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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Enjoy!
00:00 Intro
01:59 Keeping busy!
03:40 Taz's BSB Championship Year
07:14 Career paths...
11:33 Where did it all start?
13:16 That Grand Prix Dream
17:51 Opportunity Knocks
19:51 Passion and determination to succeed
21:09 Rob McElnea
22:13 Making opportunities and knowing people
26:29 Controlling your temperament
27:54 A factory HRC Grand Prix rider
29:44 The magnitude of the situation
31:40 The expectations of a factory rider
35:09 Agostini Yamaha come calling for '89
39:24 Riding for Ago alongside Freddie Spencer
41:11 There's an A rider, and there's a B rider...
43:24 The Golden Age of 500cc Grand Prix
45:19 Comparing the YZR500 to the NSR500
46:32 Lucky Strike Suzuki opportunity
52:23 Out of a job again... What next?
54:19 It was the only option at the time
56:40 Reaching out to Japan
1:00:01 Back again... Never give up!
1:00:31 Would you change anything as you look back?
1:01:58 Self-managed, because that's how it was
1:05:09 Last Grand Prix Podium - Donington '93
1:09:04 British Invasion in GPs
1:10:17 250GP (not) with Jamie Robinson...
1:11:22 Back to Blighty!
1:14:24 Confident enough to win?
1:15:51 The planets align in every way
1:18:04 Hardest of the three championships?
1:21:48 Hislop Rivalry
1:24:02 Rob Mac as your team manager
1:26:09 The new Yamaha R7...
1:28:04 2000, the last season
1:29:33 Thinking it was enough to know it was right
1:30:46 Life with clarity
1:32:41 Niall, Whit and the Astra Van
1:36:19 Favourite corner, and why?
1:37:47 Best Hire Car Story
1:41:07 Outro
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