Fastest EVER Lap of the Isle of Man TT | Peter Hickman - 136.358mph
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Published 2023-06-22
Hickman lapped the 37.73-mile TT Mountain Course in 16:36.115 with an average speed of 136.358mph.
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All Comments (21)
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Speechless, absolutely amazing. A masterpiece from Peter Hickman, in staying on the gray blur and avoiding the green blur.
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Being able to sustain this level of concentration for 17 minutes is insane. One screw up or forgotten corner and you're dead.
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Unbelievable! I think it was Joey Dunlop who, when asked how difficult it was, replied with: "Well, there's a green blur and a grey blur. I just try and stay on the grey one."
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This man was asked what he thinks about when he is flat out and he responded with “why don’t they make a faster bike” different breed
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Thank you for letting us hear the sound of a motorcycle! Not a musical soundtrack. The sound of engine, exhaust, acceleration, deceleration, is music to my ears.❤🎉😊
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It's literally superhuman. Hopefully one day we'll have higher frame rate recordings, because this just looks incomprehensibly mad
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I was there for all practice week and he was flying all week. You need to stand roadside to appreciate the earth shattering effect as all of the TT riders as they pass, it is incredible, bravest sportspersons on the planet.
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He left himself no room for error on a lot of those corners. Incredible racing
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I swear people like this must experience time more slowly than the rest of us. I can't even imagine memorizing a 37 mile course.
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Riding a motorbike at 136mph in a straight line on a freeway is pretty nerve-wracking, this guy just averaged that on a twisting rural course. Magnificent.
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My brain and eyes simply can't process navigating this course at these speeds. The ability to have that much trust in a bike, memorizing 37 miles of complicated course bumps, rises, turns, shadows, walls, shift changes, distances between them, never losing focus seems impossible. Just hearing the bike that tight puts me into a trance. Truly amazing what humans can do.
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If I rode this 37.75 mile course on a guaranteed closed circuit (no possible oncoming traffic, no possible surprises) and achieved an average speed of 50mph I would be buying champagne for everybody in sight. 136mph is unreal. This man is an artist, such skill and guts. Unreal!
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He's going by the crowd so fast, they look frozen in time. Almost like they're a photograph... Insane lap
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I read that his front tyre does a number of miles less than that track length because it's in the air so much, and the rear does more miles than the circuit because he gets massive wheelspin laying down the power. Surely one of the greatest racing feats of all time.
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Wife and I went to the 2014 race and did a bus tour with Phil Mccallen….he narrated the entire course while taking questions from the tour group. Absolutely the best time while there. He noted that the man who wins the race is the one who woke up that morning with zero concern or fear of death. Most of the time instinct kicks in.
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I don’t think I blinked during this video! Still in awe! Completely insane skill and bravery! No room for error.
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I still don’t understand how they process all of this at that rate. Incredible.
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Man, watching this even I've developed tunnel vision!..........These guy's are something else, courage doesn't begin to describe it because what I've just seen is unimaginable to the senses!
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A perfect symphony, he's the conductor and instrument.
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Ive seen pretty much every onboard lap of the TT on YouTube and nothing comes close to how this made me feeel. An almost perfect racing line for 37 miles, flat out bravery and commitment, just unbelievable riding. All TT racers are legends but hicky is just something else 😮
