Jenny Tinmouth to become factory Honda BSB rider
Discussion
moanthebairns said:
Yazza54 said:
I don't think she's particularly bad looking, probably better than some of the rotters you lot have got locked up at home. Though as BN said what she looks like has f
k all to do with any of this...
I never mentioned looks first. k all to do with any of this...t storm caused by such an innocuous comment! 
A It's hard to put it in a way that doesnt belittle her.
Yes she is 'fast'
Faster than any of us, without doubt.
Is she fast enough to warrant a Honda UK bike? Erm. No.
On her Superbike, (which, despite some thinking was a nail, had the latest swingarm, Padgetts spec motor, latest spec KTEC etc) she turned up at club meets and very barely beat the likes of Phil Crowe, john Ingram, Jonathan Lodge, all on stockers.
It's fairly easy just looking at lap times & results (she rode a GSXR for crescent at race of the year a few years back and finished behind sstk600 lads) to see that she hasn't got that ride on merit.
It's come as a massive publicity ploy, as Nick Campalucci, head of Honda UK bikes said, it's to fall in line with other females signed to hind bike teams (Dakar & WMX)
In all seriousness, she will still struggle to make top 15, especially given the depth of the grid this year.
BSB isn't about talent. In all bar the top few lads, it's about who brings the most £££ or the sponsors want.
The one thing I would like too see for Jenny is a return to the island, she is proper rapid round the rock, like most roads people she is higher up the pecking order when it comes to riding between the hedges than between the armco!
Yes she is 'fast'
Faster than any of us, without doubt.
Is she fast enough to warrant a Honda UK bike? Erm. No.
On her Superbike, (which, despite some thinking was a nail, had the latest swingarm, Padgetts spec motor, latest spec KTEC etc) she turned up at club meets and very barely beat the likes of Phil Crowe, john Ingram, Jonathan Lodge, all on stockers.
It's fairly easy just looking at lap times & results (she rode a GSXR for crescent at race of the year a few years back and finished behind sstk600 lads) to see that she hasn't got that ride on merit.
It's come as a massive publicity ploy, as Nick Campalucci, head of Honda UK bikes said, it's to fall in line with other females signed to hind bike teams (Dakar & WMX)
In all seriousness, she will still struggle to make top 15, especially given the depth of the grid this year.
BSB isn't about talent. In all bar the top few lads, it's about who brings the most £££ or the sponsors want.
The one thing I would like too see for Jenny is a return to the island, she is proper rapid round the rock, like most roads people she is higher up the pecking order when it comes to riding between the hedges than between the armco!
Edited by Lincsblokey on Thursday 29th January 15:54
I'm firmly in the camp that says she's earned a bash on some good kit. Me and the gf are big fans and she's shown a lot of speed in some of the trickier rounds (especially at Oulton in the wet last time we went, when JT showed more balls than a lot of the blokes in the conditions).
And she's bloody handy on a mountain bike too, I've ridden in a group with her in the past and she made me and more than a few others look like beginners. Reckon she's pretty fearless - she should go well. Good luck to her. Roll on BSB 2015, it's going to be a corker
And she's bloody handy on a mountain bike too, I've ridden in a group with her in the past and she made me and more than a few others look like beginners. Reckon she's pretty fearless - she should go well. Good luck to her. Roll on BSB 2015, it's going to be a corker
moanthebairns said:
Sharks attack from below. Well the white does. It's sharks that can't stop swimming or they die. The don't sleep as well.
Neither of those facts are true: Nurse sharks are able to stop swimming, as they have an ability to force water over their gills.And whilst sharks don't sleep like we do, they do have restful as well as active periods: http://marinelife.about.com/od/fish/f/howdosharkss...
One funny woman is Sarah Millican. Very funny indeed. More so than quite a few 'funny' blokes too.
so they don't sleep. they don't slip a few co-codamol, have a warm bath and cosy up. they don't sleep.
Sarah Millican "oh im a Geordie, I'm really random, oh I'm a Geordie btw and a bit common"
She's st. Just like Miranda Hart, they have made a career from being a bit fugly and milking it. "oh look at me, my boobs sag, clothes pinch, I act like I don't care because that's funny", yaaaaaaaaaawn.
Sarah Millican
"oh im a Geordie, I'm really random, oh I'm a Geordie btw and a bit common"She's s
t. Just like Miranda Hart, they have made a career from being a bit fugly and milking it. "oh look at me, my boobs sag, clothes pinch, I act like I don't care because that's funny", yaaaaaaaaaawn. 
epom said:
Superb news for her, and well done Honda. I'd say some of the original jokes on here will be new to her also and she will get a great laugh from them.
Will she need a separate garage to change in?
She hasn't when she's been out in track when I've been there. Will she need a separate garage to change in?
And she is fast, she might not seem it based on where she finishes BSB races, but I dont think anyone on here (even BN or McKeann would keep her in sight)
Lincsblokey said:
A It's hard to put it in a way that doesnt belittle her.
Yes she is 'fast'
Faster than any of us, without doubt.
Is she fast enough to warrant a Honda UK bike? Erm. No.
On her Superbike, (which, despite some thinking was a nail, had the latest swingarm, Padgetts spec motor, latest spec KTEC etc) she turned up at club meets and very barely beat the likes of Phil Crowe, john Ingram, Jonathan Lodge, all on stockers.
It's fairly easy just looking at lap times & results (she rode a GSXR for crescent at race of the year a few years back and finished behind sstk600 lads) to see that she hasn't got that ride on merit.
It's come as a massive publicity ploy, as Nick Campalucci, head of Honda UK bikes said, it's to fall in line with other females signed to hind bike teams (Dakar & WMX)
In all seriousness, she will still struggle to make top 15, especially given the depth of the grid this year.
BSB isn't about talent. In all bar the top few lads, it's about who brings the most £££ or the sponsors want.
The one thing I would like too see for Jenny is a return to the island, she is proper rapid round the rock, like most roads people she is higher up the pecking order when it comes to riding between the hedges than between the armco!
Very well put and I can only +1 the fact that Honda have seen the marketing value of ... " Oh , its a girl on a bike ". Are Honda putting mirrors on the factory bike ??Yes she is 'fast'
Faster than any of us, without doubt.
Is she fast enough to warrant a Honda UK bike? Erm. No.
On her Superbike, (which, despite some thinking was a nail, had the latest swingarm, Padgetts spec motor, latest spec KTEC etc) she turned up at club meets and very barely beat the likes of Phil Crowe, john Ingram, Jonathan Lodge, all on stockers.
It's fairly easy just looking at lap times & results (she rode a GSXR for crescent at race of the year a few years back and finished behind sstk600 lads) to see that she hasn't got that ride on merit.
It's come as a massive publicity ploy, as Nick Campalucci, head of Honda UK bikes said, it's to fall in line with other females signed to hind bike teams (Dakar & WMX)
In all seriousness, she will still struggle to make top 15, especially given the depth of the grid this year.
BSB isn't about talent. In all bar the top few lads, it's about who brings the most £££ or the sponsors want.
The one thing I would like too see for Jenny is a return to the island, she is proper rapid round the rock, like most roads people she is higher up the pecking order when it comes to riding between the hedges than between the armco!
Edited by Lincsblokey on Thursday 29th January 15:54
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