We were friendly with Alex Bedford and he pretty much said that Dr Joe wouldn't let him touch the bike at all, when he was riding it in GP's in 1989. He also said that Erlich was convinced his bike was a GP winner. Alex was arguably the finest 125cc British rider in the 80's but only scored one point all season. However, when he went to Thruston for a British Supercup round he left the field for dead by about 10 seconds - all beacuse Dr Joe wasn't at the meeting so Alex changed the bike to the way he wanted it!