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Great to see Melanie Farnier back !!

So does this mean another non-starter? Speedy recovery to Freddy.

As a sidecar fan and Marshal, all I want to see is a full grid and good racing, I don't give a monkeys if the motors are efi, carbed or on viagra.

From what I understand it was that influential people who did not like some of the 'home truths' (not abuse) about the way things were being run, so they decided to pressure on to get rid of a very useful forum.
The forum fell foul of The 'Manx Mafia'

'GOOGLE' Easyjet scratch cards and also read about Ryan Air, At least the Steam Packet tell you exactly how much they are robbing you for!

steve-e wrote:dont' EVER turn out to be as advertised. Especially RyanAir, flybe and easybus

Easyjet - The council estate with wings

If there is any footage of Micky's memorial lap, is there any chance it can be posted on here please?

With all the recent excitement and sidecar publicity concerning the possibility of Michael Dunlop racing one, it would be nice to remember that TT2012 will mark 50 years since Chris Vincent and passenger Eric Bliss won the TT on the BSA outfit.

In times when mega expenses are paid for ex solo ...

Just got back from the 1135 showing of the film, and what a film it was! only 7 of us there, it really needs more publicity, my only downside was the lack of sidecar action.
Roll on June and a safe TT11 to all.

am trying to juggle work so to hear sidecar race on 'net, anyone give me the start time asap, many thanks.

You would have found a few sidecar crews on the start line for the 2 races, but sadly not many!

[quote]“The problem is the substantial prize money on offer. Not surprisingly, riders who don't go so well on closed circuits in the UK see a great opportunity to head over and collect quite a lot of money. To me, that's insanity. It's just too big a carrot for inexperienced riders.”[quote]

Thats ...

the money should be put towards the riders and teams that race and finish races(even to the last place riders...).


Be fair Matt, Someone racing on a shoestring budget may have put all his/her effort into getting over and competing and may have a fortnight of bad luck and not finished, you were ...

You are right in some ways Dave but I think that those 'getting paid' for the TT should cover all classes. All classes? hope you don't mean solos?
Certainly a 'Sidecar Day' would raise the profile of chairs and I'm sure that a number of teams would support it too. What about 'taxi rides' at Jurby ...

I don't know exactly who you are referring to when you say about the 'big' names and expenses, I can only assume its Reeves, Klaffi. Moly and last year the Birchalls.
We do need these crews as long as others do not suffer because of the expenses paid. Once upon a time, they probably also struggled ...