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Naked biker keeps his socks on
Wednesday 3rd January 2007, 4:33PM GMT.
Wearing nothing but a crash helmet, shoes and socks this man rode a mini-motorbike down a busy Black Country road in broad daylight.
Footage of his antics has now been viewed by thousands of people across the world on the cult website Youtube.com.
The video posted on the hugely popular website shows the mystery biker swerving between traffic and merrily waving to pedestrians on Kingswinford’s Market Street.
The 30 second long video shows the biker coming down Summer Hill wearing nothing but his crash helmet and shoes and socks and turning right on to Market Street on the small red mini moto. So far it has been watched by more than 5,500 people.
The clip titled ‘Mini Moto a gogo up Market Street’ has been uploaded twice in recent months and a description of the video describes the footage as ‘Boz the phantom ginger rides fearlessly and naked through Kingswinford.’
But Kingswinford North councillor Dave Tyler said the daredevil should think twice before doing it again. He said: “It is a dangerous practice. If people are going to log on to find out about Kingswinford then it should be for something decent. It is a great place to live and work.”
He added that police were working in the area to ensure that mini moto riders carried the correct documentation such as a driving licence.
Around 65,000 films are uploaded onto the cult website every 24 hours and it was recently sold to search engine Google for £880million, after being set up less than two years ago.
In October it was revealed that the legendary Black Country sport of canal jumping had found fame again through the website. Daredevil jumpers posted videos of their attempts to make it from one bank to another, at canals throughout the Black Country and Staffordshire.
Another video shows the footage by amateur directors Jack, Alice, Phil and Raj, from Stourbridge, with their film That Man is Watching You.
Steve Garey, a spokesman for West Midlands Police, said officers would have to receive a complaint before they investigated the incident.
* Are you the naked biker, or do you know his identity? Call reporters at the Express & Star’s Dudley office on 01384 353208 or email Dudley@expressandstar.co.uk
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