The Motorbike Show Series 5 Ep.1 HD

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I’m Henry Cole and my passion is motorcycling I’ve ridden them around the world restored them raced them crashed them and done some very stupid things on them but I’m going to show you that ultim Ely riding a motorcycle is all about having a great deal of

Fun coming up on the motorbike show I’m entering a moped endurance race and I’m going to diligently prepare our race bike so shall I put this in the keep bin yeah yeah over there Pete the restorer and I are attempting to go down in biking folklore history books Thorn coal

Looking down there there and it’s all going off with a bang at the NEC bike show but First the Harley Davidson a motorcycle that defines the ideal of riding the American Dream head out on the highway the sight sound and smell of a h v twin rumbling down the freeway is either your idea of biking Heaven or Hell let’s face it Harley’s are Marite bikes you either love them or hate them but if you love them you’re probably

Going to share that passion with millions of bikers now then let’s talk hog a Harley Owners Group with well over 10,000 thousand members in the UK alone and millions more worldwide hog who just happens to be the biggest biking community on the planet I completely get riding a Harley

On Route 66 but on the B 4015 to didk that could just be a freeway fantasy too far or could it so I’m going to go on a Sunday ride out in the Oxford Countryside with a cross-section of hog members to find out margery’s the organizer what do you think it is about

Harley’s that gives people a reason to come together do you think through the owners group we put on events and we create reasons for people to ride the whole thing about the Harley Owners Group is it’s riding and having fun one and every two owner is a member of the

Harley Owners Group okay so before we head out yes we need to have our briefing session and that’s what we’re going to do right now Henry hey I’m looking forward to it Gordon the intriguingly titled Road Captain introduces today’s ride it’s great to see all here today I’d like to welcome

Henry and he’s going to join us and see how we do things we’re going to take a tour of Oxford it’s going to be about 55 mileside with hog there’s always a pre-flight safety briefing we’ll also be using second man drop off they even have technical terms like second man drop off

More of that later so that’s it enjoy the ride that was a briefing session by Gordon uh so I think I know what I’m doing uh there’s only one way to find out get going so we’re rolling out on a cruise of North Oxfordshire expect no diners or

Drive-ins but the odd stop at a country Pub my Steed for the day is this little Harley 48 this Boba style sled with its funky fat front tire is Harley’s bestselling model you know and straight away I can see why it’s Hilarious I haven’t quite turned into Dennis Hopper or Peter fonder but I am feeling part of something bigger and better than little old me riding alone it’s an inclusive secure slightly bubble gum kit kind of reality that dare I say I quite like hog is obviously all about riding

Together sharing your personal concept of the American dream I really get the riding together but I’m still working on the dream bit either way hog a tra all sorts of bikers take Gary and some Charlie who got into Harley’s first my Dad got into Harley’s first I mean

Father and Son riding out together on a Sunday today I it’s got to be the right thing to do hasn’t it doing it father and son is a great way to spend time with your family doing something that’s a passion of both of you and that’s what

We share and that’s what we love I mean harleydavidson are all about individualism and just look at that bike I mean that is seriously individual back on the freeway sorry B Road I’m riding directly behind Road Captain Gordon remember second man drop off well that’s going to be me as we

Approach a junction Gordon signals me to drop off and direct the other Riders that’s the second man drop off maneuver and it’s essential for keeping everyone together there is undoubtedly an all pervading Air of camaraderie out here on the road and husband and wife Riders Gavin and Janet adore that feeling you

Might think Gavin’s an old school hardcore Harley Rider but actually he’s far from it the first trip we ever did was down to Spain with the hog chapter for their rally and I had scarcely passed my test you know I was not a very good Rider at all and Gavin patiently St

Did the ride with me I was like I really want to ride my own bike I really want to and I was very willful about it and he was incredibly patient we made a T-shirt and that says alone with your thoughts together with your friends yes

You did hear that correctly us bikers do have a heart and that’s probably a big reason why there’s been a 23% increase in female Riders buying their own Harley buying my bike was that was a down payment it it’s all the other things that then come after with be the

