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77 Crashes. Countless Stories. | Racing Motorcycles with Ben Ireland

What happens when you grow up surrounded by 50 motorcycles, spend your youth racing, survive 77 crashes, and still can’t imagine life without two wheels? In this episode of Miles Shared, I sit down with London rider Benedict Ireland to explore a life shaped by speed, family, and a deep love for every kind of motorcycle—two-strokes, sport bikes, racers, commuters, and everything in between. Ben’s story stretches across four generations of riders. His grandfather kept a legendary garage of 45–50 motorcycles—from Vincent Black Shadows to old BMWs and Soviet-era Urals. Ben learned to ride after crashing a Puch moped in the garden at age four, raced in the late ’90s, wrote for Motorcycle Racer magazine, and collected more bruises, broken bones, and wild track-day stories than most of us will experience in a lifetime. Today he’s entering a new phase of his riding life: sharing motorcycling with his son, rediscovering the joy of distance and discovery, and planning a long ride from London to Italy next year for MotoGP. This is a thoughtful, funny, honest conversation about why motorcycles matter—and why some of us never grow out of them. Follow Ben on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/benedictirel.... ⸻ Chapter List: 00:00 – Welcome to Miles Shared 00:26 – Meet Benedict Ireland 01:40 – Growing up with 50 motorcycles 04:10 – The first crashes in the garden 06:55 – From gift track-day to racing career 10:20 – 77 crashes and what they taught him 15:45 – Iconic circuits: Nürburgring, Hockenheim 20:00 – Visiting the Isle of Man TT 23:45 – Two-strokes, favorites, and family bikes 27:30 – Passing the love of bikes to his son 30:50 – The Ace Café moment 33:30 – Shifting from racing to exploration 37:00 – Riding home drenched from Germany 40:20 – Dreaming of the London→Italy ride 42:00 – Advice for younger riders 44:30 – Final reflections ⸻ About Miles Shared Miles Shared is a series of conversations with motorcycle riders about the stories that shaped them—why they ride, where they’ve been, what they’ve learned, and how life looks from two wheels. Every rider has a story worth telling. #motorcycle #motovlog #motorcyclerider #riderstories #motorcyclelife