Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday Evening BBC2 10:00pm-11:00pm
Season 1 Episode 1 of 2
Bill Nighy narrates a story about how every year thousands of petrol heads descend upon a dried up salt lake bed in Bonneville, Utah. Men from all over the world come to this truly unique setting with their bespoke vehicles - they all have just one plan, to drive them as fast as they can and hopefully join an elite group: the fastest men on earth.
This is a story of a group of British amateur engineers who are willing to risk life and limb on their home made machines - six very different vehicles, six very different reasons for coming - all building speed machines in a quest to hold a Bonneville record.
The first episode looks at the men behind the machines and this obsession. Men such as Dave and Steve who have built a bike from scratch, self-confessed metal head PJ who brings a whole new meaning to bringing your work home with you and Chris, Great Yarmouth's beach cleaner and legendary bike builder. The film ends with them arriving with their machines at this breath taking landscape ready to find out if they can become members of an elite group: the fastest men on earth
Season 1 Episode 1 of 2
Bill Nighy narrates a story about how every year thousands of petrol heads descend upon a dried up salt lake bed in Bonneville, Utah. Men from all over the world come to this truly unique setting with their bespoke vehicles - they all have just one plan, to drive them as fast as they can and hopefully join an elite group: the fastest men on earth.
This is a story of a group of British amateur engineers who are willing to risk life and limb on their home made machines - six very different vehicles, six very different reasons for coming - all building speed machines in a quest to hold a Bonneville record.
The first episode looks at the men behind the machines and this obsession. Men such as Dave and Steve who have built a bike from scratch, self-confessed metal head PJ who brings a whole new meaning to bringing your work home with you and Chris, Great Yarmouth's beach cleaner and legendary bike builder. The film ends with them arriving with their machines at this breath taking landscape ready to find out if they can become members of an elite group: the fastest men on earth
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
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Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
Looks interesting, worth a watch. Thanks for posting that up.
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F3, 954 USD front, K Tech springs, Braced swinger, Penske shock, Six spoke Mockesini wheels, Harris rearsets, QaT, Flywheel diet!, A&L stacks, stick coils, K&N, FP Ti jets, lashings of Ti & CF
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+1 thanks wickyKev L wrote:Looks interesting, worth a watch. Thanks for posting that up.
Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
There's some good tele on BBC2 tonight starting with Neil Armstrong at 8.00
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Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
Thanks for the heads up Wicky ,looks good
Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
Good catch wicky, off to set the recorder now
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Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
top job wicky , recorder set for it.
ride it till the tires fall off then keep going !!!!!!!
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Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
bet the bike in the picture in the first post is really fast !! . probably set some world record or other?
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I bet if he went to one of the poles he could go round the world quicker
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Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
just watched decent programme that
Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
That was great. Very inspiring. I especially liked the garage/shed doormat
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Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
Well, it was definitely different and interesting
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+1 had to chuckle lolcybercarl wrote:That was great. Very inspiring. I especially liked the garage/shed doormat
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Very inspiring program :thumb up:
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Re: Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth - Sunday BBC2
Just watched it on the iplayer Looking forward to part 2 next week