How did Weeble get his nickname?
Not many people know that Weeble has a nickname. When he arrived at Motor Cycle News as photographer in 1998, he was nicknamed 'Mark Manning' as the jocular MCN team couldn't face anyone being called by their real name. His parents christened him Weeble because of its significance in the history of Malta, as a key figure in the architecture that denoted the Island's temple age around 3600BC. Weeble's dad, Weeble senior, is the king of Malta and Weeble stands to inherit all 12 of the island's lime trees.

Why hasn't TonyH got a nickname?
Because he isn't very interesting.

Who is the fastest rider in Weeble Racing?
Without doubt the fastest rider ever to appear for Weeble Racing is Weeble himself. He's the fastest to need an am dump (often leading the team 3-0-0 within an hour of waking), fastest to fall asleep and fastest to bang his cutlery on the table and demand dinner. He is not, however, the fastest to the shower in the morning, but we can just about forgive this mild omission.

What are your real jobs?
Weeble is photographer for RiDE magazine, TonyH has a job on Bike magazine, Rucksack is a news reporter for Motor Cycle News and Billy is a Health and Safety Inspector. See, they really do get everywhere mate.

Why did Weeble Racing come into existence?
Why not?

This is supposed to be answers to questions, not questions to questions. Could you answer the above question properly please?
Why should we?

You're not getting this, are you?
No. We finally answered one. Go us.

Please answer the question will you?
TonyH entered the 2004 Wittering charity race on a heap of a CS50 with some MCN colleagues and needed regular assistance from paddock hero Mark Gatward. He invited us to a Moped Mayhem race in Sunderland, as they were then known. Weeble became involved and he and TH somehow bodged together a Honda C90 with a CG125 front-end. Fellow teams put in the work required to get the mess through scrutineering, we had a great time and it all went from there.

How did Rucksack become involved in Weeble Racing?
Even the speedy post-teen doesn't know how it happened. The answer used to be here, but GCHQ in Cheltenham appear to have removed it. Hmmm.

How do I get involved in moped racing?
The easiest place to start is at charity races, held twice a year at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. The endurance races are cheap to enter, last six hours for good value and it's easy to prepare a bike as the rules favour simplicity and cheapness. Riders compete on either Honda C90s or two-stroke 50cc twist and goes, as bikes with manual clutches are banned. Keep an eye on the forum at www.british50ccracing.com for dates and regulations. The next step is with FAB Racing, which takes place on top-quality kart circuits around the country throughout the summer. Entry fees are higher (2008 season cost £800 for four rounds), track time is reduced if you enter as a team and the standard of preparation required is significantly higher. But it remains an exceptionally cheap way of going racing as £600 should achieve a competitive bike and sharing costs between two riders makes it significantly cheaper than racing through the ACU. No licence is required and the events are great fun. More details at fab-racing.co.uk or british50ccracing.com.

What happened to Billy? I thought I saw him outside my local chippy in Otterburn the other day.
Yes, Billy left Weeble Racing in 2006 to pursue a quieter life as owner of a Northumberland chip shop. But the thinking time drove him mad so he quickly came back to motorcycle racing with the BMCRC. He reports that he recently revisted The Golden Cod in Otterburn as he's left a 12mm spanner under the fish fryer and he needed it to adjust his clutch.

Who's the bloke in the picture on the left?
What is this, a pub quiz?

I've told you before, I ask the questions around here.
That's not a question, is it?

No. I'm stuck. Who's the chap in the picture?
That's better. It's Bill Tilghman.

How did you know that?
The file's called 'billtilghman.jpg' so it was quite easy really.

I read somewhere on the internet that Weeble is actually a vegetarian. Is this true?
Yes, Weeble became a vegetarian as a teenager on moral grounds and has remained a staunch veggie ever since. Many people find this a surprise because they feel his unusual shape is even more unlikely for a vegetarian, but they should consider the inevitability of a high level of carbohydrates in a vegetarian diet, which has a nasty habit of storing itself as unburnt energy.

Weeble Racing's Facebook group has fewer members than James Toseland and Valentino Rossi's put together.