“If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing yourself” – said somebody with far too much time (and probably money) on their hands, sometime, somewhere. For the 2017 TT, Gary Johnson is taking this approach himself, eschewing joining an established squad for the Isle of Man’s main events, and instead building both bikes for Superstock and Superbike – in his house. When we say house, we of course mean lounge, conservatory, kitchen, or wherever he has a spare square inch of space.
So, what on earth possessed him to take it all upon himself? What goes in to building TT racers exactly, and why do it in his home, hmm, Gary, do tell?
“I don’t know, because it’s destroying me right now”, said Gary, “the pressure is getting far too…
