Guy looks back at his legendary lap of the TT | Guy Martin's TT years
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2020
- In the first from Guy's classic TT moments, this film gives an exclusive insight into the man behind the leathers and his unique way of concentrating on the world's most dangerous race.
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Forget rockstars this bloke is one of the coolest people alive today.
I reckon Guy would disagree with you, but you are bang on!
bigbambam25
Agree
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@@joshrides3676 hahahahahahahahahahahhaaha hahahahahhahha hahahahhahahahahhahahahahaa
Michael Dunlop doesn't agree. ;) I dig Guy.
They each start 10 seconds apart, and he overtook two people on the same class of bike in a single lap... huge respect.
Legend!
He gave away the secret just pick the right gear for turn and if at all possible NO BRAKING...the other guys didnt think like that for as many turns
@@dougiequick1probably because not braking often tends to leave your bike on the wall?
Absolutely fearless
🤣🤣🤣@@dougiequick1
Going by how fast he talks, the world must be in slow motion for guy martin. The level of concentration he must have during these races would be transcendent
Haha good point!
I'm pretty sure this has been covered as to why they're so good at that, it's razors width between life and death and they still somehow get it right and defy death. Literal meaning of "in the zone" the world slows down and somehow, they just do what they do. Madness isn't it
When you are in the zone is almost primal. You pretty well disconnect from reality. My best races I don’t remember. I completely shut my conscious brain off and ride. There’s little glimpses that come to me but that’s it. My fellow racers soon learned that asking me what I thought about the track was useless. I raced off-road and we didn’t get to practice the course. The ones we did pre ride I was terrible on.
@@6_Linn yeah our eyes addapt and slow down the world for you. you can actually try it for yourself in a car. if you go out on a highway and just drive att 180-200kmh (125mph) for a while and then try to slow down and get on the offramp/get off the highway. you will notice how your mind thinks you are going 40kmh but your speedo says 110kmh it's what's called speed blindness. :)
When he crashed in the film, he says he tried to pick the bike up twice before bailing.
You look see how fast that stack happened....
These guys are special special people on a next level.
Sorry, I'm an American, but let me see if I get this right:
This lad is proper mad!
Correct
Or...’he’s a proper mad lad’....or ‘a proper lad’...or ‘this lad is mad proper’...or ‘proper mad, this lad’
Proper
The bloke is indeed crocked.
A calculated crazy lad and true. That’s what the TT is, calculated crazy and practice, practice, practice.
"I'm quite happy to full throttle the 600 and let it move about below me and just hang on for dear life here" the balls on this fella.
Sweet! Can you translate the rest of the entire vid for me please?
@@steventrott8714 hahahahahaha I thought i heard something like that, but I was not sure.
600’s are fun. 1000’s are death machines.
When he said "I'm happy to let it move about under me" I was like 😳 at no point in my riding have a been comfortable with a bike moving about under me at speed Haha different breed these guys
How he can ride a bike with steel balls the size of watermelons is beyond me. The video looks like it is running at 200% speed, but of course it isn’t. It is just 200% of what I could manage if I had 200% more ability and guts than I actually have. Kudos to Guy.
Always loved how understated Martin is - just pure pure skill. No celeb bullshit, no dramas - just all out skill, passion, dedication and hard work
Well said, real salt of the earth top bloke.
Perfectly put. Currently reading his autobiography, genuine working class hero :)
The look in his eyes says it all.
and ADD.
Lincolnshire lad.
The only man not just to approach death, but overtake it on a bend!
thats gotta be written as his epitaph!
ahaha that's perfect
The fact that our Guy is still about in 2021 is nothing short of pot luck. Outlived the best of em, outrode the best of em, I hope to see him at 90, tinkering about in his garage. Something tells me I will. A living legend.
The isle of man tt is a hell of a way to "get used to a bike".
These guys are insane, massive respect🙌
@@mitchiegxxr350 I know I want to say Guy Martin is my spirit animal but then I'd be afraid I'd have to live up to that.
yeah he's like "the tires weren't broken in yet and i had only ridden the bike 3 times" while he nails a lap of the most difficult most dangerous TT in world history
But, to be fair, Guy's baseline entry level familiarization with any random bike is probably higher than most bike riders would ever hope to achieve.
