trmpton Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Good coverage so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2bad Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Just woke up, that has to be one of the most boring programmes I have ever tried to sit through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Just woke up, that has to be one of the most boring programmes I have ever tried to sit through. Did you have a dream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 shame it did not show more of the island, 2 hours of gov. funded tv should of promoted more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1978 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Yeah it was poor compared to normal tt coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Yeah it was poor compared to normal tt coverage. i thought the coverage of the event was good, just should of shown more of the isle, even an overhead of the course showing the track like F1 would be a start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahc Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I would have liked to have seen more of the parade lap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2bad Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 For those who did not watch here is a brief summary, From the program I concluded the classic tt would seem to be an IOM government funded piss up for current and former TT racers where they are paid to dress up like they are on a cheesy 60's themed blackpool stag do and feign interest in old machines of which they seem to know very little apart from 'its not a superbike' the same phrase 'this is more about the machines than the riders' will be repeatedly trotted out whilst we still get no further information about the machines but just some lame anecdotes from riders like 'I had a chain snap once so I know how he feels'. There could have been an interesting program here, perhaps fronted by people who were more knowledgeable about the bikes and the technical achievements with stories from behind the scenes, though that would have taken more research than an easy yet pretty boring paddock walk and talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Was it done by North One? Wasn't as good as usual coverage and it was over long. Half an hour decent material tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Have to say I pretty much enjoyed it, save the dire race commentary. Reminded me of Brian Cant ( yes, I said "Cant") reading a Jackonory story. Hardly edge-of-the seat material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1978 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 For those who did not watch here is a brief summary, From the program I concluded the classic tt would seem to be an IOM government funded piss up for current and former TT racers where they are paid to dress up like they are on a cheesy 60's themed blackpool stag do and feign interest in old machines of which they seem to know very little apart from 'its not a superbike' the same phrase 'this is more about the machines than the riders' will be repeatedly trotted out whilst we still get no further information about the machines but just some lame anecdotes from riders like 'I had a chain snap once so I know how he feels'. There could have been an interesting program here, perhaps fronted by people who were more knowledgeable about the bikes and the technical achievements with stories from behind the scenes, though that would have taken more research than an easy yet pretty boring paddock walk and talk. I agree. It pretty much portrays the event though, a government funded loss maker that enables a load of old gits to have a fully funded party whilst living out their end of life crisis at the same time as pissing the rest of us off with inconvenience. The coverage was massively drawn out. 45 mins would have done it. Commentary was awful. The show really missed Craig Doyle in my opinion. I initially thought the whole classic TT was a good idea with the proper riders, but they are blatantly being propped up by IOM PLC and I predict it will all fizzle out within 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Watched this last night and I was dissapointed with the coverage of the races. It would seem that not much racing actually happened at all as the races were so edited down and the commentary was very poor. I have no problem with them speaking to the older riders but the way it came across was not easy to follow unless you already know who a lot of the people and bikes are. I don't think anyone knew would have been interested enough to watch the whole thing. I am sure it would have been better to cover the Classic TT and the MGP and present it in the same way as the TT coverage. At least that way they would have had time for the history of the bikes, profiles of the riders, racing and interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1978 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 The races were editted down as in effect there isn't really any proper racing. Yes, they have people going round a track but there is non of the excitement of the proper TT. Firstly most of the top guys broke down on unreliable old machines, one of them wasn't allowed to even enter and those that managed a few laps, only go through Sulby at 140mph which to me, as a spectator of a TV programme, is boring compared to the 200mph of the TT. All this combined a long with the other comments makes a shite TV show of a non-event. Due to the lack of real racing its more of an exhibition than a race meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 dave1978 - You may find the old bikes "only" going a 140mph through Sulby boring but there will be plenty of people out there (myself included) who are interested in seeing the old bikes perform. Of course there will be breakdowns these are classic machines and it is not something the modern bikes are immune from either on the TT course. Maybe it is a case of today's riders not being able to coax the maximum out of the bike whilst also keeping it running over such a long lap? As for one of the top guys not being allowed to enter - as much as I like him and admire him - they should have read the rules first! I am sorry to say that this is not the organisers fault but that of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmpton Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 The races were editted down as in effect there isn't really any proper racing. Yes, they have people going round a track but there is non of the excitement of the proper TT. Firstly most of the top guys broke down on unreliable old machines, one of them wasn't allowed to even enter and those that managed a few laps, only go through Sulby at 140mph which to me, as a spectator of a TV programme, is boring compared to the 200mph of the TT. All this combined a long with the other comments makes a shite TV show of a non-event. Due to the lack of real racing its more of an exhibition than a race meet. Seemed to me that they were trying to replicate the type of coverage you get from Goodwood. An event that now attracts very good viewing figures on TV and is packed out every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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