Pensioners sell their croft, buy motorbike and sidecar... and enter the TT races

Scottish pensioners Robin Daykin, 74, and wife Annette, 62, sold their farmland and invested in a 600cc superbike with sidecar so they can compete in TT races.

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Do you think we should have stuck with the bus pass, dear? Pensioners sell their croft, buy motorbike and sidecar ...

Scottish pensioners Robin Daykin, 74, and wife Annette, 62, sold their farmland and invested in a 600cc superbike with sidecar so they can compete in TT races. While their peers are content with a bus pass, these grandparents taking on riders less than half their age later this month at the famous Isle of Man races.