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Banker on bike ride had to have ‘dead’ leg amputated after crash

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An investment banker on a dream trip to South America had to have his ‘dead’ leg amputated after a horrific motorcycle accident. Luke Tarrant quit his job in investment banking last September to make the trip of a lifetime: from the US to Antarctica. The 28-year-old said he knew riding a motorcycle could be dangerous … Read more

Eccentric man turns his Henry the Hoover vacuum cleaner into a mini motorcycle, but finds it still handles ‘corners’ as poorly as a vacuum cleaner

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Systems engineer Allan Gallop, 35, (pictured) from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, worked with a team of enthusiasts

An eccentric engineer has converted a Henry Hoover vacuum cleaner into a mini motorcycle, but he admits it doesn’t handle corners well. Systems engineer Allan Gallop, 35, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, worked with a team of enthusiasts to fit the broken device with a two-stroke 50cc engine, handlebars and new wheels. Now the updated machine … Read more