Richard Hammond's Workshop Season 5 Episode 6

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00:01It's about moving forward from today.

00:04Whatever it takes to fix it is what has to happen.

00:08That's better. That is faster.

00:12Nobody needs to know.

00:14I'm racing this car at Silverstone.

00:16It's two-driver. Do you want to have a laugh?

00:19I bloody loved it.

00:23After four rollercoaster years

00:25in the classic car restoration business...

00:27That worked.

00:28I'm going to claim my thought of everything.

00:30It seems I've finally cracked it.

00:32Happy customer. That's a good feeling.

00:35We've dragged our PR department...

00:37You're going to get your asses over here damn quick.

00:39...into the 21st century.

00:41Our reach on that day was 317,000 people.

00:46And as brand ambassador...

00:48If you happen to have a car in the UK ever...

00:51I'm leading the charge.

00:53Ho-ho! This is brilliant!

00:55At least that's what I thought.

00:57If you've over-promised...

00:59Yeah.

01:00You can't under-deliver.

01:02...until my mum arrived.

01:04They won't listen to me.

01:05They'll listen to me.

01:06And it turns out that once again I'm in deep trouble.

01:10I'm going to have to do something.

01:12I'm going to have to do something big.

01:13Oh, my God.

01:14Oh, my God.

01:15Oh, my God.

01:16Oh, my God.

01:20You will.

01:21I'm not going to have to do anything...

01:23I'm not going to have to do anything.

01:24Right?

01:25I am pretty excited about this opportunity to go racing with Patrick Blakeney Edwards,

01:41my mate. There's a slight issue in that to race with him at his level, I've got to upgrade my

01:48racing license, but I've done a bit of reading and researching, and to do that, I just need to do a

01:54little bit of marshalling at another race, so thinking about it, that's like a win-win, so I've

02:00got to do a bit more racing to do some more racing, which is why I've dragged the MGB out of storage,

02:05and I'm taking it into the workshop to give it a once-over, and this is good.

02:09Morning, H. How are you?

02:25I'm good.

02:26Good, good, good.

02:27But, um, why is that here?

02:29That's our race car, isn't it?

02:30Well, I can see it's a race car, but why is it here?

02:32Well, because I've been given the chance to do, like, a next-level race with Patrick,

02:36and to do it, I've got to get my license upgraded, and I do that by doing some more races in that

02:42to get the signatures, so I've brought this in to give to the lads, just give it a once-over

02:46and make sure it's not going to explode, and it works.

02:50So you're thinking of banging that in the workshop and using more workshop time?

02:56Quite a bit, and then they can come and just, you know, they do what they love doing,

02:58be my workshop team.

02:59They enjoy it on the day, for if they're being the team...

03:02Well, I'm not surprised that they enjoy it, but it's not making money.

03:05No, but if they're being a race team, it's motivational and...

03:08I'm going to be fair, Ian.

03:11I think, under my watch, that's not happening.

03:16Do you know what the Pomeroy trophy cost?

03:18No.

03:19That cost you ten grand.

03:20Can't take the lads.

03:21No, it can't happen like that, Rich.

03:23OK, I'll think of another way.

03:24OK?

03:25Probably already happening, isn't it?

03:26OK, good man.

03:27See you in a bit.

03:29Reluctantly, you have to admit, Adrian's probably right.

03:39Um, I can't be spending workshop resources on that.

03:43I mean, it's not like we're awash with cash at the best of times.

03:46But there's an issue.

03:48Um, I have kind of already committed to a race at Silverstone coming up very soon.

03:56It's awkward.

03:59Bugger.

04:01While I let that little problem percolate, I'm hoping a trip up north to see an old mate called

04:06Ellis will help show Adrian I'm not a complete idiot when it comes to business.

04:14So, I used to sell antique pine furniture and then deliver it in my little van.

04:18And I worked alongside Ellis.

04:20Oh, OK.

04:22Such a small world, hey?

04:25Ellis and I shared a love of bikes.

04:27And now, nearly four decades on, he's launching a new boutique British motorcycle brand and wants our help.

04:34This is awesome.

04:35This is going to be the smallest cogs first collaboration with a manufacturer and a brand.

04:39Yeah, it would be.

04:39I can do it with some social content.

04:41Oh, yeah.

04:42We're going to their big factory there now.

04:43No, no, no.

04:44It's not Honda.

04:48Ooh.

04:49There's motorcycles, you see?

04:50Straight away.

04:51I'm happy.

04:53The prototype bikes have been designed and built in a home garage with the help of business partner, Ian.

04:59Hello.

05:00Hello.

05:01Ian.

05:02Nice to see you, mate.

05:02This is Lewis.

