Eddie Kidd on Top Gear..

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  1. Mr C

    Mr C Well-Known Member

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    Heart felt, respectful & spectacular..
    Still don’t know how I feel about it.?
    Hope he was paid at least 50k.. ?
    Discuss. . :)
     
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    Explain?
     
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    Mr C Well-Known Member

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    For me, mate. It seemed that the whole feature was happening around him.? Even though, about him. I’m probably just being over sensitive.. :rolleyes:
     
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    I've no interest in bikes whatsoever, but it was a really touching bit of telly. I was welling up
     
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    Didn't see it mate. Genuinely asking what it was about?
     
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    Me too, mate. Just found it a bit patronising. Eddie is very able to tell his story, through his carer..
    As I said, discuss.? :)
     
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    It’s a lovely feature mate, have a look on I player
     
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    Saw him at queens ground.
    jumped one car and a few wheelies !!

    health and safety was non existent back then.

    There's a clip on Youtube where he jumps over a few cars i think it was and obviously is at top speed and then has to slow down and stop.
    And his "crew" are holding some sort of soft banner or long canvas sheet !! to stop him going over a hill into a big drop and into a ditch presumably a river or stream

    He just ploughs straight through it and goes straight over the edge into the drop.
    Bonkers
     
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    Piles of cardboard boxes were the safety brakes. Eddie thought he could land safely on an incline hill. No he couldn’t. Tank hit his helmet at 60 mph. That’s why he’s like this.
     
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    This one
    There plan to catch stop a motorbike weighing hundreds of pounds, with a man riding it weighing up to 200 lbs going at high speed with a sheet !!.
    obviously maths not there strong point.
    might have been a bit more helpful if they had stood or moved a bit to the right place.

     
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    How the chuff were they going to stop him!?
    That's nuts!!
    Mind you, i once tried jumping my parent's garage on a Chopper when i was a young un. Made a ramp etc..... ballsed the feat up and crashed into the gable, just missing the landing window! Rushed to hospital etc.... all Evel Kneivel's fault you know!
     
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    They were holding some crap tarpaulin..
    Not for long, obviously..:)
     
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    That's menkle !!!!
     
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    Late to this thread as only watched it tonight. I thought it was a great feature. I hope Eddie enjoyed it
     
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    CHrist - he cleaned out 2 or 3 of the guys in white coats and the rest just left em and ran to where EK had gone down the ditch.
     
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    I hope so too. Still uncomfortable. Well intended, I’m sure..
     

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