speaking in an interview, prior to his own death in a helicopter accident in 2003, 11 time isle of man tt winner and two-time winner of the british superbike championship, steve 'hizzy' hislop, said of neil robinson, "smutty, neil robinson...if he had not been killed at scarborough, "smutty" would have lifted the roads title away from joey (dunlop). maybe not at the tt, but at the ulster and the north west 200 for sure. he was mega".