Top Gear anti bike or what!

It comes as no suprise that Top gear or should i say Clarkson slags off bikes again and his two pet chimps haven't got the b***s to to defend bikes even though they profess to be bikers first and foremost over cars. If anyone i work with tries to give biking a slagging i put them right with all the vigor i can muster. I believe that Clarkson doesnt like bikes because it takes large amount of skill to ride and control a bike correctly and safely and he hasnt got it. His idea of driving skill is sitting in a 1000 BHP supercar and spinning the rear wheels(YAWN) then when real driving skill is needed he has to hand it to someone who can drive. The Stig.

Yes, TopGear is 100% anti-bikes and yes you are right in that Richard Hammond and James May have at no point stood up to Jeremy Clarkson.

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Clarkson once sat on a harley as a dare, he gave it some revs, accidently put it in gear.....and promptly dropped the bike.

Hammond has a 1098S and may races classic bikes.

Nothing new there then.

[jambo]

Top gear's a giggle. There's been some banter on the bike stuff between Clarkson and Hammond but the point is Clarkson is opinionated and blunt and loves to wind people up. Thus about once or twice a year we have a set of threads where everyone gets all wound up about the man.

Despite the fact that the average motorcyclist in the UK is now a middle aged man with kids, and a car, all the motorcycling publications are generally "anti car" and have a go at all the fools in "cages". Because it's entertainment people are happy to gloss over the fact that they also drive cars, often badly. The car forums generally don't get all upset about how Bike! magazine has slagged off cars again...

So in short, if bikers are allowed to slag off car drivers, I'm not sure I'm morally opposed to Clarkson fishing for a reaction from "those guys in power ranger, day-glo leather romper suits"

Jambo

Clarkson has actually once said something thats not bad about bikes... When Neil Morrissey was on driving the crap car Neil put Clarkson in his place! Clarkson actually said something like (cant remember exact words) "I tried one of those Ducati Moster thingies, they are fast! felt like it was pulling my arms off". Just need someone with the balls to put him in his place.

Oh... why was there no Motorbike in the race accross London? ill guess because it would win by MILES! Sigh.

As to the co stars... well maybe they arnt allowed. it seems that Clarkson is the power behind it and it seems the other two are going to be going now anyway.

So what is it thats started this? I not seen much of this series, has he slagged down bikes again?

I blame Jambo, his sensible posts give us bikers a bad name.

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Grinch

I blame Jambo, his sensible posts give us bikers a bad name.

Question, has anyone ever seen me and Jeremy Clarkson together at the same time?

Mwahahahahahah


Jezza

[northwind]

Clarkson's brilliant at what he does, he's created a character and now he plays it brilliantly. Even if you watch old top gears you can see the difference. I wonder if he remembers who he really is?

It's TV ... a TV show about cars ... they are bound to belittle any other mode of transport (and always do) so what??? ... deal with it?

For humorous effect, I'd expect a presenter to take the piddle/hurl abuse at cars in a bike show, and I bet you would lap it up!!