ITV4 and TT

[hobbit]

Schedule for ITV4 and TT week

Mon 26th May 21:00
TT 2014: The Michael Dunlop Story

Tues 27th May 21:00
TT 2014: A Very British Challenge

Wed 28th May 21:00
TT: Class of 2014

Thurs 29th May 21:00
Preview Show

Fri 30th May 22:00
Qualifying
(Scheduled to avoid Eng v Peru on ITV)

Sat 31st May 21:00
Dainese Superbike TT Race

Sun 1st June 21:00
Sure Sidecar TT Race (1)

Mon 2nd June 21:00
Monster Energy Supersport TT Race (1)

Tues 3rd June 21:00
RL360 Superstock TT Race

Wed 4th June 22:00
Monster Energy Supersport TT Race (2)
(Scheduled to avoid Eng v. Equador on ITV)

Thurs 5th June 21:00
Sure Sidecar TT Race (2)

Fri 6th June 21:00
Pokerstars Senior TT

Sat 7th June 21:00
Bikenation Lightweight TT

Mon 9th June 18:00
Review Show 1

Mon 9th June 19:00
Review Show 2

[Blackal]

Thanks for that - printed out so I don't miss any!

(Now - if you can contribute some beers and Ginsters for my fridge - I'm set)

Al

[popsky]

Cheers Hobbit, shall look forward to watching it

[metropolis2k]

Thanks for posting. I'm in the US until the end of May so delighted to see I'm back for the races!

[ned1]

Nice one...........thanks

Ned

[Grip Fast]

Brilliant, Hobbit. That deserves a beer or two.

Errrm... Searches pockets for bitcoins. We might have to pretend on that one

[Corvus]

Brilliant, Hobbit. That deserves a beer or two.

Errrm... We might have to pretend on that one

Doh! Now you..... hic!......tell me.

Burp.

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

North West 200 highlights on BBC1 Northern Ireland. If you have free sat or Sky you should be able to find BBC NI


Stephen Watson presents the best action from the 2014 North West 200 on three programmes on BBC1 NI.
Commentators Steve Parish and Richard Nichols will take you through the races with Phillip McCallen providing analysis.
The programmes will be broadcast at 22:35-23:15 BST on Thursday, 22:30 -23:30 on Sunday and 22:35-23:35 on Monday.

[ned1]

North West 200 practice

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/norther ... d/27251748

[Hayden]

Nice one Hobbit, much appreciated...

[big rob]

Have you been watching these programs? best thing we've seen on the telly for a long time

[eyore]

First one on Micheal Dunlop was great,second one on Norton was pitiful.
Stuart Garner is like Walter Mitty, the crap he spouts is farcical.
Talking about the senior , "we wouldent be here if we didn't think we could win"
Any mention of an Aprilia engine in the TT "Norton" was airbrushed out of consciousness.Does he think people are stupid.

"Gone are the days when a bike factory was swarf and oil" Oh really,I wonder how you make parts without swarf and oil, oh I know, you sub contract out the manufacture of everything.

We need a HQ like Donnington Hall because of the perception of the brand, an industrial unit just wouldent do it, and all for the assembly of 12 bikes a week. Odd how industrial units work for every proper manufacturer.

Any connection between Norton then and Norton now is the name, he has no right to lay claim to any heritage. Triumph never have, a clean sheet was started when they began in Hinckley and the brand has made its own reputation quite separate from anything that went before.

He need a reality dose and should look at what John Bloor did with Triumph unless he want to remain as a Hesketh style cottage industry. Only thing missing was the brown coats.

Found the whole thing laughable.

[Skybone]

Any connection between Norton then and Norton now is the name, he has no right to lay claim to any heritage. Triumph never have, a clean sheet was started when they began in Hinckley and the brand has made its own reputation quite separate from anything that went before.

Though to be fair, Triumph have made big noises about "their" heritage since the late 90's/early 2000's. Especially the 2002 "Centenniel" edition bikes & liveries, to the current line up of retro Bonnies (T100/SE/Thruxton/Speedmaster/America/etc). In the early days of the brand's resurrection, they were keen to distance themselves from the old days of the reputation for unreliability & leaky engines, which lived long in the press's write ups and the bike buying publc's thoughts. Thankfully, the original modular build T3's were so over-engineered that they blew the perceptions out of the water, and the brand has gone from strength to strength.

I do agree that Norton should be concentrating on building their road going bikes before trotting out a racing bike that's got practically nothing to do with the brand.

Roll on the TT.

[Blackal]

It was all about "building the brand"........

They won't make a go of it by splashing out on Lord Hesketh-esque stately homes.....

Love the look of the bikes, however but great though the Aprilia V-4 is- I think the lack of a home-grown engine will go against them in the road bike market.

They won their last TT with two things.... Top rider and skewed regulations.

Al

[gus]

Hello all
The man clearly has a passion for bikes and has plowed a fair bit of his own cash into reviving the norton name and brand. He also loves his racing.
I reckon he is under no illusion of what he can achieve with the resources he has. It isn't a triumph rival in terms of bike building.
He employs a few few folk and sources a large percentage of his parts from the uk. This keeps others in employment in small engineering firms. The bikes are hand built on a small scale to bespoke specs to individual customer orders.
The cost of developing/building a full competive superbike engine would be huge. Using another's manufactures engine is nothing new in bike racing.
The race bike looked ok. Building something to last and try and be competive at the TT is no easy task. I wish him and his team the best of luck and I,m sure he has realistic expectations of what they can or hope to achieve .
I don't see anything laughable in what he is doing at the moment and his ambitions for the future.
Gus