Posts: 12,809
Threads: 84
Likes Received: 22,605 in 11,749 posts
Likes Given: 19,999
Joined: Nov 2017
(16-05-2018, 12:14 PM)PapaofGags Wrote: "Ok so I am cheating here its two wheels but its nostalgia and its INSANE these guys have MASSIVE B$LL&CKS"
Nut jobs of the very highest order, love it. 
Yeah, complete nutters...just like this we have them racing along the north coast in Northern Ireland this weekend...NW200, awesome weekend for anyone who loves up close racing, spectators could almost touch them and definitely do feel the effects as they come by at over 200mph on roads flanked by houses, walls and lamp posts etc....something the great Valentino Rossi just shook his head at in amazement when he first came over to watch.
"You live more for 5 minutes going fast on a bike than other people do in all of their life"....Marco Simoncelli
(This post was last modified: 16-05-2018, 12:43 PM by
forzaferrari.)
![[+]](https://www.f1banter.co.uk/images/bootbb/collapse_collapsed.png)
•
Posts: 8,071
Threads: 73
Likes Received: 15,526 in 7,611 posts
Likes Given: 26,744
Joined: Nov 2017
"Yeah, complete nutters...just like this we have them racing along the north coast in Northern Ireland this weekend...NW200, awesome weekend for anyone who loves up close racing, spectators could almost touch them and definitely do feel the effects as they come by at over 200mph on roads flanked by houses, walls and lamp posts etc....something the great Valentino Rossi just shook his head at in amazement when he first came over to watch"
Enjoy buddy, well jealous, would love to see the NW200 with my own eyes, sigh, maybe one day.
"When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise"
Ayrton Senna on Nigel Mansell, SPA 1987.
Posts: 12,809
Threads: 84
Likes Received: 22,605 in 11,749 posts
Likes Given: 19,999
Joined: Nov 2017
(16-05-2018, 01:07 PM)PapaofGags Wrote: Enjoy buddy, well jealous, would love to see the NW200 with my own eyes, sigh, maybe one day.
Cheers, as with all road racing it is free of charge to watch unless you want a grandstand seat, which is ok if you just want to see the riders cross the line/ on the podium etc, the real action is always around various parts of the circuit...so f.o.c. The B&B`s and Hotels around the area tend to be booked from one year to the next, but as with everything in N.I being so close it is easy to stay in a neighbouring town/area and either public transport/taxi in and out on the day.....if you do come over just bring a rain coat...this wee island is green for a reason
"You live more for 5 minutes going fast on a bike than other people do in all of their life"....Marco Simoncelli
Posts: 8,071
Threads: 73
Likes Received: 15,526 in 7,611 posts
Likes Given: 26,744
Joined: Nov 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B294RfWj1QE (5m 47s)
Nick Mason. (Legend) on the 1978 Brabham BT46 fan car, the worlds fastest Hoover!
"When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise"
Ayrton Senna on Nigel Mansell, SPA 1987.
(This post was last modified: 17-05-2018, 09:49 AM by
PapaofGags.)
Posts: 8,071
Threads: 73
Likes Received: 15,526 in 7,611 posts
Likes Given: 26,744
Joined: Nov 2017
(16-05-2018, 12:38 PM)forzaferrari Wrote: Yeah, complete nutters...just like this we have them racing along the north coast in Northern Ireland this weekend...NW200, awesome weekend for anyone who loves up close racing, spectators could almost touch them and definitely do feel the effects as they come by at over 200mph on roads flanked by houses, walls and lamp posts etc....something the great Valentino Rossi just shook his head at in amazement when he first came over to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J_zT1E0Zlw (2m 27s)
Found this while mooching about bud, not right lol.
"When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise"
Ayrton Senna on Nigel Mansell, SPA 1987.
(This post was last modified: 17-05-2018, 07:01 PM by
PapaofGags.)
•
Posts: 12,809
Threads: 84
Likes Received: 22,605 in 11,749 posts
Likes Given: 19,999
Joined: Nov 2017
(17-05-2018, 07:00 PM)PapaofGags Wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J_zT1E0Zlw (2m 27s)
Found this while mooching about bud, not right lol.
Nice one Paps, that gets the old ticker going. I think that clip is an edit of at least 2 if not 3 different races...Ulster gp (Dundrod) Mid ulster (Cookstown) and possibly the Tandragee 100.
The Cookstown and Tandragee races are probably the narrowest of the road races...proper country roads, in places just wide enough for 2 cars to squeeze past if they use the ditches either side....and those lunatics are flat out brushing against hedges....sheer madness
"You live more for 5 minutes going fast on a bike than other people do in all of their life"....Marco Simoncelli
Posts: 8,071
Threads: 73
Likes Received: 15,526 in 7,611 posts
Likes Given: 26,744
Joined: Nov 2017
(18-05-2018, 01:05 PM)LotusLover Wrote: What have I been missing over the years!!!!!
https://youtu.be/JY9mrKR5SkA
Just brilliant, two legends fighting, does it get any better? I love Laguna Seca.
"When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise"
Ayrton Senna on Nigel Mansell, SPA 1987.