I believe he's from Isle of Man himself, so he knows the track like the back of his hands.
"its only a 600 so it only does about 140 150" through villages lol
TheAsylum100 yep, inches from peoples front doors!
I feell like telling him " yeah only, so why u still hit the brrake when cornering"🤣
Anybody catch the max engine rpm? I couldn't quite make out what he said it was.
@@michaellapierre1244 he said it over reved to 16,800rpm once while while coming down a hill
I'm surprised the bike moves at all with bollocks that size
I don't think he makes it clear just how fast that lap actually was but that's Guy Martin for you. Always been a big fan. Real salt of the earth kind of guy.
He just shrugs off passing 2 other bikes that were each 10 seconds ahead of each other in a single lap of the most difficult course on the planet.
Guy... "theres my mate holding up a sign for me"
Me.."What sign"
Facts lol. I didn’t see shit 😂😂😂
All I seen was my life constantly flashing before me.
Never watched TT racing in my life, no idea why this was in my recommended, but I watched all 18 minutes of it and I'm glad I did.
If yu live anywhere on Planet Earth you must put a trip to the TT on your Bucket List. People from all over the Earth come to see it, it is that good.
Try watching the Northwest 200 Northern Ireland. Like the TT except racing side by side. Mental.
Watch Peter Hickman on board 👍
The Isle of Man is a race like no other. But Guy Martin also raced up Pikes Peak...you should check it out
Now you're doomed to endlessly search vast cyber and other spaces in order to get your thrills. Bwa, ha, ha!
4:42 I love how Guy doesn't have the word CAUTION in his vocabulary, makes sense.
the word he was looking for was apprehension :P
or tentativeness
I was thinking trepidation personally
@@amaro_drowned8722 You are correct. The word was trepidation.
Haha I was thinking maybe ‘a bit of hesitation’ but yea that’s a really good point you’ve made. Those kind of words are obviously at the very bottom of his vocabulary barrel lol
Guy, in my opinion, you are an absolute prime example of a real motorcycle racer. My great-granduncle rode the tt in the sidecar in 1961 and came fourth. But he was also a real motorcycle racer made of old wood. I have the greatest respect for anyone who dares to race. I don't have the courage.
He's not human but he mimics us perfectly. absolute machine.
6:12 MARTIN : "You probably thought near death experience." ME: "The entire lap was a near death experience."
Right? He was literally clutching for his dear fucking life that entire lap. One tiny little itty bitty mistake at that speed in those narrow conditions and boom, you meet a wall and turn into improvised graffiti.
@@iambutafish improvised graffiti - cool words my friend
@@iambutafish how about Physical Graffiti ? - if you like your Zeppelin, and I'd wager our Guy does ;-)
@@nelsonclub7722 lmao how about "Gorefetti"
@@TheSixStringGuy I can't watch it again. Nerves. They won't cope with it twice.
When he takes breaths, it's like he's shifting gears with his voice to speak even faster.
That is so accurate 😂
I had the pleasure of meeting GM at a bike meet in York, he is indeed very cool. He was doing the rounds and chatting with the lads, I pulled out my thermos flask and his little face lit up, "what's in that"? Yorkshire tee, he was as giddy as anything when I poured him a brew. Great man.
On every corner - EVERY CORNER - he opens it a fraction before I expect him to. This is why he's so good.
He talks so casually about doing something that is off the charts thrilling.
I strongly doubt that he's even watching the same video, it's insane
Thrill seekers
@@daithiocinnsealach3173 Can you imagine him when he's not on a bike? Must feel like life is going at 0.0001 MPH
There is no greater sport than TT road racing. It’s the epitome of skill, commitment, and bravery. Nothing even comes close. And Guy Martin is one of the greatest. He brings so much personality to everything he’s involved in.
It definitely separates the boys from the men, as in the boys will die if they don't drop their balls before the first corner. I've had a few "oh shit" moments on bikes through corners, but these guys go through tight corners, on narrow roads, in a small English village at 270+ km/h. The word insanity has to look up more words to describe how insane these guys are.