05:03Hiya.

05:04Nice to meet you, Lewis.

05:05Nice to meet you, all right?

05:05Mate.

05:06Hi, how are you?

05:07Nice to see you, nice to see you, nice to see you, this is Lewis.

05:09Hi, pleased to meet you, pleased to meet you.

05:11Right, so we had the initial chair.

05:13I haven't seen one yet.

05:14Can we have a look at the bike before we do anything else?

05:15Of course we can.

05:15Of course.

05:16So is this number one?

05:18It is number one.

05:19Genuinely?

05:20Yeah, yeah.

05:20So these guys, because they're mad, at a time when the motorcycle market is...

05:26Struggling.

05:26Yeah.

05:28And the record of small, independent manufacturers succeeding is...

05:32Disastrous.

05:33Um, you're launching...

05:35Will you stop it now?

05:37I think this is great, positivity and all that, yeah.

05:40I think it's actually brilliant.

05:41I mean, I would never have forecast this when we knew each other 30...

05:4540.

05:46It's not 40, it's 50.

05:4750.

05:48Shut up, Ellis.

05:48Some years ago that you'd be doing this.

05:51So what is it?

05:52What's the story?

05:53Where's the engine come from?

05:55The engine's from Italy.

05:56What capacity is it?

05:57600.

05:58Parallel to it?

05:58Single.

05:59Single.

05:59Yeah, and we just wanted to make something like the bikes we used to ride when we were kids.

06:04We just tried to be as lean as possible.

06:06How many are you hoping to make?

06:07If we got to the point where we were making a couple of hundred a year, it'd be great.

06:11Right.

06:12Can I have a seat on your motorcycle?

06:14You can.

06:16Valet.

06:17Yeah.

06:17You can be nice to me now because I was always scared of you when we worked.

06:21So you're like scouting.

06:24That's it.

06:27Ooh.

06:28You sound quite naughty, doesn't you?

06:29Yeah.

06:30I like the layout of it.

06:32It's quite off-road-y feeling.

06:34So what's this one in here?

06:35So this is same engine, but different bodywork.

06:39It's got slightly more duck tail on it.

06:40It has, yeah.

06:41So it's more of a flat tracker type style.

06:43It's quite cool.

06:44Right, so what, when, and how can the smallest cog help?

06:48We are looking for someone to paint the tanks.

06:50Yeah.

06:50But we also need some suggestions for colours.

06:53What have you got so far?

06:54So we've got the blue, the black, and the red.

06:57And how did you arrive at those?

06:58He looked at the internet for ten minutes.

07:00I was thinking about my felt tip.

07:02Okay, so blue, black, and red, these incredible new colours you've discovered.

07:05We'll come up with some suggestions.

07:07I'd love us to have a think about some sort of special finishes as well.

07:10When are you hoping to be in production?

07:12This year.

07:13Right.

07:14I can see it being quite a good launch with the smallest cog as well.

07:18Yeah, some sort of launch and get the press to see it.

07:22Um, Ellis, I think you might be able to shed some light on a particular photo.

07:27I was doing a little bit of reading.

07:29When did you last read the book?

07:31Well, it had pictures in it.

07:33Hold on.

07:34Oh.

07:35Ready for this?

07:35That's not what I think it is.

07:37Just firstly.

07:37Firstly, let's look at the first one.

07:40This was a long time ago.

07:42Now, there's a particular page.

07:44You might be able to tell me about this van.

07:47Well, firstly, that is an intact works van.

07:50Right.

07:51And on Richard's commute, one particular bend, there was a very old oak tree.

07:56I went off the bend and hit the tree.

07:57The van was totaled, the following week, a new van was delivered.

08:01And history repeated.

08:03No way.

08:04Yep.

08:04The following week.

08:05Brand new van.

08:06Same tree.

08:06Same tree, same bend.

08:08I wasn't expecting that.

08:09Two vans.

08:10Insecutive weeks.

08:11Oh, my God.

08:12So that's crashing from day dot then?

08:13Yeah.

08:14Yeah.

08:15So what's great is actually to see a one-piece Renault van.

08:18That's the only kind of thing he's got.

08:19I'm taking that off you.

08:20I don't know where you've got it.

08:21I'm going to go out and get one of those books.

08:23That one's for sale.

08:23This is kind of the ultimate men in sheds, and I'm not being rude to them when I say

08:30that, because they want to be in full production, and I think we're about ready to give this

08:34a go.

08:36I sense fun.

08:49So the guys at Mac can go to any body shop, and they've decided to come to us.

08:53So I really want to show off what we can do, and hopefully we'll get the contracts.

