Let's go for a lap & have a look at the state of the road

With 2 weeks to go until the start of the Isle of Man TT 2024. Let's go for a lap and have a look at the road

[@clivep500]

Thanks for posting this lap and the informative commentary. Here’s hoping TT24 is fast and safe for everyone.

[@CensorshipRebel]

Sir, to you and all your fellow "flying heroes" I wish to convey my deepest gratitude for all you do. Keeping folks as safe as possible, and providing the often lifesaving aid you give to our Brothers is deeply appreciated, and immeasurably respected. You wil always have my undying affection and I'm glad we are able to thank you all. You guys rock. Rip John hinds.

[@ManxAndy]

Nice one, great to see an interesting and informative lap round….from an experienced input…👍👌🇮🇲

[@YUGEBBQ]

Fairplay to all the marshals; some of the main cogs in the system that keeps the TT running. We appreciate your work.🙌🏍🏁

[@randysavage1997]

Cant wait!!! Gonna be watching with friends from here in the USA. Good luck to all riders!!

[@markdwyre5013]

Thanks for taking the time to create this video. Coming over for the TT, first time this year!🇨🇦

[@colinstewart1432]

Get yourself along to Cronk y Voddy straight. I promise you won't regret taking this advice. I was there in 2017 and it's a mind-blowing place to watch. Enjoy. 👍

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

What an adventure. Hope the sun ☀️ shines all the time you’re here.

[@jlore6344]

That was really nice, thanks for taking us around it. That bike seems sweeeeeeet too.

[@eddiec1961]

Thanks for showing us a lap things look good, I wish you good luck in the races and hope everyone stays safe.

[@maxflight777]

Thanks for posting this ! A complete privilege to hear your (informed and knowledgeable) comments . Best wishes too .. to all of you volunteers who make this event possible. Thanks for slowly passing the horses too ! Let’s hope all bikers adopt better riding habits , if our sport/enjoyment is not to be curtailed!

[@2wheelsrbest327]

Brilliant thanks. Probably the best lap I have ever watched staying on the left. Really interesting to see the difference in speed where its safe to or otherwise. Hope you and everyone stays safe and thanks for what you all do.

[@pkjmfineart1593]

Great sneak peek thank you! All be safe for 2024 and bring home the 🥓please. 😉 🙏🏁

[@NooBiker]

Thanks for showing us around. I really have to visit the island at some stage...

[@Back2TheBike]

Thanks for the teach in, great prep for next week.

[@mikebbikesb1800]

Balaspur Farm was one of my favourite spots to watch. For the life of me, I can't work out why it's restricted now, it definitely wasn't at the request of the landowner. In the 25 years + I watched from there, I never saw an incident.

[@maxflight777]

so excited about the TT… The worlds best , most compelling motor sport event.

[@andrewpurkis1049]

Thanks for posting this brilliant video. You really brought it to life.

[@jonathanmackie4884]

Really excellent video! Great to see the course at normal(ish) speeds with informative commentry. The 'Blade sounds great!! Honda should be paying you for this as it is a superb advert for them.

[@jfoz7602]

Brilliant thanks for the lap mate. Very informative. Hoping the weather holds up it’s gonna be another fast year if so 🙏 Safe TT everyone

[@cabovermike]

Fantastic ride around , deffo no big major changes to increase lap speeds, fingers x'd for a safe and favourable weather for TT24,.cheers,.

[@streef88]

Thank you for taking us along on this wonderful and informative ride. Amazing and thoroughly captivating.

[@timdavie158]

Thanks for the lap and the years of info and experience. Hope the TT goes well.

[@IR_agri]

Great video! Can't wait for tt 2024! Being on the island the weather hasn't been the best but hopefully it will be fine for tt. I remember reenacting the tt with my toy bikes and now another year is here!

[@bobcarter5548]

Great vid and really like the pace of seeing a lap at normal speeds so that you get to understand the complexities of each corner and appreciate how difficult it is at race pace.

[@Denzilcleveridge]

Nice ride around the coarse, brings back great memories from the 80s. Thanks & good luck for 2024 TT.

[@coolvideos8864]

Thanks for this Pal! Looking forward to visiting very soon!

[@clicli9591]

Cheers for the ride, nice to see it at a slower speed.

[@23HF23]

8:35 Weird to hear you refer to this being open "in the old days". I have sat there many times and am only 33! So many great spots have closed just in the last 10 years. Much to the TT's detriment in my opinion.

