Final motorbike Hairy Biker Dave Myers rode sells at charity auction

“That bike still has his DNA on it… I really really hope that the person who gets it, loves it.”

Lilian Myers, widow of one half of the Hairy Bikers, Dave Myers, was determined to see the last motorbike he rode when filming the programme go to a good home.

The BSA Goldstar which featured in the BBC’s Hairy Bikers Go West went under the hammer at the National Motorcycle Museum near Solihull, and sold for £15,800, in aid of two charities.

“I am really, really happy to see this bike being loved, and I’m sure the person who got it will love it as much as Dave did,” Ms Myers said after the sale, to Myers’ good friend Si Harrison.

Myers died in February 2024 aged 66, two years after he revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer.

The funds from the auction will be donated to NSPCC Childline and CancerCare North Lancashire & South Cumbria.

Ms Myers was not the only person determined to see the bike go to good use.

“Whoever you are, if you bought that bike, I expect you to be riding next to me on Dave Day,” Jason Woodcock, who organises the now annual event, told the BBC.

The first Dave Day, in June 2024, saw the biking community raise £127,000 for charity, with more than 20,000 bikers riding from London to Barrow.

Mr Harrison of course plans to be there on the day in June this year.

“We’ve been such good mates and the news of Dave’s passing was absolutely devastating,” he said.

“I couldn’t think of a bike that I’d rather be on, and the idea of riding in Dave Day meant so much to me.”

Myers found fame alongside his friend Si King as part of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo – their last show together was broadcast shortly after Myers’ death.

Until it was sold, the bike was displayed at the museum, alongside a life-size cut-out of the pair, as well as Myers’ riding gear.

The BSA Goldstar was first produced in 1938, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that it became popular.

Auctioneers, H&H Classic Auctions, previously said the bike was believed to be in “Legacy” spec with the chrome mudguards, and had seen little use since the completion of filming.