rider profile:

Phil R

Riding background: I think I prefer a background of wide open brown plains and a road disappearing into the distance.

Favourite ride: Charlotte's Pass, Black Spur

Worst accident: a cold frosty night in Creswick, don't remember any of it - luckily!

Current car: Nil.

If you could have any bike, what would it be, and why: Aprilia RSV Factory

What is the best thing that has ever happened to you: a chance encounter at Collingwood railway station

Best commercial: the commercial free ABC

Hottest actor: Til Schweiger, Rupert Graves

What do you wear to bed: moisturiser

When did you come out: when I was thirty something

Teenage crush/idol: David Essex