With the shock TT news that Guy Martin will be returning to the race in 2017 as part of the factory Honda Racing team alongside John McGuinness, MCN caught up with the racer and TV personality to discuss his latest challenge.

But while we were there to talk racing, the keen engineer couldn't help but bemoan the state of the biking industry at large - something that he says had prevented him from finding a real challenge in racing.

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