American Reacts PETER HICKMAN BMW HP4 RACE | IOMTT | Chin Camera full lap!

[@Chrissy-boy]

I think what he means is he's not putting 100% effort into it. They are definitely a different breed of human these guys.

[@alwynjones422]

I love watching people watching these videos, your head was swaying side to side with each corner, you smile when he hits max revs in top gear, and frown when it gets built-up or narrow! BRILLIANT! You're on the bike with him!😅

[@paulocarvalho6480]

Consider this: Pete said this was not race pace. It's scary enough, right? Now try to imagine what it looks like at race pace. It's just mind blowing.

[@woooster17]

The Sulby Straight section when he’s flat out gets me everytime, love it! As a UK biker with 6 sportbikes, & been riding myself 35 years…these TT boys & girls are incredible.. truly! 🔥

[@nicksykes4575]

Hi Connor, the three black oblongs behind Hicky are his lap record of 135. 452, his time for the 6 lap race, 1hr 43mins 08sec, and the right-hand one is his time for his record lap 16mins 42.778secs. Last year he upped his record to over 136mph, and bear in mind this lap was over two minutes slower than his record, on a bike he was riding for the second time.

[@nicksykes4575]

He slowed down on the mountain cause there was a marshal waving a yellow warning flag, there was a sidecar outfit on the left, waiting to be recovered.

[@janolaful]

​@@nicksykes4575 I thought it was thanks for clarifying it I love the sidecars now takes some guts.

[@lailachopperchops9290]

@@janolaful Balls the size of space hopper x

[@MrSw4nie]

Under 17 mins to do 37 miles! On country roads! Absolutely mind blowing! 🤯

[@redtail1.]

The sulby straight on this chin cam is always my favorite part as he going full speed for such a long time. The bumps and shakyness just amplifies the speed visuals even more. The reactions are always so priceless.

[@1998TDM]

I remember an interview with a top MotoGP rider visiting the TT commenting on his amazement at listening to a Superbike tapped oot down the Sulby straight. He was genuinely shook. Shame the static cam video has been pulled, it was epic!

[@Time-traveller777]

I would argue this is the best content on youtube. Analytics say the front wheel did 2 miles less than the back wheel. Another fun fact the helicopters need to cut corners to keep up.

[@Time-traveller777]

The lap is about 36 miles long.

[@teknotony]

Pulling Wheelies at that speed !?! No fear , BIG balls , LEGEND !!!

[@Nutrient-Gold]

It's airlift at that speed not pulling wheelies. If he had wings on his bike he would take off.

[@freudsigmund72]

surprised he can even SIT on his bike?

[@janolaful]

He's not pulling wheelies only an idiot would do that it's the speed he's going is lifting him the strength it takes to hold it down I can't imagine.

[@0nelifeliveit1987]

​@@janolaful Upsettingly you are wrong, if it was from the acceleration he would have been dragging some back break to drop the wheel like on a race, he was purposely holding the wheel in the air, you can also tell by the high rpm he kept and not changing gear.

[@0nelifeliveit1987]

Yeah it's crazy! The skill these guys have is amazing!

[@Richard-b2t3t]

I went for the Senior TT in 1967, Diamond Jubilee. In those days the Senior TT was the largest capacity class for machines of 500cc capacity, half the engine size of Peter Hickmans’ 1000cc BMW. The race would be between Mike Hailwood riding a Honda & Giacomo Agostini riding an MV Agusta. They both broke lap records and Hailwood set a new lap record of 108.77 MPH. The 6 lap race was very close between these two riders. Hailwood won after Agostini’s chain broke towards the end of the race.

[@lailachopperchops9290]

Conner mate take it from me you will never know a buzz better than a blast on a fast motorbike , Its better than any drug you could ever take x

[@silvertongue3003]

Yea, that feeling when you stop and get of the bike and you can hardly stand because your legs feel like jelly and your hands is shaking uncontrollably… it’s the best rush ever!!

