Is it wrong for a 30-year-old man to scream like a seven-year-old girl? Well, even if it is, I had no control over my vocal chords as I clung for dear life to the tank of Lee Bowers’ vertically mono-wheeling ZX-6R stunt bike.
Let’s backtrack a bit. Having had a 13 second health and safety briefing to moderate loss of limbs in the event of a probable crash, I’d essentially handed Lee the keys to my destiny, putting my faith in the rude talent he’d shown during a day stunting on Santa Pod’s slick, rain-drenched strip.
From hands-free wheelies to riding in circles going backwards, Kawasaki’s acclaimed stunt rider had not just rewritten the laws of physics, but taken the coveted rules of every advanced motorcycling organisation and disproved their principals of control in every way possible.