Mk1 Spitfire rebuild

[ajmac]

He is a motor bike racing guy, he is well known in the UK for that.

[Robin Grainger]

Guy Martin, for the benefit of non Brits, is a well known motorcycle racer, he also has taken part in several world speed record attempts.
He is an experienced automotive engineer who works on commercial vehicles and his own bikes. I don't know if you guys are aware of the Isle of Man TT races, but they are run on closed but ordinary roads with stone walls, steep drop offs, trees, town squares and village streets plus a huge climb over a 2000 foot mountain and down the other side into a bend that would give you grey hairs, a total lap of 37.5 miles and dozens of bends and 200 MPH straights. Google it if you have doubts.
So Guy might not be the best presenter but give him credit to have the "bottle", or the "guts" to ride 3 laps of over 100 miles at race speed and with no run off areas like race tracks.
Regards
Rob

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks for the heads up, Robin. An interesting character, and gutsy by the sound of it.

However, maybe he could stick to what he is good at (and the voice of a documentary isn't it).

Mike

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Thanks Alistair & Robin, fair enough - Guy deserves a credit for presenting documentaries about our favorite subjects:

Here’s a taster: https://youtu.be/36FGwPHfDac

[Alex van de Wetering]

Guy Martin's recent replica MkIV project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUYIyWW4To

Alex

[maple_leaf_eh]

Guy Martin is also somewhere on the Asperger's Spectrum.

There will always be people who are famous for being famous. The case in point is the Quebec star and celebrity panoply. Who are these people? I only know a few of their names because I hear Quebec pop music sometimes. Who they know is pointless, so why should I care? But, if you want to be a big fish in a small pond (and maybe marry the future Prime Minister) you have to be seen and have your name in the public.