[@lailachopperchops9290]

@@silvertongue3003 Yes mate you know it xx

[@bravo2zero796]

Facts

[@tonic8945]

Dopamine is what's doing it to you, nothing like it ❤

[@claregale9011]

Insane , takes balls do ride this race 😳

[@yorkshirefazer]

the most dangerous part starts at the start line, and ends at the finish line! get it wrong anywhere and it could be the last time you get anything wrong.

[@ianrichardson7389]

Just short of 38 miles per lap, done in under 17 minutes, at an average of 135/6 mph. Over 2 miles covered in a minute. Loved my visit there, as really puts into perspective the difficulty of the circuit.

[@JubbatheHatt]

McJibbin his 136mph lap is out there on youtube watch it you will see how slow this lap is. Everytime the screen fills with bikes tacho Hicky is doing a wheelie once was at 170 ish mph in 6th gear, guy has no fear at all its why he is unbeatable round IOM plus that Beemer is something else nothing can pull up the mountain like it can he overtakes riders doing 200mph n they look like they're pulling up its hysterical😂

[@BrianMac2601]

He's said that he was pulling wheelies just for fun, shows you how nuts they are lol. Also quietest we've seen conner in a very long time I think 😂

[@Smashmouth-lx4vv]

Reminds me of playing Ridge Racer on the PS1 back in the day 🤣

[@kevinjohnson147]

Hi Connor, speedometer cables and associated gears are normally removed on racing bikes as they are not manufactured for racing conditions as if it breaks ( and it will) at high speed it will be catastrophic for the engine and front wheel assembly so it's best to remove it, plus you should be looking ahead and anticipating the next stretch not looking down at your speedometer. The LED lights are rpm indicator and Yes that was his front wheel floating in the air for a lot of the ride 😂.Awesome videos buddy 👍

[@stigg333]

He is just having fun, imagine full race pace and for six laps!!!!

[@zx9005]

You can hear very well that he is not going full out. He brakes and downshift earlier. And he easy in the tight corners. Still keeping a pace like he do here needs experience for the track. He knows every inch and what is coming.

[@zeke1123456789]

YESSSS i dont ever comment but when i saw this title and his face i had to get hyped. Also yes its the gear, they shift with their foot and use the clutch with their hand.

[@asd36f]

19:50 - sidecar on the side of the road. The marshal was waving a yellow caution flag - Hickman slowed down as a precaution

[@CrazyhorseDK]

TT Drivers remind me of Group B Drivers both are and were a thrill to experience and yes he was airborne

[@motelghost477]

25:40 You should also watch the Ulster GP video from Dundrod, a much shorter track but almost as terrifying.

[@robertfoskett1016]

The most dangerous part of the TT is the bit between the start and the finish.

[@johnhewett9483]

been there long time ago to watch and had the opportunity to have a fast run around the track but not at 200mph

[@Time-traveller777]

6 is top gear and all the lights up to red are full throttle and the sound meant he hit top speed of around 200mph.

[@Time-traveller777]

That bike sold for £100 thousand pounds

[@ManxAndy]

Hi Connor….37 & 3/4 miles a lap…superbike race is 6 laps….averaging 136mph…219 bends per lap…number on the dash clock, is his cumulative lap timer, for that lap…top speed at the point when you said, oh my god how fast…he was probably doing 195mph….just save you’re money, book you’re ticket….and get here to witness this event for real……we will make you more than welcome…”To appreciate TT, first you must see”….👍👌🇮🇲😉ps that bit when you said , love this bit….I drove over it at 40mph in thick fog last night, wasn’t quite the same….that’s the IOM 🇮🇲 for you…👍😉🇮🇲

[@Chrissy-boy]

37 miles of corners, walls, kerbs, trees etc has to be memorised.

[@sammy2840]

Brutal! Speed! Bumps! Corners and Glaring Sun! 😮😮😮

[@Joeyhill-wj6js]

Now this is what’s called seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.. you either make it through or are lucky enough to walk away

[@smudge8464]

That involuntary noise at 9 mins 38 is amazing!🤣🤣

[@leedelmotte7767]

😅😅😅 he's literally moving with his head and is so quiet 😅😅😅 must be very exited video 😅😅

[@BoBda2nd]

Yes the number on the dash is what gear, and the lights about show when he's getting to the red line.

