New TV Show Bike Life tonight 8.30

TV4ME ch74 in Sydney has a new show starting tonight (Thursday)
Bike life , starts at 8.30 hopefully worth watching

Yep, I watched it.
They had a review on the Kwaka Z1000, Yamaha Bolt & Honda CBR 650. Only really glossed over them, but it was not too bad

pretty basic but not too bad, better than talent and cooking shows

Good to see another Aussie bike show. Agree with the above comments - it seemed a couple of times thst they wete not prepared to say what they really thought. I'd like to hear testers stsrt by giving the badics, eg power, torgue, weight, seat height, fuel tank capacity. Then some comments abput riding position. Then a full test inc some patched up B roads. Even how good the lights are. And fitness for purpose, particularly for afventure touring bikes. Good on someone for having a go though.

V17R wrote:pretty basic but not too bad, better than talent and cooking shows

Too true, mate. 
Don't forget the fat people, home renovation and batchelor shows. 
Tv is woeful of late. 
Pitty I missed the new show. Look forward to catching it next week.  
There's also one called "Temporary Australians" on one of the dodgey channels. It's budget but pretty good viewing.

The local producers of the free Cycle Torque magazine have branched into television.

It commences September 7 on 4ME and Aurora.

http://www.cycletorque.com.au/cttv/

WE havnt had tv for 6 months . I asked the guys at work to tell me something worth watching to make me get it fixed . Still waiting  

I didnt know until after but was told there was "tits and bikes"
I'll be watching next week for sure. Love bikes  

repeted tomorrow (saturday) 7:00pm - 7:30pm and again sunday 9:30am - 10:00am 
then stay tuned for Danoz Direct and home shopping....cool!

Ewok1958 wrote:Good to see another Aussie bike show. Agree with the above comments - it seemed a couple of times thst they wete not prepared to say what they really thought. I'd like to hear testers stsrt by giving the badics, eg power, torgue, weight, seat height, fuel tank capacity. Then some comments abput riding position. Then a full test inc some patched up B roads. Even how good the lights are. And fitness for purpose, particularly for afventure touring bikes. Good on someone for having a go though.

That's the same lameness that, IMO, blights all ozzie car and bike shows, and mags. 

The industry is so small that they don't want to offend the distributors on which they rely by calling a spade a spade (or a piece of dog shit for that matter).

Dekenai wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:Good to see another Aussie bike show. Agree with the above comments - it seemed a couple of times thst they wete not prepared to say what they really thought. I'd like to hear testers stsrt by giving the badics, eg power, torgue, weight, seat height, fuel tank capacity. Then some comments abput riding position. Then a full test inc some patched up B roads. Even how good the lights are. And fitness for purpose, particularly for afventure touring bikes. Good on someone for having a go though.

That's the same lameness that, IMO, blights all ozzie car and bike shows, and mags. 

The industry is so small that they don't want to offend the distributors on which they rely by calling a spade a spade (or a piece of dog shit for that matter).

I have a mate who writes the motorcycle reviews for Gizmag in Australia.
They said unkind things about a honda years ago and havent had another to test since.
Its a pitty because they really want to test the VFR1200 (and I want to read it)!

Saw the show last night and thought it was pretty good.

Understanding that these guys haven't been in the TV industry for years , takes a while to get comfortable and they'll sort out the routine of the show.

It was a bit clunky in presentation, but whe should be happy that sportsbikes are taking a leading role.

The mechanical tips section could be good aswell. Some of us aren't really as mechanically minded as others and have never pulled a spark plug out, let along checked the valve clearances etc! We may learn something.

I'm sure the presenters will work out a level of criticism to give the bikes. One thing I like about Top Gear presenters is they do give some of the cars bad reviews, for whatever reason.
Bikelife will have a lot more integrity if they tell it like it is and not give into the companies that sponsor them.

Keep it up.

I ran into the guys from AMCNews  testing the Triumph Thunderbird a month ago. THe pic of the bike in a lovely tree lined rd was over the road from my place . About 3 issues back . I thought he had broken down .  I put in for a job, said he will call me ,strange he knew my number I thought . 

2wheelsagain wrote:

Dekenai wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:Good to see another Aussie bike show. Agree with the above comments - it seemed a couple of times thst they wete not prepared to say what they really thought. I'd like to hear testers stsrt by giving the badics, eg power, torgue, weight, seat height, fuel tank capacity. Then some comments abput riding position. Then a full test inc some patched up B roads. Even how good the lights are. And fitness for purpose, particularly for afventure touring bikes. Good on someone for having a go though.

That's the same lameness that, IMO, blights all ozzie car and bike shows, and mags. 

The industry is so small that they don't want to offend the distributors on which they rely by calling a spade a spade (or a piece of dog shit for that matter).

I have a mate who writes the motorcycle reviews for Gizmag in Australia.
They said unkind things about a honda years ago and havent had another to test since.
Its a pitty because they really want to test the VFR1200 (and I want to read it)!

If you want a review drop into aussiestreetbikes.com and ask @jigsaw he has been riding one for a year or so

Bike Life seems to have disappeared (or have I just lost it?) but Cycle Torque is still on (tonight at 6.30pm, Channel 4ME).

last episode (no.5) they said that was it for this season