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For ROAD race fans
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:38 am
by popsky
Just watched this Docu/Film on BBC i player about the Dunlop family, very interesting if cringeworthy in parts but gave a good incite into the dynasty, it's only on catchup till Monday and it's simply called "ROAD"
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 2:44 pm
by PBBoxer
i thought it was superb. Joey was an amazing man
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:31 pm
by Grip Fast
Thanks for this post, Popsky. I'm looking forward to watching the documentary. Now here is a question...
I recently retired and made a vow that if I caught so much as a glimpse of daytime television, my retirement could be considered a disastrous failure. The question is, if I watch this on iPlayer during the day, e.g. while having lunch, is it considered to be watching daytime TV?
Might save it until after dark, just to be on the safe side...
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:56 pm
by popsky
Grip Fast wrote:Thanks for this post, Popsky. I'm looking forward to watching the documentary. Now here is a question...
I recently retired and made a vow that if I caught so much as a glimpse of daytime television, my retirement could be considered a disastrous failure. The question is, if I watch this on iPlayer during the day, e.g. while having lunch, is it considered to be watching daytime TV?
Might save it until after dark, just to be on the safe side...
I should have thought that the original time of broadcast is the crucial factor, doesn't matter when you watch something
What I do know is have a box of tissues ready

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:25 pm
by Grip Fast
I love that quote from Milan Kundera at the start:
'The man hunched over his motorcycle can focus only on the present instant of his flight; he is caught in a fragment of time cut off from both the past and the future; he is wrenched from the continuity of time...in other words, he is in a state of ecstasy; in that state he is unaware of his age, his wife, his children, his worries, and so he has no fear, because the source of fear is in the future, and a person freed of the future has nothing to fear.’
An Asian friend of my son once told me that he finds riding a motorbike to be like meditation because it so focuses the mind and clears it of other troubles and concerns.
Brilliant!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:57 pm
by f90x
Cheers for the heads up Phil. That was a really good documentary. They're something else, those blokes. (And women)
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:33 pm
by Grip Fast
Just finished watching the documentary (gone midnight). Good advice on the box of tissues. Astonishing story...
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:09 pm
by SP250
Watched it last night - excellent and brought back memories.
I have just seen the DVD in Sainsbury's for £8.99.
Catch it while you can for free.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:43 pm
by bigblackfalco
Wow wow wow!
What an amazing family and amazing documentary.
Everything that motorcycling holds dear.
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:58 pm
by metropolis2k
Finally got round to watching this today. Great documentary and an amazing story about an amazing family. Even though you know how it all ends you're still willing them to not go for that final race each time

ROAD - going fast
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:20 pm
by andy griff
Very very good. Really good insight into a motorcycling dynasty. Well made too with excellent music. But remember - its off iPlayer after tonight so do't hang about if its in your 'to-do' list.

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:56 pm
by Corvus
It's been on my Amazon wish list for a couple o months. Hopefully someone will spot it before Christmas.

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:26 pm
by Boxermed69
Thanks for highlighting that Phil, was the best 90 minutes I've spent in a while.
Mike
