I met Tim at a bike garage one weekend when he was out for a ride with his mates and he very kindly answered some questions for me.
Tim is a former British Touring Car driver competing between 1987 and 2002 and the 1992 British Touring Car Champion. He then went on to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain and won the championship in 2008 and 2010. Tim is now a broadcaster for ITV4 covering the British Touring Car Championship and currently competes in the British GT Championship for the Trackspeed Team.
What
is the best feeling about being on a motorbike?
The
connection between you as a physical being on the bike as a
mechanical instrument, the bike is a much more dynamic interaction.
What
is the one thing people would never know about you just by looking at
you?
That
I am colour blind!
What
was your most embarrassing moment on a motorbike?
When
I was doing a wheelie on an enduro bike on front of my mates and I
fell off!
What
is the worst thing your mum caught you doing as a kid?
Riding
a stolen motorcycle!
Do
you have a lucky thing/ritual before the start of a race?
No.
What
was the first motorbike you owned?
A Honda CR80 motorcross bike.
What
is your favourite stretch of road to ride on (not including a race
track)?
The
road from Cirencester up to Stow-on-the-Wold,
If
you hadn’t been a racer, what would you have been?
Sadly
I would probably have been an estate agent!
I’m
a terrible passenger but if I did it would probably only be with
Randy Mamola on a 2c Ducati.
If
you got arrested, what would your friends and family assume you had
done?
Been
caught for reckless or dangerous driving!!!
BK
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