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It was interesting but not sure their business model stacks up, build a bike at cost and break even at best on the car.

All credit to the guy for doing the ride though.

Martin
 
funflair said:
It was interesting but not sure their business model stacks up, build a bike at cost and break even at best on the car.

All credit to the guy for doing the ride though.

Martin
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I’m sure the TV fees covered any costs... so this may not reflect his real, proper, actual business model.
agree credit to the man’s determination to succeed
 
For the past ten years I've only had use of my left arm and have a Meccano right leg following a biking smash (7.5 tonne lorry on wrong side of a country lane). I've had both of my bikes fitted with adaptations locating the clutch and front brake levers on the left and my right glove Velcro'd to a lever throttle which I operate by 'shrugging' my right shoulder. I ride just for fun and to rallies over here and abroad. Rode to Milan and back, camping all the way and then to Spain and back last June. Initially I fell over a few times when manoeuvring but now it's second nature (that's the riding, not the falling off).
Each adaptation cost £1,200 but the cost is irrelevant as even if I wrapped sixty £20 notes on the h/bars I still wouldn't be able to ride.
Driving and using the m/h is no problem except it's a struggle to wind the awning in and out one-handed!

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Great program, although I thought the guy was going to go off the road on one of those hairy mountain tracks! Looked very precarious.
 
At times he was reminiscent of 'Our Guy' I thought it was a one off no indication of a series.
 
Spriddler said:
For the past ten years I've only had use of my left arm and have a Meccano right leg following a biking smash (7.5 tonne lorry on wrong side of a country lane). I've had both of my bikes fitted with adaptations locating the clutch and front brake levers on the left and my right glove Velcro'd to a lever throttle which I operate by 'shrugging' my right shoulder. I ride just for fun and to rallies over here and abroad. Rode to Milan and back, camping all the way and then to Spain and back last June. Initially I fell over a few times when manoeuvring but now it's second nature (that's the riding, not the falling off).
Each adaptation cost £1,200 but the cost is irrelevant as even if I wrapped sixty £20 notes on the h/bars I still wouldn't be able to ride.
Driving and using the m/h is no problem except it's a struggle to wind the awning in and out one-handed!

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As well as meeting your needs that is one nicely engineered conversion (y) .
 
Eddie was watching it and I actually stopped reading and watched it what a interesting programme and what thoroughly nice guys.

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What a ridiculous route to take an out of practice disabled biker on, they nearly killed him.

There must have been backup judging from the drone shots.

We have a cross here between Guy Martin and Henry Cole.
 
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What a ridiculous route to take an out of practice disabled biker on, they nearly killed him.
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I'm inclined to agree, I wouldn't have taken the risk as since I'm now down to my last arm a little caution is called for, especially as I ride unaccompanied. I guess it makes better T.V. to ride over rough roads with deep drops when few of us, even the able-bodied, have any inclination to do that. Just sweeping round the countryside on decent roads is pleasure enough. Mind you, I have had a few heart-stopping moments on public roads, especially in freezing fog in the Pyrenees, but at least I couldn't see the drop at the roadside!

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Spriddler said:
For the past ten years I've only had use of my left arm and have a Meccano right leg following a biking smash (7.5 tonne lorry on wrong side of a country lane). I've had both of my bikes fitted with adaptations locating the clutch and front brake levers on the left and my right glove Velcro'd to a lever throttle which I operate by 'shrugging' my right shoulder. I ride just for fun and to rallies over here and abroad. Rode to Milan and back, camping all the way and then to Spain and back last June. Initially I fell over a few times when manoeuvring but now it's second nature (that's the riding, not the falling off).
Each adaptation cost £1,200 but the cost is irrelevant as even if I wrapped sixty £20 notes on the h/bars I still wouldn't be able to ride.
Driving and using the m/h is no problem except it's a struggle to wind the awning in and out one-handed!

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I hope this is taken in the spirit it is meant...I have nothing but admiration for your determination. May you continue to enjoy your hobbies for a very long time!
 
