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| Registered Forum User Big Twin  Posts: 1,956 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Normally in my own little world Mood: I own a flame thrower Richard Hammond gets on a bike A bit of good news, shame it was on a Honda  .....http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page=motorcyclenews.articles.articleCategory.a rticle&resourceId=6209601&articleCategory=NEWS_OTH ER-NEWS TV star Hammond speeds back after crash Top Gear star Richard Hammond has ridden a high-speed motorbike for the first time since the 288mph jetcar crash which almost cost him his life. Hammond, nicknamed the Hamster, roared around London on a Honda Fireblade just days after doctors gave him the all-clear to ride again. "I just can't believe how good that was," Hammond told Motor Cycle News after completing his ride. Hammond suffered a brain injury when he crashed while filming for BBC2's Top Gear at Elvington airfield, near York, in September this year. He told Motor Cycle News after his ride: “It felt like a fantastic connection straight back to a time when I hadn't suffered a brain injury and life was a lot simpler.” “That's why I ride a bike. I can come out of a TV studio or the big meeting doing grown-up stuff but the moment I get on a bike I'm exactly the same person I was 15 or 20 years ago. “I just can't believe how good that was. Even though I haven't been on a bike since before my accident, it's a bit of a grim wet day and I feel really out of practice, it just makes perfect sense.” | |
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