Britain's 'Fifth Gear' does a trials bike

[bajakirch]

Now that I'm an official junkie of the BBC show Top Gear, I've been getting whatever fixes I can while the show is on hiatus. American Top Gear on the History Channel is OK, significantly better in its 2nd season. But they had like -- what? -- 6 episodes before they were done for a while. The Car Show on SPEED I can take or leave -- never really cared for Adam Carolla and they've already lost 1 host and cut the show from 60 to 30 minutes...not a good sign for its future.

So the other day I remembered a show that Top Gear occasionally pokes fun at, a competing program on the UK's Channel 5 called Fifth Gear. I started watching Season 15 via Netflix. Not as entertaining as Top Gear, but brackish can look pretty tasty in the middle of a desert.

Tonight I was watching one of the episodes and this was one of the segments:



Looks like fun, though I think it'd be weird not having a seat.

[drdubb]

I went about a month ago to see my first trials event. I'd love to do it, but I'm not going to drop 5 grand on a bike with no seat.

[Bumblebee]

Oh yea, put something like that up in front of someone who is desperate need of a dirt bike. How rude! ..Or motivational...


"I've never worked so hard to go so slowly..."
That's the bit that everyone misses who thinks riding is easy. 400 miles in a day is nothing compared to 30 minutes in a parking lot. 

"How do you think I've done? Have I got some talent?" "Nope!"
 

[bajakirch]

What size is that engine? 125?

It seems tiny.

[Bumblebee]

Cox 049 two stroke? 

125-300 according to a quick google search.

[Laminar]

That would be unimaginably fun.

[twoone60]

If I tried these stunts I would drop more than 5 grand in the E.R. 
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[hockeyhawk]

That little kid was awesome. Great video.

[Bumblebee]

If I tried these stunts I would drop more than 5 grand in the E.R.

You are obviously far more skilled than I am. I'd knock myself senseless and be afraid of doing stuff long before I got to a competency level that I could actually hurt myself.

[twoone60]

I don't know about that.  I fell off my XT on what used to be easy stuff.
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