I have 20+ years experience in repair and running a friendly, competitive motorcycle business. Having been involved with Motorcycles since an early age riding around on a push bike with cardboard taped to the wheels pretending to make motorbike noises, until getting my first engined bike at around age 8. I left school and trained as a mechanic, although ended up stuck in a garage working on boring old cars! I didn't last long working as a car mechanic, but continued to work on friends' bikes with recommendations to work on other people's as well. In 2001 I competed in the British MCRC 600cc championship for three seasons (picking up the nickname 'Crispy' along the way) at tracks such as Brands Hatch and Silverstone.