The Motorbike Show

[MarJay]

THREAD UPDATE!!

Youtube has run out of stuff that I subscribe to at the mo so I thought I'd give The Motorbike Show a go on ITVX. I started from series 6 which is the earliest on there, and it's not too bad! Henry is a bit peculiar, but he's personable and obviously enthusiastic. He directs the programme too, which is a lot of work and he single handedly brought Allen Millyard to TV so can't be all bad.

Negatives? He insists on calling a GSXR a Jeezee or something like that? That is epically annoying, but hey, he used to be a heroin addict according to Wikipedia, so we can allow for some brain addling I guess.
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Kentol750]

Henry does his best delivering what we all know to a much wider audience (I hope) and encourages people into motorcycling. Yes, he can grate a bit, don't we all? With the others on his show and how he (like Mike brewer) champions old school and local engineers and workshops, has to be deserved of a bit more kudos.
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Some bikes.

[t121anf]

Was nice to get an update on the Norton Nemesis last night, Milliards YouTube series appears to have come to stop on the subject.

[MarJay]

What I liked too is that he pitched the detail well. He talked about forks and shocks and things without explaining what each was (for a wider audience) but he didn't go into frame geometry or cartridges or anything like that. I could personally handle a bit more technical detail, but the majority wouldn't so I think he's done a very good job.

I don't think he's a fantastic rider, or at least the H+S people when filming won't let him ride anything with more than about 80bhp, or lean more than a couple of degrees. But he is undoubtedly watchable and enthusiastic, and I suspect he's more knowledgeable and about as skilled as the average UK motorcyclist.
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[slowasyoulike]

Pretty sure 'skilled' doesn't apply; if you've seen any episodes of Shed and Buried it's manifestly obvious that he can't even hold a spanner properly. He's OK at wiping things with an oily rag but his mate Sam (?) is the one who appears to actually fix anything.

[Freddyfruitba...]

[jonquirk]

It is probably worth remembering that as well as being director and presenter he is also, to a certain extent, a performer. What you see on screen maybe just part of his “shtick”, such as being incompetent with a spanner. It is supposed to be entertaining, after all. It’s not a lecture from the Open University.
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2021 Triumph Trident660
1978 BMW R60/7

[hellkat]

Oddly enough, I prefer Drew Pritchard to Henry Cole*.
The whole "I'm an eccentric likeable fellow with posh-chap hair" schtick gets on my tits, same as the Hairy Bikers do/did.

At least Pritchard with that grouchy-bollocks thing he has going on is a bit more "real".


*But I'm getting used to Cole, I just can't take much more than a small dose of him.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[A100man]

[Polarbear]

[A100man]

[hellkat]

Keep your knickers on, luv.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[recman]

[Freddyfruitba...]

[blurredman]

[MarJay]

[Fullers1845]

I'll watch it if it happens to be on but haven't yet made an effort to catch up.

I think it's ok really, does seem pitched towards middle-aged gits on 'friendly' bikes.

Also put Alan Millyard on the telly in a good way as he is a bit of a one-off genius in a shed type.
I like how he had no qualms about firing up the priceless Nemesis with a can of easystart!
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Honda CB125F, Kawasaki ZX6R J1, 1922 Sheffield-Henderson Blackburne grasstrack/sprint

[Kawasaki Jimbo]