the title on a total budget of twelve to fifteen grand. Casey Stoner and his family did it on peanuts back in 1999 and no one can argue with his stunning progress.And it gets better, as I know a way to grab yourself a free bike, although it would help (but

Niall’s been lying around this month with a ruptured appendix, so he ponders the design of modern exhaust systems (as you would) and observes how Stoner cut his teeth on British tracks...Occasionally, I lose sleep wondering what manufacturers might

haven't won championships yet, like Casey Stoner, use our system to get on and advance their careers, so we're doing something right. People keep banging on about when we're going to get the next Barry Sheene. Well, we've had Toseland and Hodgson, who

, Biaggi, Hayden, Gibernau, Melandri and Tamada all won races on the RCV Honda but only one rider in that period topped the podium on the Yamaha. Pedrosa and Stoner are surely about to add their names to that list proving once more just how user friendly

won the ‘Niall Mackenzie’ trophy, which I happily passed on to second placed man and worthy front-runner Lewis Farrow.Many thanks to everyone who helped me that weekend, get well soon Kenny Edwards and don’t worry Andrew Pitt, I think your job is still

and Valencia), he has been unable to slog it out race after race with the other three more muscular members of the so called ‘fantastic four’ (Rossi, Lorenzo, Stoner). Being the number one rider at HRC he has obviously driven the development towards making