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    ISLE OF MAN TT

    by Mark Hoyer Jul 28, 2017 4 minutes
    Source: MONSTERS OF SPEEDHarrison’s son grips an unopened Monster Energy can. Harrison’s father, Conrad, was on the podium in the Sidecar race.HEAD DOWN! Michael Dunlop on his Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000. Technical struggles with the new bike early in the week gave way to a win in the Senior TT.

    THE VIEW FROM INSIDE THE PADDOCK

    MICHAEL DUNLOP

    Senior TT Winner

    Dean Harrison airborne during the RST Superbike TT Race. He finished third in the Senior TT.

    By now we’ve all seen the bonkers videos of Isle of Man TT racers lapping at 130-mph average speeds, head-shaking or crashing between hedges and rock walls (if they are lucky), and generally defying the odds by running at the limit where a greater percentage of mistakes will end in death or serious injury. Three riders died this year.

    Seeing it live and riding the course on a streetbike while the roads are open during TT made me realize that as good as) use unfathomable skill and talent and physical force to thread superbikes through impossibly narrow gaps to near perfection. It’s more than joy to watch, and the feeling of doing it firsthand must be incomprehensible.

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