Is he a prima donna or a weirdo? Everything I've seen leads me to think more the latter but dunno. I've known a number of racers like that, really nice guys but in the paddock they have a reputation for being aloof or not friendly. Usually they're just shy, gets worse when they get some notoriety if they're good.
I watched a documentary about him that led me to believe that there is just something off with him. I've never met him but he came across as a nice guy. Just weird. I mean that in the medical sense.
I think it's pretty mental. Apparently from some guys I know that have worked with him... let's just say they hated it. I've chatted with him a couple times and he was very friendly but shockingly shy for the first minute or so but once the engine warmed up enough to turn the choke off he was talking 10 miles a minute. The conversation mainly revolved around what guns I owned and pictures of my Jeep off-roading, both times.
At my first TT I wound up having a few beers with Keith Amor, and he kind of shared those feelings. He said he always liked him but he was getting his real personality and his on-camera personality mixed up.
I remember when the officials nailed him for .01 over the pit lane speed. Think it was the first year they enforced it. He was livid lol.
Keith's quite personable. Had a beer with him at Colours after all the racing was done and chatted for a bit. Guy's good for the sport, to a certain extent that Brandon mentioned. I think this match up is going to be interesting. Guy for the publicity and McPint for the win.
Guy said previously he took it as a hobby but this time he's looking at it as a job. We'll see how he does in the races leading up to the TT. Disappointing to see Brookes throw away the TT on the Norton. Guess it's a paycheck.
We'll see how Guy does. Personally, I'm not a fan of his, but respect what he's able to do on a bike. It would be interesting to see Brookes on a better ride to see if he could improve from his maiden performance.
FWIW, I ran into David Johnson at the TT last year and he told me he was really really surprised by how good the Norton was. He said they have worked out a ton of kinks. During short circuit testing he said the bike is incredible but everytime they go out during the TT the weirdest stuff breaks. He thinks they have a pretty good handle on it so I think Brooks will be well in the top 10 if not top 5 on that bike.
Yep. Engineer brain is one of my theories, but he's also a good mechanic which doesn't usually go with engineer He just thinks different.
Lucky me, my first visit to the Island this year, just in time to see Guy race again. He was in NZ for their roads season but apparently underwhelming due to his (local?) Suzuki ride not being up to snuff, for which he got a bit of stick. Not his fault, but people are ready to jump all over him, sounds like. Brooke's on the 'Norton' will be interesting too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes, my Dr said so. You should see the carbon sub enclosure I'm building for the Jeep. It's in the vacuum now. Too bad it will be covered by stock looking carpet. Wanted to make it so you can't tell it's there. Wait until you see the "shocking" redundant security system if someone does try to steal it.
I'm actually heading over to the Isle next weekend for the night, they denied my stay at Buckingham Palace so might as well head over there for hot laps in the rental car.
