You're doing good. It's like you drive one of these every day.

We try to let them have fun, but we keep them under control. We try to find a happy medium there.

Yeah, a lot of people aren't used to this. Most people like the hill. They like the idea of going up and seeing the blue sky, then coming down and just seeing the ground.

Today I rode the new bike all day and we made some good progress. It was the first time we've had chance to spend a lot of time on the chassis and engine and I went quite a lot faster on it than I did last time here so that's positive. It's still a prototype machine and there are a lot of things we still need to try because it's quite a bit different to my other bike. It would have been nice to test the two bikes back to back but I'm sure we'll get a chance tomorrow.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.

When asked if I miss being in government, I usually try to lighten the moment by responding that I awake most days, read the paper, and then observe that, 'It's yet another great day to be the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.'