Meet:-  Martin Boyden

Martin Boyden

Age:-  Giggly teenager Occupation:-   Only one of us who works for a living Current Bike:-   Honda SP1- Kawasaki KX 125 trials, Honda C50

Started Riding:-  Yesterday Fantasy Bike:-  FS1E or MV Augusta Favourite Road:-   A44 (all of it) Oxford to Aberwrstwyth Favourite Circuit:-   Cadwell Park

History:-   My first bike arrived in three cardboard boxes, and Dad said if I (aged 9) put it together, he would teach me to ride it. Being a Honda C50 (forerunner of the Fireblade) even I could do it. And I've always had a bike since. Passed my test with 3 days of being 17 and invited to be an RAC/ACU instructor in Bletchley. Being awestruck (?) by the power and smoothness of Police BMW's, I joined the police to be a motorcyclist. Or was it because I kept getting stopped by them. As well as being a Rapid gopher, I work for Jaguar Cars as an advanced driving adviser, Volvo (we've got to sort them out somehow) as a Drive for Life Instructor, and anyone else who will give me the Queens Shilling for doing what I enjoy best

Most Embarrassing Biking Moment:-   Whilst riding my 250 Honda with my friend on the pillion, we were riding along Bletchley High Street. We saw two girls walking along the pavement who we were due to take to a party that night. As I indicated, and turned right, the bike took on a mind of its own, slid off down the road, and crashed into a rubbish skip. My bemused friend finally coughed that he had been standing on the footrests and seat waving to the girls, just as I started to turn. Surprisingly enough, we didn't get a snog from the girls that night. It's very difficult when they kept bursting into fits of giggles, and I kept spilling my Woodpecker Cider