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I personally can not stand Henry Cole
But should be worth a watch
 

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Cannot listen to him either, finger poised over mute button all the way through but the Allan dissection of engine is good.
 
kommando said:
Cannot listen to him either, finger poised over mute button all the way through but the Allan dissection of engine is good.
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I actually record the show and forward it past Henry where possible
Alan's contribution is gold
 
I haven't seen any motorcycle forum comment in which people say they like H.C. But, The Motorcycle Show is now into its 12th season - so he must be doing something right. The broadcasters would have dropped him very quickly if he wasnt getting an audience.
 
daveforty said:
I haven't seen any motorcycle forum comment in which people say they like H.C. But, The Motorcycle Show is now into its 12th season - so he must be doing something right. The broadcasters would have dropped him very quickly if he wasnt getting an audience.
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I'd say he probably appeals to the great unwashed
And not so much to anyone that knows anything about bikes
 
There must be better ways to give yourself a bad fright. - Rotary Nortons ? The best fun you can have with motorcycles is usually with two equally matched, then go for it. I have watched Guy Thingamy doing silly things - the Goodwood Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy race is always much more interesting. Anyone can get a much faster bike and blitz everyone, but where is the fun in that ? I road raced often over a 12 year period and always made sure my bike was not too competitive. I have won a race where the other guy who was trying, gave-up - that is very disappointing.
 
acotrel said:
There must be better ways to give yourself a bad fright. - Rotary Nortons ? The best fun you can have with motorcycles is usually with two equally matched, then go for it. I have watched Guy Thingamy doing silly things - the Goodwood Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy race is always much more interesting. Anyone can get a much faster bike and blitz everyone, but where is the fun in that ? I road raced often over a 12 year period and always made sure my bike was not too competitive. I have won a race where the other guy who was trying, gave-up - that is very disappointing.
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Who mentioned rotary Norton's or racing?
 
It looked like they had a motor running on dyno in the video doco on you tube , did they ever get the motor running in the bike ? , if not it must have been so frustrating for those on the project to get to that "unfinished point" , surely would want to keep working on it till it went, without pay .
 
I watched some of this last night. I recall the Nemesis when it was ‘news’. Like most, I also assumed from day one that it was a big white elephant.

But watching the show left me impressed. It was a seriously advanced piece of design and engineering. Such a shame it never got a chance.
 
I understand a lot of people find Henry irritating. However, I watched him being interviewed as part of the Brooklands series , and I have a lot more time for him since then. He is the instigator of the programmes, and in the ‘presenter’ role, he never claims to be knowledgeable, just enthusiastic, which is vital on TV to make it communicate to the viewer. It is very easy to stand on the sidelines and criticise, however doing it is a whole other thing.
 
jan nelder said:
I understand a lot of people find Henry irritating. However, I watched him being interviewed as part of the Brooklands series , and I have a lot more time for him since then. He is the instigator of the programmes, and in the ‘presenter’ role, he never claims to be knowledgeable, just enthusiastic, which is vital on TV to make it communicate to the viewer. It is very easy to stand on the sidelines and criticise, however doing it is a whole other thing.
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I don’t understand the hate either. I wouldn't say I’m a fanboy, I wouldn’t wear a HC tee shirt! But I find his program very watchable. It’s just that I rarely watch it cos I rarely watch any TV.
 
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Did y’all see the bit about the record they’re going for? LSR on a V8 motorcycle? Set in the early 1900s by a bloke who put an aeroplane engine into a basic chassis and did nearly 140mph !!!

Got me thinking a good stock modern normally aspirated V8 car engine puts out over 500bhp, putting one of them into a chassis (like Millard did with his V10) would easily break Cole’s record on the Nemesis (when he’s done it)…
 
meanwhile, Alan M. found a lot of water in the sump, and they didn’t seem to explain whether that was sorted at all before running it along the front drive. It is going to be continued during this series....
 

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