MANX CLASSIC 2023 HILLCLIMB OVER 3 DAYS
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 4:27 am
MORNING CHAPS.....
LOOKS LIKE I GOT A RUN,FOR ALL 3 DAYS THIS TIME IN THE 1986 K900 8V TURBO....
HERE IS THE STORY SO FAR,WHEN I RESCUED IT FROM THE CLAW'S OF THE SCRAPYARD...A FEW YEARS AGO.
https://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic ... 5&t=203747
FOR THOSE UNAWARE? THIS EVENT IS LARGELY UNKNOWN,AND USES CLOSED ROADS ON THE 'ISLE OF MAN'. IT RUNS AROUND A MONTH BEFORE THE ACTUAL 'TT' MOTORCYCLE RACE.IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST PRESTIGOUS,FASTEST,DANGEROUS EVENT,TO RUN 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 'HILLCLIMBING' OUTSIDE OF THE 'UK',WITH CARS...
ENTRY LIST SO FAR,FILLING UP FAST...THERE WILL BE A SPREAD OF CARS,FROM THE EARLY 1900'S UP TO PRESENT DAY.
https://manxmotorracing.wufoo.com/repor ... me09n26y7/
EVENT STARTS WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL...WITH SCRUTINEERING,AND THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL 3 HILLS,BEFORE THE ROADS ARE CLOSED.
THE FIRST DAY USES A 'CLOSED PUBLIC ROAD' SOUTH OF THE ISLAND NEAR 'PORT ERIN' KNOWN AS THE 'THE SLOC'....(NOT PART OF THE 'TT-CIRCUIT')
THE REMAINING TWO DAYS UTILISE PART'S OF THE 'TT CIRCUIT' NAMED 'CREG WILLEYS' AT 'GLEN HELEN' TO THE WEST OF THE ISLAND,AND 'LHERGY FRISSELL' UP AT RAMSEY,THE FAR NORTH-EAST OF THE ISLAND.
BACK IN 2014,I MANAGED A 21ST OVERALL AND 2ND IN CLASS IN THE 99 TURBO....
HERE WERE JUST SOME OF THE CLASSICS RACING THAT DAY...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH9mmO_IvIQ&t=36s
AND 'CREG WILLEYS' GLEN HELEN IN THE 99 TURBO....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOMcnpza1GU&t=54s
BUT I AM A BIT OLDER NOW,AND HAVE JUST FOUR WEEKS TO PREPARE THE K900.... IN 'ROAD GOING' FORMAT.
HERE IS SOME FOOTAGE FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS...
'THE SLOC'.....FIRST DAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV3V7a0_kQM
'CREG WILLEYS' SECOND DAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_8hwbuCOw
'LHERGY FRISSELL' THIRD DAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJNQfTBtQ6g
BIRDIE
LOOKS LIKE I GOT A RUN,FOR ALL 3 DAYS THIS TIME IN THE 1986 K900 8V TURBO....
HERE IS THE STORY SO FAR,WHEN I RESCUED IT FROM THE CLAW'S OF THE SCRAPYARD...A FEW YEARS AGO.
https://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic ... 5&t=203747
FOR THOSE UNAWARE? THIS EVENT IS LARGELY UNKNOWN,AND USES CLOSED ROADS ON THE 'ISLE OF MAN'. IT RUNS AROUND A MONTH BEFORE THE ACTUAL 'TT' MOTORCYCLE RACE.IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST PRESTIGOUS,FASTEST,DANGEROUS EVENT,TO RUN 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 'HILLCLIMBING' OUTSIDE OF THE 'UK',WITH CARS...
ENTRY LIST SO FAR,FILLING UP FAST...THERE WILL BE A SPREAD OF CARS,FROM THE EARLY 1900'S UP TO PRESENT DAY.
https://manxmotorracing.wufoo.com/repor ... me09n26y7/
EVENT STARTS WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL...WITH SCRUTINEERING,AND THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL 3 HILLS,BEFORE THE ROADS ARE CLOSED.
THE FIRST DAY USES A 'CLOSED PUBLIC ROAD' SOUTH OF THE ISLAND NEAR 'PORT ERIN' KNOWN AS THE 'THE SLOC'....(NOT PART OF THE 'TT-CIRCUIT')
THE REMAINING TWO DAYS UTILISE PART'S OF THE 'TT CIRCUIT' NAMED 'CREG WILLEYS' AT 'GLEN HELEN' TO THE WEST OF THE ISLAND,AND 'LHERGY FRISSELL' UP AT RAMSEY,THE FAR NORTH-EAST OF THE ISLAND.
BACK IN 2014,I MANAGED A 21ST OVERALL AND 2ND IN CLASS IN THE 99 TURBO....
HERE WERE JUST SOME OF THE CLASSICS RACING THAT DAY...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH9mmO_IvIQ&t=36s
AND 'CREG WILLEYS' GLEN HELEN IN THE 99 TURBO....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOMcnpza1GU&t=54s
BUT I AM A BIT OLDER NOW,AND HAVE JUST FOUR WEEKS TO PREPARE THE K900.... IN 'ROAD GOING' FORMAT.
HERE IS SOME FOOTAGE FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS...
'THE SLOC'.....FIRST DAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV3V7a0_kQM
'CREG WILLEYS' SECOND DAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_8hwbuCOw
'LHERGY FRISSELL' THIRD DAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJNQfTBtQ6g
BIRDIE