How do you keep having motorbike adventures when your brain wants to keep going but your body sometimes says otherwise?

We’re joined by Saffy Sprocket, biker, adventurer and content creator, for a brilliantly untypical conversation about motorbikes, solo travel, chronic fatigue, hypermobility, adapting to your body and knowing when it's time to stop.

Saffy tells us how she got into biking almost by accident, failed her test five times and then, once she'd passed, headed off travelling around Europe despite having barely travelled alone or camped before.

Since then there have been some adventures.

And some questionable decisions.

We hear about creepy houses full of mannequins, wild animals raiding tents, broken bikes, military rations and why Saffy has become quite comfortable napping at petrol stations.

But we also talk about the reality behind those adventures.

Saffy shares how she manages chronic fatigue and other conditions, the adaptations she's made both on and off the bike, why she's become fascinated by heart rate variability and how she's learnt that managing energy isn't about fixing yourself.

Sometimes it's about finding another way.

Plus, Darren's Nerdy Minute returns with an explanation of why some Ducatis sound like someone has thrown a toolbox down the stairs.

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Dazza has turned up wearing a VERY bright Harley-Davidson T-shirt, a Harley hat and, just in case that wasn't enough, he's also permanently branded himself with a Harley-Davidson tattoo.

Which got us talking.

Why do bikers get so attached to the brands we ride? Can you ride a Moto Guzzi wearing a Harley T-shirt? What happens to all your Triumph merch when you sell the Triumph? And if you've bought leathers to perfectly match your bike, are you now committed to that colour forever?

Dazza takes us back to the days when biker branding wasn't quite so everywhere, including his own questionable period of bright yellow leathers, matching paint jobs and what Liz can only describe as his Bananaman era.

We also get into the other side of biker brands. Alpinestars, Dainese, Knox and the kit we choose because of safety, quality, fit or simply because we like the logo.

Then it's time for Dazza's Nerdy Minute, which once again lasts considerably longer than a minute.

This week: two-strokes.

Why do they sound like that? Why did they disappear? What makes them different to a four-stroke? And why do certain bikers of a certain age get VERY excited when they hear one arriving at a bike café?

Apparently the smell is part of it too.

We also look ahead to our trip to British Superbikes at Brands Hatch in October.

And we want to hear from you:

Are you loyal to your bike's brand? Would you wear a Harley T-shirt on a Guzzi? And have you got photographic evidence of some spectacular matching bike and leathers combinations from the 80s or 90s?

We REALLY want to see those.

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Two very different bikers. A lot of motorbike chat. And an increasingly flexible definition of a Nerdy Minute.

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We're starting with two pretty important questions: what do you ride, and why do you ride?

Liz talks about going from a 125 to falling completely in love with her Triumph Scrambler 900, why the bike she originally thought she wanted wasn't actually right for her body, and why choosing a bike isn't necessarily about engine size or what you think you should be riding.

Dazza takes us through his current (slightly excessive) collection, including his new Moto Guzzi V7 Special, his Harleys and why, after more than a million miles on motorbikes, he's finding himself drawn back towards lighter bikes that are simply good fun to ride.

But we also get into the bigger question of why.

For Dazza, riding has been part of his life since he was 14. For Liz, it came much later and she discovered something she hadn't expected: being on a bike quietens her very busy brain.

Plus:

🏍️ Dazza introduces his first Nerdy Minute, complete with props when he talks about cc's.

🏍️ Liz shares her latest Liz's Learning: why the right bike isn't necessarily the biggest bike, but the one that feels right for you.

🏍️ We answer our first listener question: Does it matter what you ride? And what about turning up to a biker meet on a little 125?

🏍️ And we have a chat about the upcoming Brighton Burn Up and our previous attempt to join the ride… after everyone had already gone past.

Whether you've been riding for decades, you're wobbling around on L plates, you're thinking about getting your first bike, or you just really like motorbikes, you're welcome here.

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And if you've got a question you'd like us to answer, or there's a biking event happening near you that you'd like us to give a shout-out to, send it our way on the Untypical Biker Instagram account here

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Welcome to The Untypical Bikers Podcast!

Between us, we've got around 41 years of biking experience. Mind you 40 of those do belong to Dazza and only one belongs to Liz.

Dazza has been riding bikes since he was 14, has owned more bikes than he can probably remember (he is quite old now), and even had his own motorbike workshop.

Liz came to biking much later. After years of thinking motorbikes looked brilliant but that the biking world wasn't really somewhere she belonged, a midlife crisis (and meeting Dazza) changed all that.

The Untypical Bikers is basically what happens when you put a very experienced biker together with a relatively new one who asks A LOT of questions.

We'll be talking about the bikes we love, the things we've learnt, the mistakes we've made and probably going off on a few tangents along the way. But best of all. We'll be talking about our love of bikes.

Expect Liz's Learning, Dazza's Stories, listener questions and, because he insisted, Dazza's Nerdy Minute. He loves a good geek out about a bike.

We'll also be sharing what's happening out and about in the biking community, so if you've got a ride out, event or something you think other bikers should know about, send it our way.

Whether you've been riding for decades, have just got your first bike, are thinking about learning or simply love motorbikes, come and join us.

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🏍️ The Untypical Bikers Podcast. Bikes, stories, questions and probably a fair amount of nonsense and a good laugh.

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