A POTTERS Bar man’s ingenious invention featured on hit BBC One show Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention.

Cedric Lynch’s electric motorbike was lauded by the cheese-loving plasticine pals, in the show, which aired last month.

The Heath Drive man’s zero-emission machine, which has a top speed of 120mph, was shown in action winning the world’s first zero carbon race – the TTxGP in the Isle of Mann, as previously reported in the Potters Bar Edition.

The idea for the electric motor has been snapped up by the 56-year-old’’s friend Arvind Rabadia, who together with his brother Hasmuk Rabadia had been thinking of starting a business in India.

They have now set up Agni Motors to make further-improved versions of Cedric’s motors.

The show’s website also features a section where budding engineers can have a go at constructing their own version of Cedric’s contraption.

Despite Cedric’s breakthrough invention he has no formal engineering qualifications and taught himself the techniques needed to construct his engine.

He first became interested in electrics when his parents bought him a book entitled How to build things from things found at home.

As well as the electric motor a host of other inventions featured on the show, including a laser-powered emission-free UFO-like aircraft that could revolutionise air travel.

? To have a go at building Cedric’s motor go to the link at the top right of this page.