A Tribute to Bikers from Top Gear - xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community

saif71184 · 01-07-2009, 06:47 PM

Top Gear: Vietnam Special was a special 75-minute episode of the motoring series Top Gear.
The challenge, to travel 1000 miles from Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon), at the bottom of Vietnam to Ha Long city, near Hanoi (Hà Nội) at the top in eight days, was undertaken by regular presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. The primary vehicles of this special were motorbikes.

Hammond bought a Russian-built 125cc two-stroke Minsk, May a 50cc four-stroke Honda Cub and Clarkson, who claimed to have never ridden before and knew little about motorbikes, purchased a green Piaggio Vespa.

It was 1000 miles of everything you could throw at a novice rider - rain, traffic, twisty mountain terrain, beaches and unsuitably large gifts from well-meaning travelling companions. Or, as Clarkson put it, a ‘monotony broken only by a light sprinkling of discomfort’.

Aryan · 01-07-2009, 08:30 PM

Topic Approved.

nightwing · 01-07-2009, 09:07 PM

I was just waiting for this thread to come up ever since I watched that episode.

Seems like very few people here watch Top Gear.

It was an epic episode.Being a biker owning a 'killer'

125cc here I could imagine myself in the same place doing the same thing. With each and every kms that passed,I could feel myself falling in love with those three bikes,especially the Vespa.
Jeremy was,as usual,himself throughout the show.

koolsun · 01-07-2009, 09:08 PM

ha ha Mr. clarkson as we all know hates bikers!!!( but still i love watching top gear alot!!!) nice to see the old fella ride around;-)

pulsater · 01-07-2009, 09:10 PM

and Jermy still hates bikes. This was the best of 75 mins of Top gear.

Aryan · 01-07-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by koolsun

ha ha Mr. clarkson as we all know hates bikers!!!( but still i love watching top gear alot!!!) nice to see the old fella ride around;-)

As much as Clarkson hates bikers, but he is one of the best around! I absolutely love the way he speaks; each word coming out of his mouth is tremendous, really..

koolsun · 01-07-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Aryan

As much as Clarkson hates bikers, but he is one of the best around! I absolutely love the way he speaks; each word coming out of his mouth is tremendous, really..

couldn't agree anymore! top gear is the best motoring show on planet earth! may be the universe for tht matter!!

haxor · 01-07-2009, 09:38 PM

man can you please tell me which season and episode ?

thanks in advance!!

koolsun · 01-07-2009, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by haxor

man can you please tell me which season and episode ?

thanks in advance!!

season 12,episode 8

haxor · 01-07-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by koolsun

season 12,episode 8

thanks mite will download it asap!
thanks!
it seems that the episode is recently telecasted..low seed(s)

01-07-2009, 06:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
saif71184 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Malad, Mumbai Posts: 673	A Tribute to Bikers from Top Gear Top Gear: Vietnam Special was a special 75-minute episode of the motoring series Top Gear. The challenge, to travel 1000 miles from Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon), at the bottom of Vietnam to Ha Long city, near Hanoi (Hà Nội) at the top in eight days, was undertaken by regular presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. The primary vehicles of this special were motorbikes. Hammond bought a Russian-built 125cc two-stroke Minsk, May a 50cc four-stroke Honda Cub and Clarkson, who claimed to have never ridden before and knew little about motorbikes, purchased a green Piaggio Vespa. It was 1000 miles of everything you could throw at a novice rider - rain, traffic, twisty mountain terrain, beaches and unsuitably large gifts from well-meaning travelling companions. Or, as Clarkson put it, a ‘monotony broken only by a light sprinkling of discomfort’. __________________ “Inches make a Champion.” http://saif71184.blogspot.com/ http://twitter.com/saif71184 Last edited by saif71184; 01-08-2009 at 05:35 PM.

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Aryan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Delhi/ Shillong Posts: 18,275	Topic Approved. __________________ ...in search of that perfect world - My Travel Blog :)

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koolsun Hv wheels will ride! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Malad, Mumbai, India. Posts: 40	ha ha Mr. clarkson as we all know hates bikers!!!( but still i love watching top gear alot!!!) nice to see the old fella ride around;-) __________________ 2002 Pulsar 180 classic, 2010 Pulsar 220 Dts-i F, 2009 Yamaha FZ-S, 2001 Honda Activa

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pulsater nowbikers.com Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 690	and Jermy still hates bikes. This was the best of 75 mins of Top gear. __________________ If you think you are too small to make a difference, you probably havent slept in the same room with a mosquito

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