U are fkin wrong there
pikes peak comes pretty close
Ulster gp, northwest 200, tandragee, have mass starts
@@dckstrat90 In 99 years of pikes peak 7 people have died. In 114 years of isle of man 255 people have died.
Karl Pilkington: "kicked me height."
Guy Martin: "Ran over me own foot."
Legends
Best comment😂😂
Omg legendssssssss
I'm Fae Glasgow and I understand him 100 percent, guy is an absolute legend and to boot a great human being.
Guy Martin is an absolute legend. One of the worlds most unique characters. He has so much talent in so many fields that its is mind baffling. And to be so humble about it all, only make him even more likeable. Awesome man
Fred Dibnah was the same
@@sqwidink1 Yes, Guy Martin is a chip of that block of engineering talent, and the ability to interest many in the workings of the complicated and interconnected electro digital mechanical world in which we live.
He ran over his own foot and lost a bit of confidence.....momentarily
who needs to be good with words when you can ride like that big big respect guy
And I thought the onboard for the Porsche 919 at the Nordschleife was crazy. This is absolute madness.
This guy looks exactly as wild as you need to be to do the Isle of Man TT.
its the wind
the real Wolverine...
You should put your head in salt water for 3 minutes. That really helps. And do not go to your hair dresser every week, anymore. You look far too slick. Your friends are boring, as well. Dump the ones who do not own a fast bike. And drink goat milk in your espresso. That is good for your desmo valves. Buy another bike, if you have no desmo valves. Jesus, do you still ride that hard compound?!
Imagine he talks to himself like this while he races
I used to- "don't be stupid, don't be stupid"
Faster. There is no tongue activation needed
He thinks way faster than he talks!!
I hope it’s all muscle memory
Best Comment lol...
Guy is why I fell in love and learned about the TT. To be a rider I define as a true TT legend yet not having won a first place title there should still explain what kind of man he is. There is no one more deserving of admiration due to his humble attitude and the amount of work he had to put in to become a TT legend.
A god amongst men and so laid back and humble. Man alive!!!
It's like listening to an auctioneer that needs to pee.
And eating a nice tea cake
😂😂
Get on the back and you won’t be needing a pee.. Your pants 🩲 will be filled with 💩. 😂😂
You don't! Eye's wide open:))
I feel like listening to Guy narrate a lap is the closest ill ever get to doing one... :P
Watch Hickman's commentary of his record lap, that is also great watch.
@Riley Kitchen The chap who services my central heating is a biker and raced with Guys brother, Stuart. Apparently Guy has stopped racing now.....besides, he no doubt makes much more money from his various television documentaries plus it's a lot safer!
@@Bulletguy07 yea he seems like a guy who values safety :D
I've been round on Mad Sunday . . . . .on a Velocette LE. Maximum speed 35mph. :)
Those were pretty much my same exact thoughts!
"I'm not very good with words"
"I was probably a bit discombobulated"
He is only just started driving the 600 he said he's only getting the feel of it and he is flat out on the bike absolutely no fear I love him what a pilot ✨❤️❤️❤️❤️✨👑✨
i genuinely wish F1 would hire Guy to come commentate on the races.. his energy is magnetic i love the man
Yeah...he'd be better than some of the flat, emotionless people they have now.
A fitting replacement for the much loved Murray Walker.
"No brakes, just chuck 'er in..." I'll take your word for it. =)
What a legend!!! Best TT lap ever!! Also he just beat the world record of amount of words you can cram in an 18:43 min commentary 😂😂😂
Absolutely hypnotizing and Guy's way of commentating his lap is the icing on the cake.
Having a pint with guy would make for an entertaining night, absolute top bloke.
Union Mills: ..."back on the throttle, bit of a jump 'ere (leant right over), takes off a bit 'ere, get on the throttle 'ere, you wanna be driving 'ere" LEGEND. Ripped off for a win that year they did him for speeding in the pit lane when they pulled him for 1/1000s when the timing was done in 1/100s.
.6 mph. They didn't just rob guy that year they robbed every TT fan in the world.