08:57I'm not taking any pleasure in watching this video, because I know there's a race car crash

09:19coming, and I know it's my mate in the car, but I'm going to watch it anyway.

09:22And here he comes.

09:23He's lost it.

09:23Ooh, that didn't even know that that's up.

09:25Ooh, that's in the wall.

09:30Yeah.

09:30Well, actually, he's more than a mate.

09:31He's a colleague, Mark Sandman.

09:34I've worked with him for, to measure it, decades, on Grand Tour and Top Gear.

09:39He's a mad keen racer in his classic Mini, and, well, as I just saw, he bent it at an

09:46event.

09:46But the good news is, he's brought it to me to get it mended.

09:50Right, I'm going to go and see the wreckage.

09:52Nice to see Mark as well.

09:59Here he comes.

10:00All Sandman have a van.

10:04And there's his van.

10:06There will be a soldering iron in there, lots of different types of tape, but more importantly,

10:10behind it, there's his little race car.

10:12Look at it.

10:13Hi, mate.

10:14Hello, Richard.

10:15Isn't it lovely?

10:17Wow.

10:17It was a bit lovelier.

10:19This is the problematic corner.

10:21Ooh, ooh, it's bruised.

10:22Hmm.

10:23Yeah, what that is, is the wrong shape now.

10:25Yes.

10:26Has it bent the shell?

10:27It has bent the shell.

10:28If you open the door of truth here, it bolts in at the back fine, but here, it doesn't

10:34want to line up.

10:35It is definitely a bit wonky.

10:36Oh, mate, we've got to get it right.

10:38It's a shame.

10:39But it's all right.

10:39I mean, it's been a rally car since the early 1990s.

10:42It's got these lovely Monte Carlo stickers, because this car won the historic Monte Carlo

10:47in 2003.

10:48All we need to do is get Matt to go over it, because he likes nothing more than getting

10:52things the right shape.

10:53That is the job for him.

10:58If you think about it, it is interesting time, Mark's Mini coming in, because, well, it's

11:05kind of proof that there is work to be had from the racing world.

11:09So, I am going to take on board Hadrian's suggestion.

11:14But he didn't say, don't do any more racing, specifically said, don't do any more racing

11:19using COG resources and money and people.

11:23Yeah, I think of a way around that.

11:25My amazing contacts.

11:28If this business becomes, like, a huge success, it's down to me.

11:34Hello.

11:35Hello, Les.

11:36How are you?

11:36I'm all right, mate.

11:37How's yourself?

11:38I'm all right.

11:38How's the mirror?

11:39Is it raining?

11:40Not as we speak.

11:42If it's not, check you're in the right place, mate.

11:44I've got a quick question.

11:48Yes.

11:48How do you fancy a trip to Silverstone?

11:51That sounds brilliant.

11:52You won't be standing around like spectating.

11:54You'll be closer to the action.

11:56Oh, hang on.

11:57What do you mean, closer to the action?

11:58Ah, you see, I've piqued your interest, haven't I?

12:01You'll have to bring the smaller of your farmer's hammers.

12:04Yes.

12:04And perhaps a screwdriver.

12:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.

12:07I'll let you know.

12:09Bye.

12:09Bye-bye, bud.

12:11Right, let's see who else I can rope in.

12:14Zog, how are you doing?

12:23I've put two coats of colour on.

12:25I'm really happy with the outcome.

12:28Anyone can do this.

12:29It's just a standard straight colour.

12:30And we've got ten tanks for me to have a play with,

12:33and I can literally do whatever I want.

12:34So that's where you've got to show your skill.

12:37Ah, Jamie.

12:47It's a bit early for lunch, isn't it?

12:48You wouldn't want to eat this.

12:50That's not paint, is it?

12:51No, this is urea.

12:53Urea?

12:53Yeah.

12:54From what animal?

12:55Normally a pig.

12:56So that's a pot of pig pee.

12:58Basically, yeah, but it comes in a crystallised form.

13:01So what we do, we dissolve that in water,

13:03reacts with the paint and cracks the paint.

13:05It doesn't come out the pig like that, does it?

13:07No, I hope not.

13:07I hope not.

13:08Yeah, that would be good.

13:10Have you done this before?

13:11No.

13:11Are you taking the piss?

13:13You are, literally.

13:18Dip that in, get that nice and wet.

13:20Oh, it's warm.

13:21It's warm, pig pee.

13:21You don't mix this with the paint, then?

13:23No, no.

13:24So this is going to re-crystallise on the tank.

13:27Is that the idea?

13:28Once it crystallises, you put a coat of black on it.

13:31And we won't know what pattern we've got

13:34until we've wiped off the crystals.

13:36Yeah, you can see slightly,

13:37but you won't get the proper effect

13:39until we put the black on.