[@nigelheathcote6084]

Someone once showed me William Dunlops fatal crash at skerries, absolutely horrific, shows what happens when things really go wrong in road racing.

[@mortaljorma69]

kzbin.infoXRIfYpPpw1A That one?

[@nigelheathcote6084]

@@mortaljorma69 yes that one, fkn awful 😞

[@dougoneill7266]

If he's bouncing off the rev limiter in 6th gear he is doing north of 200mph. When he said it was not at race speeds he mean's he is braking earlier and with much less intensity than would be the case in a race, and applying the power out of bends much later and much more smoothly.

[@edgeofeternity744]

I always forget to hit the like button even tho I like your reactions brother. Sorry from London 🙁

[@mikemoore4033]

Having your view obscured (by the low sun) for even a fraction of a second at those speeds is genuinely scary. I was a biker for twenty years, went round the TT course once in 1986 on my Moto Guzzi LeMans, top speed only 130mph, but still fun.

[@malcolmsleight9334]

A friend of mine rode a Guzzi - very nice bike. Rode with him a couple of times.

[@lewistaylor1965]

Balls of Steel....13:16....9 fatalities against the pub (The Raven) wall on the right and around the Ballaugh Bridge before the pub...I think that area is a particularly dangerous spot...altho there seems to be fatalities all over the course...RIP and salute...I feel a sadness every time I watch motorcycle videos on this course...As a motorcyclist of over 40 years and still going...I have never ridden like this

[@romteni]

Watching every reaction swing their body left to right with everu turn while clinching to the seat handles... Haha. Not one person has ever finished this video with dry palms. Ever.

[@BoBda2nd]

Yep the front wheel is off the ground loads in this, and he's definitely not going full chat, but he does pin it full speed in 6th. As for that on the wall behind him, left is his average speed, which he holds the record for the fastest, yes its in MPH and the otther one is his lap time, i think but pretty sure it is. Another thing if you're from the UK and you're into Motorsport, we all know about the TT, especially if you ride.

[@ianhenderson3336]

Check out the north West 200 it's not a time trail.

[@peterarmstrong6928]

He's on one wheel for most of the lap dude 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤟

[@stevehartley7504]

The time when you're doing over a hundred and it turns into a unicycle!!!!!

[@whishywashy1]

Have lived here for nearly 40 years so yes I have been to it and admit I’m not keen on it. Boosts tourism and boosts the local economy that’s about all I like about it. A lot of the times when it’s been on (last week May and first week June every years) we leave the island for a holiday. Great way of avoiding all the hullabaloo!

[@Dixon-d1c]

When you see the camera bounce, that’s when the wheel comes up under throttle and you can hear it when it’s feathered off or held if you know what you looking for😂 the camera is suspensioned by the forks, arms and neck and the fact that helmet is tight to the head you can still see how intense it is never mind really doing it and feeling the g force etc. violent af

[@gordonhutchison9647]

When you hear the engine over rev, it's airborne.

[@minners71]

Someone once said that the front wheel spends so much time in the air that the rear wheel travels about 3 miles more than the front.

[@ENGBriseB]

Got to come over Conor sometime. All the best.

[@originalwhit]

Red lights on the dash means he's screaming the bollocks off of it.

[@necessaryevil3428]

Mad lads 🏍

[@Cashcrop54]

I love watching this video. To him he probably feels like he is going slow. I want to ask him if the wheelies are on purpose or if the front just wants to rise up from all the torque in the rear. I heard one rider say that you have to be careful at the start you don't overdo it or you will end up on your back. Liked watching with you!

[@montybrewster7]

Ha haaa, i love your reaction to this dude. Everyone reacts the same the first time they watch it & yes, that was a 'slow' lap. Watch hicky's lap record lap from 2023, that's is full bananas! For reference the riders say the Ballagarey section is the 'worst' bit which is the bit through the houses that they go through at around 165mph (265kph). They call is Balla-scary for obvious reasons. The scenic bit you were admiring is called the mountain section but may look more 'safe' but it's a very fast section & can go spectacularly wrong. Look up connor cummings' crash from reference. He did survive it just so you know & was riding back on the tt a few years later! These guys are cut from a different cloth!