@@MrJ-ro1yr Yeah was a load of bollox and Guy made sure everyone knew it. We saw it and how he was stitched up.
And...He did it on the Suzuki, Which also needed extra balls to keep up....
Shit is that right! He’s always been my fav 2nd place kind of guy. Anyone got a link to this race? I would be stoked to know he was actually fastest one year….
Not that that means everything. He’s obviously totally works class and everything else that we like about Him.
@@HighMaintenancePS TT docu named something like "on the edge" has footage of that race and the box speeding incident
I've watched many TT onboard laps with rider's commentaries, but I've just found the best.
Guy is the best narrator I've watched/heard. He talks about what he's thinking and how he feels at the moment, what was his possible position at the race, with all the contenders data he got at the moment. Where and how to take care of the engine, how to ride the bike. Even tell us where he's feeling under control and where he's just a passenger of the bike.
Just thank you man!
Originally the role of Wolverine was was based on Guy, but they thought nobody would swallow driving a bike that fast, so they decided it would be more plausible if he could just regenerate his flesh and grow knives from his fingers instead. They kept the sideburns though.
He did kind of regrow flesh after his bike dump in this same year of this video. I think it was start of the third lap after had just filled up the tank and thing turned into a firebomb.
I love how Guy keeps going on side tangent with he commentary.
then pick it right back up, top guy
The Andy Kershaw bit was a surprise I have to say lol
Its mental how fast hes going, yet positioning himself for corners you cant even see yet!
Dan AYP It’s called “learning the circuit”.
Ikr I like speed and I like riding bikes,I never owned one but I'm sure it'll take me a couple years worth of experience before I try half of what Guy's doing.
@@Coltnz1 you don't say 🤔 ive never heard of that kind of thing before... what is this "learning" you speak of? 😂 seriously though. My comment wasn't pointing out the obvious, more like commenting on how brilliantly hes able to predict the track which is obviously from repetition and knowledge of it. Let alone muscle memory of how to control the bike at this kind of speed.
@@MerlinOpeth yeah man, his experience shows in this ride for sure 👍
@@Coltnz1 it's not just knowing the circuit mate. You need lightspeed reflexes, 100% concentration and balls of steel.
when you ride so hard you are worried about a new bike making it 4 laps
‘Coming up to me pitboard now , couldn’t see the time but he has his hand up in the air so I must be doing alright’😂😂😂😂
"The bikes not that fast" does 150mph through a village with 30mph speed limit
On the Isle of Man there are no namby pamby gravel pit run offs like you get on regular race tracks. If you go into a telegraph pole at those speeds, you snap it in half. As indeed actually happened one year.
@@gasgas2689 you will snap in halft too ig you hit something at that speed...
No speed limit on those roads. That's how the race exists.
I’d love to say that to copper when pulled over for speeding😂
@@FrowningIke there must be a general etiquette though right? Surely u can’t just floor it through the villages on a normal day with people getting pissed off you nearly flattened a mother and baby?
"You don't have a room for mistake. Have you?"
I'd say, it's a bit of understatement.
G.M. Such a likeable bloke.
Eat your heart Hamilton a sir for driving round in circles in a tub
Guy is an awesome and extremely talented dude, always love hearing him during interviews, very down to earth.
Every time I watch this I see something new.
Just hold on for dear life and let the bike what its doing under you...and have mechanical sympathy. His commentary makes watching the lap awesome.
Much respect for Guy .
Guy Martin does not check under his bed for monsters, monsters check under their bed for Guy Martin.
*Monster looks under bed*
Guy: 'Eyup.
Q: Who is the only person chuck norris is afraid of ?
A: Guy Martin
😂
Guy is just such a top bloke, so humble about what he is actually describing. Massive respect 🙏
I've got so much respect for guy he's so humble and honest and plus he's one hell of a bike racer 👍👍
"Just hold it flat out and let it move about under you" hahahaha holy shit man
There are people who can who can do things like this and then there are the other 99.9 percent of us. Cheers guy🇺🇲
That would suggest 1 in a thousand people could do this, I imagine it's way less than that!
