Andy Onchan Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 How much is the TT Sports dept paying for John McGuinness to appear? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 31 minutes ago, thommo2010 said: Weathers looking grim this weekend so hopefully no more racing Well, there hasn’t been any racing yet but regardless of that. Why would you hope that the actual races don’t take place after all the practice? All the money people have spent preparing and travelling. There is barely a space on a plane or boat to the island for the next day or so and it was the same yesterday with thousands travelling to watch the event. Are you the worlds most miserable person? The only upside to no racing would be additional spend by visitors in pubs and food places, but the flip side is a reduced chance of them ever coming back. Hopefully the weather plays ball and Jurby Day and all the other events planned for Sunday also get to go ahead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: The only upside to no racing would be additional spend by visitors in pubs and food places, Nobody will get killed in a racing incident. That's an upside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 41 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Well, there hasn’t been any racing yet but regardless of that. Why would you hope that the actual races don’t take place after all the practice? All the money people have spent preparing and travelling. There is barely a space on a plane or boat to the island for the next day or so and it was the same yesterday with thousands travelling to watch the event. Are you the worlds most miserable person? The only upside to no racing would be additional spend by visitors in pubs and food places, but the flip side is a reduced chance of them ever coming back. Hopefully the weather plays ball and Jurby Day and all the other events planned for Sunday also get to go ahead. OK no racing practice/qualifying whatever you want to call it. TT I get it actually brings the Island to life but this MGP or whatever its called is just pointless. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 16 minutes ago, thommo2010 said: OK no racing practice/qualifying whatever you want to call it. TT I get it actually brings the Island to life but this MGP or whatever its called is just pointless. Pointless? Have you tried booking a hotel or travel this week? Everything is booked solid 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 14 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Pointless? Have you tried booking a hotel or travel this week? Everything is booked solid Why would I want to book a hotel? The place seems rammed all these tourists must be playing hide and seek 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 I can see today being one of those close the roads all day for ultimately no reason days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 12 minutes ago, La Colombe said: I can see today being one of those close the roads all day for ultimately no reason days. Do you mean, apart from these three reasons? 12:30: Roads Close 13:00: Senior & Classic Superbike Qualifying 13:30: Junior, Lightweight & Classic Senior Qualifying 14:40: Sure Lightweight Manx Grand Prix-3 laps 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 2 hours ago, thommo2010 said: Weathers looking grim this weekend so hopefully no more racing Way to go in spreading joy and supporting the Island's economy Thommo. That's the spirit! 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 1 hour ago, CrazyDave said: Pointless? Have you tried booking a hotel or travel this week? Everything is booked solid Indeed. I had a client over earlier this week (Easyjet allowed it this time). He wanted to stay longer and with the GP he tried to book a couple of extra nights in a hotel/change flights, but couldn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: How much is the TT Sports dept paying for John McGuinness to appear? 20k min according to my dad (goodness knows how he knows but he seemed pretty sure). It’s a shame that the professional riders get involved, MGP used to be a “beginners” race didn’t it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 20 minutes ago, Roxanne said: Do you mean, apart from these three reasons? 12:30: Roads Close 13:00: Senior & Classic Superbike Qualifying 13:30: Junior, Lightweight & Classic Senior Qualifying 14:40: Sure Lightweight Manx Grand Prix-3 laps No I don't, they are the reasons the road is closing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 24 minutes ago, Roxanne said: Do you mean, apart from these three reasons? 12:30: Roads Close 13:00: Senior & Classic Superbike Qualifying 13:30: Junior, Lightweight & Classic Senior Qualifying 14:40: Sure Lightweight Manx Grand Prix-3 laps Not going to happen though is it. Communication today is very poor so far and doesn’t do anything to appease the grumpy people who can’t get pleasure from the place being busy enough to sustain pop ups and extended opening for hospitality places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Christian Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, 2bees said: 20k min according to my dad (goodness knows how he knows but he seemed pretty sure). It’s a shame that the professional riders get involved, MGP used to be a “beginners” race didn’t it? There’s a classic TT and the MGP. Yes the MGP is a ‘beginners’ race and feeder for the TT, which has a good following. The classic TT gets a lot of visitors, particularly with the big names riders. 2 awesome events that, when combined, produce a very successful event with shared organisation and a huge amount of income for the island. I had to leave the island last night for a week in the UK and there were hundreds of bikes at Heysham queuing for the boat, and hundreds got off the Manxman when it docked. This helps support tourism, hospitality, accommodation, retail, etc. the revenue it brings in is worth the start money for the big names IMHO. Edited August 25, 2023 by Steve_Christian 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman2000 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 9:33 PM, english zloty said: factual rumour is saying age had nothing to do with it, nor did reflex time The body does not heal as well the older you get. Age may not have anything to do with it this time, but should he have been still alive the recovery would have been much longer than if he was 20/30. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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