13:41Plenty of pig pee.

13:42Right, am I doing this?

13:50Yes, please.

13:51It's a brilliant theory.

13:52It works on the internet.

13:54Now, let's have a go

13:55in a professional workshop situation.

13:58Nurse!

14:01I've just been told Hammond

14:02is putting his hands on a paint gun.

14:04So, content for the Mack Motorcycles,

14:06content for the workshop,

14:07because Richard's on a gun.

14:09Let's go.

14:12Just, um, clean it off now.

14:20And I'm aiming to take just the crystals,

14:23leaving the silver to shine through from below.

14:27Right.

14:27And then just gently...

14:29Very gently, yeah.

14:31Ooh.

14:33It sort of reveals itself.

14:35That is the random effect you get from the crystals.

14:38These look like ferns here.

14:40Look at that.

14:40It is a natural effect.

14:42Crystals form naturally.

14:44It's sort of nature did that.

14:45And then the last phase is we then paint,

14:48special type of paint,

14:48over the top of the whole thing.

14:50Yeah.

14:50And where the silver is,

14:51it'll shine through that paint.

14:53That's exactly right.

14:55And this is the smallest cog in action, hey?

14:58Teamwork, making the dreams work, yeah?

15:00It's quite artistic, this process.

15:10This is what I want us to do.

15:13Do that bit more, add value,

15:14do something clever and a bit special.

15:16I've no idea what they'll make of it.

15:18I really haven't.

15:19And they're coming tomorrow.

15:20I'll have to explain how we did it.

15:22That'll be interesting.

15:23It's got to be careful when we unveil it.

15:41Just put it there.

15:41As I watch everybody getting ready

15:45for the guys to arrive from Mack Motorcycles,

15:49I'm just beginning to wonder,

15:51have I overdone it?

15:52Because Ian and Ellis are,

15:54they're actually quite conservative in their outlook.

15:56They're not going crazy.

15:58They want to just set up

15:58a good, functioning little motorcycle company.

16:02And I've presented them with a variety of options,

16:05including a petrol tank painted using pig pee.

16:07GENTLEMEN

16:17Gentlemen, hello.

16:19How are you?

16:20We're in good shape.

16:21How about you?

16:22We've painted some tanks.

16:23We've got some different stuff to show you.

16:24Shall we just go and have a look?

16:25Let's go and have a look.

16:26Here we are.

16:29Are we going down?

16:31Have you grouped me up on it?

16:32Oh, my goodness.

16:34What's the selection?

16:35Yeah, that's why we've tried all sorts of stuff.

16:37Just to see how they come out.

16:39Twin colour looks good.

16:41Good look nice.

16:41Yeah.

16:42So we've got another experimental one

16:44that we've dressed the bike up with.

16:46More?

16:46Yeah, I mean, you may not like it.

16:48You may like it.

16:49I don't know, but it's just worth trying.

16:50Oh, my goodness.

16:52Put it in a different outfit

16:53and it's a different bike, isn't it?

16:55Do you know, I would never have thought

16:57that colour would have produced that effect.

16:59But there's one last thing.

17:01Come and have a look at this.

17:02You'll have to come round.

17:03Because we went a bit berserk.

17:06Wow.

17:07It's amazing, isn't it?

17:08I want this one.

17:10I'm just wondering, can we try it on the bike?

17:13We might all go...

17:13Have you not popped it up on the bike yet?

17:14No.

17:15Shall we try it on?

17:15Definitely.

17:16Oh, my goodness.

17:21Look at that.

17:22God, that looks cool.

17:23That's completely changed it again.

17:25Cool.

17:26That does look reassuringly expensive.

17:30That is good.

17:30We can do more.

17:32This is the first time we've tried something

17:34that's really different,

17:35but it definitely works.

17:37So what we'd really like to do

17:38is take it somewhere where we can show it off.

17:41And where do you want to do it and when?

17:42It'd be really cool if we could do something like the TT.

17:44Oh, there's a lot of bikers there.

17:46It is the biggest motorcycle event in the world, isn't it?

17:50It's not a lad's trip.

17:51Well, we could make it a bit of a lad's trip.

17:53I'm totally up for that.

17:54No, I can't do that.

18:05Lewis?

18:06Mm-hmm?

18:06I refuse to knock on your door

18:08because it wouldn't be right.

18:09Okay.

18:10So, quite exciting.

18:11Mac boys, they're thrilled.

18:13Happy day.

18:13And a really good idea has come out of it.

18:15Okay.

18:15We want to launch them

18:16at the Isle of Man TT.

18:18Wow.

18:19I mean, what better place?

