Motorcycle racer Brandon Brinded aiming to compete at the Isle of Man TT with hopes of applying for Man Manx GP in 2026 initially

Motorcycle racer Brandon Brinded is aiming to compete at the Isle of Man TT.

Brinded, 26, has enjoyed a lifelong love of the sport and is set on achieving his dream.

The son of a motorcycle mechanic - dad Liam used to have his own shop - he was always going to show an interest.

“I was doomed from the start,” joked Brinded, who lives just outside Newark.

“I got my first motorcycle when I was four-years-old and I’ve just been in awe of motorcycles my entire life.”

It was a holiday to the Isle of Man with his dad in 2018 that led to Brinded taking up racing.

He took his race licence soon after and hasn’t looked back.

“My dad took me to watch the racing and I remember the first bike came past on the first night of practice and I was absolutely blown away,” said Brinded.

“I thought, ‘How do I have a go at that?’

“We got back to the UK after the holiday and about two weeks later I booked on to do my race licence. I had to have a go.”

Brinded described his first race bike as “not very fast” although it still reached speeds of up to 115mph.

His latest bike, a 600cc Triumph Daytona, can hit 160mph.

After landing his race licence, Brinded worked towards securing his national licence, in order to “go real road racing”.

That involved completing 10 club races, all within a certain percentage of the winner’s time.

He did that and currently competes at Oliver’s Mount in Scarborough and Aberdare Park in Wales.

He also plans on participating at short circuits all over the UK as he works towards a spot at the Isle of Man.

“On a race track, having done both sides of racing, you lose that sensation of speed because everything is so open and safe,” said Brinded, who works as a truck mechanic.

“You go road racing and you’re flying past houses and brick walls and trees and lampposts.

“To be honest, I’ve made quite a significant leap this year in terms of my pace and I think most of that is through relaxing.

“You can’t be stressed out. It’s such a dangerous thing to be doing, you go into it with the most chilled-out approach and it seems to have done the world of good.”

Brinded missed out on this year’s Isle of Man Manx GP - for amateur riders - due to limited newcomers permitted in his class.

He intends to apply for two categories next year which he hopes will leave him “about guaranteed to get in”.

“I’d like to do the Manx GP for a couple of years and if I feel confident and can put the lap times in, then we’ll go straight for the Isle of Man TT,” he said.

Brinded would like to thank the following sponsors: MEC Recycling Ltd, Mastertech Performance, Fir Tree Farm Timber, RaceFasteners, Ace Vehicle Transport, C-Electrical, The Plough Pub Swinderby, Racebikebitz Samco Hoses, RD Motorcycles, Core Motorcycles, Wrightways Lincoln, LightenUpgrade, DemonTweeks, Pro Logs and JRS Domestic Installations.