Guy Martin Prog.

Kat1170

New programme with Guy Martin starting Sun. 29th Dec. on Channel 4

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Wonda-Boy

Kat1170 wrote: »

New programme with Guy Martin starting Sun. 29th Dec. on Channel 4

Link

Does it have subtitles? :pac::pac:

Max Headroom

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Does it have subtitles? :pac::pac:

AYE lad........:D

Max Headroom

Ermmmm...no one watch this then, or is it because Rossi isnt in it.....:p

Enjoyable hour of christmas telly......must be frightening , tailgating a truck at 112 mph....on a bicycle.......:eek:

cuppa...??

CJhaughey

Brilliant show, fair play to the team for that attempt, it looked mad!
I'd love to see them try that on a salt lake where the sand and distance wouldn't be as much a problem

Hotblack Desiato

Only seeing this thread now, will record it. It's being repeated tonight and tomorrow night on 4seven, and on Saturday on Channel 4.

nerrad1983

Great show really looking forward to next weeks

Fair play to him, he broke the record anyway

The chap is just bonkers though, you would no by the look of him

Hotblack Desiato

Gah!! Use spoilers!!

serious3

the guy's a legend! still don't think he has a TT win in him yet tho!

Max Headroom

nerrad1983 wrote: »

Fair play to him, he broke the record anyway

Although he only beat it by 2mph....which is a bit sh!t considering the technology he was using, compared to the 110 mph speed...the 100 record was set in 1953.........

Idleater

Max Headroom wrote: »

Although he only beat it by 2mph....which is a bit sh!t...

Not really. There is very little commercial advantage to blitzing the record. Sure look up how many times the high jumper Sergei Bubka broke the world record.

From Wikipedia : ...and broke the world record for men's pole vaulting 35 times

RosieJoe

Max Headroom wrote: »

Although he only beat it by 2mph....which is a bit sh!t considering the technology he was using, compared to the 110 mph speed...the 100 record was set in 1953.........

I'd say he would have blitzed it if he were driving on a road with race tyres as opposed to sand.

KTRIC

I wasn't familiar with this lad at all until I seen the show. Great screen presence, great show, can't wait for the next installation.

Wonda-Boy

KTRIC wrote: »

I wasn't familiar with this lad at all until I seen the show. Great screen presence, great show, can't wait for the next installation.

He is sound BIG TIME, no airs or graces. I met him at the ULSTER GP and it was like talking to a lad you use to go to school with. Unlike a certain Micky Dunlop that is like a spoilt child.

prunudo

RosieJoe wrote: »

I'd say he would have blitzed it if he were driving on a road with race tyres as opposed to sand.

Did they say why he did it sand, if the previous guy did it on a closed motorway how come they didn't try it on something like a runway.

CJhaughey

jvan wrote: »

Did they say why he did it sand, if the previous guy did it on a closed motorway how come they didn't try it on something like a runway.

None long enough that are able to be shut down for the required time.

prunudo

CJhaughey wrote: »

None long enough that are able to be shut down for the required time.

Cheers, watched the programme but must have missed that part.

Thomas D

KTRIC wrote: »

I wasn't familiar with this lad at all until I seen the show. Great screen presence, great show, can't wait for the next installation.

Watch the TT documentary which he is kind of the star. He's a funny guy in every sense of the word but very watch able.

Max Headroom

Think Guy is the next Fred Dibnah ...............top bloke was our Fred....

Cienciano

KTRIC wrote: »

I wasn't familiar with this lad at all until I seen the show. Great screen presence, great show, can't wait for the next installation.

What thomasD said. Go off and watch TT: Closer to the Edge. Come back and thank us later

Max Headroom

Cienciano wrote: »

What thomasD said. Go off and watch TT: Closer to the Edge. Come back and thank us later

OR.....make a date to attend some road races in 2014...and actually meet the guy....he's even funnier in person.....

Zascar

I really enjoyed it, looking forward to the other ones. He's a cool guy, really does not give a sh1t! I would like to see him win a TT, although he has stated that once he wins one, that's it, he won't be going for any more, which I find strange.

Give the "Closer to the Edge" movie a watch if you have not seen it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QldZiR9eQ_0

Wonda-Boy

Zascar wrote: »

I would like to see him win a TT, although he has stated that once he wins one, that's it, he won't be going for any more, which I find strange.

Give the "Closer to the Edge" movie a watch if you have not seen it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QldZiR9eQ_0

Its the ultimate big one, unlike the smaller RR in Ireland the risk is multiplied alot for the TT due to the speed. So if he wins it I dont think he wants to take the same risks again when he can get his kicks doing the smaller RR which are still dangerous. Then again he is an adrenaline junkie so I doubt he would give it up.

Deffo mad in the head to do any kind of RR TBH.