Merchandise of social life the rallies of traveling for someone who’s never ridden a Harley-Davidson before or got involved in the whole world of Harley-Davidson what would you you say to them about what it’s like get out on the road and love it yeah live to ride my dear friend Steve actually has lived

To ride to Ted just there oh oh instead of the skull um he on the other hand has just sold his hary I don’t know what he’s going to do so is riding a Harley in Oxfordshire rather than Oklahoma a cool thing to do well yes I reckon it

Surely is I’m not rushing out to buy my leather waste coat just yet but Hulk sums up to me what riding is all about Freedom companionship and individualism yet you’re being part of a Global Network of Kindred Spirits whether you ride Route 66 or the Oxford Ring

Road after a very agreeable ride out with the hog chapter I’ve returned to my shed for some peace and Tranquility Fat Chance you know what every so often in life things drive you insane this is one of them H what’ you call that emergency battery pack something like that listen to

It do that drive you mad H that’s been doing that for three days so there’s only one thing for it in my view H right stay there I’ll do it ah peace and quiet so I’ve got my tea that means only one thing and that is

It’s restoration time and it’s a bit of a tradition at the beginning of each series to reflect on our past glories this is the baby that started it all off the CB550 and I have to tell you I’ve done some mileage on it the next bike was this a 1981

Xt500 a glorious 80s Thumper now then our showstopper and show winner at bright owner if you remember my Street Fighter garish lurid and utterly beautiful finally last year Pete chose this to restore now if you remember this Triumph t120 started as a total wreck

And right up up against it uh we had a few issues issues that were relatively embarrassing all I wanted to do was ride the completed Resto to the pub oh second kick third kick fourth kick I thought starting it was going to be the big issue he

Started she goes but actually it was the gearbox I’m releasing the clutch P they say where there’s smoke there’s fire but even though the body fired up I wasn’t going to burn any rubber I don’t care whether it doesn’t work I’m going being stuck in first gear it

Looked as if it wasn’t going to be horsepower but pee power getting me to the pub that’s it that’s it that’s it thanks mate hey look I’ve ridden it to the pub 6 months down the line however supposedly she’s fixed but is it function over form more of that next

Time meanwhile though what are we going to do this time well since we’ve been off air I’ve been pushing myself to the Limit Bonville Salt Flats Utah America a 25 square mile expanse of dried out Salt Lake and it’s the home of lands speed record-breaking it’s one of the most

Inhospitable dangerous and ethereal places to ride a motorbike on Earth you have to contend with 45° heat a surface that’s akin to riding on ice and an altitude of over 4,000 ft that conspires to stop a normally aspirated engine breathing last last year I was invited to ride for British Mark Bruff Superior

And somehow I managed to set a land speed record for a vintage pre-1955 750cc Motorcycle it was one of the most terrifying yet utterly exhilarating moments of my life so because of that I might just go and do it again but this time I’m not going alone I’m taking my mate Peete the restorer and we’re going to do it on

This once you’ve gone to Bonville uh you can’t wait to return it’s called salt fever so that’s exactly what we’re going to do me and Pete are going to go and attempt to break the worldland speed record for a pre-1955 350 single and we’re going to

Do it on this a Triumph 3hw from 1944 yes we’re going to have to adapt it to get the speed but what a challenge I just hope Pete’s up for it coming up our land speed record bike is put to the test if this bike does

Less than 85 M hour then we’ve got a problem and I’m at the NEC bike show checking out all the new models call me crazy call me a glutton for punishment but after securing a vintage land speed record at Bonville last year on a Bruff Superior I’ve decided to

Return to the soul Flats on this a 1944 Triumph 3hw so Pete the restorer and I can attempt to set a land speed record for ourselves so now I’m heading over to Pete’s to tell him the good news hey all the brakes aren’t that good what have you got there all will be

Revealed Peter what do I do that’s it what’ you think yeah I like that yeah do you yeah now right last time you chose the Bonville didn’t you y so it’s my turn right yeah we’re going to go the two of us right yeah to the Bonville

