173: Niall Mackenzie

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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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Keeping busy! (00:02:05)

3. Taz's BSB Championship Year (00:03:46)

4. Career paths... (00:07:20)

5. Where did it all start? (00:11:39)

6. That Grand Prix Dream (00:13:22)

7. Opportunity Knocks (00:17:57)

8. Passion and determination to succeed (00:19:57)

9. Rob McElnea (00:21:15)

10. Making opportunities and knowing people (00:22:19)

11. Controlling your temperament (00:26:35)

12. A factory HRC Grand Prix rider (00:28:00)

13. The magnitude of the situation (00:29:50)

14. The expectations of a factory rider (00:31:46)

15. Agostini Yamaha come calling for '89 (00:35:15)

16. Riding for Ago alongside Freddie Spencer (00:39:30)

17. There's an A rider, and there's a B rider... (00:41:17)

18. The Golden Age of 500cc Grand Prix (00:43:30)

19. Comparing the YZR500 to the NSR500 (00:45:15)

20. Lucky Strike Suzuki opportunity (00:46:38)

21. Out of a job again... What next? (00:52:29)

22. It was the only option at the time (00:54:25)

23. Reaching out to Japan (00:56:46)

24. Back again... Never give up! (01:00:07)

25. Would you change anything as you look back? (01:00:37)

26. Self-managed, because that's how it was (01:02:04)

27. Last Grand Prix Podium - Donington '93 (01:05:15)

28. British Invasion in GPs (01:09:10)

29. 250GP (not) with Jamie Robinson... (01:10:23)

30. Back to Blighty! (01:11:28)

31. Confident enough to win? (01:14:30)

32. The planets align in every way (01:15:57)

33. Hardest of the three championships? (01:18:10)

34. Hislop Rivalry (01:21:54)

35. Rob Mac as your team manager (01:24:08)

36. The new Yamaha R7... (01:26:15)

37. 2000, the last season (01:28:10)

38. Thinking it was enough to know it was right (01:29:39)

39. Life with clarity (01:30:52)

40. Niall, Whit and the Astra Van (01:32:47)

41. Favourite corner, and why? (01:36:25)

42. Best Hire Car Story (01:37:53)

43. Outro (01:41:13)