@@everything777 Agreed, more like 99.99999
@@everything777 1 in 100 million might be closer.
I think I’ve watched this like 10 times. Never gets old.
I know nothing about bikes or racing but by god that looks absolutely mental. I take my hat off to these guys! What a fantastic video.
Still cant believe how fast these guys can go with those balls of steel
Well, this is the deadliest race event in the world. Lots of guys can't go that fast.
The question is not if anyone will die in any given year, but how many. Since 1946, there have been two years with no deaths on that course. The Isle of Man TT race had 4 dead in 2016, three dead in 2017, and one dead in 2018 and 2019. Over several days, but still.
Pretty sure the balls are titanium honeycomb. :)
and a shitload of talent doesn't hurt :) gotta see lockk9s videos cat
@@Yora21 i`m near sure Guy said he thought the ulster GP i N.Ireland was the most dangerous,although history tells a different story.
Trepidation is the word you were looking for Guy. Savage. Bravo.
same word i thought of!
Man Martin he should be called because he’s the man fair play
Every time I watch these guys run the TT, I am amazed that they can ride a bike without their balls dragging the ground and slowing them down. This guy is so calm talking about his lap.
“I was a bit discombobulated there” - I was discombobulated all the way 😂
English is my native language. I understood about 20% of this
I'm from Yorkshire, I understand completely. Lol
English is NOT my native. I understand 90-95% of this. What's more. Guy really improved his speaking from TT years that he is referring here.
He easy to understand him but saying that iv lived in Yorkshire for 25+ years so I vet I sound a bit like him my self lol
If it's an consolation, I'm an Englishman, from London, and I struggle with his accent and slang at times!
I'm from Mars and I understood 91% of what was said
Great to get an insight about what goes through a riders head as he goes around the lap. Had to laugh when he was doing 150 and he said he was being held up.
talks about his race as if its a walk in the park, absolute legend in his own right.
His girlfriend & daughter are so lucky to have a partner & father like him.....such a wholesome human being
What??? when did Guy get a GF? I thought he swore off women.
@@0Zolrender0 haven't you been watching his recent stuff mate, she even makes an appearance at his Wall Of Death record
He has such a good personality. One of the greatest TT racers of all time.
... and that's what hacks some of his critics off. He's obviously very good but some people have won the TT 4 or 5 times (to his zero times) and you'll never hear about them because they don't have such a magnetic personality. I like the chap a lot but i'd instead say "one of the most special personalities to have taken part in the TT".
He has 0 tt wins joey dunlop has 26
@@45pints87 He said 'one of' not THE.
Guy was never best at the TT. Ulster was where he was most comfortable.
He's alive to describe this epic lap.
Guy Martin is basically Wolverine on a motorbike. This is just a another level beyond the other level.
You got that backwards. Wolverine is Guy Martin without a motorbike. :)
Love it, I have done it on a 1200 Ducati, M4 BMW and a Brompton bicycle .... Missed the TT this year. Thanks for the film Guy.
Love the casual way he talks about his confidence ebbing & flowing throughout this. Full respect.
Let's face it, we could all scare ourselves on a 125cc around this place. Guy is so humble. A pleasure to watch someone at the top of their game absolutely nailing it. Respect.
Guy Martin is a phenomenally supercharged unique national treasure.
The most important question hasn't been answered again:
When do you blink???
After the finish line...
When the visor snaps shut
remove your eyelids 8(
The TT is run in June so i'd say July...
@@formulaelectric best response
He had that classic sideburns racing guy look. Always smiling and looking like he could hardly wait until his next race.
Yeah that was an excellent lap . And to see Cameron putting out his best game [at that moment not of all time] and then give way . . . . you know he knew you were REALLY on your best game . Every dog has his day and at this level of danger you still must have some sense of pride ,even for the other rider ________ as he passes you by . Good show Guy Martin , damn good show .
Probably one of my favorite people ever! even tho i can usually only understand about 50% of what he's saying🤣❤ such a humble motorhead
I had to wear helmet to watch this Mann!!🤪🏎️
I guarantee that all this soft, back of the mind narration goes on in real time in his head while he's running the lap. I love this guy.
wouldnt be surprised if actually he’s thinking slow, with focus. in the zone - nothing but him, the bike and the road. whatever the case, very impressive ..
