this is a hard one. Because there is obviously not one clear cut answer, its open to peoples opinion and what they feel the qualities must be of the best rider.
The best Rider in my mind, would be someone whom rides day in, day out, thru all the various ranges of traffic/driving styles, day in, day out... and not just at commuting speeds either, they know the limits of the machine they ride fairily well, and are able to adapt to any machine they get on and learn its limits in a relitivly short perioud of time. They would also be able to compensate accordingly for any wear/tear on the bike i.e tyres eventually going bald, and or brakes fading (with fork oil or the likes!) and do all this comfortably, and with-OUT crashing.
Hmm, so after all that, there are probably a number of riders that i think fit this, and yeah call be biased and in need of his help again soon

But Nodman gets my vote.
And no, dont think for a second im trying to describe my own riding, although i might do all of the above (and try to just to fit my own perspective of a good rider), i do crash in the rain, i have crashed on beasts with nasty breaks, and i dont avoid all cars swinging at me.
As for best RACER, i would say its Dave, from up kaukop, whom raced the RS125(does he still? if so where is he these days?) closely followed by Nicko then sudeep.
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