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Richard Hammond clearly has an indestructible need for speed, as he was back on the road over the festive period enjoying a ride on his motorbike.

The Top Gear presenter narrowly escaped death in September when he crashed during filming for the BBC2 programme.

Despite having been in a coma and still recovering from his injuries, the 37-year-old star took to the streets of London on his Honda Fireblade, Motorcycle News reports.

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"I just can't believe how good that was," he told the publication when he stopped for a rest. "That ride, the quick wobbly ride with me looking like a nobber, just made me realise why I love bikes and just what I started riding for all those years ago."

Performing a stunt for the cameras at Elvington airfield in Yorkshire, Hammond crashed at 288mph, leaving the nation fearing the worst.

But amazingly, a couple of months of recuperation later it seems 'the Hamster' is putting the accident behind him - although he did not say how much his motorcycle insurance costs these days.

"It felt like a fantastic connection straight back to a time when I hadn't suffered a brain injury and life was a lot simpler," he told Motorcycle News.

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