Road Riders on iPlayer

[ForestRunner]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mp802

Just watched a minute ago.
Irish road racing profile of amateurs competing.
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[chickenstrip]

Cheers for the tip, just watched it.

I think I'm starting to get a little bit tired of the focus on the dangers of road racing in these films and programmes. This one seemed to be about little else. It'd be nice to see a bit more about bike preparation and stuff like that.
Lovely looking Norton that guy was riding.
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[ForestRunner]

Yes. I know what you mean.
There is more to come, so hopefully they have got that out of the way in the first episode and will focus on some of what really goes in to making the races happen.
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[NJD]

I watched it too but before this thread.

I concur with the whole moany comments about the danger and quickly formed the opinion they could of made something good and positive and yet again, surprise surprise, turned it into a negative making it the focus point including the death of a young rider as the ending.

Young lass was alright, too soon?

To me Road still remains the go to film about the TT if ever I want to watching something related. That or there was a long doc about it where hutchy pulls wheelie's as a kid, forgot the name. Either way nice to see it getting some attention hopefully the two episodes that follow are more positive.
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[Dave....]

Bookmarked for later

[M.C]

[Howling Terror]

I think I like it even with it's over dramatic anti-climaxes <<<I think they did a John Peel session.

There's a sincerity in the 'cast' and if anything it pushes the point of the urgency to race the roads again and again regardless of...well everything.

Gives an insight on shoestring roadracing and the state of their tyres on the start line.

7/10.
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[NJD]

[Dave....]

Apparently they are making a film at this years TT Hollywood style.
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/news/2016/november/iomtt-film-coming
Chances are it will be pish.

[ZX-7R]

[NJD]

Episode 2 spoiler warning.

I couldn't feel more depressed by road racing after watching that if I tried. No sooner had I realised I was starting to wait for the fun music, fast action and race footage had it ended with nothing but a constant theme of loosing ones family and general sadness throughout.

The begging of intro has a loss statistic and the ending of the into ends with a crash.

It's all a bit boring. Was using a Dunlop saying he didn't want to race a way of BBC putting another nail in coffin of motorbikes, or road racing?

I can't help but feel the BBC or the makers of this programme need a boot up the arse. One thing that's true about writing is, keep with me here, that an Author writes about a certain topic from a set view point from the begging.. it's their take on the subject. I can't help but think they've got the wrong team for the job here. Or the right one if BBC plans to provide negative coverage of it all.

I need to go watch some of Lockk9 TT Racing's videos or alike to put the fun back into it. Watching one of them always brings a smile to me face.

On the plus side, only a short one, Dunlop was using a workzone ratchet to work on the bike. Great advert for Aldi. Knew there was a reason I figured it better than the Halfords advanced one.

I'll watch the third one but I already know what's coming, more depression.
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[B0ndy]

Saw episode one the other day, thought there was too much about safety and not enough about bikes - was quite boring to be honest.
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[Rogerborg]

[chris-red]

[M.C]

[Rogerborg]

[M.C]

So yeah episode 2 was boring (as well), probably more so as I quite liked the girl in the first one The guy who (previously) broke his neck wearing the neck thingy, is that a good idea?

[NJD]

[ZX-7R]

[M.C]

[B0ndy]

Tin foil hats on, is this just another BBC series designed to put people off ever getting a bike?
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