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Subject: Hammond back on bike for first time since near-fatal crash

Author: Bob

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 05:22:06 12/28/06 Thu Richard Hammond has taken his first ride on his Fireblade since his near-fatal crash in a jet-car. The ‘Top Gear’ presenter described it as being “fantastic”. He said “I can’t believe how good that was, although the first few minutes were wobbly. It's not like I had forgotten how to ride but I did have to really think about what I was doing. It still felt perfectly natural, just my naturally cautious riding temperament has perhaps gone up a notch or two." "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," he added "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." [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]