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Triumph Joins up with KTS Racing and Jamie Coward for 2025

January 29, 2025 by TomBoyNI

Triumph Joins up with KTS Racing and Jamie Coward for 2025 :

Triumph Motorcycles have announced, via a press release, that they have joined forces with KTS Racing and Jamie Coward for the Supersports category at the 2025 editions of North West 200 and the Isle of Man TT Races . KTS will also switch from Honda to BMW in the Superbike and Superstock Classes.

Triumph Racing’s Factory team in British Supersport and National Sportbike has joined forces with road racing masters KTS Racing to form KTS Macadam Triumph Factory Racing.

The team will contest this year’s North West 200 and the Isle of Man TT with three-time TT Privateer Champion Jamie Coward aboard a Triumph Street Triple 765.

In 2024 Coward finished the world-renowned Isle of Man TT in 4th place on his KTS Racing Triumph Street Triple 765, setting his personal best average lap time of 128.8mph and securing the Isle of Man TT Privateer award for the third year in a row.

Isle of Man TT Course Map

May 17, 2022 by TomBoyNI

Isle of Man TT Course Map :

No doubt you will have heard of the TT, and no doubt you will have heard of some of the Milestones and way markers throughout the Course, but where are they?

Bray Hill, Quarterbridge, Joey’s, Glen Helen, Greg-Ny-Baa, Gooseneck, Windy Corner and the Mountain Mile will all sound familiar to most TT followers, but if you haven’t made it over to the Island then it may all seem a little hard to follow, especially when you consider there is over 37 miles of track to learn and maybe 6 laps of that that Circuit to follow.

So where is where?

Hopefully these next series of maps and images will help you understand the Course and help in your understanding when listening to the commentary on Manx Radio, watching the Live Coverage on TT+, or catching up with the highlight shows on ITV4.

The Isle of Man TT Course Map :

2022 TT Schedule

June 11, 2022May 16, 2022 by TomBoyNI

2022 TT Schedule :

The 2022 TT Schedule has been confirmed.

It looks a little different from previous years with the initial Qualifying Practice Sessions starting at lunch time on Sunday 29th May 2022.

The entire schedule has also been added to the TBNI.Blog Road Racing Calendar so with one simple click all these details will be added to your phone’s / device’s calendar for easy reference throughout the Festival.

For full details on how to subscribe to the TBNI.Blog Road Racing Calendar Click Here. It is completely free, requires no personal data and has all the info for every Irish, Northern Irish and Manx Road Race (BSB is now also covered).

QUALIFYING WEEK
Sun 29 May	12:30	Roads Close
13:30	Newcomers (Speed Control Lap)
13:50	Superbike, Superstock & Supersport Qualifying
15:30	Supersport & Supertwin Qualifying
16:30	Sidecar Qualifying
18:30	Roads Open
Mon 30 May	18:00	Roads Close
18:20	Superbike, Superstock & Supersport Qualifying
20:05	Sidecar Qualifying
21:30	Roads Open
Tue 31 May	18:00	Roads Close
18:20	Superbike, Superstock & Supersport Qualifying
19:25	Supersport & Supertwin Qualifying
20:05	Sidecar Qualifying
21:30	Roads Open
Wed 1 June	18:00	Roads Close
18:20	Superbike, Superstock & Supersport Qualifying
20:05	Sidecar Qualifying
21:30	Roads Open
Thu 2 June : UK Bank Holiday	18:00	Roads Close
18:20	Superbike, Superstock & Supersport Qualifying
19:25	Supersport & Supertwin Qualifying
20:05	Sidecar Qualifying
21:30	Roads Open
Fri 3 June: UK Bank Holiday	12:30	Roads Close
13:00	Superbike, Superstock & Supersport Qualifying
14:10	Supersport & Supertwin Qualifying
15:05	Sidecar Qualifying
16:30	Roads Open

2022 TT Schedule : Practice Week

Colas Post-TT Races : Billown : 8th June 2019 Results

November 2, 2023June 8, 2019 by TomBoyNI

The traditional end to the TT Festival takes us back down to the south of the Isle of Man to the Billown Course for some multi-start road racing.

Thankfully the weather held out long enough to get through the Practice Sessions and line up another great evening of racing.

It is no secret I am a big fan of the Pre and Post TT Races, honestly – factor them into your trip to the TT – it is a great course, with great racing. It’s a great way to relax and wind down after the hectic pace of the TT – although the bikes still keep the pace up!

2019 Colas Post-TT Races
Newcomer’s Sighting

2019 TT Results

November 2, 2023June 8, 2019 by TomBoyNI

All the results from every Practice / Qualifying and Race Session of the 2019 Isle of Man TT Races.

Blackford Pre-TT Classic Races : Billown : 27th May 2019 Reults

2019 Isle of Man TT Results : Blackford's Pre-TT Races

2019 Isle of Man TT Qualifying Session 1 : 26/05/2019 : Results

2019 Isle of Man TT Results : Qualifying 1

2019 Isle of Man TT Qualifying Session 2 : 28/05/2019 : Results

UP NEXT : Colas Post TT Races : 8th June 2019 : Billown Circuit, Isle of Man

June 8, 2019June 7, 2019 by TomBoyNI

2019 Colas Post TT Races : 8th June 2019

The Colas Post TT Road Races have been described as a fitting conclusion to the TT Festival and is not to be missed, especially with the inclusion of 600cc Supersport, 650cc SuperTwins and Superbike races ensure that event attracts the crème de la crème of the racing fraternity from the British Isles, Europe and further afield.

