I dont know the history about Nicol but as for King he is AWESOME, he was the first New Zealander to go across and do it over in the GP's, Nicol only had to cross the channel(isnt that what the peice of water called??), but both the brothers are great, maybe not so the younger one though. And as for both being the same, average. And as for not riding the 250 class cos your not up to par, King has always ridden that class, like Coppins has ridden the 250 class, but he has had it a bit easier with leasing bikes and the lot. And when did Smets get lapped?? As for being beaten by a smaller cc bike, ever thought about the course playing a part, over in oz they have a series called the thumper nats. and at the last round they had 2 straights that were 800 metres long, smoehow if Everts was on that 250 and Smets on a 500 we'd see which one would cross the line first. And if ya didnt know it'll be that 500