The widow of Hairy Biker Dave Myers is selling some of his belongings at auction – including his motorbike leathers, trademark waistcoats and Strictly Come Dancing outfit.
Liliana, 59, is parting with around 300 of her late husband’s cherished items in a sale to be held on what would have been his 69th birthday on September 8.
The auction will include items relating to the celebrity TV chef’s career, personal possessions as well as antiques, paintings and works of art he collected during his colourful life.
A handwritten letter from Sir Roger Moore is also part of the collection that will be auctioned.
Best known for being one half of the cooking double act The Hairy Bikers alongside Si King, Dave died from cancer aged 66 in 2024.
The items will be going under the hammer at Special Auction Services in Newbury and the proceeds will partly be going to NSPCC Childline.
The widow of Hairy Biker Dave Myers is selling some of his belongings at auction – including his motorbike leathers, trademark waistcoats and Strictly Come Dancing outfit
Liliana, 59, is parting with around 300 of her late husband’s cherished items in a sale to be held on what would have been his 69th birthday on September 8
Lili spoke on This Morning this week about the sale, saying: ‘I wanted to celebrate his birthday in a special way, and I know that he loved the public and his fans a lot.
‘He was larger than life, and what better way to celebrate his life than giving some of his precious belongings to the public. It was healing very much so. Grieving is a very personal thing. Grief comes in lots of different shapes.
‘It’s a way of celebrating him, celebrating the fantastic person he was, the explosion of energy he was.’
She also explained that Dave’s Strictly shoes are up for auction, saying: ‘He brought home two pairs, I kept one and one is here. He absolutely loved that experience.
‘The man could not dance, and Karen [Hauer] his dance partner said about him, ‘Dave, you don’t have two left feet, you have seven left feet’. And she had to teach him to walk straight before any dancing steps… he was walking slanted.
‘She tied him with straps and made him walk straight before anything!’
Last March the final motorbike Dave rode on the BBC programme Hairy Bikers sold for a huge five-figure sum, with the proceeds going to two charities.
Lili told how she wanted his final motorbike – which featured in the BBC’s Hairy Bikers Go West – to go to a good home.
The BSA Goldstar went under the hammer at the National Motorcycle Museum near Solihull and sold for a massive £15,800, with the proceeds going to two charities.
The auction will include items relating to the celebrity TV chef’s career, personal possessions as well as antiques, paintings and works of art he collected during this colourful life
A handwritten letter from Sir Roger Moore is also part of the collection that will be auctioned
Dave’s Strictly shoes are up for auction
The items will be going under the hammer at Special Auction Services in Newbury and the proceeds will partly be going to NSPCC Childline
Best known for being one half of the cooking double act The Hairy Bikers alongside Si King, Dave died from cancer aged 66 in 2024
Of the sale, Lilian told the BBC: ‘That bike still has his DNA on it… I really really hope that the person who gets it, loves it.’
‘I am really, really happy to see this bike being loved, and I’m sure the person who got it will love it as much as Dave did,’ she added.
The motorbike was sold to Si Harrison, who was friends with Dave, and the funds were donated to NSPCC Childline and CancerCare North Lancashire & South Cumbria.
Harrison said buying the vehicle meant ‘so much’ to him and shared his plans to ride it on Dave Day, which sees the biking community gather to remember Myers.
‘I couldn’t think of a bike that I’d rather be on, and the idea of riding in Dave Day meant so much to me,’ he said.
The first Dave Day took place in June 2024 and saw thousands of motorcyclists travel from London to Myers’ hometown in Barrow-in-Furness to honour the celebrity chef.
The momentous ride, in which 20,000 bikers participated, also raised a staggering £127,000 for charity.
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