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Michael Scott Column - Aug 03
By Michael Scott on 01/08/2003 15:04:38
It doesn't take long in motorcycling to empty the soul of a fun-loving serial winner according to our Mike Scott
- but desperately unforgiving. Especially in the late Eighties and early Nineties, when tyre technology made high-side accidents prevalent.There was no question back then that riders who pushed themselves hard enough to be serious championship contenders grew old
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Michael Scott Column - Sep 10
By Michael Scott on 02/08/2010 13:25:28
Doyen of Grand Prix journalists, editor of Motocourse and man tight on the inside of GP racing, Scotty finally endures the living nightmare of a ride on the back of a 500 two-stroke
will understand that it is not just an uneasy pattering, but an evil road-drill vibration that tries to rip the chassis in two. When I see a high-side, I now understand why riders are flung rag-doll through the air. Those huge forces, operating in the wrong
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Michael Scott, Column - Jun 08
By Michael Scott on 01/06/2008 15:56:53
Mike Scott discovers that things are getting heated in spain between Pedrosa and Lorenzo. Perhaps we should pack them off to Brands!
Bull rookies returned in Spain, the pimply brigade reinforced by ten new 13-year-olds. It’s all ripping fun, overlaid with a chilling fear of a nasty crash. Nearly happened at Jerez, when a Japanese kid high-sided, and his cartwheeling bike hit British
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Michael Scott, Column - Jul 08
By Michael Scott on 01/07/2008 16:04:21
Mike scott discovers that it isn’t only ‘gorgeous’ george’s ego that is oversized, the lad has balls the size of an abstinent elephant
Barry Sheene or Max Biaggi has wanted to be a superstar as much as Jorge. On the day he turned 21, Gorgeous added another dimension to what is fast becoming a phenomenon: utter heroism.Two days before, Lorenzo had the mother of all highsides...a nasty
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