Our Story
You’d think a petrolhead on the Isle of Man would get into bikes as soon as possible, but Blake was a bit late to the party. Finally jumping on a 125 to do his test in 2016, it took a year on R plates (restricted to 50mph) before jumping onto a Zx6r to make use of the unrestricted speed limits. Taylor, although having bike experience with youth MX and mini motos only gained his licence in 2017. Together with a GoPro a Youtube channel was born.
Getting on track
No national speed limit and the mountain section. It’s as fun as you think it is - But it’s still a road. Trackdays happened pretty early, and being able to really push ignited a spark. The decision to go racing sprouted and in Easter 2019 Blake got his ACU Licence. Both of which were excellent training for the one way mountains!
New Bikes.
2019 -Moving on from the Frankenkwak (G2 Zx6r with J2 Facelift and A1P 636 Motor) Blake celebrated a new career with a dream bike: a ZX10R. Meanwhile picking up a race ready CBR600F4i. Early 2020 - Taylor moved the K2 GSXR on to a new home and got an MT09, it would only be a few months before it was used in race school to get his ACU licence too.
Crashing out and dodging roads.
A highside for Blake resulted in a colour change for the F4i Honda. Taylor bought an R6 racebike and on a test day before his first race day took it off roading. Blake and Taylor were up until 2AM getting it ready for the next day. By now the thrill of road riding had started to fade. You could never truly give it 100%
Lets get serious.
Half hearted is not the way to race. The TT Mountain course is where we want to be - So the MT09 was sold. Blake, now nearly off his orange vest decided he needed something a bit more aggressive. An R6 made sense, as it would make keeping spares around much easier. The ZX10R was traded in for an R6 that was ready to race. It was definitely more of a scalpel than the F4i but resulted in a new PB on the first session out. Fantastic.
Although we did borrow the Honda back for the end of season endurance, where we managed a 2nd place in the 600cc class!
Evolution & Teamwork.
What started as a rider with a GoPro enjoying the Manx roads has become so much more. Unrestricted Isle as a race team is building towards Road Racing, and while doing so wants to bring everyone interested along for the ride. We don’t really like one way sponsorship, we always want to give something back - so get in touch, have a conversation. Maybe buy some merch and tune into our adventure, we’d love to have you with us.
