why no "Top Gear" for bikes
 

How come there's no tv programme about motorbikes? Yes there's plenty of motorbike racing on TV but I'm not aware of any magazine type show. I am fairly to new to the scene so correct me if I'm wrong. I have all the Sky channels.

Bkes aren't popular enough to get:

-prime time spot
-a decent budget

The shows on m&m were really guff, very poorly presented and amateurish camerawork. UBH was a good example of this. Think m&m is now down the pan though.

There was one on Men & Motors with that blonde girl that models Oxford gear.

It was pants!

Cos it would be crap.

It would either be boring and factual (like "old" Top Gear") or Richard Hammond would present it, it would be great but they would focus on the speed etc and it would get letters of complaint.

Best they leave alone I think

David

I disagree...I think there's room for a quality bike show with road tests and bike features.

Dont get me wrong - I would LOVE to see it.

I just think that in the post Hammond crash world, it would be under serious pressure to be sedate and boring - think Top Gear with just James.........

As opposed to Hammond's Half Hour of Biking Mayhem with a Clarkson-alike pro biker.

Best bet would be for a 15 minute slot in every edition of Top Gear.

David

Which will not happen cos Clarkson hates motorbikes. They used to test a motorbike in the old style Top Gear.

That won't happen cos Clarkson hates bikes. If you think Top Gear pre-Hammond when they focussed on serious reviews or Fifth gear pre-the current series. Like that, except without the cars. :)

The format isn't really transferrable to bikes. Just think, half of the presenting on top gear is done from inside the cars, whilst they are driving. It can't work that way for a bike.

If it is any comfort, here in Spain which is a completely bike mad country there are no magazine type tv shows either. That in a country where every Moto GP race,125 and 250's are always shown live on the equivalent of BBC1. :?