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AntG

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Can't wait, Michael looks like he's going to be a handful based on his performance at the North West, he's been doing rounds of BSB to stay sharp too. Hutchy again looks good, especially on the stocker with a North West win and 3 podiums from 3 races in National Superstock 1000, McGuinness can never be written off, still the fastest man on the island, Bruce should be a threat, Gary Johnson has some good bikes under him, can Dean Harrison and James Hillier add to their single wins, will Hickman go even better this year? He's starting at #5 between Hutchy and Dunlop, his 131.6 was mighty impressive on the last lap of last years Senior but you need to be doing that speed from a standing start to win TT's.
 
Gaz said:
Good to see Farquar on the mend as well :)
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As are Paul Gartland and Nico Mawhinney

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I have a feeling Michael Dunlop is going to clean up on the big bikes, unlike last year when he had to ditch the dreadful R1 halfway through practice week he's going to be riding the bike he's been on all year and on which he smashed the lap record at the NW200. Despite all the shenanigans last year he still did manage a podium on the stocker and the second fastest lap in TT history with a battered shoulder and leg after his crash in the first race of the week.

Predictions...

Superbike: MD
Sidecar 1: Birchalls
Supersport 1: Hutchy
Superstock MD
Supersport 2: Gary Johnson
Lightweight: Hickman
Sidecar 2: Birchalls
Senior: MD
 
Hutchy got another Superstock podium today at Brands, he's in serious form.
 
The great thing about road racing is you can't accurately predict what's going to happen, last year McGuinness was nowhere all week and then come the Senior....bang!
 
AntG said:
The great thing about road racing is you can't accurately predict what's going to happen, last year McGuinness was nowhere all week and then come the Senior....bang!
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Agree he was brilliant that day. He is a big race fella
 
In the Superbike and Senior TT, the Honda RCV will be making its debut ridden by Bruce Anstey.
 
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Flying Kiwi' Bruce Anstey is set to ride the MotoGP-derived Honda RC213V-S at this year's Isle of Man TT.

Anstey will have a specially prepared version of the exotic V4 racer and will test the bike during practice alongside his Valvoline Padgett's Racing Honda Fireblade.

The 10-time TT winner will then decide whether or not to race the £138,000 RCV in the RST Superbike race on June 4, which is the opening event of the 2016 schedule.

Anstey, who is a former outright lap record holder at the TT and last year's Superbike winner, said: “It has always been a dream of mine to ride a MotoGP bike at the TT and this is as close as I will ever get.

“Clive is the only person in the world who could put something like this together and if he says it is OK I am with him 100 per-cent.

“He hasn't just pulled it out of the crate and said we are racing it,” added Anstey. “Clive and the team have done a lot of work to the bike to make it ready for the TT.”

The veteran racer believes the Grand Prix machine will be the perfect package around the Mountain Course due to its power-to-weight ratio.

“The RCV should be an absolute weapon because it has loads of power but it feels as nimble as a 600,” he said.

“It should be stable too as it's over two inches longer than a Fireblade but is still really small and compact. I am really looking forward to seeing how it handles through the quick corners because it will be able to turn so fast.”

Team boss Clive Padgett said that the idea for the incredible venture originally came from a customer:

“I was having a few pints of Guinness with a customer who had just bought an RCV from us and he said wouldn't it be great to see one of them going down Bray Hill. That planted the seed in my head and it has been germinating ever since,” he said.

“The TT is all about pioneering innovation and I really wanted to do something different. I see this as being in the spirit of what Mr Honda did when he first came to the TT with his race bikes in 1959.

“I think this will bring even more global attention to the TT this year and that can only be a good thing. I am really giddy about it all. I might be over 50 now but inside I am still a 19-year-old racer!”

Preparing the RCV for the rigours of the world's toughest motorcycle race has been a huge challenge for Padgett and his Valvoline-backed squad.

“It has been a very difficult project to pull together,” Padgett said. “We have had to beef the bike up for the TT course and we can't get anything off the shelf so everything has had to be made bespoke.

“Things like the wheels, the K-Tech forks, the rear shocks, the brakes and the radiator guards have all had to be specially made.”

The RCV's standard package produces a mere 159bhp but with the £10,000 race kit fitted, which includes a titanium exhaust and a special ECU, the V4 delivers over 200bhp.

“I love Bruce to bits and I wanted to give him the best motorcycle in the world to ride. That's what this bike is all about,” Padgett concluded.

With Suter entering its 500GP-inspired two-stroke, grand prix based machinery both past and present will be competing in this year's TT event.
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Cool, can't wait to hear and smell it!

Should be a cracking year, an RC213V-S and a 500 2 stroke at the TT and all the old bikes at the Classic TT in August, I can't wait to hear a rotary Norton going down Bray Hill!
 
#22 said:
Suter unveil their livery. I like it! Thoughts?

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That thing looks ....... smick ............ love that paint job

Who is riding that?

Asking as #21 could be a few people (if only it were true)
 
Ian usually beds his race bikes in at Darley Moor prior to racing at the TT as the lads let him use the track alone in the week. He's a really genuine and gentle guy, you'd never think he was a TT veteran to talk to him.
 

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