The question is: how many back tyres and clutch plates does it take to get this good? Oh, and scabby elbows...

Improbable is always admirable. But the best bit about this video isn't the fact that this scooter sounds (and goes) like a competition 'crosser it's the fact that the guy can really ride.Imagine trying to keep up with this on your 1000cc sportsbike.Shocker.

Poor Ashley Beech. You've gotta feel for him.After a fraction too much throttle on the run down to Donington's Old Hairpin, the rear breaks grip amd he starts what should be a graceful slide across Craner Curve's neatly mown grass.While Ashley

too silly, 13.5:1 maybe) a fatter spark and a steel fuel tank and alcohol-proof fuel lines. You'll need to jet up as well, so carbs with brass-chrome plated slides would be a good idea. You'll need to put roughly 30% more fuel through the carbs if you

It's not often I get mistaken for anybody, especially somebody famous. Someone did mistake me for the athlete Mark Forsyth once but obviously that was a telephone mistake, I'm hardly the build for hurdles.However, I've never been mistaken for a

for livlier acceleration. It's certainly keen to wheelie out of the second gear hairpins. Angular bits on either side of the fuel tank contain the air intakes for the airbox. Seat on the R version is longer and flatter than the base model allowing you to slide

the speed trap at 174mph. I saw the end of the runway, thought I couldn't stop and - not to put a too finer point on it - shat my pants and grabbed a big handful of front brake lever.I remember sliding and getting very, very hot. As I waited to slam

much, just before the apex of a turn. Being a (three litre) diesel, the power and torque curve is as flat as a drum skin so there are no nasty surprises. The severity of the slide can be controlled by right foot, steering wheel and view ahead - even

scary demonstration of how the super-skilled driver can replicate an ESC technique manually. But I think you'll agree it is a technique that only a few possess. Higgins uses the brake when the car's straight and full gas when it's sliding to pull

engrish which only serves to elongate the proceedings. Nothing kills a presentation more than reading every word of a powerpoint slide verbatum, even thought the viewers can read exactly the same words (and probably a lot faster). The Crossrunner