Meet:-  Gary Baldwin

Gary Baldwin

Age:-  Old enough to know better Occupation:-   Accident Investigator Current Bike:-   Honda Hornet

Started Riding:-  When flares were trendy (still wears them!) Fantasy Bike:-  Shaft drive Fireblade with a comfy seat. Favourite Road:-   Locally B4011 Thame to Bicester Further afield A44 through Wales Favourite Circuit:-   Rockingham or Cadwell Park

History:-   First bike was a SS50 Honda. Usual progression through RD200 to Honda 400 Four. Became RAC/ACU instructor in 1979. Started production racing in 1983 on a Honda CB900F. Won the Brands Hatch Racing School Star Rider in 1983. First Police course in 1983. Became IAM and RoSPA examiner. One of the originators of Rapid Training. The one you speak to on the phone in the Rapid Office.

Most Embarrassing Biking Moment:-   As a young gun on his first big bike, pulls up outside the main dealership. There is the usual crowd of bikers standing around chatting and the like. Trying to look as cool as a cool thing, he parks, flicks the side stand down, and dismounts in one smooth fluid action. Hand has reached the door of the shop, when the unmistakeable sound of the bike smashing onto its side reaches his ears. The dreaded "Sammy the Side Stand" notches up another victim. Still only 30 bikers there to watch him struggle to pick it up.