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Meccano Motorbike on the TT Circuit
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peter scott



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 5:19 pm    Post subject: Meccano Motorbike on the TT Circuit Reply with quote
James May's Toy Stories program build a full sized motorbike and sidecar from Meccano and May and Oz Clarke take it around the IOM circuit (with difficulty).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03njvbz/James_Mays_Toy_Stories_The_Motorcycle_Diary/

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Roger-hatchy



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Watched it as well
Was a great achievement and fun.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Saw it last night as well. What an achievement
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I always wondered why a person of such charisma, intelligence and original ideas wastes so much of his time being ridiculed by the two idiots in Top Gear?
Perhaps there is a more steady, reliable income from Top Gear?
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi
Jim.Walker wrote:
I always wondered why a person of such charisma, intelligence and original ideas wastes so much of his time being ridiculed by the two idiots in Top Gear?
Perhaps there is a more steady, reliable income from Top Gear?
Jim.


Equally I wonder why the tall one has to make himself into an idiot when he is capable of such documentaries as his:-
The Victoria Cross for Valour.
The Greatest Raid of All Time (Dieppe)
PQ17. An Arctic Convoy Disaster.

I suppose it is all down to your last sentence. Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can you imagine how much money those three get paid? Maybe £2million a year, partly from the programme and partly from spin-offs
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