One of the Hairy Biker TV chefs needed hospital treatment after he came off his motorbike today. Simon King, 42, hurt a leg in the smash in Salter’s Lane, Gosforth, Newcastle, while heading through rush-hour traffic to film a Christmas special. His TV partner Dave Myers was following shortly behind and witnessed the aftermath of the crash, which left Mr King and his red Ducati machine in the road. A spokeswoman for the Hairy Bikers show said: "He was taken to hospital and he had some X-rays done. "He is fine, but a bit shocked, and will be resting at home with his family." The self-taught chefs were heading for a location shoot for a festive series inspired by the Twelve Days of Christmas song. A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "Police were called at 7.42am today to a report that a motorcyclist had come off his bike at Salter’s Lane, Gosforth. "The motorcyclist, a 42-year-old man, was riding a red Ducati motorcycle and was taken to Newcastle General Hospital with what have been described as minor leg injuries." Press Association                                                                                                                                                                             

  Thanks for posting this Wills,  fresh too, the news I mean, not you lol                                                                                                                                                                                 

Should have stuck to thier Rocket III's...would have taken half of Newcastle out with him!                                                                                                                                                                             

At least we know they are real bikers and not a ploy well done Simon King for proving it!! Get well soon                                                                                                                                                                             

simon sliped on his egg whites    but he's all white now   good lad proves your real as moonstone said hope you didnt scratch the bike ?                                                                                                                                                                             

Simon said that the media had made too much of the incident. It was in fact just a trifle.                                                                                                                                                                              

that takes the biscuit ! lol                                                                                                                                                                             

lucky he didn't land on his plumbs!                                                                                                                                                                              

yeh 1  but he had egg on his face                                                                                                                                                                              

They own several bikes as far as I know, always make a point in watching them (got em on series link on Sky lol)                                                                                                                                                                             

I've met these guys and they are so down-to-Earth and friendly.  Hope your leg gets better Si (not that he'll be reading this ).   Having survived rush hour in Gosforth (where it happened) all I can say is "What the bloody hell were you thinking about taking on 1000's of miserable geordies on their way to work?" These celebs eh?                                                                                                                                                                             

I diven nah wae ys taakin a boot! LOL                                                                                                                                                                             

Well the 'proof of the pudding is in the eating'. He is a genuine biker!                                                                                                                                                                             

Was he whisked off to hospital?                                                                                                                                                                             

I bet he felt a bit battered after that.                                                                                                                                                                             

Come on guys, stop rubbing the salt in.   Poor ol' Si is going to have to face all the jokes now from his chef friends.  Ah well, out of the frying pan ..                                                                                                                                                                             

He''ll have to chew it over to see where he went wrong.                                                                                                                                                                              

  Oh CRUMBS not more puns!!    PML @ I diven nah wae ys taakin a boot!                                                                                                                                                                               

didn't know you could write in scottish kwak.                                                                                                                                                                              

    It's not Scottish lol and I didn't write it, I PML @ it    (see Hull's post at the bottom of page 1)