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P102 PRODUCT REVIEW I WINNERS SINNERS TOP TALES FROM MOTOGP, W inners Sinners Grin- ners: More top tales from MotoGP, the TT and beyond is the latest book from highly acclaimed motor- cycle journalist Mat Oxley. It is not a new piece of work, rather a collection of stories he has amassed over a career that spans the last four decades of talking to, interviewing, and writing about the biggest names in motorcycle racing. Winners Sinners Grinners: More top tales from MotoGP, the TT and beyond is the third book in this particular collection of racing stories, the others be- ing The Fast Stuff and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Racing. This volume features 80 bite- sized stories from the sport's heroes—Valentino Rossi, Kenny Roberts, Wayne Rainey, Marc Marquez, Jack Miller, Peter Hick- man, Toprak Razgatlioglu, Kevin Schwantz and more—as they divulge everything from the secrets of riding a motorcycle on the ragged edge, to dissing the odd rival, remembering a legendary race like Suzuka 1991, to hearing how KTM designs their RC16 motor. There are other offshoot sto- ries, too, such as the incredible story of Poland's Leo Kuzmicki, the former Russian World War II Prisoner of War who not only survived a harrowing jour- ney three quarters of the way around the world to England but made his mark on inter- national motorcycle racing by increasing Norton's single- cylinder power output 30 percent to ensure Geoff Duke dominated the 1951 500cc World Championship against the more powerful Italian four- cylinder Gilera machines. Winners Sinners Grinners: More top tales from MotoGP, the TT and beyond is a mas- sive 412 pages of motorcycling entertainment written by one of the very best in the game today. ney three quarters of the way around the world to England by increasing Norton's single- percent to ensure Geoff Duke World Championship against the more powerful Italian four- Winners Sinners Grinners: More top tales from MotoGP, sive 412 pages of motorcycling entertainment written by one of the very best in the game today. (Left) Even the cover will capture your attention for a while before you even open Mat Oxley's Winners Sinners Grinners: More top tales from MotoGP, the TT and beyond for the first time. (Above) Photos are excellent. I just wish there were more of them.