Peter started riding bikes when he was 11, or so, petrol was 2 shillings and 6 pence a gallon, and half a gallon was enough for a Saturday afternoons entertainment round the back of the local gravel pits before the local bobby turned up and told us to clear off !

Since then there is not much he has not done on a motorcycle, off or on road.

He became a bike instructor getting on for 30 years ago, first as a hobby, before giving up a boring office job designing roads to to work with CSM the first professional national training scheme. He set up Kickstart in 1997 to give him the freedom of running his own business.

 Known for being very laid back, he will not get upset if you drop one of his bikes.