its a laugh isn,t it i thought they sold there bikes on the back of wins ie TT Worldsuperbike and Motogp this pr stuff is a bit much  Joey hated it and so do many other riders with the exception of the motogp lot who get paid millions to ride the factory bikes ie Rossie,Pedrosa,Martineze and so on i don,t know what Michael got paid but i bet it was,nt millions so what i am saying the the wages go with the job  Michael made a statement for BMW that there bike was good enough to win 3 TTs for them, isnt that enough publicity for them.