[@Aliceswonderclam]

Thank you for this

[@andydynamic650]

Looks like you recorded this on the same weekend that I had my first visit to the island 😊 it was glorious sunshine! We rode the lap with some diversions to The Sound and Laxey. The 'blade looks good to ride. I'm still new to riding (couple of years) on my CB650R but would love to try a bike with fairings at some point. Great video, very informative too 😊

[@tony182bikes]

Loved this 👏👏👏Thanks for all your efforts 👌

[@13699111]

Thank you for posting this interesting informative pre race ride

[@milosimus]

Not only do you guys ride on the oposite side of the road, you also get on the bike from the opposite side ;) Great insight, can't wait to watch it this year! Safe ride everyone!

[@flippy66]

Glad you added the ;)

[@RideWith_Mee]

Great video and really informative lap of the course. Looking in great condition and hopefully we have the weather in 2weeks time! Also great to hear the fireblade singing 😀

[@markfisher2808]

Mint commentary 👌 thanks for the lap.

[@ThatRandomGuy20]

Really love what you do on this channel ❤

[@bofblog]

Great video, lots of work gone into making it challenging but safe, Sulby Crossroads is where the great John Williams said that he could see Policeman wearing three hats at once due to the bumps

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

😂

[@user-zn4qh3rj8f]

Very cool insight thanks mate

[@RoadRacingEmpire]

Thanks for posting - awesome video! See you in 2 weeks 👍

[@dannykennion8738]

I'd be nervous just doing a constant 100 round this place, those legends are something else

[@mr.145]

Thanks for this,very interesting,coming over for practice week,40 odd tt visits for me ,so far,we used to sit high up on the bank at the exit of Glen Helen,but if a bike lost it you would have a problem i think so common sense needed.Also remember veiwing at the bottom of Barregarrow in the late 80s (now restricted)with only the farmer and a few others only? My first TT in 78 ,an old fella, told me Keppel Gate was a great place to watch, nearly 50 years on,ive still not made it.😂

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

I did the exit of the bottom of barregarrow as a kid. Amazing spot.

[@pinderl33]

Great little video, keep em coming and ill see you at the Manx..

[@robertgreenwood6940]

Smooth riding 👌

[@firestorm755]

Great video. Thank you. I can't wait to get back. Not long now👍

[@manx1569]

I hope they let people watch again at signpost, all it needs is better barriers and people can watch behind the wall safely

[@clyde461]

Great video, can't wait to get over again this year, it will be my 10th year now. Friend and I are Marshalling for the first time at bray Hill so looking forward to doing our bit to help out at the TT. 😃

[@marklupton2064]

Great to see a lap as it is , looking forward to first tt trip this year ! 😅

[@TheVividdarkside]

Cant wait, I sail in 11 days and am marshalling this year.

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Where about’s are you marshalling?

[@Missis701]

Great upload!

[@claretbuck1882]

Awesome bud cheers 👍🏻

[@neilorme1637]

Cool! Main thing I get from this is that I miss the "old school" speed limits. I left the UK in 1993 for Australia and our speed limits here are trash. I live on the island of Tasmania these days and the roads are fantastic scenery wise but the condition sucks overall. Having said that they are good enough. Maximum speed here is 100kph, 60mph. If I were to hit 140 / 160kph say 100mph I'm making the news and I'm getting my bike taken away for a few months. I ride a 2013 Fireblade and every time I go out it's a risk. There's a popular (twisty mountain) bike road outside Sydney and the limit is 60kph (40mph) and the cops are all over it its a joke.

[@Suchesearl]

Thanks for the wonderful video and the work you do. Sad about some of the restrictions as I'm I'm the USA, and you can't do anything without restrictions and interference. I hope I'm wrong, but enjoy the TT while it lasts as I don't think it will forever. Cheers

[@KernowekTim]

A Celtic place first and fore-most. One of those lands of the gorse and the heather, the quoits and menhirs. Enys Vanow Duw re sewenal 🤟Kernow dhyworth😎🏴‍☠.

[@DiagolonRider]

man, i wish i lived on the Isle of Man! I'd ride that all day everyday...at the speed limit of course! ;P

[@shanemagee8143]

Great footage, it must be so different when you have to stick to the same side of the road compared to when it’s a track.

