Peel a western town on the Isle of Man has it's special day called Peel Day. This event caters for the non race day crowds as well as the local and with some of the sunniest day's witnessed on the IOM the clowds flocked to Peel. They were entertained by Lee Bowers riding his stunt Kawasaki's in an incredible show of control over machine. It seemed not to matter if he was on the 1000cc road machine or the 125cc trail bike as he wld the audience breathless as he ...

That announcement no one wants to hear happened again on Monday June 4 during the running of the Superstock Race 1 ÄCU events regrets to confirm that ADAM LYON,age 26 race number 84, from Helensburgh in Scotland was killed in an incident during the running of the Superstock Race 1 today at the Isle of Man. We extend our sympathy to his family who have been advised." Adam's death follows closely that of Dan Kneen during practice and from the same event rider St...

Does Mad Sunday still exist at the IOM? The retailers like Clinton's insist by selling for 10 pound Mad Sunday T Shirts, while on the start finish line a white van has a different story. It has Simon Andrew's Foundation Tribute lap T Shirts for 8 pounds with all profits going to support injured riders or their families in case of death. Simon was killed while competing at the North West 200 and his father Stuart set out to provide a positive image for motorcy...

Day 1 what should one expect? this is the fourthtime I have been fortunate enough to be on the Isle of Man to witness the racing firsthand. Three of those times have been for the TT and once for the Classic. Looking back over the day it was just so typical of the TT. I came across one spectator accident on the mountain that resulted in the closure of the road, I saw one rider come off and heard of another accident that caused the restart of the sidecars. To ...

The pit area at the 2018 Isle of Man TT races was almost deserted only team mechanics and some riders were in evidence. It took me a few minutes to reorientate myself to the newly arranged pits. The reason was to visit a couple of special places before racing go underway. The Tyco BMW tent was half open,the open side was working on Michael Dunlop's bike. The other side displayed an empty workbench and no bike however the screens were open for viewing. In fr...