[@terrymacdad8742]

'Where Angels fear to Tread' IOM TT ❤

[@Valhalrik]

2 lane Black top Time Trails! every 10 second from start! 4 classes and Sidecar class!

[@rogerramjet5302]

I've sent Peter's and Michael's onboard laps to non-motorcyling friends who believe they're on fast forward 😂

[@keensniperjay]

The light on the dash are an indication to change gear, so when he’s in the red his at max RPM, when you asked what they were for you was at the fastest part of the track, Peter Hickman was full speed (314kph around 200mph @ 14,500RPM) 🤯

[@Valhalrik]

All of It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cocktailzombie]

The different coloured buttons as you say are leds representing engine RPMs ie gear change indicators for deaf people

[@russcattell955i]

Probably the circuit with more pubs on it than any other in the universe !

[@davejensen7922]

The scariest part to me would be trying to remember the track layout and what is coming up coz one mistake might be your last

[@lailachopperchops9290]

The closest racing you will get to this outside the UK is probley the Macau GP Much shorter track but some fantastic racing . The bar up the left side is the revs , the numbers are gear indicaters and the lights are when you are about to hit the rev limiter and need to change up a gear , top speed easy 180 without trying . x

[@syx3s]

this would have been just as good if the camera was on the tip of the foot peg aiming at the front wheel because he had to have been just on his back wheel 1/3 of this lap. he's nuts.

[@mineyesport1]

Try watching his record breaking lap , its insane

[@MiguelBorgesphotography]

11:55 yes is the gear

[@module79l28]

And to answer Connor's other question, there's no 8, it only goes to 6. 🙂

[@JubbatheHatt]

Im going this year weather permitting

[@TubeYou1800]

This was a practise lap with an average speed of 118. His record lap is average speed of 136

[@johnwilliams575]

Ok, here's a question for all the TT fans watching: if I live in one of the houses along the route, how do I go to work in the morning....and how do I get home a the end of the working day?

[@lyndavarty4402]

You garden hop 😂

[@tonieveritt7045]

That bike is wheeling wow

[@mick1583]

The most dangerous part of the race is when you look down and you see the sky.

[@simonatkinson1107]

Yes, that larger number on the dash display is the gear he's in. The highest he seems to hit is 6th probably giving him somewhere around 180mph. Here Peter is just getting a feel for the bike so on some of the sections he is deliberately popping Wheelies just to see how the bike will react. Considering he's probably well over 100mph when he does it just scares the wotsits out of me! This may sound crazy but when at full race speed over a full race distance parts of the bike actually travel 3 different distances. The bike itself does the official race distance. The Front wheel does Less than the race distance as it's physically off the ground, (jumps, bumps and power wheelies). The Rear wheel does More than the race distance because of wheel spin and power sliding the bike.

[@neilanyon4792]

I'd guess that when he had the front wheel in the air on the Cronk-y-voddey straight he would have been doing around 170-180 mph - UPHILL. On a typical lap the front wheel can cover around ½ mile less than the rear!

[@dzzope]

Seriously gotta check out NW200. Just as fast as IoM but racing for position

[@sumedhajgaonkar637]

You’re right! IOM is just unique mixture of time trial and endurance….and some would say time travel considering how fast these bitches go

[@motelghost477]

He's going full speed in terms of accelerating out of corners but he's breaking very early. Nearly all of the risk in the IOM TT is where you slow the bike down. This pace seems crazy to you and me but Hickman could ride all day at this pace and never crash - all of the danger is in the final 2% of pushing.

