Cool! What top speed did you hit in the race? I read somewhere that the Manx can do up to 150 mph.
I don't know what speeds were reached, I doubt that Ian, my Brother and the rider of these machines knows either, but Lydden is not a fast circuit and low gearing is a must there and even then, I think he only gets to use three gears out of the five most of the time.
I know the 350 used to be capable of 114 mph with either of the 'old' engines fitted and the new one should be faster. The 500 was able to top 125 mph [certified 110.51 mph on sand] before we had the Ace high ratio rockers modification done and power has increased by over 5 bhp as a result, so no doubt it can go a fair bit faster on the right gearing
B.W.