So clarkson claims he has never ridden a bike before:

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1102498/Top-Gear-shift-gear-Clarkson-hit-credit-crunch.html

"The constraints led to self-confessed bike-hater Clarkson having to be shown how to get the scooter started, let alone keep it standing.

However despite his professed ignorance it appears Clarkson, who declared on TV, 'I can't ride a bike' and 'It is the only motorbike I've ever had', may have put in some practise beforehand.

For back in September he was seen out and about on a navy Vespa near his Cotswolds home - just weeks before he travelled out to Ho Chi Minh City to film the Christmas episode.

The BBC had no official comment to make on this discrepancy when contacted by Mail Online."

And what do I find on Dave this afternoon? From his Motorworld series from 1995:

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