Broke Kidd forced to auction prized stunt bikes

FORMER motorcycle stunt rider Eddie Kidd is to sell the motorcycles used in a variety of his world record-breaking stunts, as the disabled rider struggles to cope with ongoing financial woes, it has been revealed.

The 51-year-old has been wheelchair-bound since sustaining massive spinal injuries when he crashed during a long-distance jump in 1996.

Kidd now lives off disability benefits in a rented home.

Kidd's Honda CR500, the bike on which he once jumped the Great Wall of China, and the Honda XR500 he was riding when he had his life-changing accident, are to go on sale at Sotheby's on October 26th.

The former daredevil, from Seaford, East Sussex, hopes to raise £35,000 with some of the money going to the Eddie Kidd Foundation charity.