Fast Bikes

TEN MINUTES WITH… STEVE HICKEN

What makes Hawk different to the rest? “A massive drive, I guess. In 2011, the day after winning the Superstock 1000 championship at Silverstone, on our way into work we realised the bikes had been nicked. The tool boxes had gone and our van had been torched. We were back at ground zero but we were never going to leave it there. Four days later, we were racing at the Stars of Darley Moor meeting. We begged, borrowed and stole to put together what we could.”

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