paswt Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Could a motorcycle ever be manufactured on the Isle of Man?If not, why not.Without looking it up probably have been, now transport too expensive electricity too expensive ditto ditto ditto. We had Manx Nortons in the sixties. lol, and presumably the "manxman" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Could a motorcycle ever be manufactured on the Isle of Man?If not, why not.Without looking it up probably have been, now transport too expensive electricity too expensive ditto ditto ditto. We had Manx Nortons in the sixties. We also could have got involved in the revival of the Peel P50, and how many Scoobies have now been built to do the TT Course in record time? And that's on top of all the other specialist machinery that been built to deliver over here over the years. I think we are looking in the wrong areas when it comes to franchising Manx Motorsport. Even if we made no money would not a Scooby WRX Manx Edition not push the TT brand of the IOM world wide? For nothing but a signature on a piece of paper? But we'd never do that. It's too easy. I'm pretty sure the Scoobies and Norton's wern't built here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Could a motorcycle ever be manufactured on the Isle of Man?If not, why not.Without looking it up probably have been, now transport too expensive electricity too expensive ditto ditto ditto. We had Manx Nortons in the sixties. We also could have got involved in the revival of the Peel P50, and how many Scoobies have now been built to do the TT Course in record time? And that's on top of all the other specialist machinery that been built to deliver over here over the years. I think we are looking in the wrong areas when it comes to franchising Manx Motorsport. Even if we made no money would not a Scooby WRX Manx Edition not push the TT brand of the IOM world wide? For nothing but a signature on a piece of paper? But we'd never do that. It's too easy. I'm pretty sure the Scoobies and Norton's wern't built here though. I doubt the Ducati Multistrada Pikes Peak edition was built at Pikes Peak, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Could a motorcycle ever be manufactured on the Isle of Man?If not, why not. Without looking it up probably have been, now transport too expensive electricity too expensive ditto ditto ditto. We had Manx Nortons in the sixties. We also could have got involved in the revival of the Peel P50, and how many Scoobies have now been built to do the TT Course in record time? And that's on top of all the other specialist machinery that been built to deliver over here over the years. I think we are looking in the wrong areas when it comes to franchising Manx Motorsport. Even if we made no money would not a Scooby WRX Manx Edition not push the TT brand of the IOM world wide? For nothing but a signature on a piece of paper? But we'd never do that. It's too easy. I'm pretty sure the Scoobies and Norton's wern't built here though. I doubt the Ducati Multistrada Pikes Peak edition was built at Pikes Peak, either. The question was about bikes being built here, or did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 My response was more about the Subaru being an IOM TT edition really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The Isle of Man comes with a huge amount of valuable unique kudos regarding motorsport. Others have cashed in on it (as above, Audi TT too) but the Island could surely be making more of it. Not necessarily manufacturing machinery, but hey, why not? The greatest/largest museum of motorcycling in the world should be here (Summerland site?). That accolade goes to Birmingham Alabama, or Birmingham/Solihull UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Great idea and if the entire site was used it could incorporate the MER depot and museum and perhaps even the horse tram depot under a holiday /residential complex above . There are so many folk on this island who have impressive collections of historic/classic/vintage/veteran transport who may be willing to have their vehicles/ bikes displayed. Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Great idea and if the entire site was used it could incorporate the MER depot and museum and perhaps even the horse tram depot under a holiday /residential complex above . There are so many folk on this island who have impressive collections of historic/classic/vintage/veteran transport who may be willing to have their vehicles/ bikes displayed. Just saying They already do at Jurby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Jurby is ok, but no need to do go for the dogma that 'it's already being done'. I'm not altogether sure that Jurby is the ideal model but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise. (Good post PASWT - a person who I understand has an impressive collection of MCs himself. Having loaned, or non-permanent exhibits, might help keep such a museum fresh and fluid. I know a few people who have collections that they would prefer the public to see rather than just their friends and neighbours.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Personally I feel we missed the boat years ago. We could have had a purpose built motorsport facility developed and hosting world championship racing for cars and bikes all season long. We had the infrastructure to do it and now we'd have to start from scratch. A proper TT museum (bikes and cars) is long overdue, the way things are going, that's all we'd have left to remember our motorsport heritage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war baby Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The major problem with developing any significant championship car/bike circuit here would be the cost of travel to and from the island for competitors, support vehicles, mechanics and spectators. It has been suggested and researched many times, but always comes up against this problem. The UK now has so many good venues for amateurs and professionals within simple driving distance for most, it would be hard to get a Manx project off the ground. Jurby was a fully approved and licensed RAC MSA venue for cars in the 1990's, but failed to make a big impact on calendars. There was no infrastructure available to encourage visitors to return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Personally I feel we missed the boat years ago. We could have had a purpose built motorsport facility developed and hosting world championship racing for cars and bikes all season long. We had the infrastructure to do it and now we'd have to start from scratch. A proper TT museum (bikes and cars) is long overdue, the way things are going, that's all we'd have left to remember our motorsport heritage. I thought there was a motor museum up at Jurby, with cars and bikes. It even has a cafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 We have a great test track already - the Promenade. Once or twice along there and if your wheels are still on the machine must be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Max Power, how is your 12500 figure of 2012 evidenced or have you just made that up? Official government statistics at the time. Not sure if there were any official stats for 2012. I think you will find, if you ask the carriers, that there was no meaningful increase in the number of visitors between 2009 and 2012. Maybe you are believing what you want to believe as an MGP supporter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Personally I feel we missed the boat years ago. We could have had a purpose built motorsport facility developed and hosting world championship racing for cars and bikes all season long. We had the infrastructure to do it and now we'd have to start from scratch. A proper TT museum (bikes and cars) is long overdue, the way things are going, that's all we'd have left to remember our motorsport heritage. I thought there was a motor museum up at Jurby, with cars and bikes. It even has a cafe. There is ,and I'm not knocking it and the cafe is a welcome addition to the attraction. One could argue it's a bit out of the way and it's true there are other "museums" , Murrays ( near the "fairy bridge" and Tony East's collection at Kirk Michael , both well worth a visit but I know of folk who have TT winning race bikes and other significant machinery that deserves to be displayed (imo). I would not advocate that the best people to run the enterprise should be the Government , enthusiasts seem to have more idea as evidenced by those who run the Groudle or Wildlife Railway or the Lakeland motor museum (across). just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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