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title: "4 Bike Quotes By Guy Martin"
description: "4 Bike quotes by Guy Martin. Plus more from Guy Martin and more Bike sayings from other authors."
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> [The idea for the 'Speed' series was to break the record for the fastest push bike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/the-idea-for-the-speed-series-was-to-break-the-record-for-the-fastest/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/guy-martin-7901_bike_the-idea-for-the-speed-series-was-to-bre_354636.jpg)

> [The most common way to crash coming out of a corner is to highside - which is where you accelerate out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/the-most-common-way-to-crash-coming-out-of-a-corner-is-to-highside/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/guy-martin-7901_bike_the-most-common-way-to-crash-coming-out_985184.jpg)

> [The only thing I keep from the races I've won are the handle bar grips from the bike, the rubber bits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/the-only-thing-i-keep-from-the-races-i-ve-won-are-the-handle-bar/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/guy-martin-7901_bar_the-only-thing-i-keep-from-the-races-i-v_2015567.jpg)

> [For my first race, when I was 19, I'd bought a 600cc bike. And that was far too big for me, really.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/for-my-first-race-when-i-was-19-i-d-bought-a-600cc-bike-and-that-was/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/guy-martin-7901_big_for-my-first-race-when-i-was-19-i-d-boug_2448417.jpg)

## Other authors on Bike

## More by Guy Martin

> [Dentists, doctors, surveyors from Latvia wanted to come to England, do anything to get away from the Soviet regime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/dentists-doctors-surveyors-from-latvia-wanted-to-come-to-england-do/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [There's no more expensive sport than racing bloody motorbikes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/there-s-no-more-expensive-sport-than-racing-bloody-motorbikes/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [I've always had a proper job. I don't know anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/i-ve-always-had-a-proper-job-i-don-t-know-anything-else/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [My idea of splashing out would be buying a new spanner. I've got about 300 - you can't have too many in my opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/my-idea-of-splashing-out-would-be-buying-a-new-spanner-i-ve-got-about/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [I don't go to racers' funerals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/i-don-t-go-to-racers-funerals/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [Road racing has given me a good life, and I'm not being cocky, but I've brought something to racing, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/road-racing-has-given-me-a-good-life-and-i-m-not-being-cocky-but-i-ve/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [I like films, but I can't sit still for very long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/i-like-films-but-i-can-t-sit-still-for-very-long/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [They don't call it the Wall of Death for nothing. The biggest risk is crashing off the top. That's when it gets really messy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/they-don-t-call-it-the-wall-of-death-for-nothing-the-biggest-risk-is/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [The idea for the 'Speed' series was to break the record for the fastest push bike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/the-idea-for-the-speed-series-was-to-break-the-record-for-the-fastest/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [I was working for Martin Finnegan. He was my best mate in racing. I went to his wedding in November 2007. No-one else from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/i-was-working-for-martin-finnegan-he-was-my-best-mate-in-racing-i/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [Going back because it's what I did and I was sort of all right at it is not a good reason to race the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/going-back-because-it-s-what-i-did-and-i-was-sort-of-all-right-at-it/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [I race pushbikes more than I race motorbikes, but it's not the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/i-race-pushbikes-more-than-i-race-motorbikes-but-it-s-not-the-same/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [I'm big into the Stone Roses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/i-m-big-into-the-stone-roses/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [Short-circuit racing is full of health and safety, but the reason I ride a motorbike is because of the danger, and there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/short-circuit-racing-is-full-of-health-and-safety-but-the-reason-i/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

> [Pike's Peak was the single best thing I've ever done in motorbiking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-martin/pike-s-peak-was-the-single-best-thing-i-ve-ever-done-in-motorbiking/)

[Guy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-martin/)

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