McCoy on the mend.

Foggy Petronas rider Garry McCoy is hoping to be fully fit in time for the official World Superbike Championship test at Qatar next month.

The Australian has been training on a flat dirt track at his parents' Brisbane home and has felt no side-effects from the surgery he underwent in Austria to pin his heel back together, following his Valencia test fall.

"If someone didn't know I would say that they wouldn't be able to notice any limp now," claimed the 500 GP and WSBK race winner. "I started to do a few jumps at the weekend, but nothing too much yet. And I have been out on my jet-skis and that was also fine. I wasn't intending to go on the 'stand-up' but I did and it felt all right so I stayed on for a bit longer.

"It's certainly better to be hanging onto handlebars rather than crutches and I'm definitely looking forward to getting the out on track on the FP1. And it's good that the first race and test are at Qatar, where none of the other riders have been to," he added.

Garry has also been teaching partner Gemma how to ride a 125cc motocross bike. "I'm already as fast as Garry," she revealed...