Salt Flats this year and we are going to break two world land speed records for a 31955 350 with this that’s it mate judging by Pete’s customary naala bordering on catatonic reaction I’m not convinced the enormity of the challenge ahead has sunk in it’s time to Crunch the

Numbers how fast do you think right the record is for that 70 80 mph I’ll tell you what it is 60.2 either way mate it’s kind of of a boy’s own adventure is it and in the process you and me right history books Thorn coal looking down there hey are

You at all excited about the prospect of going to the Ethereal Bonville Salt Flats yeah I’m really looking forward to that now yeah and you know what’s more exciting you’re doing it with me for me riding the salt once was an exhilarating if somewhat terrifying experience one

That made me feel truly alive for Pete who’s older than the sun it’s going to be the opportunity of a lifetime and it would seem as if I finally got his juices flowing we want the drop handlebars on it the bum seat on there so we can get right back and the r

Free you got some Speedos but at the altitudes we’re facing simply stripping down to our skides might not be enough if we are testing at 70 here right at this altitude at sea level because it’s 5,000 ft or whatever above sea level we lose a lot of power well mate you tell

Me but I mean I’m telling you man we need to be doing 90 on this stand chance this little baby to go quite quick so our Bonville dream hangs on whether or not we can get our little 350 single Triumph to ride like a pocket rocket we

Need to find out exactly how fast this can do in standard trim without fettling it right yeah all right good cuz I know a little Airfield whilst Pete contemplates the challenges ahead I’ve got time to take a little trip up the Motorway welcome to the NEC and welcome to motorcycle live I’m at the biggest bike show of the year at the NEC in Birmingham the perfect day out for any self-respecting biker it’s a great opportunity for me to check out what’s hot and what’s not in the biking scene

The wonderful thing about bike shows is as you wander around you can come across some seriously cool Innovations you can buy anything here do anything here but what I really want to do is find out how British manufacturers are dealing with the market at the moment how about this for a start

British brand CCM who until now have been renowned for super motos and supplying bikes to the tree they’re going head-to-head with the likes of KTM and BMW with this little baby a duel sport dazla the CCM Adventure GP 450 is the newest addition to the duel sport Market with its unique chassis

Construction making for a stiff yet light frame she’s supposedly the perfect balance of power and stability both on and Offroad either way it’s a bullish move to get involved with the high competitive duel sport Market I had a chat with the lovely Alice from CCM Alice now tell me about the CCM here

Now you’re entering the market with this you now is it a 450 it’s a 450 yeah it’s a 450 CC you can get your big Tor but they’re so heavy with this one it’s 135 kg so extremely L and if you ever feel the need to circumnavigate the globe it

Comes complete with its own travel cot is this the main thrust for you yeah massive I mean this is our Focus for for the next couple of years the gp450 um we’ve been away we’ve been doing some military stuff and yeah we’re back well I have to tell you you’re back with the

Bang and for me what’s so exciting is CCM are British other British manufacturers also seem to be hanging on in there matisa still selling their glorious off-roaders whilst Norton have launched this beautiful limited edition dmy racer So hopefully Norton boss Stuart Garner sees some reasons to be excited the motorcycle business mate are you seeing an upturn slightly now or not in the UK where we’ve been trading a few years now we starting to see a little bit more of maybe dare we say it’s some

Green shoots and some businesses coming back and guys coming back buy more bikes another thing we’re doing is trying to get some of the kids back into bikes and of course as you do that Grandad and dad comes and kind of you just get that whole family spirit and feel into the

Business blasting about on your little bike with your little son it’s an amazing experience so kind of we’re going through that now and and trying to open the doors up at Norton to get just a a kind of a a wider audience into bikes does that mean you might be doing

A lesser CC one in the future or not mate we get the continual when’s the 500 single going and we say when Henry comes to put his money down for a 500 single will build it my passion is the British motorcycle industry and hopefully we’re seeing

