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The Top Gear presenter returned to his Honda Fireblade less than 100 days after the life-threatening smash in a jet-powered dragster. He went for a ride near his London home after getting the go-ahead from doctors.
“It felt like a fantastic connection straight back to a time when I hadn’t suffered a brain injury and life was a lot simpler," he explained afterwards. “That is why I ride a bike. I can come out of a TV studio – or the big meeting doing grown-up stuff – but the moment I get back on a bike I am exactly the same person that I was 15 or 20 years ago.
“I just can’t believe how good that was. Even though I haven’t been on a bike since before my accident, and it was a bit of a grim, wet day and I feel really out of practice – it all just made perfect sense.
“That ride – the quick, wobbly ride with me looking like a nobber – just made me realise why I love bikes and just what I started riding for all those years ago.”