Practice & Qualifying takes place between 1.00pm and 4.00pm, with racing action between 5.00pm and 8.30pm at the latest.

Check out the Colas Post TT Races Results here.

2019 Isle of Man TT Senior Race Day : 07/06/2019 : Results

June 8, 2019June 7, 2019 by TomBoyNI

After an epic 5 races yesterday the Clerk of the Course made another well informed decision to start things off early. With a ‘Yellow Warning’ for rain over the Isle of Man in force for the afternoon of 7th June 2019 a call was made to start things off early. The plan was put in place for a 10:00am start with the intention of running a full six lap Senior TT.

With the mandatory delay – only a wee one though – things got underway at 10:15am.

For the duration of the race I was live tweeting – if you fancy reading through things as they unfolded just look for the Hashtag #2019SeniorTTLIVE

Conor Cummins Sets things off for the 2019 Senior TT (Pic : iom_tt : Twitter)

2019 Isle of Man TT Race Day 2 : 06/06/2019 : Results

June 7, 2019 by TomBoyNI

With – you guessed it – the weather continuing to play havoc with every plan the Clerk of the Course could lay out it really did come down to one last roll of the dice and that was Thursday 6th June 2019. The forecast was looking positive and as long as the roads would dry out over night then there was the potential for a full day of racing and a couple of necessary qualifying sessions.

The plan had to be ambitious, but I think it would be fair to say that everyone was shocked when Gary Thompson came up with this idea :

TT2019 Schedule : Thursday 6th June 2019

Yes, you have read that correctly – 5 Races, 1 Day. Now that is a day of racing!

Images Courtesy of IOMTT Twitter

2019 Isle of Man TT Race Day 1 : 03/06/2019 : Results

June 3, 2019 by TomBoyNI

A few days late but 3rd June 2019 finally brought racing to the 2019 TT Races. A jammed schedule was planned as a result of the weather that has hampered this years event, but it really did line up well. A racing fan’s dream of a full day’s double session of racing.

After a couple of delays – one off track medical emergency then an uncooperative ‘fan’ things got underway.

Due to time constraints the originally planned 6 lap race was shorted to 4 laps.

Conor Cummins started things of followed by Dean Harrison. Harrison was in the lead by Glen Helen and had caught up with Cummins by the Mountain Road. Deano lapped at 132.47mph – the fastest lap of 2019.

Peter Hickman was on form too and was quickly second on adjusted time, and things were looking like it was going to be another epic duel between Hicky and Harrison. Deano was flying and by Ballagh Bridge on lap 2 Harrison was 4.841s ahead of Hicky. This all changed on the Mountain Road and the route down to pits and by the time of the planned pit stop Hicky was 1.782 seconds ahead. A lead which he held onto.

On the same stretch of the road Conor Cummins took the lead on the road again from Harrison which he later explained was some sort of power / throttle issue with his bike.

Unfortunately on lap 2 of this superbike race the red flag was brought out with the tragic death of rider Daley Mathison.

The race to this point was declared a result with Peter Hickman taking the win, Dean Harrison was second and Conor Cummins third.

John McGuiness on his Norton retired at the end of lap 1 citing low oil pressure as the problem. Irish rider Derek McGee also retired at the end of lap one.

The bike riden by Hicky was a hybrid – mostly Superstock, with a few superbike add-ons. The system clearly worked!

RST Superbike Race – Results

2019 Isle of Man TT Qualifying Session 2 : 28/05/2019 : Gallery

June 3, 2019June 2, 2019 by TomBoyNI

If you feel like you are having a shortage of motorcycle exposure at this year’s TT don’t panic – you are! However things are looking much more positive for two reasons!

Peter Hickman at TT 2019 Qualifying (28/05/2019)

Firstly tomorrow (03/06/209) is Race Day 1 – and it is going to be a whopper. Just look at this schedule :

TT2019 Schedule : Monday 3rd June 2019 : Race Day!

Tomorrow we go racing!#tt #tt2019 #2019tt #TTRaces #TTRaces2019 #2019TTRaces

Oh and it is going to be glorious ☀️ pic.twitter.com/Y5cuqHB1ic— ?? ?TomBoyNI™? ?? (@TomBoyNI) June 2, 2019

Secondly I have a gallery for you from Tuesday’s Qualifying Session (28/05/2019)

Enjoy and get comfy for what should hopefully be a full day of zoom zoom!

Check out the Results from the Qualifying Session on 28/05/2019 here: https://tbni.blog/2019/05/31/2019-isle-of-man-tt-qualifying-session-2-28-05-2019-results/

The Isle of Man TT Course Map :

All the results from every Practice / Qualifying and Race Session of the 2019 Isle of Man TT Races.

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