Signs of Revival as we’re heading out of recession what I love about these shows is that if you search hard enough you’ll find the small companies offering some wonderful gizmos and best of all they’re British this is the new breed of airbag technology you’re still likely to lose

Both arms but at least you’ll be able to live to tell the tale and check out this little number that’s L road map more RoboCop well what we’ve got in here is a monacle and it’s it’s giving you all the critical information that you normally

Need in a bike so it means that you can look ahead where you’re going without ever having to look down but as well as the airbag and the HUD I found another British Innovation that I absolutely love now there are many things in motorcycling that I haven’t mastered but

One of which is tying a bike down in the back of a van or on a pickup me and ratchet straps just don’t get on but now help is at hand this is called a bump stop okay so you can have it in the back

Of your van in your house or garage or on your pickup right so if you imagine that is a motorcycle front wheel right okay so you wheel it in and it goes into this cradle here like that right and then it flicks over Bingo I’ve used

These and you don’t actually have to use ratchet straps at all it’s only 00 quid happy days so having sampled some new Innovations in Birmingham I’m ready to try something with a more vintage feel welcome to a small Airfield in the middle of nowhere hartfordshire where it’s D-Day for our 1944 350cc Triumph

3hw the day has dawned for Pete and I to find out just how how fast Our Vintage Steed will go in its standard Trim if we’re going to stand any chance of making it into the proverbial Guinness Book of Records we’re going to need to pin it at 85 M hour but before we go any further what are you wearing that is the bister banana gone Posh isn’t it hey it’s all

Your fault can I draw your attention to that hey not that Peter all wants to stand out from the crowd actually I come on a serious business if this bike does less than 85 mil an hour here at sea level on tarmac then we’ve got a problem

Because if we’re going to beat the 60 M an hour record on the Bonville Salt Flats the bike has to do 80 to 85 M hour have you checked it over give it a little bit of a service so he rang me last night and he go uh

Yeah it’s looking pretty good it’s got a bit of a bent rear wheel but it’s all right yeah and the steering bearings seem a little bit right should we just get on with it yeah so if you disappear off into the field over there I won’t be

Surprised no you’re going first mate no I’m not it’s your bike but you’re a racer but you know how to start it I don’t what’s it called paperstone what’s it called scissor okay all right here we go all right this is it P and I don’t know who wins cuz I

Don’t know how to do this all right you ready one two three Stone beat scissors having lost to a grown man in what could best be described as a big bird costume I head off to pull my Sunday Best on and prepare for what lies ahead for the Triumph it’s now or

Never everything comes down to this I can feel my heart beating in my chest beads of sweat forming on my brow if she doesn’t hit 85 mph here at sea level on Tac then our Bonville Dream Will descend into salt fever nightmare cometh the machine cometh the Hour are on this side yeah right you know what they say Pin It to Win It This classic piece of British engineering wasn’t designed with bird scaring in mind but it’s certainly doing the job but whatever levers I pull whatever pedals I push it’s still running as rough as a dog okay well that right I’m not actually going to get a

Decent test by the look of it hopefully Pete will find out what’s wrong with it either advanced ing it or retarding it it’s still misf farring like crazy and I tell you what it don’t smell right either with Pete at the handlebars I’m desperately hoping for a better result

At least it’s not back firing but it does sound as though it’s loosening up now and whil neither of us are holding out for a Back to the Future speed of 88 mph anything above 60 5 would do right now and sounded better yeah but it pulls

All right but I got up to 55 and then it suddenly sort of died shut the throttle opened it again and it started going again we 30 35 mph off the pace yeah let’s say after all the fiddling what you reckon 65 70 probably is the tops on

One of these I probably think you’re right so we’re nowhere close so as the Triumph and my potential dreams disappear from view I’m left alone with my thoughts well it looks like my Bonville dream is turning into a nightmare even if we got her fettled and

We put drops and reets on her she’s only going to do 65 mil hour which is no good at all the only chance that we have is to build another bike from the ground up and that is going to cost me a fortune coming up I reveal the all new