[@maxflight777]

I used to visit every year with my best friend the late Mark Taylor. (RIP)

[@michaelking3812]

🏍💛

[@kmac5849]

Just at moderate speeds I’m looking for the vanishing point and just don’t know how they do it at TT speeds, obviously the brain recalibrates but it’s a massive test of concentration and cell power. Hope they all come home this year👍🏻

[@user-ln5sm6wf4n]

Proper safe lap it must be weird for you when you have raced there and not to automatically apex all the corners . Anyone going over should watch your ride and see how it's done!! Have a safe TT to all racers and spectators

[@briandalgleish9768]

Cheers for this sir, roll on 27th

[@stevens69411]

tired of these restrictions, its getting worse with nearly everything...slowly slowly stripping our right to make our own decisions. Hence the saying good ol days

[@stephenjohnson22]

Exellent vid

[@stevec-b6214]

getting EXCITED!

[@georgemills4674]

What happens to the road furniture at quarter bridge for example during TT week? Is it all removable? Thanks for doing a fab job and I look forward to coming to the island for 2025🤙

[@marzie73]

Cant wait now under two weeks for my ferry first time on the island looking forward to it is an understatement marshalling both weeks but you guys are something else brilliant video

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Where about an are you marshalling?

[@marzie73]

@@tttravellingmarshals7207 I’ll be on sector six so around Kirk micheal staying down at aashen farm but getting goose bumps already

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

@@marzie73 might see you at Douglas road corner if you’re ever stationed there. That’s one of our locations too

[@marzie73]

@@tttravellingmarshals7207 all been well you never know it would be nice to have a proper look at that blade

[@ianhoyle8459]

I love this model and paint scheme of Fire Blade, does it have enough low rpm grunt? My GSXR1000K2 and ZX10RC1 is the same with the exhaust valve which I personally like 😊 Good video thanks 👍

[@Colin-ci5ll]

Thank you very much. I would love to go to the TT 2024 but family problems have got in the way. Can you send me a link for the live podcast for the TT 2024. As we say in Ulster keep ur lit.😀

[@paulford2706]

I will be there on Friday morning.

[@MichaelSmith-wj8zb]

With being a marshall for the TT. Do you ride round at race speed and how do you know the riders are coming etc.

[@oldgolfpunk]

The better road surface must help add to the faster lap times. I know when I'd raced it, the surface was ok for the 80's a guess, but not compared to now..

[@Baggers_Corner]

wow only 5 minutes in and I'm thinking about the state of the road surface in some areas and the pot holes 😱

[@specialandroid1603]

My motorcycle likes this

[@mikecain565]

Enjoyed that, Spent a lot of time trying to look over the screen or to the side of it, to see what the roads were like, Parliament square doesn't look great by the Traf, bit of a mismash of surfaces ?

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Yeh it’s been like for that as long as I can remember. So many services running under that bit of road along with all the traffic light infrastructure. Fortunately it’s very slow so doesn’t cause and issue really.

[@grachoderunwiderstehlichen]

Dear TT safty guards , racer and tourist ...what is the lowest rpm with high-tech moped's in 6 rounds ... ...and allways hot - sunny - summer with "tropical nights" i wish this again without any raindrops 🤞☘️

[@GunCollector007]

New rider here. Is your display in mph? I’m looking at your gear vs speed.

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Yes MPH. Don’t read into what gears I’m in too much. I was just having a gentle ride out and the fireblade gearing is very tall compared to most sports bikes.

[@GunCollector007]

Ok. Thanks very much.

[@m2menuiserie540]

Newbie here. Thanks for the engrossing and helpfully informative video. How in the world does one decide where to go to watch the action?

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Depends on your requirements. Some like fast places where they fly past just feet away from you. Some like slow places where you can get a better look at the bikes. Some want food trucks and toilets, some just take a bag full of sandwiches and a radio. Each to their own.

[@m2menuiserie540]

@@tttravellingmarshals7207 Many thanks for that. I would not have thought of the radio. Otherwise, for me it's a bottle of water, big sun hat, Zumo XT2, binoculars and a map. And maybe earplugs to soften the music a bit!

[@maxflight777]

3:30 I don’t think those that haven’t visited the IOM actually recognise, that there are no speed limits here … outside the towns.

[@willonazxten4892]

What kind of wind screen do you have??????

