Organisers of a charity event with a difference are hoping they can garner enough support to start fundraising during TT week next year.

Ian James is hoping to get as many 'nearly naked' cyclists as possible to pedal around the Mountain Circuit on Mad Sunday in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

So far, TT stars Ian Hutchinson, Adrian Archibald and William Dunlop are among those who have signed up.

But Ian James says the more people behind the event, the more likely it is to get permission to go ahead: