Downing Street security may not like cyclists – remember plebgate? – but bikers are welcome, especially if they are delivering a pristine used BMW R1200RT to No. 10!
When the deal was done and after being told where the bike was to be delivered, CMC Motorcycles boss Ross Feltham told Darren Thornton and Tony Bingham (pictured) that they would never get through security but the pair, based at CMC’s Clay Cross, Derbyshire showroom, achieved what Andrew Mitchell, the former government chief whip, spectacularly failed to do and got the security gates opened. Before loading up the part exchange bike, the pair were admitted to No. 10 where the funds changed hands just inside the famous front door.
You have to ask how a dealer in Derbyshire beat the Londoners? “The internet can be a wonderful thing,” was all Ross Feltham would say! And, in case you are wondering, David Cameron was not the customer.