New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Rev your engines! Easy Riders Les & Olivia

Ever the showman, Les Harris smooths down his white hair, grabs the handlebars of his black 1960 BSA Bantam motorcycle and pretends to give it a rev for our cameras.

At 99 years young, this irrepressible “speedfreak” made history last year, claiming the title of “world’s oldest competitive motorcycle racer” in the Guinness Book of Records.

“I don’t like sitting still… Being active and keeping my brain active, that’s my secret,” smile Les, who also regularly performs

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