18:20And that's where, God help us, you come in

18:23because it's an event.

18:24It's got to happen.

18:25We'll have people there.

18:26I want press there.

18:28Social media.

18:29How long have we got?

18:30Ah, well, soon.

18:31But internet, that is your thing.

18:34Okay.

18:44Got this little mini in.

18:46Rear corner damage.

18:47Sub frame isn't lining up anymore.

18:49Just in this corner.

18:50We can clearly see that we're probably

18:53at least 10 mil out.

18:55The best way to straighten it

18:56is obviously to strip it to a bare shell,

18:58put this car on a jig,

18:59and they can reverse the impact.

19:01However, it's not a concourse car.

19:05It's been raced through most of its life,

19:07and there's no point in spending thousands of pounds.

19:10So we're going to try and do an alternative way

19:13of kind of fixing it.

19:20Matt's hoping his improvised contraption

19:22will do the same job as a frame jig,

19:25which stops a car twisting during heavy repair work.

19:28I'll feed this bar up to you, Isaac.

19:30This looks like a seven-arm operation.

19:34The bolted-on aluminium frame

19:36should prevent excessive movement

19:38when the 10-ton hydraulic ram

19:40pushes the body shell square again.

19:43Well, that's the theory.

19:46If it doesn't work, it was your idea, was it?

19:49Oh, yeah.

19:52Right.

19:52So, I have to look at it earlier.

19:56So it's got to be eight mil further.

19:59It might look a bit odd measuring Mark's Mini,

20:01but actually it's really important

20:03because of the way a Mini is built.

20:06Up until the Mini arrived,

20:08most cars had been built with, like, a separate chassis,

20:11and then the body bolted onto that,

20:12whatever body you want, so the two were separate.

20:15The Mini was groundbreaking

20:16because it's a very early monocle car.

20:19That means there is no separate chassis.

20:20The body kind of is the chassis.

20:23It relies on its shape for its strength.

20:26Are you ready?

20:27Yeah.

20:27Let's go.

20:28I don't normally get nervous, but...

20:35I'm quite nervous.

20:38Are we moving?

20:39Yeah, let's move in.

20:40How much?

20:41You've gone three mil so far.

20:43It looks like it's pushing the back quite squarely.

20:47I can see it moving the arch.

20:48And it's straightened this kink out from the outside.

20:52That kink's virtually gone now.

20:53You're 0.8 mil, so you've gone six mil.

20:57Six mil.

20:58That's getting pretty tight now.

21:01That's pretty good.

21:02Look at that.

21:05Oh, yeah?

21:06Yeah, we've got seven mil, haven't we?

21:07Yeah.

21:08What do you reckon?

21:09I'm quite happy with that.

21:10I reckon that's about right.

21:11That's bang on.

21:13Yeah, I think we're quite good there.

21:14That's straightened up.

21:16Really happy with that.

21:17Like, super happy.

21:18It's actually paid off.

21:20I'm quite relieved now.

21:21I need to relieve myself.

21:23So we're pulling this dent out.

21:33Plan is to put your claw on there, use the upright as a tensioner to pull.

21:38Kind of the method of straightening it out when you don't have a jig.

21:45Right, shall I get Richard to just hold the car just in case it slides on the side?

21:49That wouldn't be a bad show.

21:50Richard Hammond off the TV.

21:54What?

21:55Can we use your assistance, please?

21:57Oh.

21:58I wonder when you'd ask.

22:00Right, this is primitive, isn't it?

22:01Yeah.

22:02This is Mark, the Sandman.

22:03He loves this mini, and you've got it on the rack.

22:06You ready?

22:07Yeah.

22:07Oh, oh, it's moving.

22:12It is moving.

22:15Slowly, slowly.

22:19That is amazing, actually.

22:22You might have to give this a bit of a tap from the inside as well.

22:27The original logo for this company featured the legend Classic Car Craft.

22:32Well, yeah.

22:35That is not bad, is it?

22:37It's come out, yeah.

22:37That's come out really nicely, to be fair.

22:39Well, I enjoyed that, chaps.

22:40Thank you very much.

22:41I'm going to try to forget I ever saw it.

22:44Good luck.

22:46Bye.

22:56Zog, les.

22:56Hey, old man.

22:57Richard sent me a message earlier about racing.

23:00Yeah, about that.

23:02He wants to go racing, but he doesn't want to cost the car any money, time.

23:06So, he's brought along Les and Zog to run this car, which, probably not the people I'd pick.

23:14But you know the basics, Les.

23:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.

23:16I've got an idea.

23:17So, what type of pressure is he going to be running?

23:19About 30.

23:21Basically, when he goes out, you set him about 27.

23:23Yeah.

