into the VIP parties (very underage). Ian Lougher used to stay with friends across the street so getting laps on his bike was never a problem. I think he's got even faster since then. And aged just 15 I went round the course on the back with Joey Dunlop

of bad experiences in motorcycle shops here.Right now in LA the customized sportsbike scene is huge, people will pay $20,000 to customise an R1 or a Hayabusa, they'll drop that kind of money on massive rear wheels with 300-section tyres, hand

suddenly reach that age whereby you realise how ridiculously fast these bikes are - before the Yamaha I had a Kawasaki ZX-10R which was insanely fast.I've been riding bikes since I was a kid and used to fall off every week when I was 17, but you're supposed

I WAS working in an ironmonger’s shop when I met Ron Haslam. I was studying dance and had visions of doing that as a career, and I was only 15 at the time while he was 20.I was dating a friend of his called Tony, I felt bad about it but couldn

window by a drugged up parent, you shouldn't have to deal with that. It's not healthy.DOESN'T SOUND IT. AND YOUR BEST DAY?It's the little things you've got to live off, I'm not looking for world peace. I'm just one man, if I can go out and get a small

in the CMRA (Central Motorcycle Roadrace Association) and at 12 an expert in WERA (Western Eastern Racing Association). And in both classes he was the youngest ever to become an expert. At this point I felt like he was a champion, I didn’t have any doubt

and bought a 2007 R1. But I found it hard to ride, especially compared to the ‘98 one I’d owned a few years earlier. I didn’t feel safe so I sold it after 400 miles.I started riding on an FZR400RR 10 years ago, then I got a ZX-7R. Next I had a ’98 R1 when

You work at the busiest second-hand bike dealership in the country. Just how busy is busy?Well we hold around 2,000 bikes in the showroom at any one time and retail 5,000 bikes a year, which is around 120-150 bikes a week. A record week pushes

and Chrysler asked me to join them. I requested work in the Advanced Studio, it was the R&D area and I got to do the wild stuff! Unfortunately eleven months later the company was in dire straits and made 20,000 people redundant, I had about five weeks

. When I went to the induction for my community service the kid sat next to me was caught with £1,500 worth of heroin on him, after a caution he was given 80 hours community service and was released. There are certain things you can do to reduce your term