[@JonnyMc7]

Haha I know you loved that one! You hardly blinked 😂these guys have balls of steal or something way stronger they are crazy going over 200mph popping wheelies at crazy speeds one mistake or misjudgement and you’re brown bread (dead) he even took the time to look at his own shadow in the mountain area popping a wheelie 🤣 That my friend was just one lap and not full speed like they do in times trials

[@pattillapaugh6943]

The numbers posted before a corner are braking markers

[@Puzzoozoo]

Out of all the American bike racers past and present only one has ever won the TT. Dave Roper is currently the only American to win a TT Race using conventional internal combustion engine power; the Historic TT of 1984. Riding a G50 Matchless he headed home the field in the only time this class of race has been run. Dave has also finished runner-up twice in the Senior Classic Manx Grand Prix, in 1988 and 1990. As for the circuit, it is 37.730 miles, and the really quick guys can do it in under 18 minutes, and they do 6 laps for their time. As for fuel, the TT racers use VP Racing fuel, it is an American company founded in Texas.

[@gasfeefees6647]

James May does this lap in 10 minutes, on his 1950s Honda.

[@karlmcgowan9375]

Who keeps photo shopping in the blue sky.Connor i didn't notice you were hardly commenting, until the second time watching the video.

[@syx3s]

i've seen it a few times now and i don't think his foot fell of the peg, i think that downshift might have popped the gearbox and he was looking for oil because of that.

[@Avfc-m4w]

Nw200 next month can't wait.

[@bowtiefidenine]

19min 20 seconds for this run 😮

[@JohnDuffy-bq8wg]

Yep if you hit a stone building you generally come off second best

[@albertvalerysmith2380]

It's not a full speed run. The wheelies slow down the acceleration. During the race the pilots try hard to keep the front weel attached to the asphalt.

[@Valhalrik]

Yes Gear And light when they are gonna Red Line the Motor!

[@Valhalrik]

Hence, to Accolades if you win here!

[@justinbader6391]

Hi the gears .

[@drp2546]

Peter Hickman Great rider! Decent guy. Brilliant racer!. He came to the U.S.to participate in the Daytona 200 this March (2024). He dropped out late in the race due to mechanical failure. He was chasing a 16 year old GIRL when he left the race. a 16 y/o who went on to finish 12th out of 62 riders. A girl Peter! Pick up your game! Kayla Yaakov is no joke on the Ducati. Hickman, it turns out, is human and can have a tough weekend. Who'd a thought?

[@whitecompany18]

There's two famous TT Riders in my village 👍

[@davidcochrane9287]

You can speak Connor .lol😅

[@DeanKelz]

your head movements like your on the bike fs lol

[@brunocosta3811]

Belive he wasn't full throttle. this machines can be scariest than this

[@johnchristmas7522]

Each lap is 37 miles, there are 6 laps to a race. this video is to show the public, it is not flat out race style! Peter's fastest lap is an AVERAGE of 135.4 mph, that means on the fastest parts he has to do over 220 mph. They keep this up for over 222miles and over 200 bends! The fitness requirement is extreme as is their attention levels and its not always dry! There are no safety barriers for the riders or the public. there is a fatality every year or so to both riders and members of the public. Its called the most dangerous race in the world for a reason. There are also bikes with sidecars that race as well, thats worth watching too!

[@Valhalrik]

Front wheal might be up a little due to Toque!

[@sascha-ger666]

Gear 6 is 280 Km/h to 330-340?

[@OllyO-gt8pg]

its the only way to appreciate the blurs, they dont have speedo's on the dash as they are a distraction.

[@fxgiant]

Looks like Peter like to save on front tyre wear.

[@robertholmes809]

Go check out sidecar racing at the TT.

[@syx3s]

watch fred dibnah laddering a chimney.

[@peterarmstrong6928]

Listen to REDLINE,,it's the music for the TT,,,KING OF THE MOUNTAIN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@icosthop9998]

At 6:00 I bailed, going to hunt down the original video of this. GawD it looks exciting. 6 Bikers died during the 2023 *"Isles of Man"* ⚰️🌹⚰️🌹⚰️🌹⚰️🌹⚰️🌹⚰️🌹 😢

[@icosthop9998]

If I am wrong I will take this comment down.

[@doc-slider5345]

Sixt gear and full lights are more then 300Km/h.