Meet Colm Farrell

Good afternoon all . It’s time for our midweek meet the members, this week is a man that traveled the full length of our county… on a monkey bike! All for his stand up to suicide charity. Absolute belter of a guy!

Name:
Colm Farrell

Age:
56

What bike do you ride?
Voge 500 DSX

Preferred bike you’ve owned?
Bultaco 440

How long have you been riding?
1983 to 1987 then got back riding again in the year of the pandemic.

How long have you been a member of WMCC?
I joined in 2021

Favourite place to ride?
Any place along the coast,I love the sea views

Funniest ride out?
while leaving a hotel in London on Sunday morning, Maria and I were at a junction . A lunatic jumped out of his car which was parked about 100 yards away ,he started running towards us roaring of the top of his head that he was going to get us two traffic wardens. I had to stick it into gear and get out of dodge as quick as possible, he was absolutely raving mad and was afraid he may have produced a knife.

Scariest ride out?
This may sound mad but this also happened at the weekend, we were on the motorway last Friday when we got hit by a car side on ,I can’t for the life of me figure out how the bike didn’t come down , there is a line of blue paint from the car along the pannier. The driver kept on going ,we did catch her a bit further on and she said that she didn’t realise that she hit us . I felt sorry for her as she looked about 90 years old. Luckily a truck has it on video and we made a police report. Hopefully this lady will pack up driving before someone gets killed.

What’s your dream bike?
Probably a Honda Goldwing

If you could ride anywhere in the world in that dream bike where would it be?
The Wild Atlantic Way, its about 2,000 miles of beauty .