Another Clarkson Gem!!

http://www.topgear.com/content/featu...ories/6/1.html

Like him or loathe him, he is bl**dy funny!!

Personaly i think hes great.

Originally Posted by Clarkson

At this point, I'm sure, some of you will be accusing me of hypocrisy

I think so, says the man who thought it was wonderful that you could hear the new DB9 up to 2 miles away. Personally, I think the guys a righteous self opinionated

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[fizzwheel]

I think he's funny, he's also opinionated and not afraid to speak his mind and thats exactly what makes him stand out in this age of political correctness and the increasingly nannying state that we live in. I dont care if he doesnt like bikes or bikers I'll still read what he writes and watch his programmes on the TV.

I thought this bit in that article was p*ss funny

"apart from a brief break at lunchtime when they all go to the pub for some bitter lemon and exaggeration"

[Viney]

Im with Fizz...

And so another love him hate him thread trolls on

Originally Posted by Clarkson

You can still wear your leather romper suit. You can still accelerate from 60 to 150 in minus 1.3 seconds. You can still crash and die so that someone in need of a spleen may live. But you absolutely do not need to deafen everyone in the process.

Hes got a point though. Where i live i can constantly here bikes going around the ring road which is located 1.5 miles from my house. You can here them come off the a64 duel carriageway on to the a1237 singleway, then accellerate and brake hard as they approach and dispose of each roundabout located on the a1237.

Whilst i love the sound of bikes... it must be really annoying for soneone living on the a1237 if all they get each relatively sunny day is

"ZZZZRRRROOOOOMMMMMmmmmmmmmm"

Its been said in bike magazines for years... "if yours in the 100th loud exhaust they've heard that day, chances are they wont be thankful for it".

We can still ride fast, and get our knee down, and lock the back up in to bends, or race our mates, or what ever we love doing on the country road... but do we really need an exhaust which makes 110Db?

what a great read - he does take the p*ss well

I live about 100 metres from a major bypass and I hear more cars with dustbin sized exhausts than bikes. Plus a bike is gone in a few seconds, where as the Chav in his Nova takes ages to go by....

Clarkson, as usual, is writing it because he knows it will get a reaction. I also think that he gets pi$$ed of with bikes because a £6k GSXR makes his £60k car look slow, and it's that which really irritates him.

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Mine's more of a safety feature...

I think it's a cultural thing. Everyone thinks bikers are evil anyway, so why not be noisy too?

I still think Clarkeson is funny though. You don't have to agree with someone to respect them.

Originally Posted by getyerkneedown

but do we really need an exhaust which makes 110Db?

Yes. Ever ridden in London? We need all the help we can get thankyou!

Dan

I can't imagine his GT40 is the quietest thing on the road