“Bit of a wobble through ballagarey, me ‘art stopped there for a hot second, getting a bit peckish mind, should I have a burger or a bacon cob after the race? Haha that kids loving it, the look on his face” all whilst doing 140+ mph
On the bike you go into the zone. Watching it on CZcams you don't.
This sport is like juggling your own timeline a thousand times a minute!
every lap done on this road in an accomplishment, it's never getting old watching those onboard videos
Glad he pulled away from TT before it cost him his life. Would be such a waste. Really clever bloke with much more to offer than balls out speed.
** EDIT FOR THOSE LACKING SOME CELLS ffs**
Goes with out saying that you have skills to road race espeacilly at the TT and other road races.
Other racers in general dont present interesting programmes or take part in other interesting engineering events. He hasn't won yet and I'm saying it would be ashame to lose him chasing it as its equally a shame to lose any other skilled rider.
We frikin happy now?
@Tog Dread That goes without saying otherwise it wouldnt be a race.
You British mates are so polite.
Mr M still wish he’d won one before he did retire. Still think it may not be a permanent retirement although having children does change your view on risk
Agreed!
Tog Dread Mate, don’t argue with these guys not worth your time.
"i raced with him in ireland. in fact he lent me a helmet" lmao
He didn’t think he needed one😂
3 practice laps and still rides like a lunatic, I can't stop watching.. what a legend..
I wonder, how many times these guys see the grim reaper on various stages of this course, waving at them.
Grim reaper can't catch them
@@vermo42 yeah, too fast! LOL!
"the track" stone walls, trees and houses for run-off. "YOU'VE GOT NO ROOM FOR MISTAKE" outstanding.
Been out on the fireblade today and it still blows my mind what these lads can do on a bike. We have some beuiteful roads in Wales which are pretty quick but these boys are on another planet! Full commitment or nothing. You have to respect that. Not many sports like it if any! Last bastion of true freedom.
beuiteful??? lol
It is insane to be able to ride a factory Superbike to its absolute limit on public highways.......absolutely should not be even remotley possible.....fact top moto gp riders won't even do this speaks mad volume!!!!......Rossi and Marquez heroes are these dudes
@@kirkdunn1379 Moto GP riders are generally forbidden by their contract to do Isle of Mann; it is simply too dangerous.
@@thekinginyellow1744 yeah I know and it makes sense, am sure most wouldn't anyway though
@@kirkdunn1379 Most wouldn't but every generation has at least one Mike Hailwood. I had thought Colin Edwards rode it one year, but I couldn't find proof so maybe I'm just senile.
I can't mentally process everything I'm seeing in this video. It's amazing how Guy and the other riders get around this course in one piece. Respect to them all.
Incredible just incredible.. been there in 2019 .. sadly without you Guy.. but it was a real spectacular race.. the best on the earth
Legend bigger balls than most men and humble as pie.
Listening to him and John Mcguiness after completing the TT,they're just like two everyday blokes having a natter in the pub,legends,both of them.
The commitment required to go that fast is equally impressive and scary.
4.50 Trepidation, I shouldn’t worry about not being good with words, you’re bloody good at everything else you do sir.
Unbelievable, “trying to relax” , on that track omg 😱 respect goes out to you guy . Brilliant
"Trepidation" was the word you were looking for.
Cautious would have been suffice
that is not in his vocabulary
look man, this guy is a genius on a bike, not with words.
Hesitant would work al
I was repeating trepidation to myself lol
I love this bloke. Was sad to know he hasn't won any isle of man event but even participating in this race and completing is a win. And several podium finishes is legendary🔥
I think being at the pointy end of the pack and surviving it, also counts as legendary.... lol
He's not a pro rider, he's a truck mechanic. Riding bikes is his hobby, so he doesn't do bad 😎
Edit: *third generation* truck mechanic 😁
''i was probly a bit discombobulated'' hahaha brilliant
I have watched the TT several times, each time I crap myself equally just watching it!!