T
he Quarry Bends is a snaking
series of switchbacks that holds
one of the many keys to a fast lap
of the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.
Approaching in sixth gear, I knock it
back one to fifth and rail past the first
right in anticipation of the upcoming
left Peter Hickman tells me is the most
important corner on the course. That's
because if you get through it correctly,
you'll be able to hold full throttle through
the next right/left/right, clicking sixth
before the final kink onto the Sulby
Straight, the fastest part of the track.
On this particular lap, the third in my
final night of practice on Thursday, I know
I've nailed it. The little Suzuki is wailing its
brains out in fifth, I'm counter-steering so
hard it feels like I'm rowing through drying
cement, and as I click sixth gear, I tuck
in and prepare for that last left kink, and
my entry, once again, onto the world's
fastest rollercoaster—the Sulby Straight
may be straight, but it's far from smooth.
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