23:24When he comes back in, they should be running about 30.

23:27Hot.

23:27Yeah.

23:27And then, if it's wet, have we got slicks?

23:30No.

23:31This is all we've got.

23:32We've got no spares.

23:33Anything else?

23:34I mean, Richard did mention it overheats quite a bit.

23:37We got to a point where it wasn't too bad.

23:39If it does overheat, that's a Richard issue.

23:41He's got gauges in there that tell him if it's overheating.

23:43So, we can back off and treat it.

23:45Right.

23:45So, it slashes in there?

23:47Yeah.

23:48But the biggest thing you've got to remember, yeah, this is for Richard's safety more than anything.

23:52Right.

23:52OK?

23:53See the fire extinguisher?

23:54Yeah, yeah.

23:55That pin has to be out every time he goes out.

23:57Right.

23:58OK.

23:58Because if he has an accident and he catches fire, this time he's got an extinguisher.

24:03I'm not sure what they know about racing, so I'm a bit worried, because at the end of the day, that's my Doris, and I don't want it getting hurt.

24:11Main thing is, have fun, enjoy it.

24:14Will do.

24:14And bring my Doris back in one piece.

24:16Why are you calling it Doris?

24:18Its name was actually Doris Day, because it'd only last a day.

24:21That's a belting answer.

24:23But no, have great fun, all right?

24:24Good to see you.

24:25Thanks for your time.

24:27I don't think I would have been Richard's first choice for race mechanic, to be fair.

24:31So, he's obviously running out of friends.

24:44Lewis.

24:46Zog Ziegler.

24:47How are you?

24:48Want a biscuit?

24:49You don't keep this triangle at all, so by eating biscuits in the middle of the day.

24:53I mean, OK.

24:54So, you're off to Silverson.

24:55Yes.

24:56I'm going to do your job.

24:58Do you use social media?

24:59Um, I do have Instagram, because I never make it work.

25:03I put Instagram on, and then I get a film that I'm going to write about on there.

25:06OK, so you have social media.

25:08If we've gone in the search, the smallest cock.

25:10Click on that.

25:11Boom!

25:11And that takes us to your page.

25:12Nightmare, mate.

25:13Donald Trump won't just pop up, like he often does.

25:16Well, he will do, yes, because that's who you follow.

25:17Does he follow me?

25:18I don't think he's following you, but you do follow him.

25:21All right.

25:22So, all you need to do is explain what's happening with the day.

25:24Oh, I don't know.

25:25You have to turn it round, don't you?

25:27There's something you can do to get me on.

25:29Do you know how to use a camera on your phone?

25:31I used to have a brownie box.

25:33This is going to be a nightmare.

25:34It is.

25:35I warned you.

25:38I will probably ask some people to help.

25:40I'll find someone much, much younger,

25:41because the danger then is they think that, you know,

25:44what's this old man talking to me for?

25:46Smells of piss and cabbage.

25:49That's what all people smell like, apparently.

25:51Yep.

25:52I have zero hope.

26:03It's race day,

26:04and all I've got to do is finish today's race,

26:07and I'll be just one step closer

26:09to competing in the motorsport Big Dog League.

26:12To get me over the line,

26:14I'll be relying heavily on my stand-in support team,

26:18Les and Zog.

26:20Tell you what, half past seven in the morning, for God's sake.

26:23It's not normal.

26:25As well as boosting team morale,

26:27Zog's on social media duty.

26:29I'm Zog.

26:31I'm director of public...

26:32OK, my hair's a mess.

26:34I'm director of public relations, normally,

26:36but I've been called in to do the social media things.

26:40You're also helping me with mechanics.

26:42Oh, good luck with that, mate.

26:44And there ends the first part of social media.

26:47Look at you.

26:48Don't you look good, man?

26:49Slightly windswept.

26:50Winswept and interesting.

26:52And Les is holding the machinery.

26:55You were born to it.

26:56You were absolutely born to it, Zog.

26:58Now we just need to upload, don't we?

27:01Right, that's brilliant.

27:02That's our first bit of social media.

27:04Cheers, Les.

27:04Couldn't do with that.

27:05Right, chaps, now, the mission,

27:08let us not lose sight of it.

27:10Yes.

27:10The whole point of this exercise,

27:11get signatures on my licence

27:12so I can race at the next level.

27:14OK, let's get it warmed up, then.

27:15Get it warmed up.

27:21I have to say,

27:22this coming racing with a sort of stripped-out crew

27:23with no real engineers,

27:25just those two idiots,

27:26I'm loving it.

27:27I suppose you're just having a day out with your mates.

27:30I couldn't find any.

27:30I bought those two.

