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Dougie Lampkin wheelie Isle of Man TT

 

  • Dougie Lampkin adalah satu-satunya penunggang yang berjaya melakukan aksi ‘wheelie’ mengelilingi litar Isle of Man TT.
  • Keseluruhan litar yang berjarak 60km yang mempunyai lebih daripada 200 selekoh, pertukaran ketinggian, lalulintas dan cuaca yang tidak menentu itu tidak dapat menghentikan kemaraan juara dunia motosikal ‘trial’ 12 kali yang berusia 40 tahun itu.
  • Dia mengambil masa 1 jam 35 minit untuk menunggang mengelilingi litar berkenaan di atas satu roda menggunakan motosikal ‘trial’ buatan khasnya, Vertigo Ice Hell 300.

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Dougie Lampkin is the first and only person who has successfully wheelied around the Isle of Man TT circuit.

The entire 60km-lap consisting of over 200 turns, elevation changes, traffic and unpredictable weather did not stop the 40-year-old 12-time motorcycle trials world champion.

It took him about an hour and 35 minutes to ride around the circuit on just one wheel using his custom Vertigo Ice Hell 300 trials bike.

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Ask any motorcycle enthusiast about the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy and the first thing you’ll get is a smile. It doesn’t matter if its nine-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi or just the average guy hanging out at your local workshop, the Isle of Man located between England and Ireland hosts the world’s greatest (and deadliest) motorcycle road race of all time, the TT. (more…)

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