Personal Life
Ellison lived in Kendal throughout his childhood, moving to various places while pursuing his dream to become a professional racer. After leaving school he studied to be a motorcycle and motor vehicle mechanic, gaining all qualifications with distinction.
In 1998 he finally settled down in the Midlands and he lived in Leicester until 2009 with his wife Susie, whom he married on December 28th 2008. He is the older brother of James Ellison and Dean is certainly James's biggest fan, working behind the scenes to find new sponsors.
Dean is still very active within the motorcycle world, dealing with all Marketing and PR activities for J&L Motorcycles in Carlisle, He plays regular football, runs daily and still attends motorcycle track days, supermoto events and has openly admitted his desire to race soon.
Always well respected for his fund raising efforts, Dean still takes time out to do his bit for charity. In 2011 he teamed up with Dave Winter and filmmaker Ben Barden to travel over 1000 miles in one go, raising money for his 2 favourite charities, Riders and CJ Riders Fund. Images can be found here on Facebook including the whole team from the JOG2LE1DAY, which was supported by Kawasaki UK Ltd.
Find Dean Ellison on Twitter @dean_ellison and Facebook.
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