These guys must be insane.

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Watch this lap of the Isle of Man TT. I love watching this race every year. 180-190 mph on public roads. Huge Balls. Enjoy. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVXc29ZgutI"]YouTube - GUY MARTIN TT Isle of Man Lap on-board Honda 1000 - 1 of 2[/ame]
 
I always wondered how those guys managed to ride a motorcycle in the first place. What do the do with their balls so they can straddle one, throw them over their shoulder?
 
I think thier hands are duct taped to the throttle!
 
I used to pit crew for a couple of guys that raced the WERA cup series. Interesting bunch of people. One guy in particular, he raced a Yamaha TZ 250 that was sponsored by ITT readily comes to mind. The TZ was a 2 stroke 250. He ended up racing the class that was 4 stroke 600cc bikes, that were loosely based on street bikes. Mark, the TZ guy, took a few laps to get in the groove and to get the bike warmed up. But he was known to make up the 1/2 lap that he was behind in less than 3 laps. Some of the crashes I seen were down right scary. One of the guys I worked with went down in a 100 mph corner. Bike came back to the pits minus both sections of the clip ons (handlebars), fairing completely ripped off, exhaust just twisted. We had the bike ready to race when they lifted the red flag and my buddy got back on the bike like nothing even happened. If you have never been to one of there events you should try to make it http://maps.wera.com/schedule/?x=1098 .
 
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