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TT 2019: Records tumble in SES TT Zero race
Michael Rutter smashed the lap record in Thursday’s SES TT Zero race, as he clinched his seventh TT race win. Beating Mugen team mate John McGuinness by 8.9 seconds, Rutter’s lap was an impressive 121.91mph. In the winners’ enclosure Michael told Manx Radio’s Chris Kinley that the race was anything but easy, saying he’d pushed…
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TT 2019: Dunlop grabs win number 19 in thrilling Lightweight TT
With Derek McGee out of contention following a spill at Greeba in qualifying, there was no number one on the startline for the postponed Bennetts Lightweight TT Race. Instead the honour of being first away from the line fell to Davey Todd on the Norton 650 machine. Davey’s team mate John McGuiness was away second…
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TT 2019: Change in schedule for tomorrow’s (Friday’s) Senior TT start time
Because of the impending weather doom that is storm Miguel (a big, bad blowy bugger that’s looking to ravage The Island), race organisers at the TT have pulled The Senior race forward by half an hour. That means that The Senior, the only race that will now happen tomorrow, will get underway at 10am instead…
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TT 2019: RESULT Hickman takes his second of the day. Majestic win in the Superstock TT, Harrison second David Johnson third.
RL360 Superstock TT – 3 laps, 113.19 miles With a compulsory pit-stop at the end of the first lap for everyone racing in the reduced-from-four-to-three-laps Superstock TT race, the drop down Bray Hill was even more crucial than usual if the fast lads were going to get up to a fast pace early on. So…
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TT 2019: RESULT The Birchalls smash it in Sidecar Race Two, Holden and Cain second with Founds and Walmsley third.
Locate.im Sidecar TT – 2 laps, 75.46 miles Before the race even started there was drama for up-and-coming pair Ryan and Callum Crowe who didn’t take part in the second sidecar race of the 2019 TT in the cruelest of circumstances. The duo were left scrabbling to get their outfit going in the final minutes…
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TT 2019: RESULT Hickman wins Supersport Race Two by 3.3s over Harrison and Hillier.
Monster Energy Supersport TT Race Two – 2 laps, 75.46 miles Conor Cummins was the first away in the reduced-from-four-laps-to-two race with Dean Harrison, the winner of the Supersport race a year ago in second, McGuinness left the line in third with Ian Hutchinson fourth down Bray Hill. James Hillier was away in fifth and…
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TT2019: Peter Hickman fastest in today’s single lap qualifying on his superbike, Dean Harrison second (on his superstock bike), Michael Dunlop third (on his superstocker)
Here’s the top three in terms of fastest average speed during today’s opening action on The Mountain – because it’s a combined session of both Superbike and Superstock machines, there is a mix of both spec levels being ridden. Bearing that in mind, here’s the three fastest around the 37.73-mile long course at the moment:…
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TT 2019: Here we go then people – it’s a FIVE race in NINE HOURS raceday on The Island. Yep. That many races today…
After the debacle of the terrible weather over the last week that has seen TT bosses chasing their tales for a new workable schedule, it’s come down to this – one huge day on The Island that sees five races PLUS a qualifying outing for the Senior and Superstock bikes! It’s the busiest day in…
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TT 2019: Here’s the new race schedule for the next TWO days – it’s a wild one!
So with the nightmare weather that’s forced everything TT up together so far – and the very poor rain forecast for Friday’s afternoon and evening – here’s how the plan looks for tomorrow and the day after. It’s a pretty crazy day tomorrow (Thursday) with FOUR races going on. They stack up like this: 12.15…
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TT 2019: So that’s it for now until 6pm this evening when the TT tries again…
Sigh… so here we go with the plan as it NOW stands for later on today (Wednesday). Effectively, the action for the daytime has been abandoned for today because of the rain and that means that the second Supersport TT race has been moved to tomorrow (Thursday). This evening then the plan is for the…
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TT 2019: Racing now due to start at 3pm and the Supersport race is dropping to three laps. Rain issues continue…
So the rain is continuing to play silly buggers with the TT schedule today and the latest change (this is all on-the-hoof so it could change again anytime soon) is that the racing will now start at 3pm and the Supersport race will drop from four to three laps PLUS there will be a COMPULSORY…
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TT 2019: Another 30 minute delay announced for today’s racing… there’s rain on the west of The Island…
So with news from the Clerk of the Course that rain is falling on the west of the Isle of Man right now, the racing action has been further put back by 30 minutes. This means that the plan right now is for the second Supersport TT Race of this week will now (hopefully) get…
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PATENTS: Aprilia’s RS660 production drawings now filed. It looks EXACTLY like the bike in our spy shot video. Hurrah!
