Top Gear anti bike or what!

i think clarksons hilarious, his written stuff is brilliant and as you say he knows how to get a reaction from people. he often does things just to get a rise out of them. also top gear is now more of an entertainment show, yes its about cars, but really its more about entertainment. i watched an old show with clarkson on it and he was talking about bikes, saying how he should love them, the speed, the engines, the afordability, the engineering in them, but he just doesnt. so he now just mocks them

also like how they have adopted the top of the pops way of arranging audience members, we'll have pretty ladies to the front and the rest...... well just sort yourselves out!

Originally Posted by 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.

+ 1, just needs to keep some of his opinions to himself.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

I agree. He isnt scared to say what he and others think...

Ah, I dunno, I'm not sure that he neccesarily says what he thinks. He says what Jeremy Clarkson is supposed to think. But you never know how deep that goes.

Originally Posted by northwind

Ah, I dunno, I'm not sure that he neccesarily says what he thinks. He says what Jeremy Clarkson is supposed to think. But you never know how deep that goes.

Indeed he is an actor like everyone else on TV!! .. just like the cast of Deadernders (or any other show) ... these people aren't 'real' ...

I suppose he is... BUT he may just use the clarkson front to put accross his views. Having seen some of the things he has done away from Top Gear I do think he is a bit of an aragant ****... I guess even that could be an act, who knows... (retorical question)

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

I suppose he is... BUT he may just use the clarkson front to put accross his views. Having seen some of the things he has done away from Top Gear I do think he is a bit of an aragant ****... I guess even that could be an act, who knows... (retorical question)

Its all part of the persona/image that every actor has to keep up ... I am sure some, perhaps much of what he says/thinks is from the heart, but never forget he is an actor acting a predetermined/staged part so you will never know the true percentages!!

Clarkson is harmless enough and there are bigger egos out there in the 'stars' world isn't there!!

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To prove the point ... do you really think all those 'races' they do really end up as that tight a run thing?!?!!? ... do they feck, its all stage managed .... good tv mind ....

I do find it sickening my TV licence payers money is going toward them p1ssing aobut in cars mind!!

Hammond and May like bikes, Clarkson doesn't. Of course they're going to make a humorous dialogue out of that when the subject arises. It's TV.

Clarkson did sit on a CBR600RR once on Top Gear, when he rode tested that Ariel Atom which blitzed the bike round the track. Fifth Gear do a lot on bikes, they had Butler Henderson on a Ducati 999 riding back and to outside Ducati Manchester, they took a ZZR1400 down Santa Pod, a Ron Haslam track day at Donington (in which Tiff slid off the CBR600RR getting his kneedown) and a race between a Bowler Wildcat and KTM i think it was. I must stop watching Dave

Oh and a race in London between Rutter on his Stobart Fireblade, Jenson Buttons F1 car and a F1 powerboat.

Originally Posted by MR UKI (1)

Clarkson did sit on a CBR600RR once on Top Gear, when he rode tested that Ariel Atom which blitzed the bike round the track. Fifth Gear do a lot on bikes, they had Butler Henderson on a Ducati 999 riding back and to outside Ducati Manchester, they took a ZZR1400 down Santa Pod, a Ron Haslam track day at Donington (in which Tiff slid off the CBR600RR getting his kneedown) and a race between a Bowler Wildcat and KTM i think it was. I must stop watching Dave

Aye... you are right. Though racing a 600 vs a atom... common. Cost difference is MASSIVE.

The 5th gear ones are great though, and not just because the bike often wins...

They also did 1098 vs Lambo (Murchialago?)

Also did CBR with Toseland vs a Civic Type R... Erm a Gixxer 1000 vs something else too but cant remember what. The bikes all won those.