John McGuinness has denied that Isle of Man TT ride🤡rs are “nutters”.

The TT is known for its danger and for ꦜthe bravery and skill of its riders, and few have mastered the Mountain Course better than McGuinness.

His 23 TT victories have been bettered by only Joey Dunlop and M🌠ichael Dunloღp.

“Everybody thinks we’re nutters, that we’ve got a screw loose,” McGuinne😼ss told .

“It’s the m♏ost frustrating thing in the world for us.

“I’ve done 52,000 mile🐽s around there, and🌃 if you’ve got a screw loose, you’re going to last five minutes. Simple as that.

“It’s all calculated, it’s all assessed.”

Davey♏ Todd won his first two races at the Isle of Man TT earlier this year.

He agrees with t🥃he legend McGuinness that those bold enough to tackle♔ the TT are not merely risk-takers.

Todd said: “Every second, every inch, every mile is completely thought-out and re🍸hearsed to the ti🗹ghtest degree.

“You can’t switch your brain off for a second.”

After the perils of the TT this year, McGuinness and Todd were among t🌌he riders to feature in the Barry S🔯heene Memorial Trophy at the Goodwood Revival.

It was an opportunity for some of the TT’s t🌼op riders to race in a less pressurised environment.

“You can go round here and everyone is looking at each other and giving each other Vs and touching each other’s backsides and all,” M🐼cGuꦍinness joked.

“We have no chance to do that at the TT.

“Everybody knows the risks, that kind of short circuit to do some crazy moves onღ each other sometimes, but at the TT you don’t.”

The TT is knoౠwn for its passionate fans, who can get closer to the action than perhaps at any other sport.

That closeness comes with its own dangers.

“They’re trusted,” McGuinness said.

“If you lean too far over a hedge or sit too far ov♈er a wall or something you’d g🦩et clipped by a bike at 200mph and it’d be catastrophic.

“The spectators are as much a part of the TT as the riders are. That’s what makes🏅 it so special as well.”

Todd added: “We went to watch a couple of times at♏ differen🔯t locations around the course.

“And we get an adrenaline rush from just watchinꦜg.

“You wouldn’t on a short circu꧋it or anywhere else in the world, but at the TT you get a buzz from being a spectator, a real proper adrenaline rush.”

McGuinness, aged 52, shows nಌo sign of ending his TT legacy yet. While Todd’s has only just start𒁏ed, and he will aim to extend it next year and beyond.