, not the factory, the Chinese do seem to do things a little bit differently, but I'm sure given time they will provide the same levels of warranty we get from the mainstream manufacturers.Most of the problems I get presented with on a day to day basis are down

would prefer not to have to confront the kind of thorny realities that living with a disability might present. In the spring of 1993 my good friend (and 'Last Word' columnist) Paddy, removed his left knee and everything below it on a skip, and I suddenly

and bought two more as presents for my wife and daughter.Lastly my Hein Gericke cordura/hiprotec/snap out lined over trousers. These have a zip off bib and are warm, waterproof and fairly easy to get on and off with 3 Velcro tabs around the calves and ankles

a hard nosed French waiter with a menu determined to make you order raw donkey's bladders all round. Tongue twisters like Domenique Aegerter and Simone Grotzyj present no problems for them but can we detect an underlying 'on the couch' type friction

, on a well funded team is already a much more attractive prospect than Tech 3 has presented either last year or this. But this choice offers another advantage: By moving to a satellite team, the weight of expectation will fall more lightly on the young

, and were more closely matched than expected. But these are early days. There is still room for the prophets of doom to be right. The first consideration is the two-strokes. Will the new 990s be good enough to oust them? At present, that depends on where

year away for 2004. They will enter GP racing for the first time next year with an all-new 125 two-stroke, while developing their V4 for the big class.BMW appear to have lost interest, at least for the present, and even the keenest Germans have trouble

of the event it was ex-125 and 250 World Champion Dani Pedrosa who presented the winners trophy to Salom.Though the winning margin for Sunday's 15 lapper was not quite the same as Saturday Salom was never headed and only troubled at all when he made

knows that four-strokes send costs soaring. Maybe ten-fold, according to some MotoGP participants.And competitive? Well, the two-stroke class isn’t too bad in that regard at present, though a bit short of numbers up front.The real reason is much more

race has fallen off the radar and onto the floor in amongst the spilled beer and ancient dog ends down here in the saloon bar of the Colin Campbell.So rather than commenting on the slickly presented Carbon Footprint Catargh MotoGP, I thought I'd have a