Si King reflects on ‘overwhelming’ sight of 46,000 motorcyclists honouring Dave Myers

Si King reflects on 'overwhelming' sight of 46,000 motorcyclists honouring Dave MyersBBC Breakfast

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00:00 There was 46,134 motorcycles.

00:05 That's police figures, that's official.

00:09 And hundreds of thousands of people,

00:11 literally every over bridge.

00:13 People were at service stations

00:15 and it was from the Ace Cafe

00:18 all the way to Barrow and Furness.

00:20 And my goodness, Barrow and Furness,

00:23 they were spectacular, opened their homes.

00:28 People were saying, "Oh guys,

00:29 if you've got nowhere to stay, we've got a spare room.

00:32 Here's the backyard, you can put your bike safely in there."

00:35 It was remarkable.

00:36 It took us from leaving the motorway,

00:40 we arrived in Barrow and Furness

00:42 and there was five hours before the last guys and girls

00:47 that were part of the cavalcade actually arrived in Barrow.

00:52 It took us five hours to park everybody up.

00:54 And then we had a party.

00:56 (laughing)

00:58 It was the most remarkable, overwhelming sense

01:04 of togetherness, of community, of kindness, of courtesy,

01:09 of all of the things that make human beings who we are.

01:14 And it was just remarkable in honor of my best friend

01:20 and Lily's husband.

01:23 And it was absolutely breathtaking, breathtaking.