Niall Mackenzie: The Autobiography
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Stuart Barker. Niall Mackenzie: The Autobiography
Niall Mackenzie. The autobiography. Niall Mackenzie. with Stuart Barker
Table of Contents
Foreword. by MICK DOOHAN
CHAPTER ONE Chip Shops and Railway Tracks
CHAPTER TWO Tractor Racing
CHAPTER THREE No Van, Man
CHAPTER FOUR Stealing Tomatoes
CHAPTER FIVE Watching the Washing Machine
CHAPTER SIX I’m Not Really a Welder
CHAPTER SEVEN Thanks for the Watch
CHAPTER EIGHT Stoney’s Return
CHAPTER NINE A Lucky Strike
CHAPTER TEN A Baboon on the Lawn
CHAPTER ELEVEN A Horse at the Traffic Lights
CHAPTER TWELVE Steak Instead of Spam
CHAPTER THIRTEEN It’s a Boat – It’ll Float
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Dead Rat
CHAPTER FIFTEEN 10 Downing Street
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Mackenzie Shuffle
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Like a Virgin
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Evil Twins
CHAPTER NINETEEN Pipe and Slippers
CHAPTER TWENTY World Domination
Career Results. 1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
W
X
Y
Acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
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With love for my mum, Amelia.1929-2002
Title Page
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If there is one downside to motorcycles it’s that they can be dangerous. Whichever way you dress up the facts and figures, the truth remains that a lot of people both on the road and on racetracks, get hurt or killed riding bikes. But anyone who rides a bike has weighed up the risks and decided they’re worth taking. After all, you can’t live your life wrapped in cotton wool trying to avoid every possible danger. Taking risks and getting the adrenaline pumping is what makes people feel alive and, when all’s said and done, bikes are great fun and that’s why we ride them.
Even so, I had a grim early lesson in the dangers of motorcycling. I had bought the Fizzy from a friend called Craig Feeney who had just bought a bigger 250cc Ham Yam (a customised Yamaha with bolt-on racing parts) which was considered the bees’ knees at the time. A few months later, Craig was paralysed from the chest down after a road accident. I was gutted for my friend but never thought about selling up and quitting bikes. It was a big shock because he was in a wheelchair but it didn’t put me off and I actually bought a Ham Yam similar to Craig’s not long after his accident. Craig eventually received a big compensation pay out and he helped me out financially when I started racing.
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