My TT

Since my first TT 2004 every race has just lacked the buzz you get here in the Isle of Man. The first time I did it, it was me, a couple of mates and a van. That was it. Dead simple- but now things are a bit more complicated you know.

Guy Martin TT 2008

It has a buzz that money can’t buy. You are going as hard as you can go on tiny roads around the Isle of Man and if you make one mistake you are coming back in a box. Sky diving, short circuit racing, mountain biking, motor cross, I’ve tried a lot of things in my time but nothing comes near to the TT buzz.

There’s not one particular part of the course I like the most but I have to admit the likes of Gorse Lea is pretty amazing. That’s a big man’s corner that one. It demands 100% commitment. There are probably around 10 corners on one lap which feel like that. You need a lot of practise to build up to that, you can’t go in there like a bull in a china shop. 

Guy Martin TT 2008

Another one of my passions is down hill mountain biking. It’s probably the closest thing you can get to riding a motor bike in the TT. It’s not in the same league but it does come near. So between working, racing my motorbikes and free wheeling down mountains there’s not much time left.

I suppose that is all the adrenaline stuff but there’s another side to me too. I am really into steam engines. I love the early classic 1900 stationary engines. Suck Squeeze Bang Go. That’s the principal of all 4-stroke engines in its simplest form. So I love engines but I also love a good cup of tea. There’s nothing nicer that looking at a good engine with a nice cup of tea! That’s how I relax.