This is a story about my son Micky Reynolds, who 3 years ago used to compete at Championship Motorcross and IMBA level for the AMCA (West Lancs Group). He was racing one Sunday and had a big off on a downhill section, and as a result it left him with a broken back and paralyzed from the chest down, T6 vertebrae, after having surgery he started rehabilitation at the Southport spinal unit, and 4 months later came home in a wheel chair. 10
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Then one day he says there's a bike charity called TBEX (the bike experience, run by a great guy called, Talon Skeels Piggins, who himself is a paraplegic. So Micky had a go on an Aprilia 850 Mana with auto gearbox and he had a great time flying round the car park at Donnington. It didn't take long to get himself a Triumph 675 Daytona which we adapted so he could go doing track days and to possibly go road racing.
He did a special test at a circuit to gain an ACU licence and he was ready to go. He's got a couple of helpers to start him off from the back of the grid and to receive him when he comes in, which we have down to a fine art. He’s had some great results this year on some great circuits, the best coming from a race called The Bridgestone Di Di World Cup which is a once a year race where disabled riders from all over the world
