FEATURE I 2022 ISLE OF MAN TT: PART 1
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There are sections of the TT course that make
you truly glad to be alive. Plunging down over Bal-
lig Bridge into Doran's Bend, through Laurel Bank
and into the Glen Helen section is pure dopamine
overload, you and your motorcycle surfing the
smooth grey strip beneath you and the trees form-
ing a glorious green tunnel.
On the flip side, exiting Ginger Hall into Kerrow-
moar and then past the Glen Duff post office at top
speed with the motorcycle tying itself in knots un-
derneath you is terrifying for the first-timer, but a little
trick I taught myself at Pikes Peak worked well here.
Back in my Pikes Peak years, I always strug-
gled from Devil's Playground to the Summit.
This is the balls-to-the-wall section, the highest
sustained top speed area of the course, and the
point when you really must lay it on the line. One
morning, I told myself, "You love this section, you
love it," and I made myself repeat it enough times
until it was true. Sure enough, this became one
of my best parts of the track, so I employed the
same trick for Glen Duff, and, despite it being
categorically the bumpiest section of the track, I
learned to love it.
The Superbike
TT saw John
McGuinness notch
up his 100th
TT start.
