jasonius

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Men and Motors, The Worlds Fastest Motorbikes 2.

Some of the moves these guys were doing on busy roads was very irresponsible if you ask me, showing it on the TV even more so IMHO..! Openly acknowledging they were speeding, " it's only got 10 miles on it and still managed to pull 180 on this road.." and on bike footage showing 130-140 on the clocks..!

These riders are apparently well known in the biking community, how come they're not being pursued by the 5O..?

The really funny thing is the programme is sponsored by 'Bennets Bike insurance'..lol..!

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not one of the holier than thou SN members who usually slate anyone posting about having a bit of fun, but this was very irresponsible.

Before anyone says, I don't care how good a rider these guy's are, the speeds involved were downright dangerous..!

rant over.

RichardF

Watched 5 minutes of it but not from the beginning mate. Think it was from the Isle of Man which I thought was derestricted out of town (maybe wrong), other thing was that they were all pro racers / very high standard bikers.

In my opinion inappropriate speed is dangerous at times but personally didn't see anything wrong with the bits I saw (saw one speedo register nigh on 170mph).

Richard

jasonius

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Even so, the speed/proximity they were overtaking other (non pro) road users was dangerous IMO. Maybe I'm getting old..!

Didn't realise IOM had unrestricted roads. If so they've got it good there as they can still legally own pistols too. Feel a move coming on..

rgv_stu

havent seen this one but the first episode was definately in the isle of man hence no speed limits. they were all pro bike riders and no stupidity was seen imo. this world has gone too PC

Izzy

Outside of towns / built up areas there are no speed limits on the Isle of Mann - however you can still be charged for dangerous driving, so inapropriate use of speed is still, err inapropriate, on the IoM....

Motorbike gods they may be, but they, or someone else, will still become very dead at those kind of speeds if there is an accident.........

Microstar

A friend of mine entered the TT several times in the 1990's. He was a 'pro' biker and sponsored etc. He saw a few really grisly accidents and it put him off racing for good.

Abdabz

They stop being motorbike gods when they race around on the public highways. At this point they become what is known in the business as bellends...

Izzy

CupraDave

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correct and correct

all the riders featured in this programme are professional racers, either short circuit or road racing like the TT. The bits where they top 100+ are all filmed on the derestricted roads over here, mainly the mountain section of the TT course. All the riding in the programme you watched was done with the police having full knowledge of what was going on on the derestricted roads here on the island and the emergency services at hand should something have gone wrong.

jasonius, if you wanna have a whine about true inconciderate riding then go watch a Ghostrider DVD or some of these idiots that post themselves up on YouTube.

jasonius

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You tube and DVD's are one thing however glorification on free to air TV is another..!

With regards to the emergency services being aware, what about the other road users who were being overtaken, imho, very recklessly and very close..

There were a number of scenes where overtakes were being performed mid bend (albeit open) with the riders 'swinging' around the cars they were overtaking (ie VERY close).

In fact, these scenes look very similar to some of the idiotic stuff performed by the so called ghost rider you mention..!