Look of our lands speed record bike check out the beauty of that bike that style of motorcycle is what we’re going to create and Peter and I lovingly prepare our moped endurance racer can I just move this like hey I don’t need to take the wheel off do you Ehy at last summer may just be upon us and while my local Town soaks up the rejuvenating Rays my thoughts are turning to some fun in the sun well the sun is shining just a little bit which means obviously some is here well it is for the next 10 minutes anyway so it’s

Time to get out of your shed and do a bit of mingling and me and Pete going to do a bit of mingling this weekend because we’re going to the BMF rally in peterborg and just to make things just a little bit more exciting we thought we

Might enter the moped endurance race mhm uh Peter what is this moped racing all about um have you seen roller ball oh God are they going to hurt us it it’s a it’s a derivative of that I believe is it vicious um not meant to be but I think

There is a bit of contact goes on oh I don’t like contact this completely crazy Endeavor is called moped Mayhem and Mayhem it certainly is for 1 and 1 half hours up to 60 Racers go round and round a Speedway track dressed in panto costumes Lal Blair would have been proud of some

Want the glory some want giggle looks like I’m up for the latter with the choice of Steed pets laid out before me those are four absolute rot so what’ you reckon then I’ll tell you what I like right before you get involved I like this what oh well um that’s that’s

My little Paddock bike now I’m not quite sure whether we should use that one oh stop whining so what is it it’s an ital jet what it’s called a two pack I thought he would been shot look at that he ride it like you sto

It oh I’m loving this little puppy but I reckon Pete doesn’t want to sacrifice it this is it Pete so here comes some more excuses unfortunately I’ve read the regulations and it says you have to remove pedals so if we take the pedals off how are we going to start it okay so

We can’t use that what about that Yamaha well that belongs to Chrissy the tea that’s your wife you’re referring to don’t think Chrissy would really want us to break her little her little buzz box yes yeah you don’t have to be Einstein to see where this is going another

Excuse that one belongs to a customer so I don’t think he’ll want that to go out so you’ve guessed it there was always only one pretty horrific option you’ve basically stitched me up with a pizza delivery bike haven’t you yeah well we could do some pizzas afterwards so this is some nondescript

Moped poped type shocker 50cc fourstroke chinesee Horror Story covered in plastic and a hell of a lot of patina so the Body Works SE a little bit of um it’s seen a bit of gaffet tape but for this moped race we don’t want all that on

Here let’s take it all off just strip it out to its Bare Essentials what can we do that yeah there’s nothing in the rule says you can’t okay so that’s a result the quicker this bike gets naked the better okay should we get this strip

Then Pete yeah yeah let’s get it in the workshop and we’ll take a few parts off and see what we’ve got underneath My dream of me and Pete setting a worldland speed record is turning into a nightmare after the speed test of my stock Triumph was a disaster only managing a poultry 55 M an hour instead of the required 85 I need to start with a new frame and

Where better to come than the iconic British frame manufacturer matis motorcycles okay so I’ve had to bite the bullet and we’ve got to change everything in no way is it going to be quick enough in its standard form so we have to retain the original engine cases but in the

Category in the class that we’re in we can actually build everything else new or special construction as they call it now in the 50s just after World War II everyone bought the Old World War II bikes and then they robbed them which basically means they took the mud guards

Off them and all that kind of stuff took any excess weight to go racing with so that’s the vibe that we’re after the classic retro Boba style frame is a rigid so no suspension it’s lean mean and minimalist this race bike is going to be all about go not show fortunately

For me I’m being allowed to adapt an existing matis bobber frame rather than build a new one now that’s that’s good for cash flow this is my Bible okay and um this bike here built by a chap called Ian Barry in Los Angeles who is a legend

Uh gives you an idea of what I want to do that’s it man check out the beauty of that bike that style of motorcycle is what we’re going to create but obviously the first thing to do is to get that frame right if we get the frame right

Everything hopefully after that will be plain sailing matis have an illustrious history in racing in all its forms their off-road race bikes were a firm favorite of none other than the Hollywood Legend Steve McQueen so boss Jerry leasy knows exactly how to mod a stock bobber frame for racing at

