Do sports and then ride motorbikes in the afternoon - race on the Sundays and get paid cash for that… what else can you ask for?”īeirer then delves into what it takes to be a multi-time World Champion: “But one thing I want to say about the talent and riders you mentioned - Vale and Marc, I was never that multi-time champion but you have many guys who work hard and talent is so-so, many guys with a huge talent, and they’re not ready to put in the work. If you do what you love, not a single one of your days is a working day. The satisfaction to be a professional sportsman, that’s something very outstanding and kids should really dream for that because it cannot get any better than this. I mean that’s a part of your life which is so good which will never come back. I was a couple of years in the top three in the World Championship, so I made good money. “It was so good to make the sport professional and to live from it. And that moment when you sign your first contract and you make money, coming out of this little village in Germany, there was no option other than to work for little company with my Dad and stay in that village forever… or go out there and chase a dream,” says Beirer, who chased and lived the dream. “I mean still, you work so many years to become a professional racer.

In the late 90s and early 00s, Beirer was one of the top riders on the world stage and the German discusses how and why he got into the sport. One of the topics that were touched upon was Bierer’s motocross days. If you haven’t listened to it already, the latest episode of the MotoGP™ Podcast is up and running as the Last On The Brakes team caught up with KTM Motorsports Director Pit Beirer for a fascinating chat in Austria.

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