Had an interesting, if graphic, conversation with a motorcycle cop the other day in which he described to me the most painful injuries he'd seen people suffer after bike crashes.

"It's the lads wearing polyester shell suits. When they come off those scooters and skid along the tarmac, the friction with the road melts the fabric into their wounds. It's a real mess. And then it sets hard and needs to be surgically cut out. They can lose the best part of their backsides that way. Not nice."links........