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173: Niall Mackenzie

December 27, 2023 Off Track Podcast Episode 173
173: Niall Mackenzie
Off Track Podcast
Chapters
0:00
Intro
2:07
Keeping busy!
3:48
Taz's BSB Championship Year
7:22
Career paths...
11:41
Where did it all start?
13:24
That Grand Prix Dream
17:59
Opportunity Knocks
19:59
Passion and determination to succeed
21:17
Rob McElnea
22:21
Making opportunities and knowing people
26:37
Controlling your temperament
28:02
A factory HRC Grand Prix rider
29:52
The magnitude of the situation
31:48
The expectations of a factory rider
35:17
Agostini Yamaha come calling for '89
39:32
Riding for Ago alongside Freddie Spencer
41:19
There's an A rider, and there's a B rider...
43:32
The Golden Age of 500cc Grand Prix
45:17
Comparing the YZR500 to the NSR500
46:40
Lucky Strike Suzuki opportunity
52:31
Out of a job again... What next?
54:27
It was the only option at the time
56:48
Reaching out to Japan
1:00:09
Back again... Never give up!
1:00:39
Would you change anything as you look back?
1:02:06
Self-managed, because that's how it was
1:05:17
Last Grand Prix Podium - Donington '93
1:09:12
British Invasion in GPs
1:10:25
250GP (not) with Jamie Robinson...
1:11:30
Back to Blighty!
1:14:32
Confident enough to win?
1:15:59
The planets align in every way
1:18:12
Hardest of the three championships?
1:21:56
Hislop Rivalry
1:24:10
Rob Mac as your team manager
1:26:17
The new Yamaha R7...
1:28:12
2000, the last season
1:29:41
Thinking it was enough to know it was right
1:30:54
Life with clarity
1:32:49
Niall, Whit and the Astra Van
1:36:27
Favourite corner, and why?
1:37:55
Best Hire Car Story
1:41:15
Outro
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Off Track Podcast
173: Niall Mackenzie
Dec 27, 2023 Episode 173
Off Track Podcast

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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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!

Enjoy!

Our Patreon Page is live! https://www.patreon.com/join/9993138

Off Track Merchandise: https://www.hmycustoms.co.uk/off-track-podcast

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https://www.instagram.com/ridingraphics/?hl=en
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Facebook: Off Track Podcast
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Instagram: @offtrackpodcastuk
https://www.instagram.com/offtrackpodcastuk/

Twitter: @offtrack_
https://twitter.com/OffTrack_

Us...

IG: @thedaveneal | Twitter: @daveneal | Facebook: Dave Neal

IG: @bencurrie61 | Twitter: @BenCurrie61 | Facebook: Benjamin Currie #61



0:00
Intro
2:07
Keeping busy!
3:48
Taz's BSB Championship Year
7:22
Career paths...
11:41
Where did it all start?
13:24
That Grand Prix Dream
17:59
Opportunity Knocks
19:59
Passion and determination to succeed
21:17
Rob McElnea
22:21
Making opportunities and knowing people
26:37
Controlling your temperament
28:02
A factory HRC Grand Prix rider
29:52
The magnitude of the situation
31:48
The expectations of a factory rider
35:17
Agostini Yamaha come calling for '89
39:32
Riding for Ago alongside Freddie Spencer
41:19
There's an A rider, and there's a B rider...
43:32
The Golden Age of 500cc Grand Prix
45:17
Comparing the YZR500 to the NSR500
46:40
Lucky Strike Suzuki opportunity
52:31
Out of a job again... What next?
54:27
It was the only option at the time
56:48
Reaching out to Japan
1:00:09
Back again... Never give up!
1:00:39
Would you change anything as you look back?
1:02:06
Self-managed, because that's how it was
1:05:17
Last Grand Prix Podium - Donington '93
1:09:12
British Invasion in GPs
1:10:25
250GP (not) with Jamie Robinson...
1:11:30
Back to Blighty!
1:14:32
Confident enough to win?
1:15:59
The planets align in every way
1:18:12
Hardest of the three championships?
1:21:56
Hislop Rivalry
1:24:10
Rob Mac as your team manager
1:26:17
The new Yamaha R7...
1:28:12
2000, the last season
1:29:41
Thinking it was enough to know it was right
1:30:54
Life with clarity
1:32:49
Niall, Whit and the Astra Van
1:36:27
Favourite corner, and why?
1:37:55
Best Hire Car Story
1:41:15
Outro