" The passion for this famous Italian engine,
MV Agusta, has already arisen in my young years,
I grew up on a short distance of the Dutch TT
circuit of Assen. (Drenthe, Holland)
As a small boy I was taken along by my father
to the Dutch TT, this made such an impression
which has never released me, and this caused
already on youthful age the virus “Öl
im Blut” (German frase for "oil in
the blood") . The sound of the roarring
four-stroke, and the smell of Castrol has been
the reason for my addiction. But thinking of
racing ourselves in those days was a dream out
of reach, we looked at the riders as if they
where gods, but they were at the same time complete
accessible for everyone. But things change,
now it's only possible in my memory.
Nowerdays, if I go to the Dutch TT, I only
go for the GP class, the four-stroke. The tension
of the program is also gone. Back in the old
days it was different, from the 50cc up to the
sidecar was a treat, really gave you goosepumps....
".
