Si King has shared the “struggle” of the last few months after the death of his best friend and fellow Hairy Biker Dave Myers.

Myers, who found fame alongside King, his friend of 30 years, as part of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo, died at the age of 66 in February.

He revealed his cancer diagnosis in 2022 and said he was undergoing chemotherapy.

Si King has now shared how he has found the months following his friend’s death in a first-person article for The Sunday Times.

King, 57, said: “I’ll be honest with you, the past few months have been a struggle.

“More than once I was on the verge of jumping on my bike and heading into the sunset.

“Not tell anyone where I was going. Just clear off and never come back.

“Other times I was raging. Raging at that b****y disease, at God and anything else I could think of. People were asking what I was going to do next.

“The answer is I am going to take some time to reflect on the life I had with my best mate, and think about moving forwards.

“Which is exactly what Dave would have wanted. Move forward, don’t dwell on the past.”

In June, thousands of motorcyclists travelled from London to Myers’ hometown in Barrow-in-Furness as part of the first Dave Day, a memorial motorcycle ride in honour of the TV chef.

Si King creating new anthology of classic Hairy Bikers recipes

King revealed he has been putting together a new anthology of classic Hairy Bikers recipes and added that “there are a few new projects on the horizon”.

“But even if I end up doing nothing more than making bacon sarnies and playing a few gigs with my band, that’s fine by me. Happy days!”, he said.

He continued: “I keep getting asked if the Hairy Bikers have left a legacy. Yeah, I’d like to think we made a little bit of difference, here and there.

“Just two regular blokes, having a go at beef rendang or apple pie. Hopefully we caught the attention of people who didn’t normally watch swanky cooking programmes on telly.”

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He added: “Overweight, scruffy, working-class northerners don’t often get presented with an opportunity like the Hairy Bikers.

“It was a beautiful, magical thing and I’ll miss it. I’ll miss him. But there is a future for me, and I’m excited for what’s coming next.”

When did the Hairy Bikers meet?

The pair met in 1992 and King said their relationship “was sealed over a tandoori chicken masala, four poppadoms and three pints of lager”.

Their first TV appearance together was The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook in 2004 which was a part cooking show and part travel programme and in the first episode the duo rode the length of Portugal.