Hi, I'm Budgie, I started riding in 1982 aged 10 with a TY80 trials bike, spent most of that time wandering around wearing an open faced helmet, whilst watching CHiPs, junior kickstart, and the muppets on the telly at my nans house.
My earliest childhood memory involves my dad returning home countless times after falling off his motorbike to a chorus of "Budgie, you're NOT having a motorbike" from my mum. I Managed to keep my first road bike, a CBR 600 and the fact that I'd passed my bike test secret from her for several years, even though I'd left home a decade before...
I'm privalaged to ride motorcycles professionally, working as a police officer in Wiltshire, I'm also an Advanced motorcycle and car examiner for RoSPA and Wiltshire lead for the Bikesafe initiative.
Im currently riding about on a Tiger 1050, my first Triumph after a string of Japanese bikes and I flippin' love it. I'm looking forwards to getting out and about for fun rather than testing or working.