Bonville what are the differences between the normal Bobba frame and what we’re using on the salt well what we’ve done with this one to give you a bit more stability we rate the steering out a bit more and uh it should firm the bike up it should be a bit safer when

You reach up the high speeds you’re going in a straight line anyway don’t need to steer so you don’t need to steer so uh raking it out does actually stabilize the bite more so Jerry and welder Harry are going to use their combined talents to rape the headstock out further to keep the

Bike stable at high speed and also to make it lower Then Pete and I will be actually lying on the bike trying to be as aerodynamic as possible hey Jerry look I’m loving it okay okay I’ve bitten the bullet now I know we’ve got to transform everything and create

Something that is so radically different from that standard bike so with a fist full of cash now the Phoenix is going to rise out of the Flames of disaster and our record attempt is back on track but it’ll take worlder Harry a good few man hours to

Get this Frame just perfect I’ve I’ve understood that I’m in for quite a shed full of money but I’ll tell you what what a great way to spend it me and Pete the restorer are going moped endurance racing that’s the good news the bad news is we’re doing it on

This but at the restorer’s layer it’s time to slip into something more comfortable now just tell me what we need to do while I get me Granville on and now we can get this pitiful excuse of a moped seriously naked do you want a box for those bits not really So this is the gig we’re going to strip this thing to its Bare Bones for many reasons months doing that some relating to going as fast as we can but others because the body parts do have better uses Happy Days look at that okay that’s more like a cricket box

Isn’t it for a gorilla you might want to wear that I get the feeling however that Pete wants to put it back together afterwards to me that would be totally unacceptable will we ever put this back on the road Peter uh the way you’re going I don’t think so I hope

Not I’m on a secret mission to kill this thing but Pete’s going soft in the head he’s using a spanner I think there should have been some retaining screws holding that on somewhere not anymore son the pile is getting bigger and fortunately so are the bits Pete that looks like a lav

Tree doesn’t it hey so shall I put this in the keep bin yeah yeah over there all right next see you that’s good there’s a bolt there Pete will we need that yeah now for the fairing lovely jubbly get off what are those aliens from Pitch Black you are

The weirdest man in the world Pete still believes he can put this back back on the road after we finished not if I can help it screw’s holding it together oh P I’ve just unbolted it finally we’re nearly done but Pete reckons we need to take the front wheel

Out to remove the bottom fairing can’t I just move this light hey I don’t need to take the wheel off do you eh why would you want to do that there we go it’s stripped so now for some racing extras a set of foot pegs Heath Robinson styly a

Vintage seat that Pet’s probably nicked off a customer’s bike and the piece to resistance some knobbly tires to cope with the Shale surface of the Speedway track we’re going to ride then after only a couple more hours of brutality it’s done but will it ride right okay we’re

Off so here it is the pop head we’re going to come last on all you need to know is it looks a whole lot better than it did and I’m safe in the knowledge that it will never ever see anot station again like really doesn’t go very fast

Does it but it will be reliable so we will get to the end well at least Pete’s confidence of that more than me but soon enough this poor excuse for a race bike will hopefully meet it maker coming up it’s race time of the BMF rally it was all right to start with

The bike but it seems to be getting slower for some reason I think think it might be overheated and I foolishly agree to be frightened out of my mind as a passenger in this monster another lap and I’ll be bashing him on the shoulder going Mark St I can’t hold on any longer

You’re going to leave me behind I can’t quite believe it but so far the British summer is lingering longer than just a few hours so the sun kiss scene is set for me and Pete’s quest for moped Mayhem Glory well would you believe it the sun is shining on the righteous some 40,000

Of us hopefully welcome to the BMF rally here in Peterborough the BMF rally is a glorious annual celebration of all things motorcycle thousands of like-minded souls congregate at this fabulous jamere to immerse themselves in their passion for two wheels and all the fun of the fair is centered around the Speedway

Track well this is it this is the track where the moped Mayhem is going to take place now look we’re doing that this afternoon before that can I introduce you to some Nutters this is quite simply the craziest form of motorcycle racing you can get the Fine Art of sidecar Speedway

