The outgoing chairman of the Manx Motorcycle Club says he appreciates change is necessary, from time to time, in relation to motorcycle meetings like the Manx Grand Prix.
The Manx government has announced it's reviewing the festival as part of an initiative by the Department of Economic Development.
Any changes would come into effect in 2013.
Bill Bennett, who steps down as chairman in January, says the organisers are not unfamiliar with change, even though some fans will argue 'if it isn't broken, why fix it?':

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