Australian Motorcycle News - June 21, 2018

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race report

2018 Isle of Man TT

START TO GLEN HELEN D HARRISON LAP 6, 2018 SNR 4M06.355S

GLEN HELEN TO BALLAUGH D HARRISON LAP 1, 2018 SBK 3M00.620S

BALLAUGH TO RAMSEY P HICKMAN LAP 6, 2018 SNR 3M10.103S

RAMSEY TO BUNGALOW P HICKMAN LAP 6, 2018 SNR 3M09.746S

BUNGALOW TO CRONK NY MONA P HICKMAN LAP 5, 2018 SNR 2M12.493S

CRONK NY MONA TO GRANDSTAND P HICKMAN LAP 5, 2018 SENIOR 56.394S

WHERE WHO WHEN TIME

The perfect lap

If we take each sector’s quickest rider and add

them up, the so-called perfect lap is an almost

unbelievable 16m35.711s or 136.413mph, which is

over seven seconds quicker than the actual lap record

(16m42.778s and 135.452mph) set by Hickman this

year. This is what it looks like

1. Dean Harrison
   was flying, literally,
   and truly deserved
   a big-bike TT victory


2. Peter Hickman
   was remarkable
   on a circuit he has
   relatively little
   experience on


3. Harrison at
   Union Mills

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Cor, blimey!

For those of you who think TT riders don’t

push at 100 per cent... think again!

ISLE OF MAN TTlegend John

McGuinness delighted his throng

of fans with a parade lap around

the 37.75-mile course where he

has enjoyed so much success.

The 46-year-old star was

forced to sit out the TT for the

second-consecutive year

following complications to his

injured leg which sidelined his

TT all-star Honda campaign last

year – not that you’d know.

Because with a fractured leg,

and while spending much of

the lap waving to the adoring

crowd, the 23-time TT winner

posted a lap on the SG7 Norton

Superbike quick enough to have

stood him on the podium of the

2000 Senior TT!

Yep, this is what nursing

a broken leg looks like

McPint rode!