https://www.xs650.com/threads/isle-of-man-tt.62012/
If 6 racing car drivers in F1, Indy-car, NASCAR, Supercars or any other car racing, were killed over a 1 year period encompassing several rounds of racing...............if 6 motorcycle riders in Motor GP, historical motorbike racing, hillclimbs or any other sanctioned championship motorcycle racing over a 1 year period encompassing several rounds of racing...........were killed in 1 season of racing there would be calls for safety measures to help negate the deaths. If the measure was unsuccessful the racing would be closed down untill the reason for the high death rate was addressed and measures were put in place to fix the problem.
This is standard practice and has been an ongoing practice especially since the late 70's and 80's.
It about recognizing the dangers of the motorport and doing everything possible to stop deaths but also recognizing that with motor racing, cars and especially motorbikes, deaths are going to happen through rider/driver error or any high speed crash due to other circumstances
It is repeatedly said that the rider knows the risk and it i up to them. .....................That's true but.................. Bikes are now averaging over 300 kph for a lap, the road has been widened and some runoff added in some places trying to help in safety aspects, but in no way has the road/road side been upgraded to any degree, (safety wise), that is = to the increase in speeds the bikes are doing today..........hell 250cc bikes are going faster than the big bikes of the 60's & 70's.
It's all very well to say, "it's an iconic race and the rider knows the risk" but that doesn't speak to the facts, the Isle of man is proportionally, and literally, killing more racing bike riders over a 3/4 day period than the combined Motor GP racing in all of their different classes in an 8/9 month period.
And for those who say the risk i on the riders. (and it is as long a the race s allowed to continue so a few people can go "gee look at that", "wow he's got balls"), What about the ones who are left behind who have to live with the death of a Father/brother/husband/cousin/son/daughter (and in this year, a case where a husband/father/son/brother died together in one crash), every day when a spectator, (mostly a once in a lifetime trip), is reminiscing his/her great time they had at the Isle of man.