He also did an assortment of wild card rides in the Superbike World Championship rounds at Phillip Island over the years, as well as four 500cc Grand Prix races in 1999.
He scored a pair of top-6 finishes at Imola in 2001, and set fastest lap at the Lausitzring that year, but he was not a frontrunner for much of 2001 or 2002.
It soon became clear that this was not the case - he nearly lost the ride after 2 races,[2] but continued for rounds 3 and 4, before leaving the team as it could not provide a full-time entry.
He moved into the World Supersport Championship at Assen, replacing injured countryman Kevin Curtain[3] Later in 2007 he contested the Suzuka 8 Hours race, and he made World Superbike starts on Yamaha and Suzuki equipment, but finished the season with a broken metatarsal.
BMW also retained his services as a development rider for their new S1000RR Superbike project,[4] which led to a one-off return at Kyalami in place of Troy Corser.