These deranged individuals stick a GSXR thou motor into a sidec car and spend most of their lives fighting the power and going sideways but the truly clinically insane person is the guy in the side car and in a minute that’s going to be me as always with these things uh

Slightly nervous slightly make that pooing myself my only Solus is that I’m in the hands of British champion Mark ker surely he’s going to take it easy well here goes Nothing the trick I’m told is to commit otherwise the bike will flip so I’ve got no option but to get my head down my foot in the air and my heart in my Mouth this is the domain of the mentally questionable but what a rush the Shale is flying in my face and adrenaline is filling every part of my venerable body I want to bottle this feeling but drink it and you’ll feel very Unusual I’ve done some things in my time that is unbelievable oh my word I tell you what I uh another lap and I’ll be bashing him on the shoulder going Mark stop I can’t hold on any longer you going leave me behind what a wonderful way to start the

Fun but now to the main event and something a little slower but possibly even more dangerous now adorned with racing number boards our 50cc moped mess up is waiting for us and it’s time to reveal to Pete my secret weapon for certain Victory the BSB Legend Chris the stalker Walker but

He doesn’t seen too impressed well I’m just open it fa scrutineering and we don’t have to do it now I’ve seen it time to try and convince Chris that this really is a good idea well it is a four stroke so that probably renders us quite good because no one else is stupid

Enough to have a for stroke so how many’s in our class how many’s in our class I’m not sure not many three hang on now seriously right if there is only three bikes in our class even with me and the team there is a chance there is a chance as

Long as the podiums gone three steps on it we could be H it I think I’ve managed to con Chris into it but there’s still just a hint of skepticism how does it feel to have a team member with such experience as me yeah well there was you know you said

Member okay enough said there either way there’s no going back now as the troops are bustering and we’re about to go a war so this is it right everyone’s lining up there’s got to be a leemon style scarf and Pete is going to start proceedings suddenly a large green

Chicken type of a thing appears but somewhere in the melee Pete’s found the moped and we’re off the rules for mopet Mayhem are relatively simple just keep going round and round for an hour and a half and apart from that anything else is up for grabs you can jostle Kajol crash into or

Just wave at your fellow competitors the choice is yours but p is pinning It there he is after a few laps Pete’s coming into the pits oh no I think we got problem and problem or no problem it’s my turn it was all right to start with the bike but it seems to be getting slower for some reason I think think it might be

Overheating poor old Henry uh he just toddling around at the Moment being out here is like being a duck in a funf fair shooting gallery as hard as I try I’m just waiting to be hit by someone coming up behind this thing though is doing what it was designed for to go really slowly and be a danger to other Road users he’s

Coming in time to give stalker a go I know he can’t wait sec I was hoping it was going to break down before I have to ride it I have to say we’re not that quick are we no the bike seem have lost some pace for some reason yeah somehow

Somewhere but stalks is surely the man to make up some time even if he has to Pedal it if there were any just overtook somebody has he yeah there’s another one slower than ours really yeah they are side by side coming down the St come on

Stop oh he’s been knock off he’s off he’s off somebody clipped him someone clipped him probably he’s a major Target I mean a BSB Rider out here that’s crazy half an hour to go and many of the bikes are now giving in to the heat the dust and the sheer ferocity of the

Competition and Chris strangely is feeling sorry for one team in particular our bike is still going round but the three of us are here why well because the lads over there have brought that bike and it’s broken down so Chris suggested and Pete the gentlemanly racer

Thing is to give them our bike and make up some places hey it was nothing gentlemanly about it I’m done with it let’s go come on boys hey next time on the motorbike show my quest for land speed record Glory continues as I start the engine tuning

Oh it looks heavy yeah it feels heavy looks agricultural it is agricultural I’m training to be a police outrider is there any time in these proceedings that I might get a gun no and I’m put through my Paces as a motorcycle journalist now look right I

Found my second bike uh that’s the good news the bad news is I’ve lost my pen