27:31I've never been a mechanic.

27:33I've been to lots of motor races.

27:34But you can fiddle, you can.

27:36Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I can fiddle.

27:37I don't know what the devil I'm doing today,

27:38but I'm happy, so it doesn't matter.

27:42This is our racer.

27:43Hello.

27:44Ready to go in his wrong pursuit.

27:46Dinky little booties.

27:54Right, little MGB,

27:56let's both get through today.

27:58Victory will be getting the signatures

28:00on my licence that I need

28:01to move up on them.

28:03That's all I've got to do.

28:04So, it's going to be one more

28:16lap to the start line.

28:18We form up in grid order.

28:25Got our numbers ready, Zolt.

28:26We know our stuff, mate.

28:29Red lights are on.

28:31Handbrake is off.

28:32I think my clutch is on the way out.

28:42I had a bad start.

28:44Just get it round.

28:45Remember,

28:46it's all you're after doing.

28:48Here he is.

28:50He's in the game.

28:51It'll be nice to get past this other MGB.

28:58I did.

29:02Second from last.

29:04Ah, Mini.

29:04I reckon I could probably get that.

29:06Yeah.

29:08I'm through.

29:10He's made another place.

29:12Marvellous.

29:12This could be risky.

29:14If he runs wide,

29:15I'm going to go inside him.

29:21One of us is going to have to concede.

29:25And it's him.

29:27Yeah!

29:29Wait a minute.

29:30Richard, do not overdrive yourself

29:32and break the car.

29:33I'm just trying to complete the race.

29:39Oh, shit.

29:41I'm getting hot.

29:43Oh, God.

29:47It's flashing red now.

29:49It's gone over 100.

29:51I think I am just going to back right off.

29:55It doesn't look very fast.

29:57Oh, it's starting to smell hot now.

29:59I'm going to kill the car.

30:03You're working yourself into a lava, Les.

30:05This is stressful.

30:06I know.

30:07I can see.

30:08Six minutes.

30:09So that's like four laps.

30:13Please.

30:14Please make it.

30:16Oh, this is agony.

30:18One more lap.

30:19One more lap after this

30:21and I'll have done it.

30:23That's what we like.

30:26Oh, I've done it.

30:31I've done it.

30:36I've done it.

30:37Thank God.

30:38Yay!

30:39Woo!

30:41Never has last place been celebrated so fine.

30:44Next stop, gin.

30:46Wow.

30:52Gentlemen, thank you.

30:53Ha-ha.

30:54My race team, your team.

30:55Well done.

30:56What a race team.

30:58It was really hard

30:59not to get carried away

31:00and blow the car up,

31:01but if I hadn't finished

31:03then I wouldn't get the signature I needed.

31:04So, okay, I nursed it

31:06and I had a great time.

31:08Just want to do more.

31:08All right.

31:12Zog?

31:12Yes?

31:13One of the pit boards

31:13that you and Les put out

31:14said cog, pint.

31:17Yes, yes.

31:17Can we do that bit?

31:18Yes, please.

31:19Right, we'll pick this up later.

31:20Another mechanical sympathy.

31:22Sod it.

31:22Thought you'd never ask.

31:23Customer coming in, Mark.

31:36My sound man I've worked with

31:38for about 25 years

31:39to get his racing mini

31:40and he's already here.

31:41Hello, mate.

31:46Hello, hello.

31:47I'd like to see a customer

31:48working on their own car.

31:49That's good.

31:49It's good, doesn't it?

31:50It looks fantastic.

31:51Are you happy?

31:52Yes, I'm very happy.

31:53Good.

31:53The thing I'm particularly excited about

31:55is that I tried to bolt the suspension up

31:57after I crashed it

31:58and it didn't fit.

31:59And now, if it's a great sign.

32:01I'm very pleased

32:01because I was involved in straightening it.

32:03I played it, as I recall,

32:05a pretty pivotal role.

32:06Pivotal.

32:07I heard it was pivotal.

32:07It was.

32:08It was largely down to me.

32:09I'll probably check that it's, um...

32:11Works.

32:11Yeah, check that it works.

32:12Um, the other thing about this car,

32:14of course,

32:14because it's a race car,

32:15how would it be up against my little MGB?

32:18This would be a hell of a lot faster,

32:19wouldn't it?

32:20Hmm, I don't know.

32:21Come testing.

32:22Can we just be quite clear

32:23until I get a lot better?

32:24There is no way

32:25am I going up against you on a track.

32:26Because you've done this a lot

32:27and it would be annoying.

32:29I've done it a bit.

32:30I'll be very rude if you overtake me.

32:32I can accidentally...

32:34Oh, no.

32:35I know where to get it fixed.

