On C4 at 9pm.
Attempting to do the Steve McQueen, Great Escape, motorbike jump.
Posted 08 December 2019 - 07:37 pm
On C4 at 9pm.
Attempting to do the Steve McQueen, Great Escape, motorbike jump.
Mk2a 2000 in Silver. Top end Refurb @ 41100 miles, Scottoiler, Renthal Road High Bars, Up & Back Bar Risers, Bellypan, DL650 Handguards, Capt. Picard Bar Ends, House of Henty SS Wheel spacers, New Seat Cover Fitted. 58 MPG !! Now owned by chrisbee ! Studley's mk2a Bloggerydoodaah ! Photos of my first MK1 Photos of my MK2a TPLQHCSRSFC No. 1 Fan
Posted 08 December 2019 - 07:48 pm
Looking foreward to this
Posted 08 December 2019 - 08:24 pm
Best wishes for his effort/health
BMX challenge in a few years........probably
Single-handedly reviving the Wave.
2008 reg. Black TDM 900 ABS
Posted 08 December 2019 - 10:52 pm
Am I the only one that hates the bloody narrator they always use with the low voice that sounds like he has had a cold for the last two years? I can hear everything else but him!
Oh year guess who's going for a hearing aid assesment next week and I'm only bloody 51! (today I must add, wheres me sodding cake?)
Other than that whinge you can't knock his balls and commitment, his sanity maybe another matter, a real man would have done it on a 4TX.......
Current toys: '99 XT600E, 2000 4TX, '82 Princess 30DS (where the username comes from), No longer a '03 Fazer thou.
Save the planet, it's the only one with beer!
Posted 09 December 2019 - 09:27 am
In fairness he's a bit of a nut job but you'd have to be to do some of the things he's done !
Posted 09 December 2019 - 01:00 pm
Yea he's on his own planet for sure but i admire his attitude, i enjoyed watching that but have to agree Snowbird, the narrator fookin grinds me ears some what..
Oh Happy Birthday Snowbird, cakes in the post
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1991 MK1 in need of some TLC watch this space Sorted and on the Road Mick it's the bike that Jack built Gone to Heaven
Posted 09 December 2019 - 04:11 pm
Lasted until 22:10 ....... I realised the hole had been bored off me.
Will watch on catch-up, then I can.fast fwd to the motorbike bits.
Single-handedly reviving the Wave.
2008 reg. Black TDM 900 ABS
Posted 09 December 2019 - 07:25 pm
not enough of the engineering mods on the bike, too much blethering by the narrator spinning it out.
I like Guy Martin, likes his spanners keeps his workspace tidy.
Posted 10 December 2019 - 11:33 am
there's the tractor speed record next and the tractor pulling too I've not seen yet
"As I Lay Rubber down to street, I pray for traction I can keep. But if I skid and begin to slide, please dear god protect my ride"
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Posted 10 December 2019 - 12:48 pm
He did that two weeks ago drew
Posted 10 December 2019 - 04:03 pm
Lasted until 22:10 ....... I realised the hole had been bored off me.
Will watch on catch-up, then I can.fast fwd to the motorbike bits.
Yeah, me too. Maybe better keeping his heroic efforts down to a 1 hour proggy.
Mk2a 2000 in Silver. Top end Refurb @ 41100 miles, Scottoiler, Renthal Road High Bars, Up & Back Bar Risers, Bellypan, DL650 Handguards, Capt. Picard Bar Ends, House of Henty SS Wheel spacers, New Seat Cover Fitted. 58 MPG !! Now owned by chrisbee ! Studley's mk2a Bloggerydoodaah ! Photos of my first MK1 Photos of my MK2a TPLQHCSRSFC No. 1 Fan
Posted 15 December 2019 - 09:34 pm
Much as I like GM, and hugely admire whats he's done in racing, and so many other fields ... I wasn't so sure about this one.
The magic of recreating a real event seemed to be lost, as it never happened outside of the movie , and the "jump" seemed to be just to get extra drama, and McQueen star value to boost 1963 ticket sales (I watched it then :-) ). And so much was faked (Triumph bike not BM etc etc). And the bike jumping thing seems to have moved on so much in 55 years - just look at any modern motocross race!
The real story was bl..dy amazing and inspirational, and tragic for 50-odd of them. GM description of those parts was great. More so than the bike bits, for me. Respect to those brave guys back in the real tunnels … and good luck to GM on his NEXT programme.
P7
(miserable auld git)
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