Clarkson and Biker Comments (again)

[gavking]

When bikers slag off cars, its usally about how you can't park them as easily, how they're slower and you can't filter, and about how the drivers are less alert and therefore a danger to bikers. These are facts.

No, they are generalisations based on a minority.
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[MarJay]

Hell-lo.

ITV did a 'real story' programme about a year ago about bikers who speed 'in excess of 200mph' through north yorkshire.


I complained.

I got a letter back saying "Some bikes are capable of 200mph, the Kawasaki ZX12R for example..."

They aren't worth the effort.

Plus, clarkson does some good in that he is still a petrolhead, hates speed cameras and hates safety nazis.

Maybe what he meant by 'shooting a biker in the head' was

'Drill a hole in the side of his lid'
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[Mister James]

Surely our argument against Clarkson's comments would be that we are (mostly) law-abiding people taking part in an activity we love for our own amusement, not to detract from other people's quality of life. While the anti-social impact of loud exhausts is debatable, I don't think that pulling burnouts on his lawn is really the kind of behaviour that is going to make him admit he was wrong all along.

Clarkson is having a joke at our expense, so what? He makes similar comments about killing/maiming/torturing all sorts of people who have the temerity to annoy him with loud noises or crap cars - so what? I've laughed at just about all of them, I laughed at his biker comment too, mostly because I imagined him stand at the end of his drive shaking an impotent fist at a gang of PowerRangers screaming away into the distance.

There are films and TV shows with far worse examples of role models and violence, many of which are probably enjoyed by people on this board. It's noticable that some of the responses here are along the lines of "lets wreck his garden", "lets go and piss him off some more", "I'm gonna smack him in the mouth" etc.

It seems to be acceptable for us to make remarks about violent and unpleasant behaviour when we feel we are slighted, so why not him?

The whole complaint thing is rendered especially feeble by the fact that it was obviously mostly aimed at his co-hosts, who give as good as they get and obviously took no great offence.

If we're going to look at direct action, I suspect we will have to join the long queue behind the Volvo/Honda/Rover drivers, and all of the other people he's hurled abuse at over the years.
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[Bendy]

[RobB]

Clarkson (the pantomime character) is obviously good for the BBC, or they wouldn't have kept him so long. IMO, he's getting older, and grumpier. The new Top gear seems to have made him lose the plot a little, and he clearly can't stand Hammond or May taking any of his precious me-me-me time. Sack him for this? No. Maybe replace him in a few years..... Unless of course he manages to constantly stay in the media by making "outrageous" comments.... Cynical, moi?

The thing that got me with this weeks Top Gear was that a few minutes before Clarkson complained about bikes being too noisy, he'd praised some new car with a valve in the exhaust that could be heard from 2 miles away. He seemed so unbelieveably pleased with that idea, yet he then proceded with his rant against bikes. Maybe's it just that he wants to hear his car better.....
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[Trixie]

The bloke's a tosser in my opinion, but a petition is going a bit far, I reckon.

I don't agree with some of his comments about bikes/bikers, but I just switch over when he's on TV...nuff said!!
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[beefy]

i do watch it and im not a car fan, it is a good programme compared to the crap on telly.this hate for bikers gets drummed up 1st possible way he can and shadows yet more shit over us bikers, as bikers we should stick together.
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no need of the bad comments his words are meant to harm the biker community ,we like him have a passion for a motors ours just have 2 wheels and more reliable than his Ford GT

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[gavking]

[m99dws]

It's a TV show and you are all well aware of its content. If you don't like it or its presenters, turn it off.

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[TOM M]

[Flip]

It's going to make us bikers look so sad when this "you've hurt our feelings" petition email reaches the BBC.

The Outlaws will give it all up and buy Novas.

I might email the BBC saying I found it bloody funny as a biker.

Just a thought.

[Nath]

[Bendy]

I like 'new' Top Gear better than 'old' Top Gear.

[m99dws]

[feef]

at the end of the, we're all talking about Top Gear, and as a result some people who may not have watched it before will watch it now.

Clarkson's dodgy comments have worked, served their purpose.. it's got people talking about, and intersted in the program.

For all of you who are up in arms about him,calling for him to be sacked, you've swallowed the media marketing hook line and sinker.

if noone had said a thing, and not laughed, nor complained about the comment, that woud be more damaging than Any petiion, online or not.

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[minesweeper]

Could always use the anti terrorism laws against him, do him for "incitement to murder while wearing bad hair"

[tsmith]

Clarkson is the epitome of a car driver: hugely competitive, incredibly fragile ego and suffers from acute penile dysfunction.

Never mind mate, go drive another Ferrari. On an enclosed track. With nobody else around. Yawn.

[Andy C]

i dont dislike him i just find some of the things he says a bit ott, also when they have a race we will sin.

then again if i was watching the bike show like top gear i would hope for as many harsh jokes about car drivers that i could use against the next one of my friends to argue cars are better,

i think it just the war between car and bikes, and since clarkson is a 'car man' its no surprise he takes the piss out of bikers
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