I recorded this and after reading all the above posts I am really looking forward to watching It.
 
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I hope this is taken in the spirit it is meant...I have nothing but admiration for your determination. May you continue to enjoy your hobbies for a very long time!
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Thanks. Motorbikes have been my passion for 60 years (I'm 74 now). It does cause my family some anxiety though. ?
To be quite honest I probably wouldn't have ridden again but for the fact that I still have no memory of the event at all as I have a complete blank of events from 20 mins before the collision until 4 days later when I regained consciousness. My memory starts again with seeing the 8 foot pink rabbit with green ears in the bed opposite me. I'm told it was the morphine.
My compensation barrister said that I was 'lucky' that the whole event was recorded on the lorry's camera or it would've been claimed that I was riding too fast for the corner. Needless to say I haven't looked at the recording.

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funflair said:
It was interesting but not sure their business model stacks up, build a bike at cost and break even at best on the car.

All credit to the guy for doing the ride though.

Martin
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Mike Brewer Mark 2 type programme ? B S ?
 
Anyone who just get's on with it when having a disability have my utmost admiration,
We have raced against a few with parts not working or missing, one Jon Warren who has no use of his left arm, built his Hillclimb trike from scratch & rides it at speed & with skill, in the 90's he kept us honest at most hill's.
Johan Reuterholt F1 sidecar driver paralyzed from the chest down, drove a large race truck, would change engines, fastest man in the paddock going down hill with 2 sidecar wheel's on his knees in a wheelchair :p
fantastically fast on track, cant remember ever beating him & his passenger Aki Aalto.
Just two of the one's we've raced
Then you have Aussie Alan Kempster :notworthy2:
 
Spriddler said:
I'm inclined to agree, I wouldn't have taken the risk as since I'm now down to my last arm
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I had the pleasure of chatting to a one armed biker at the Ponderosa last year, biking was everything to him, he wasn't going to let the small matter of a missing arm stop him. Much respect to both of you. Families worry too much, they are totally missing the huge value to you of getting out on a bike. Wed is looking good for my fourth outing of the year. It might be a bit chilly to go as far as the Ponderosa.

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I think the BBC pay them a good amount and that’s why they make the program.
I wonder what the rest of the series will be like because it’s started high.

I went trail riding in Yorkshire in the 80’s and our guide had a false leg and arm, had his false hand bungee’d to the handle bars, so when he fell off we had to pick him up,Good rider though.

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Manic said:
I think the BBC pay them a good amount and that’s why they make the program.
I wonder what the rest of the series will be like because it’s started high.

I went trail riding in Yorkshire in the 80’s and our guide had a false leg and arm, had his false hand bungee’d to the handle bars, so when he fell off we had to pick him up,Good rider though.
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Is it a series?

We enjoyed the programme and looked on the “search” facility for future episodes but couldn’t find any info.
 
Thoroughly enjoyed the programme. The paintsprayer/fabricator is the cousin of my friends godson. I dont think Tuitch is in it to make money but give mostly ex military vets a new lease of life after horrendous injeries. There is also a motorbuike racing team True Heroes racing made up of ex military vets with disabilaties. I did think he sounded like Guy Martin . The build format part of the programme was a bit like some of the American programmes on custom builds
 
Im sure I read in one of the tv mags that this was a pilot and the guy hoped they would commission a series
 
Well worth watching, obviously a financial leg up from the programme makers or it would have been financial disaster. That said it was good to see these guys care so much for each other in the Military . Also there is something present in the genes in those from Hull, Guy factor very present. Let’s hope we see some more . Come on Beeb

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pappajohn said:
Yep..... Mike Brewer, wide boy extradinaire and his lanky sidekick who knows it all, never gets dirty and works all hours for free.
Add in Edd Chinas wages and they never made a penny on any car by a long way.
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Some of the cars they “sold” are still registered to the production company.

I read they are living in an underground car park ?
 

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