a few years earlier,that's Josh Brookes on board not McGuinessKungFooBob wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2023 10:18 pm Was that before or after the engine mount bolt fell out?
Only place at the TT you're getting compression like that is Ballaugh.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:32 am So is the front suspension fully compressed at the bottom of Bray or has that failed as well? Either way having the chain jump the sprocket at that part of the TT course would be a worry, to put it mildly. What was the eventual outcome? Did Brookes just coast to a halt or did Bad Things Happen?
That's got to be Ballaugh Bridge,they also get a lot of compression going through the Bottom of Barregarrow.Demannu wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:24 pmOnly place at the TT you're getting compression like that is Ballaugh.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:32 am So is the front suspension fully compressed at the bottom of Bray or has that failed as well? Either way having the chain jump the sprocket at that part of the TT course would be a worry, to put it mildly. What was the eventual outcome? Did Brookes just coast to a halt or did Bad Things Happen?
You're right, it is Ballaugh. But bottom of Bray and Barregarrow are also favourite places for the suspension to bottom out. There are probably others, but those are the best known places.Bustaspoke wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:36 pmThat's got to be Ballaugh Bridge,they also get a lot of compression going through the Bottom of Barregarrow.Demannu wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:24 pmOnly place at the TT you're getting compression like that is Ballaugh.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:32 am So is the front suspension fully compressed at the bottom of Bray or has that failed as well? Either way having the chain jump the sprocket at that part of the TT course would be a worry, to put it mildly. What was the eventual outcome? Did Brookes just coast to a halt or did Bad Things Happen?
Cam Donald did his sump through there,likewise James Hillier.
You'd be surprised how close the spectators still get to the racing, even at the fast bits:
I was there a few years agomangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:46 pmYou'd be surprised how close the spectators still get to the racing, even at the fast bits:
https://daleymathison.files.wordpress.c ... hill-2.jpg
First went in 1990. Is this like Top Trumpsmangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:53 pm I've spectated and photographed there for over 20 years.
If you want it to be... My point (as I'm sure you'll agree) is that at the Island you are way closer to the action than you are at short circuits. As the years go by, the barriers have gradually been moved further back, but you are still much closer than you would be anywhere else. You've been there, I've been there, so why are we debating this?Yorick wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:04 pmFirst went in 1990. Is this like Top Trumpsmangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:53 pm I've spectated and photographed there for over 20 years.
That is at Ballaugh bridge but Barregarrow is same or similar with regards to compression and bottoming out, it was enough there to rip of James Hilliers sump/bolt, that was 2019 during the senior because iirc Hicky set the 135.4 lap when there was cement dust at Barregarrow and along the straight after where Hilliers bike was parked up.Demannu wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:24 pmOnly place at the TT you're getting compression like that is Ballaugh.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:32 am So is the front suspension fully compressed at the bottom of Bray or has that failed as well? Either way having the chain jump the sprocket at that part of the TT course would be a worry, to put it mildly. What was the eventual outcome? Did Brookes just coast to a halt or did Bad Things Happen?
Yer right. It was 1992. I think McCallen won lots in 1994 mainly because Hislop and Fogarty had moved on. I wasn't a fan of the bloke and was also finding it restrictive to lose 2 weeks out of a meagre holiday allowance every year, so decided to stop going. Been meaning to go back just for curiosity's sake and Mrs Mango is keen so may start checking out Classic TT sailings...