Heathen

There are a good few Guy haters out there, constantly banging on that he can't win a TT, but i think the lad is a legend!! And i would really love to see him do well this year at it event though he did say the TT is only a warmup for the southern 100 hehehehe!!

You might also look for a docu he did called "the boat that guy built" good viewing

Alright Chief!! Brew?

Wonda-Boy

I think why alot of people dont like him is because he goes around like he is broke and has not got a pot to piss in, even before the TV work came along. When truth be told he comes from an extremely wealthy family.....people dont like people with money.

I think he is a legend TBH.

Cienciano

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

I think why alot of people dont like him is because he goes around like he is broke and has not got a pot to piss in, even before the TV work came along. When truth be told he comes from an extremely wealthy family.....people dont like people with money.

I think he is a legend TBH.

Hated on biker.ie. But they hate everyone, or you're banned if you don't say you hate him :pac:

Pique

There's a cool doc on YouTube where he visits the Orange bicycle factory. His manner is pure Fred Dibnah. Good watch too.

minidazzler

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

I think why alot of people dont like him is because he goes around like he is broke and has not got a pot to piss in, even before the TV work came along. When truth be told he comes from an extremely wealthy family.....people dont like people with money.

I think he is a legend TBH.

And if he acted like he has loads of money people would hate him too.... if he acts just like himself (which he probably does) they hate him..

Fcuk the begrudgers, he's the most likable rider there is at the moment. He's a marketers dream.

kaimera

On last night; quite a good episode I thought. Fair dues out on the water

Max Headroom

Wouldnt fancy going head first into water at that speed...in full bike gear...he really has no fear..

Zascar

Brilliant program, I really enjoyed it! He's a right nutter but a very likeable guy I have to say. I've seen videos online of guys aqua plaining for dozens of meters on normal bikes. I wonder why they did not get the people who do that to consult?

josh59

I met Guy at an autograph signing in Bikeworld - I think it was two years ago - one of the reasons I went was my 7 year old daughter wanted to meet him. Now I do know that he was there at the behest of Dainese and AGV to whom he is under contract but he was at the table signing autographs talking to people and posing for photos most of the day - I believe he didn't even stop for lunch and apologized to the people waiting when he had to leave and go for a comfort break. We spend 4 or 5 minutes chatting with him, got the requisite photos and autographs and he spent some time talking in particular to my daughter.

I do know that some people have issues with him - he was vilified by a poster over on biker dot aye e some months back over some issue at the TT where the guy was waiting for an autograph and there were a few complaints that he was off-hand with a few people who were looking for stuff to be signed at the bike show in March last year.

My one experience of him however has been to the contrary - just my tuppence worth.

Zascar

Any link to that thread on biker.ie? My experience is that all of the TT riders are very nice people. Whenever I've been over having a walk around the paddocks you can often see the riders chatting with the punters. John McGuinness is a very down to earth lad. I saw Guy Martin several times riding around on his pushbike at night just seeing what's going on - was happy to say hello and wave to people.

You don't really get that in Formula 1.

josh59

Zascar wrote: »

Any link to that thread on biker.ie? My experience is that all of the TT riders are very nice people. Whenever I've been over having a walk around the paddocks you can often see the riders chatting with the punters. John McGuinness is a very down to earth lad. I saw Guy Martin several times riding around on his pushbike at night just seeing what's going on - was happy to say hello and wave to people.

You don't really get that in Formula 1.

Big thread here - lots of differing opinions - trying to find the actual thread where some guy goes on a rant over not getting an autograph

http://www.biker.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=185936

Zascar

Interesting. Just read the whole thing there. There are two sides to every story but I think some of the begrudgery is unfair. One of the reasons people like him is cause he does whatever the hell he wants. In the early days he was not bothered about the fame, attention and money, but now he's doing a few things and making a few quid - fair play to him. He's hardly Miley Cirus ffs. I really hate it when people have done well for themselves, get a few nice toys and then get pissed on because of it. Sometimes the most successful people are not the ones who do the hard graft for 100 years, but the clever ones who 'work smarter not harder'.

Cienciano

josh59 wrote: »

Big thread here - lots of differing opinions - trying to find the actual thread where some guy goes on a rant over not getting an autograph

http://www.biker.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=185936

Interesting, i assumed the default position on biker would be to dislike him, but in fairness, almost everyone likes him.
The begrudgery from admin on that thread is funny. Dislikes him because he has a few quid!

josh59

Enjoyed the program last night - at this rate Guy will be one of the fittest raod racers around this season !!

Zascar

I didn't think last nights one was as good. Seemed like despite a team of scientists and modern technologies, they did not do anywhere near as well as the German father and son team in the 70's. Still enjoyable. Pressure is on for Guy this year! I really would love to see him get a win though

Notch000

great show but i thought the aqua planning one was a bit of a cop out with the skid fairing added to the bottom of the bike, didnt seem right to me