Speed with Guy Martin - new series
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Great TV, Guy has MASSIVE balls. Crashes the bike and seems totally unfazed by it, and you've only got to listen to the people talking about how hard it is to pull off to get some sense of it's difficulty.
I don't know how he finds time to do it all, Moody is the boss of legend it would seem...
I don't know how he finds time to do it all, Moody is the boss of legend it would seem...
That was some top quality television. It was also a significant contrast with the other two episodes. A competent, well resourced, team going after a record that a number of other competent teams are also competing to break. The growing relief and amazement from the US team as it became apparent that the funny talking PR dream driver that Triumph had foisted on them was actually bloody good at this stuff was nice to see.
marshall100 said:
Great TV, Guy has MASSIVE balls. Crashes the bike and seems totally unfazed by it, and you've only got to listen to the people talking about how hard it is to pull off to get some sense of it's difficulty.
I don't know how he finds time to do it all, Moody is the boss of legend it would seem...
watch his crash at IOM or UGP, he definately used up one of his 9 lives there. He probably feels if he got away with that then anything bonneville threw at him was do-ableI don't know how he finds time to do it all, Moody is the boss of legend it would seem...
slybynight said:
When people say gyroscopes on this thread, surely they are talking piezo Gyros (as in RC heli's and the like) to control steering actuators, as opposed to stonking huge iron disks, no?
Why not stonking great iron disks? Something like the Lit C-1 concept with two heavy-ish, very fast, gyros and it'd be basically impossible to tip over. jsf said:
...Looks like the team he is working with are top notch though...
Err, the brakes failed at towing speed and the drive shaft broke the first time under power, then they couldn't find a fault with an engine/electricals.Not sure I agree with you jsf!
The Surveyor said:
It was a great program and I especially loved his description of a usual accident... "sky, tarmac, sky, tarmac, ambulance"
Agree, it was a very good program and I must admit the 'sky, tarmac...' made my laugh. Guy is not like us normal people!
I was a bit surprised that they made no mention of Bert Munro (The Worlds fastest Indian) although I'm sure did see his bike in one clip.
skeggysteve said:
jsf said:
...Looks like the team he is working with are top notch though...
Err, the brakes failed at towing speed and the drive shaft broke the first time under power, then they couldn't find a fault with an engine/electricals.Not sure I agree with you jsf!
The Surveyor said:
It was a great program and I especially loved his description of a usual accident... "sky, tarmac, sky, tarmac, ambulance"
Agree, it was a very good program and I must admit the 'sky, tarmac...' made my laugh. Guy is not like us normal people!
I was a bit surprised that they made no mention of Bert Munro (The Worlds fastest Indian) although I'm sure did see his bike in one clip.
The most likely scenario was that guy was dragging the brakes a little without knowing it, which would very quickly elevate the temperatures.
The brakes do very little to slow the vehicle, the initial deceleration is by backing off the power and letting the aero drag slow the vehicle, you then deploy the parachute which pulls most of the speed off, the brakes then get used once the aero drag has diminished.
Usually, when you lose a parachute at Bonneville, you are looking at massive stopping distances because the brakes are so poor, because they are so compromised on cooling.
The whole feel of the team looked right to me, sure they had teething problems but that's going to happen on a project like this. The whole approach of the team looked professional, they all clearly liked Guy too, with lots of pats on the back.
marshall100 said:
I'm not sure you'll ever see him back at the IOM following some of the comments after his first run at speed. Saying it was like winding the clock back 10 years is a pretty bold statement. Maybe he's found his new favourite thing....?
Could well be, it's the sort of project that is all consuming. The driver I know broke a series of records that had stood for the previous 45 years. Munter said:
Clearly I'm not an engineer. But...don't the wheels have a gyroscopic effect?
The front wheel was small, I thought it wouldn't have much gyroscopic effect. Didn't see the back wheel although the rear on the other bike looked huge? Maybe it doesn't matter at high speed but compromised them at low speeds.Great piece of TV, thsi is what Guys hsould be doing, this is the stuff of legends. The crap with the balloon and boat is plain embarrassing in comparison and really doesn't sit with Guys persona.
Mr E said:
I was struck by the difference in management styles between this land speed team and the Le Mans team that Chris Hoy was involved with.
And of course the size of Mr Martin's massive balls.
+1, highly stressed atmosphere in Chris's team, laid back take it in their stride attitude in Guys team.And of course the size of Mr Martin's massive balls.
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