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Stability, acceleration, top speed are important.There are a couple of comments by "golden era" aces, I think it was Jack Ahern (Australian works Norton rider) who said that the IOM circuit was full bore in top, just about everywhere. This on a bike that would do 130/140mph. For my money the greatest ever TT rider, Mike Hailwood, reckoned that 70bhp was just about optimum for the IOM.There is some truth that possibly in the World Championship era some works riders would have been pressured to ride. These days that pressure has gone away. However competition is a constant.cheerswakeup
Stability, acceleration, top speed are important.
There are a couple of comments by "golden era" aces, I think it was Jack Ahern (Australian works Norton rider) who said that the IOM circuit was full bore in top, just about everywhere. This on a bike that would do 130/140mph. For my money the greatest ever TT rider, Mike Hailwood, reckoned that 70bhp was just about optimum for the IOM.
There is some truth that possibly in the World Championship era some works riders would have been pressured to ride. These days that pressure has gone away. However competition is a constant.
cheers
wakeup