[@colinstewart1432]

Great Vid. Quick question : Does anyone know what the line of crosses painted on the road approaching Creg ny Baa are? I've seen them on onboards for years and always wondered what they're for. 🤔

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

It’s the locations for each of the traffic cones that the DOI put out and remove before and after every session for normal road traffic. The markers on the road just make sure they’re in the right place and are spaced evenly.

[@colinstewart1432]

@@tttravellingmarshals7207 Thanks for the response. That's solved the mystery 🤣👍

[@JayVtec-GAMING]

2 weeks to go!! #TT24

[@Trooper_675]

Great video mate, I’m a regular marshal can’t wait to come back Quick question - what is the brand of the bag you have over the rear seat on the blade ?? Cheers would love one myself

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Hi. It’s from Oxford products. It’s called Oxford F1 Tail Pack Large 35L

[@Trooper_675]

@@tttravellingmarshals7207 thank you very much mate . Got one coming off eBay 👌👌

[@23HF23]

8:35 Weird to hear you refer to this being open "in the old days". I have sat there many times and am only 33! So many great spots have closed just in the last 10 years, and seems to be new spots closed every year. In your experience, what's the main reason for this - is it stipulated by insurers?

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

I’m not privy to the what’s, where’s and why’s of which areas are restricted. Some do seem very much overkill in my opinion but on the flip side there are hundreds of amazing places you can still watch and nobody ever goes to them 🤷‍♂️

[@neilrowlands5848]

Is there a tree inspection done each year checking for trees with potential issues on the course ?

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Yep there is. Always some removed each year or at least cut back. Winter storms naturally bring down the most likely of them anyway.

[@neilrowlands5848]

@tttravellingmarshals7207 Thanks for the reply , being a tree officer myself I was worried about the potential risk of trees on the course, great video will going to the tt next year 😀

[@larspoulsen5646]

Hi. What motorcycle is it?😃 Honda?

[@MrTiptonboa]

Bit confused why your breaking the speed limit when you hit NSL signs? I normally marshall at Hillberry and love the TT. Keep up the great work.

[@1978JonBullock]

The Isle of man's national speed limit is unrestricted.

[@MrMpaclassics]

18.39 you didn't mention the retaining wall, might have a slight effect

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Yeh I thought that but last year there was a recticel barrier there and the new wall has replaced that so it’s pretty much the same anyway.

[@dalecross19]

Who's decision was it to remove the riders colours from the sign?!

[@JHa77am]

Quick question, is all the national speed limit on the Isle of Man unlimited? Or just the mountain?

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

All roads on the island have no speed limit once you’re in a derestricted area. Many of those roads are no more than country lanes though so excessive speed would still land you in trouble for dangerous riding

[@JHa77am]

Thanks for the reply. I absolutely love this channel, missing the TT. Still watch this one now and again! Thanks for all the great content!

[@adriantroalic9298]

Shit, should you not maybe think about blurring your speedo mate?! Be careful, although thanks for the info, the course looks good and can't wait 👍

[@maxflight777]

Nope ! He’s competent and legal. Some sections are unrestricted He’s a “measured” and completely competent, safe, rider.

[@1978JonBullock]

National speed limit there is unrestricted.

[@steve00alt70]

I would have thought that the isle of man would have mostly bikers as the majority of traffic all year round.... but no. And did you hear about a case of a biker sueing WSBK due to his injuries? Hopefully that wont be a thing for the TT

[@tttravellingmarshals7207]

Yeh I heard about Shakey Byrne suing BSB. I think that’s a very difference scenario to what happens here.

[@banditdarville.]

How do they stop some unsuspecting citizen from pulling the car off their drive on race day?????? or deciding to take the dog for a walk down the unusually quiet road..........?????????

[@PhilbyFavourites]

The penny drops…… No potholes….. smooth tarmac….. That’s not proper shitty UK roads. I feel robbed.

[@PHILIPWATSON82]

Pay road tax and get absolutely nothing in return

[@Scouse.Malinois]

I hear ye...but a superbike ready race track is a little bit too much to ask for to be fair😂

[@davidchiarletti4648]

It must be mustard to open the Blade on the mountain piece of the course ,Damn always wanted to ride it back in the day stay safe nice bike !GATE13SW6CREW cfc

[@Back2TheBike]

Thanks for the teach in, great prep for next week.

[@Back2TheBike]

Thanks for the teach in, great prep for next week.