Heres some more pics I took from an awesome place to watch the bikes… the Gooseneck which is just outside Ramsey and just before the climb up Joey’s Rise to the Mountain Course…
It really is as close as the photos look… they are maybe half a meter from your feet when they wind it on and fly past!!!
The two TAS Suzuki Riders… Adrian Archibald and Bruce Anstey
Irish rider for DMRR Honda Richard Britton
Local Manx Rider Gary Carswell
Irish Rider Martin Finnegan
The man to beat in Road Racing riding for MSS Discovery Kawasaki Ryan Farquhar
Brilliant pictures Floyd! I can’t believe how close they are to you, superb. I hope to be there for next year, on what bike though, I’m not sure. Maybe the DRZ, could go green-laning then and not worry so much about an expensive bike being left places.
Cheers Chaps for your comments… I’ll post some more soon…
Jay… I really wouldnt worry about having an expensive bike over here… There were loads of K5’s and seriously expensive bikes over here all teh time… it really aint the same problem on the isle of man as it is where you are… even with 30k visitors you maybe hear of one incident of theft and that usually comes down to actually being to drunk to remember where the bike was left… lol… No, it really isn’t a problem at all…
Ace pictures there mate. I have got to get out there, maybe next year. Personal fave was the one of Ryan, but then I am biassed being a Kwaka man. As for how close they are, cant believe crowds are allowed to get that close!
Cheers mate… its a prosumer digi slr… or was at least when I bought it years ago… Its a fuji FInepiix s602z… totally outdated now but still capable of some nice pics… Once you get used to panning at 130+ the pics get loads better!! lol
Your pics are great I will have to get a SLR myself… keep on the good work