TT3D: Closer to the Edge Page #7

and I'll push any man to the bitter end.

If they wanna play ball,

they can play with me, you know.

When you listen to the bikes coming

in sixth gear...

And they never close the throttle,

this is also for me, I mean...

You know, I've ridden bikes

for many years...

Wow! Wow! Really wow.

Even after all these years

to talk to somebody about

the Isle of Man TT course,

the hair stands up on the back

of your neck and you remember,

and I'll never ever forget

my first flying lap of the T going over St Ninian's crossroads

down Bray Hill.

And I thought I'd come off

the end of the world, really.

I thought I 'd ridden

off the end of a cliff

You just feel you can fly really,

and most of the times you do.

J Everybody wants to know

J We are nearly there

J Do you get to see the love

J Can you understand my thoughts

J Seeing as no one else here can

J When you see the light

J Does your pain just disappear

J Will I ever feel your love

J Once again, my dear

J Your love is Ending a better way

J Everybody wants you to know

J Your love is Ending a better way

J Somebody, everybody wants to... J

Where's Guy, Johnny?

- Where's Guy?

- Just walking up to you.

Guy's bike has been impounded

because on his return,

he has illegally

ridden it through the town.

So I've got to go up

and get a bollocking? For what?

For riding through the holding area,

or riding through the town?

Riding through the town, Chief

See, you're supposed to read that bit

before you go out.

But I didn't see you

because you was late for the grid.

That's telling you

not to do what you did.

- Don't do it again.

- Really, really Mr Craig,

this is where you come in.

Team boss and all that.

- I'm gonna blame you, Wilson.

- Yeah, blame me.

I'm blaming you, yeah.

Oh, f***ing mega! Where's Rob?

- It would be perfect.

- No problem.

More badges?

Yeah, every year.

Guy will get his bike back

once he apologises.

Who do I go see for a bollocking?

Can I take me bike?

Can I take me bike?

- You want some chips?

- I wouldn't mind, mate.

I know you're on a diet.

- Help yourself.

- Thanks very much.

Go on, get in there.

You're a good lad, you.

Thanks, lads.

You're all right, Mr Craig.

All right, boss, job done.

That's f***ing mustard, though, boys.

Has that got

the same sprocket carrier in?

Yes.

J If there's one thing that I like

J It's riding around on a motorbike

J I'm a speed king

J When I once begin

J I once won first prize two and six

J I know all the dirt track dirty tricks

J' I'm a marvel

when I'm out to win

J In a 50-mile race

I am the best

J' I ride five miles

and skid the rest

J So come along and see me

riding in the TT races

J Down the hill I go

at break-neck speed

J See me coming down the street

J With the winning post

on the pillion seat

J Oh! Come along and see me

Riding in the TT race J

Absolutely, two weeks of my life.

It's just something that...

That, to me, is like the World Cup.

It's just 50 years of my life

is 100 weeks,

it's just unbelievable.

The atmosphere. The friends I've made,

from all around the world,

you see every year

You lose some, gain some.

It's just something special.

One second!

People say to me,

oh, you've got children, you know,

you shouldn't be allowing him to do it.

But, you took racing away from Dan

and it would just be

the end of Dan's world,

and I can't do that to him, you know.

He's my husband, I love him,

so I have to support him.

You're up on the Grandstand,

sitting together you know,

the rest of the families

and the rest of the wives.

You know, we 're all nervous,

but you kind of have to,

sort of have a little joke and a laugh.

And it's amazing the strength

that comes from within, really

with all of... Everybody together,

you know, you sort of club together

and get yourselves through it really.

The road racers great defence

is always the same thing,

every single one of them,

it's the same thing,

"But it will never happen to me- "

But somewhere in there

they know very well

that it can happen to them.

And between those two places

there 's a lot of ways

of dealing with it.

I've worn the same

crash helmet for the last 11 years.

And I always wear

a certain pair of socks

throughout the whole fortnight

and I always drop a penny

down my leathers, as well,

before the start of every race, yeah.

It makes no difference whatsoever,

but I'll wear pink knickers

if it's gonna make me win.

Where's your pass?

I ain't got either one of that.

You need a pass.

I ain't got om.

You can't go past without a pass.

- No?

- No, that's the rules.

It's the pit area, you see.

In the pit area, you can't.

That's what you need.

I'll stick it back over the fence

for you. Cheers, mate.

Cheers, mate.

There's no question that the

Isle of Man TT represents

kind of the last bastion

of the freedom of choice

and to come to a place like this

and to have something

so truly, you know,

potentially dangerous

be welcomed, really, is refreshing.

It's charming. It's all of the things

that should be allowed

to go on other places.

I mean, we're human beings.

Life isn't a dress rehearsal.

You only get one lap,

why not make it a good one?

This is where I start

the mountain climb.

So, this one I have to slow down for;

back down to second gear.

I get into that wall, into there,

as I come through here,

the bump just there, bang.

So we run now up through

this little right hand kink here,

Still flat, Still flat,

on the power, on the power on the power,

on the power, on the power,

underneath the wall,

off the power, down one gear,

back on the power, now to drive,

on the drive, drive, drive, drive,

back down to second gear.

Back on the power now,

pull the bike straight,

get up, get up, get the driving on,

up towards

these little /eft-hand kinks here.

get into that one, into there,

out towards the tree on the right hand

side of the road, right to here, OK?

As we run up to that

to go on to Guthrie's, OK?

Guthrie's is the third most important

corner on the circuit.

Got three left hand bends here, OK.

It's very steep. This is the one,

get the first one right,

get into that one, into there,

out to the white line,

back into number two,

out to number three, just there.

See the corner on the brakes hard,

down three gears, one, two, three.

Back into there,

back on the power; drive it through.

Right out to the white line,

back over towards

the external white line,

back in then,

just underneath this one just here,

feathering the throttle, there we go.

Lovely. Nice wheelie.

Bang.

Over the next seven days, there

will be many scrapes and near misses,

seven cracked vertebrae,

four broken ribs,

five life-threatening incidents,

two bruised lungs

and unfortunately, much worse.

Where's Camee?

He's in there?

What's the plan?

- What?

- Tea.

Tea. Yeah, get his tea.

And get an early start in the morning.

- That the plan, Wilson?

- Sorry?

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