North West 2018

[gcon45]

Missed the end there.

Is Seeley 4th (time corrected)?

 

[Chris666]

5th, The General moved up to 4th

 

[Chris666]

 

[BLS]

Some cracker racing today!
Annoys me abit when riders say NW200 only a test before the TT. NW200 is a event and races in its own right.
Nice to see johnny rea doing a parade lap too.

 

[Chris666]

A lot of that is playing down not winning, he's gutted in reality of course..

 

[Big Pimp]

Just met Boydie in Comber. May as well sit for a few minutes and watch the big race!

 

[big-lew18]

#TidesPints

 

[genman]

Just met Boydie in Comber. May as well sit for a few minutes and watch the big race!View attachment 193047

handy feature in your car

 

[genman]

Some cracker racing today!
Annoys me abit when riders say NW200 only a test before the TT. NW200 is a event and races in its own right.
Nice to see johnny rea doing a parade lap too.

cool lap by JR .....i wish the NW had more classes of racing..... basically now just 2 sets of 4 classes. Feels like a diluted event compared to the old 2 stroke days... sidecar and the likes of electric and 300s would be tight racing....electrics could do 3 laps.. why should TT have all the fun

 

[big-lew18]

Brilliant days racing! Can't remember the last time it went as smoothly

 

[Captain Starlet]

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That’s me parked for the morning

Were you standing on the scafolding plank with big Norm?

 

[gcon45]

Brilliant days racing! Can't remember the last time it went as smoothly

Agreed! Brilliant weekend all in all.
Great racing, great turnout, the weather was great and no one got (badly) hurt.
What more can you ask?

If I were to nitpick I think they should really look at modernising the commentator / presenter / guest lineups and getting rid of the old guard in one foul swoop.

 

[Chris666]

That was just a brilliant week of racing, Red button/bbcsport coverage is the best I can remember (with the exception of commentary)

Very happy I sneaked off work for thurs practice

 

[DriftnSlide]

Racing done and dusted by 4pm at the NW200, my face and neck burnt to a butt and some of the best races since the 90's. Who'd av thunk it ?
I had an excellent week.
Respect to Merv and the team this year.

 

[ilovequo]

Personally think coverage is great. Far better than the tt, which has a much bigger worldwide following (and potential income stream)
Also quite enjoy the commentary, watson/mccallen know the sport well but they cant go into full technical mode in front of the cameras. They’re also talking unscripted and off the cuff between races. Not easy...
Of course they're going to highlight rider safety where they can! They've the h&s brigade wanting to shut the thing down everytime someone comes off!
Just my 2 cents!

 

[Dub_cub 89]

Were you standing on the scafolding plank with big Norm?

No I was standing right in front of them getting some serious sunburn lol

 

[Apis]

Don't know if any of you watched the BBC live stream but I though John McGuinness was good behind the mic, alongside ol' Stavros.

And hard to believe that Jezza is now 54 and still riding like a boss.

 

[Chris666]

McPint was really good

 

[genman]

And hard to believe that Jezza is now 54 and still riding like a boss.

i doubt it would matter what bike he was on....he's out there having fun and educating the young riders. few more versatile and experienced riders anywhere in the world. .. one reason why he gets development jobs from lots of manufacturers on various classes of bikes. . comes across as a funny guy but he's ruthless when needed. If he was on that Paton he'd have disappeared on the field

 

[gcon45]

Jezza’s got a dream day job too!
Test / development rider for KTM road bikes.

 

[Reno_LV]

Some snaps from the day.

2018-05-19 411 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 123 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 430 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 058 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 275 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 214 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 413 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr


2018-05-19 092 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 001 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 111 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 088 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 526 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 176 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

2018-05-19 404 by Reinis Babrovskis, on Flickr

 

[Big Pimp]

Holy frig dude...... that is just unreal!

 

[big-lew18]

Awesome pictures!

 

[56oval]

Just home, absolutely mega weekend.

 

[Peter]

Super photos Renis. I was snapping across the road from you but aren’t a patch on yours!