<![CDATA[Jalopnik: isle of man]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: isle of man]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/isleofman http://jalopnik.com/tag/isleofman <![CDATA[Go Kart Blasts Through The Isle Of Man At 100+ MPH]]> There are no speed limits on most of the roads within the Isle of Man, which is something to think of when watching this video.

Don't blame us for the shot of adrenalin undoubtedly resulting from watching this clip of a go-karting nutter blasting through some urban area located on the Isle of Man. Catch the first part if only to hear racing as narrated by Paddington Bear. [AxisofOversteer]

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<![CDATA[The Stig Blogs About The Nissan GT-R]]> The guys at Top Gear Magazine are doing a comparison test of supercars on the Isle of Man, and while they're at it they've been blogging their driving impressions. That's all well and good, but when it came time for everyone's favorite anonymous racing driver, The Stig, to tell us all what he thinks of the Nissan GT-R, there seemed to be something lost in translation.

It seems ol' Stiggy forgot to have his human language chip inserted before typing his thoughts down. Can anyone translate? To paraphrase, the Stig had this to say:

"............................."
And to think that some say he's actually a real person... pffft. [TopGear]]]>
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<![CDATA[Sabbath, Gixxer, Isle of Man]]>

"Mad Sunday" on the Isle of Man must truly be one of the most epic examples of common men allowed to live their boy-racer fantasies. It opens a section of the course to the general public, allowing Joe Hooligan and his Speed Triple to hoon it through the misty Manx mountains, risking life, limb and the pursuit of sanity. While a number of Los Jalops own or have owned two-wheeled motorized contraptions, we wonder if any one of us is quite so sturdy in the testicular department as to participate. But a man can dream. If one clicks on the video, one can also listen to the wail of a Gixxer 750 accompanied by the vocal stylings of one Ronnie James Dio, as backed by Iommi, Butler and Ward.

Related:
Isle of Manly, Isle of Manta! [Internal]

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<![CDATA[More Peel Action! 49ccs On Super 8!]]>

Our favorite posts are those that inspire our readers to go out and find new random oddness, and our previous bit on Peel did just that. Intrepid loyalist Alex hunted down a fully-awesome Peel Trident video, which we can in no way, shape or form front on. It's as if Big Daddy Roth designed the Isetta. Oh holy crap; there were maybe only 50 of these made, max, but somebody, somewhere needs to find one and stuff a Hayabusa motor in there. This simply has to happen. No ifs, ands or buts.

Peel Trident Factory Movie; 1966 Peel Trident [Microcar Museum]

Related:
Peel Slowly and See: Manx Cars That Weren't Made by Meyers [Internal]

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