To compete on the daunting 37 73 mile isle of man tt mountain course is a major challenge in itself yet since 1907 the challenge has been taken up by some amazing riders men like harold daniell freddy frith geoff duke and mike hailwood who competed for 500cc world championship points as well as the personal satisfaction of riding in the greatest road races of them all in 1989 the reigning king of the roads joey dunlop was unable to ride due to injury but a new pretender to the title