Presenter and producer Billy Ward is the newest visitor on the model new motorcycling podcast, Full Chat.
Ward has been presenting and producing journey tv exhibits for almost 20 years, working with the likes of Charlie Boorman and Ross Noble.
He’s the fifth visitor on Bikesure’s new podcast, hosted by former Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas and footballer-turned-presenter David Prutton, after Michelin star chef Paul Ainsworth, former athlete and tv character Kriss Akabusi, Isle of Man TT racer Peter Hickman and Olympic hero James Cracknell.
Billy Ward reveals his love of motorbikes helped him by means of one of many hardest intervals of his life
Through the episode, Ward detailed how using bikes turned a type of escapism while coming to phrases along with his divorce, and explains how getting on two wheels helps along with your psychological well being.
“I married a very lovely divorce lawyer, gorgeous. I imply she was gorgeous, and she or he was incomes correct good cash and I believed – ‘I’ve made it, I’ve actually made it right here. I’ve married this lovely lady, so enticing, clever, articulate, loaded and with an excellent profession.’ So how do you assume that occurred to finish for me?” Ward joked.
“It actually led to what they name an 80/20 one-off break up and 80% was for her and 20% was for me. That was 2005, and that was a correct catastrophe of a divorce. So I walked away from that divorce feeling fairly badly burnt and fairly roughed up, so I purchased a model new KTM 990 to form of smother all my woes.
“I received the bike and I rode from Whitley Bay to Cape City. I did that to form of escape every part. I used to be already a rider, however I’d by no means achieved journey biking. I’d gone to the Isle of Man or Wales for the day, or Scotland for 2 or three days, however by no means did the right journey using the place you’d go to totally different nations.
“It simply provides you that point to assume and never be distracted by different issues. Your physique is in muscle reminiscence zone. You simply need to be in that helmet, having fun with the visuals, having fun with the sensation of being on a motorbike and having fun with that privateness and quietness that you could get from simply being alone in that helmet.
“I don’t actually play music (while using), I like to listen to the engine. I prefer to really feel the vibration, really feel the engine and really feel the place the clutch is. If I had music on I believe I’d lose a little bit of that.”
Lots extra episodes of Full Chat to come back
There’s a lot extra to come back from our model new motorcycling podcast about every part on two wheels. Every week a star visitor will element their historical past of bikes, together with some humorous anecdotes.
You possibly can hearken to Full Chat on Spotify, Apple, YouTube or varied different platforms if you wish to see what all of the fuss is about.
