Dave Coates from Darlington, England, has been stunt riding professionally for more than 20 years now. Regularly performing at shows in the UK and Europe he has also provided the ontrack stunt shows for high profile events such as the British Car GP at Silverstone, BTCC, British Superbikes, and the Isle Of Man TT Race riding the R1, FZ1, YFZ 450 quad and the WR 450 Supermoto and Scooter all supplied to him direct from Yamaha UK. The R1 is standard and the only alterations which have been made are a set of moto-cross handle bars and a grabrail at the back to hold on to when Ski-ing off the back of the bike.

The Dave Coates Stunt Show has been featured on various BBC news programmes, 5th Gear, local TV programmes and local radio. There have been articles in The Sun, Daily Star and Mirror newspapers and also a full page feature in The Sunday Post. Regular features on Satellite programmes such as Men & Motors, Eurosport etc. The Show even spent a day filming for a German prime time TV Programme.