see much less high-sides than what you used to see with two-strokes, so that safety wise it's much safer as far as that aspect goes. Q: What do you think of the current crop of GP riders. It's one of the questions that gets bandied around all the time, but who is the best at the moment? Is it Rossi? Do you think he is coming back to the pack? What do you reckon? A: I'm pretty far away from that. I only hear what you see on the television, but he seems to be the guy that is the most consistent, the most aggressive. He can pass early in a race, late in a race, he pretty much controls what everybody else does. I think the only other guy that really is starting to get my attention is Troy Bayliss - and he is doing a very good job on that bike. I like the lines that he takes, they're much more right, as I can see compared to a lot of the other guys. I think Bayliss is a guy that, with his experience and his age, that if they give him a decent bike next year he could fight for the world championship next year. Q: You're into go karts. Are you just mucking around with them or are you doing any competitive races? A: It's funny you should ask that. We just tested at Laguna Seca (in California) on Monday and it's the first time I've