It’s been a short time since taking on your new role at KTM, how has the adjustment been. And what was it like to pack up your office at Suzuki after so many years?Â
Regarding Suzuki, I never thought it would happen. I thought I was going to be there until my retirement. What I wanted was to do another 3 years and then retire and maybe do a little bit of part-time stuff. After that I don’t know, it would depend on if I’m still healthy or not. Actually it came about indirectly. Usually I don’t start talking about my own situation that early but our team sponsors and the riders including Ryan and Ken Roczen from Germany they were asking questions, was I going to be onboard the following year? I told them that I didn’t have an agreement yet but I assume it’s not going to be a problem especially with the year we had. Then Ryan and Tony had a meeting at Suzuki and asked them specifically who’s staying because there are rumors about budget cuts and this and that and they told him no everything is going to be the same. Then, I had a list of items that I needed to discuss regarding  … Details