A SPEEDING coked-up biker popped a wheelie while on the wrong side of the road and sent himself and a passenger flying off.
Ryan Gartshore was driving a motorcycle dangerously along Marress Road in Irvine last year when the crash happened.
He previously pleaded guilty to driving at excessive speed while carrying a pillion passenger, performing a wheelie, driving over a central reservation onto the opposing carriageway in close proximity to an oncoming vehicle.
Then the 42-year-old collided with a barrier and caused both himself and the passenger to fall off.
And Gartshore, of Fintry Place, Bourtreehill, was driving with nearly four times the legal limit for cocaine in his blood. Court papers said the proportion was 39mg of cocaine per litre of blood, when the limit is 10mg.
At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on June 1, his defence solicitor said his client's presentation had improved.
Solicitor Brian Holliman said Gartshore had a "fairly significant income from benefits" and was continuing to cooperate with mental health services.
Sheriff Morag Fraser banned him from driving for 21 months. To get a licence again, he will have to sit the extended test.
He will also be under a curfew for 16 weeks, from 7pm to 7am daily.
This is a direct alternative to custody.
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