We’ve been bringing you the first looks at the production version of the 2020 Aprilia RS660 road bike undergoing an extensive road and track testing regime since the start of the year – and now the firm’s official patents for the bike have been filed. And yes the bike in the designs does look virtually…
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TT 2019: Today’s racing already delayed by two hours because of the weather – due to get going at 12.45pm.
ACU Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson has shifted the provisional schedule for today (Wednesday) by two hours in order to let forecasted rain to pass over The Island and the roads to dry. Here’s the new schedule and the continuing schedule for tomorrow (Thursday) as it stands at the moment: Wednesday Race and Qualifying…
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The new light up helmet design that is free-tech for every biker’s safety
Now this is something that has really caught our eye – shown for the first time on the Dezeen.com website, this helmet design by Joe Doucet could really be a part of the future of helmets. That’s because Doucet has not patented his idea or the tech he’s used to make it happen. the designer…
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VIDEO: Aprilia’s RS 660 caught on FILM.
Aprilia’s new RS 660 has been caught out track testing once again – but this time we’ve got our hands on some footage of the new Italian supersport in action. https://www.facebook.com/ApriliaCup/videos/2577483428964228/ Following on from spy shots of Aprilia’s RS 660 out testing earlier this year at Vallelunga, footage has appeared of the new supersport testing…
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TT 2019: Here’s the new schedule for WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY at the Isle of Man TT.
Gary Thompson, Clerk of the Course for the Isle of Man TT, has just released this revised schedule for the next couple of days on The Island. Bear in mind that with the weather being so up and down at the moment, this schedule is a ‘best guess’ scenario – so this is as we…
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TT 2019: That’s it people – racing at the Isle of Man is OFF for today. Sigh.
It’s just been announced by the Clerk of the Course, but there will be no racing today on The Island due to the poor weather right now that’s going to get even more poor throughout the course of the day. A new schedule of events will be issued soon, when we have it we’ll let…
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TT 2019: Tuesday’s morning news: Racing scheduled – but the weather’s looking manky…
Island racing fans are going to have all ears open for an announcement by the Clerk of the Course at 10am this morning about is today’s on-track action happens. With the roads due to start closing at 10.45am, it’s going to be a busy day on The Island – but with such a poor forecast…
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TT 2019: Lee Johnston gets first TT win in Supersport race
Monster Energy Supersport TT Races tend to be exciting affairs and Monday evening’s edition was not an exception. Right from the start there were just fractions between the leaders at Glen Helen. James Hillier had the advantage as they passed Dave Christian in the Manx Radio TT commentary box for the first time, but he…
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TT 2019: Daley Mathison
Stockton on Tees rider Daley Mathison has lost his life following an accident in the RST Superbike TT Race on Monday morning. Daley, who debuted at the TT in 2013, was riding for the Penz13.com team and started 19th in today’s race. A popular rider, Daley had achieved some notable successes at the TT including…
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TT 2019: Here’s the COMPLETE ITV4 broadcast times for EVERY Isle of Man TT programme the channel is showing. Don’t miss a single thing with this guide.
Here’s where you can find the details of EVERY scheduled bit of ITV4 programming around the 2019 TT. We’re putting the whole thing up throughout Race Week so that you can pick and choose on the ITV Player as you need to. Or watch it tonight… that’d work too… Thursday 30th May at 9am is…
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TT 2019 RESULT: The Birchalls take first sidecar win of 2019 and come CLOSE to the magical, first 120mph lap.
Locate.im Sidecar Race One – 3 laps, 113.19 miles Tom and Ben Birchall kicked off the three-wheeled action in position one with John Holden and Lee Cain second, Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes headed off in third place – before the racers got underway they were given a warning about lesser adhesion at Snugborough, likely…
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TT 2019 RESULT: Hickman takes Superbike TT race win in red-flagged first race this year. Harrison just behind in second, Cummins third.
RST Superbike Race It was Conor Cummins who was away in the number one spot, followed by Dean Harrison. John McGuinness made his return to racing at The Island on the Norton in third with Ian Hutchinson fourth, James Hillier fifth on the Kawasaki and Michael Dunlop away in sixth. Peter Hickman, the man who…
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