I've only got one [amusing crashing story] and it wasn't me.

Coming out of Stratford, summer 1998. Pulled up at the traffic lights next to a Triumph Speed Triple.

Lights go green, we both engage beans. Triumph lofts beautifully for about 100 metres. Drops down and then pretty much keels straight over.

I swiftly turn around and go back to the bloke.

"What happened?", said I.

"That's the first wheelie I've ever pulled", he said. "I was that shocked I fell over".

We giggled a bit!