I love Scarborough. I think I have more wins there than anyone else.

I can't stop biting off more than I can chew.

I work nights on a farm in the summer when harvest starts. I work on a civil engineering site down the Humber Docks where all the refineries are. So that's my day job from seven to four. And then I build engines at night.

My back is full of metal; so are my hands and legs. I'll have to decide who will get all that in my will. It's probably worth a fortune in scrap metal. But it doesn't affect my movement.

I don't go to racers' funerals.

There's a line you have when you're racing, and you can ride up to that line. If you push beyond it, you might crash. But first is first, second is forgotten. That's what we say.

I was working for Martin Finnegan. He was my best mate in racing. I went to his wedding in November 2007. No-one else from the racing world was invited apart from me and my girlfriend. The funeral was the following May.

I'd never be disrespectful to road racing. The sport was good to me.

Building the machine for 'Speed' was fun, as was working on the 'Spitfire' programme. They are programmes I enjoyed being on, but they are not my job.

I've never lived like a bloody rock star or anything.

A few people have said my granddad looks like me, but I reckon he's far better looking.

I'm not an idiot. Everything is calculated that I do.

I remember, my first season was 1999, and I must have crashed about 13 times in that first year. But then, in the second season, you crash about half as much and then, in the third year, even less again.

They don't call it the Wall of Death for nothing. The biggest risk is crashing off the top. That's when it gets really messy.

Pike's Peak was the single best thing I've ever done in motorbiking.

I like talking but on my terms. I don't like people talking to me, but I like talking to people.

I'm a great believer in setting myself goals, and I like to think that, once I've a goal to aim for, I'll do whatever it takes to achieve it.

If I'd done 'Top Gear,' I would have had to have left my job, and I've got the best job in the world. To do 'Top Gear' and do it properly would mean leaving work, and I can't. I don't want to leave work.

I get home from work at six or seven. When I'm busy, I set my alarm for three, get out of bed at quarter past three. I have a cup of tea and read a magazine and take the dogs for a walk up the lane. Go through my text messages and reply to anything that needs it, then get my biking gear on ready to cycle to work.

I've had sideburns since I was 16, but back then, a gust of wind would have blown them off.

People who race bikes don't talk about crashes. They keep going.

When I crash during a race and injure myself, what's the point in whinging? Because I put myself in that position. No one's making me race motorbikes - I want to go and race motorbikes. The most annoying thing for me is lying in hospital and not being able to get to work. I get beside myself.

If you get beaten, and you know that you tried your hardest and kept your focus, then that's all you can do.

I don't go out. I work, go racing, then go to my shed and make things.