rider profile:

Darren D


Name: Darren D
Nicknames: Dewy
Current Bike: Ducati 1098S Tricolore, KTM 400 EXC
Previous Bikes: Yamaha FZ-750, Honda CBR-900 Fireblade, Ducati 916
Best Bike you've owned: Definately the 1098S Ducati
Riding Since: 1969

Favourite ride: Queenstown to Hobart, Tasmania.

Riding background: Started on minibikes, raced Speedway, rode dirtbikes till 21 years old, then got into road bikes. Have been a passenger on a road racing sidecar for 16 years Have been ripped off of 2 Australian championships in Formula 1 class (1000cc). Have 1x Formula 2 (600cc) Australian championship. Started back into dirt bikes again in 2002.

Worst accident: Rolled sidecar at Eastern Creek raceway in 2002, Fracturing my lower back in the process.

Current car: 1980 VC Brock HDT Commodore

If you could have any bike, what would it be, and why: Ducati Desmosidici RR. $100000+ motorcycle based on the 990cc MotoGP race bike. Awesome!!

What is your most prized and important possession: My Car.

What item do you worship the most: The love of my life!

What is the Scariest thing you have ever done: Raced as a passenger for Shane Soutar in 2007. 3 time Aust Road racing champion, 4 time Speedway sidecar champion and finished 5th in World championship. Hard work and ULTRA scary.

Hottest actor: Tom Selleck

If you were given $10,000 for plastic surgery what would you have done: More Hair, everywhere please!

If you could choose your parents who would they be and why: Tom Selleck. He'd be a single parent (my Daddy) and I would be an only child (his Boy).

What do you wear to bed: A smile on my face, sometimes!

When did you come out: Age 25

Teenage crush/idol: Kenny Roberts snr

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