Off Track Podcast

Ian Simpson has 5 British Championships, 3 TT wins, 5 NW200 race wins and 3 Ulster GP wins to his name - on top of that Simmo is the only man to win Superbike and Supersport titles in the same season as well as winning a Superbike race, a Supersport race and Superstock race in a season before a succession of leg injuries brought his stellar domestic career to an early close. A humble man with an incredible story!

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The second and final part of our chat with the great man, so settle in for more great stories from the Isle of Man TT and racing across Europe from the master story-teller, Charlie Williams.

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The first of two episodes with the Cheshire TT legend and master story-teller.  A distinguished career that included 9 TT wins, a TTF2 World Title and World Endurance success, it's a fascinating watch as Charlie paints the picture of the best of times...

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Dave and Matt visited Red Bull MotoGP Rookie starlet, and now Junior World Championship rider for MLav's new British Talent Team, Eddie O'Shea at his home in Leicestershire to find out about his journey through the Rookies program and his aspirations to be Britain's next Moto3 Grand Prix contender.

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Chris 'Spanner' Anderson is a well-known face around the British Superbike paddock, most recently as Crew Chief to Tarran Mackenzie both in BSB and World Supersport but his experience stretches back way beyond that. From starting out with Roger Bennett, then Reve Racing before World Supersport beckoned then back to BSB as well as the Roads with Hutchy. It's been a colourful career for Chris, but his next challenge is another he's really looking forward to as Crew Chief for Danny Kent in the newly-formed McAMS Yamaha by Mar-Train Racing squad for '24. 

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He's a three-time British Superbike Champion, he's a multiple 500cc Grand Prix podium man and has raced iconic 2-stroke Grand Prix 500cc motorcycles from the Honda NSR500 to the Yamaha YZR500 to the Suzuki RGV500 and a couple of 250s thrown in for good measure. Cap it all off with a hattrick of back-to-back titles with the famous Cadbury's Boost Yamaha team and you have a pretty special career. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Niall Mackenzie!

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To bookend his season we headed down to deepest darkest Ashby de la Zouch to round up Taz's season and get the low down on just how difficult it has been at times for the 2021 BSB Champion. From the lows, of which there were a few, to the highs of a race win and a Suzuka podium, we cover it all, including asking the all important question... 'Was there a point in the season when you thought "What have I done?!"' His answer? Well, you'll have to watch and find out... :-D

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We sit down with the six-time BSB Champion to talk about his best-ever season, the difficulties of '18, rider management and his plans for '24... It's a fascinating chat, a difficult listen at times, but a real eye-opener into the world of Shakey.

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Electronics and suspension are major components to a racing motorcycle, so we sat down with McAMS Yamaha electronics engineer Tim Seed and experienced Ohlins technician, Mike Norton, to try and find out more about things like rider aids, traction control (or lack of it), compression, rebound, and other phrases from the dark art of motorcycle set-up. It's the first time the fellas have done anything like this and they did a great job!

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We dropped half an hour down the road to catch up with the 7-time World Champion at his beautiful home on the outskirts of his native Blackburn. Life as it is now, to stories from the glory days of WorldSBK, his brief encouter with 500cc Grand Prix racing and his love for the TT.

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