Mmm. Mate big call, having worked with Gardner, Magee , Dowson, Doohan, Willing x 3, Hansford,Crosby,Sheene,Feehney, Hailwood, etc etc, ex Bell Hemets, Pirelli, Dunlop,I think you need a rider b4 you need a good engineer. Just my 2c worth.
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P.S. I can add 30 more great riders but I dont want to bore to many people.Campbell,A.J., Hiscock x 2,Pero,G.Morris, Rusty,John Pace, Vaughan Coburn,The Sayle bros,Boulden,john Woodley, I could go on but I wont. Kel Carruthers was Kenny's man too (in 78 the Yamaha was a pile of dog crap), but guys like Uncini,Rainey,Spencer, Ballington, Hartog,Ferrari and Schwantz rode around shit bikes to win world titles or races so that negates the engineer theory.