But after this season i have decided the time has come to quit racing around on of the reasons is because as ive got older the bikes have got quicker and im just not able to keep pushing myself harder and harder to maintain the standard needed to fling a bike into a corner at nearly 200mph.
The toll on my body is just too much and with the injuries from past crashes the strain to hold on and force the machine is now to great.I am having to train at least 4 hours a day just to keep up and its not getting any easier.
Another reason to stop is that my insurance and health care costs go up with each year and this year the bill has tripled because of my age.
I still will retain a part time development job working with one company on the bikes which are to take the *-series into the future and testing models early on the roads.
I also badly need shoulder surgery and that means a year out to rebuild the later i leave it the harder it will be to rebuild the joint and put other things right.
So thats going to be it after the winter testing and party (if valentino wins)
and if you see a totally black bike with no headlight on it racing by just wave.
