Motorbike TV

In the first episode we have part one of the Motorcycle Olympics where each presenter has £500 to spend on a Motorbike and complete a range of tasks, if they can even get them started. Graham tests the Livewire, an electric bike from Harley Davison and who better to join him then the man who has ridden more miles on one than anyone else in the world, Charley Boorman. To finish off the episodes Bruce gets his hands on the MV Agusta Rush and falls in love with the sound.

Graham starts the episode with a look at the new Honda Fireblade SP and asks how it compares to his own 1997 Fireblade, it’s safe to say, things have changed. Kristy heads to Bolton to look at a brand-new British motorcycle brand, Langen and their £30,000, 250cc, 2 stroke, café racer. Tom has enough of the team arguing about who has the best bike and sets them a challenge to make adverts for their bikes.

The electric episode. The team all pick electric bikes and head for a weekend away. They face charging problems, they pull planes, Graham makes them mountain bike and more. However, it’s not all about the expensive bikes and Charley Boorman joins us again to run us through two of the lower price options that can be used even on L plates.

We draft in racer, Lara Small, better known as Laramoto, to take a trip to the Isle of Man to see what is on offer despite the lack of TT for the last 2 years. Lara samples the food, culture and most importantly, the track on her Ducati. Kristy takes a look at the new CCM Maverick, part of their wildly successful Spitfire range and we even see what it can do in the hands of a man like Dougie Lampkin.

Graham goes back to his adventure bike routes and checks out the Harley Davidson Pan America, but to really test it, he lets an ex enduro champ have a go. It seems jumps on a big adventure bike are no problem if you have the skills. Kristy gets her hands dirty and attempts to change a ‘barn find’ BMW K100 into a café racer in just one day. The team do a quick round up of bike they think you should buy and we have the second part of the Motorcycle Olympics.