32:36You could take out

32:36an entire field of race cars

32:38and have six months' worth of work.

32:43They've done a really nice job of it

32:44and they've treated it with love and care,

32:46which is the important thing.

32:47You know, it's a really special car to me.

32:49I've known it a very long time.

32:50So I'm really pleased with what they've done.

32:56Today, we are packing,

33:06ready to go to the TT.

33:08And in 39 years of motorcycle riding,

33:12that's something I've never done.

33:14I've never made it to

33:15possibly the most famous motorcycle race

33:17and one of the longest running in the world.

33:19But we're not all going as tourists.

33:21This is work.

33:23We've arranged a little bit of a launch event

33:24for Mack motorcycles,

33:26but obviously I'm packing my bike kit

33:29because you can't ride the TT

33:31and not ride the bike.

33:35The plan is to cross to the Isle of Man by sea

33:38after meeting Ian and Ellis at the port.

33:41Jamie, a lot of bikes.

33:54Hell of a lot of bikes.

33:55Yeah.

33:55These are our people.

33:59Aha!

34:01Gentlemen, good morning.

34:03You managed to navigate your way north.

34:04We did.

34:06I am very excited about this whole mission.

34:11I didn't think I'd be this many people,

34:15to be honest.

34:15Obviously, it's big,

34:16but it's absolutely crazy.

34:18Let's check in

34:19and let the fun and serious work

34:21launching your new brand begin.

34:26To the right, thanks.

34:28To the right.

34:33This is pretty cool.

34:37That's a lot of bikes

34:39and I love being around bikes and bikers,

34:42so I'm having a great day.

34:46Right, so we are at sea for a little while now.

34:56Yeah.

34:57I think we've organised everything,

34:58but let's just go through it.

35:00So, it's at the Paramount City Cafe.

35:02We've got the bikes.

35:04Journalists have been invited.

35:05We'll get awareness of the brands,

35:07awareness of your bikes

35:08and have fun.

35:09Yeah.

35:10There's a bit of a social bit to do,

35:11to just say,

35:12we're on our way.

35:13Please come down to Paradise Cafe.

35:15I won't say that,

35:16because it's the wrong place.

35:16You know, we know.

35:17It's Paramount.

35:18Come to Paradise.

35:19Come to Paradise.

35:20That's all you need to say.

35:24I really hope

35:25Lewis's social media expertise

35:26outweighs his attention to detail.

35:28A lot is riding on this.

35:30See what I did?

35:31Go on, then.

35:32Right.

35:33I'm on my way

35:33to the legendary TT motorcycle race,

35:36but it's not just the racing

35:37to be excited about.

35:39There is a launch.

35:42What's amazing

35:43is there's thousands of bikes below deck,

35:46but everyone's looking at my work

35:48saying how good the paintwork is.

35:50It just makes you proud

35:51to put my name to them bikes.

35:54MUSIC PLAYS

35:56What makes the Isle of Man TT

36:05so famous

36:06isn't just the fact

36:07that it's the oldest

36:07motorcycle race event in the world.

36:10It's also the most dangerous,

36:12with riders getting up to speeds

36:13of over 200 miles an hour

36:15on a track consisting entirely

36:17of public roads.

36:20This is motorcycling's hallowed ground.

36:23Nearly 40,000 bikers

36:25make the annual pilgrimage.

36:36I can't believe we made it.

36:38Looks a bit like Blackpool,

36:40doesn't it?

36:43We're officially launching

36:45the bikes tonight.

36:47Getting the attention

36:47of these diehard biking aficionados

36:50won't be easy,

36:51but Lewis assures me

36:53it's in hand.

36:56I've had a look on the phone

36:57and we've hit

36:58just nearly 175,000 views

37:01on the little video

37:02that Hammond did on the ferry,

37:03spreading the word

37:04about our event this evening.

37:09Now, I was doing

37:10some schmoozing last night.

37:12Right.

37:12And Mr. TT have said

37:14that we can lead

37:16the legacy lap.

37:18So these four

37:19are going to lead

37:20the 1,000 motorbikes

37:21around the full

37:2337.5 mile track.

37:25Really?

37:26Yeah.

37:26Never.

37:27That's quite a cool launch.

37:28Just say that again.

37:30We're going to be at the front.

37:31We're going to be at the front

37:32showing off the bikes.

37:33Cool.

37:33I don't know the way.

37:43I'm lucky.

37:43I have done a lot of stuff.

37:45I've never done this.

37:46I mean, you can actually

37:47feel the ground shaking.

37:50That's mental, isn't it?

37:52I'm going to stall

37:52and then the whole thing.

37:55Everyone on their sides.

37:57Soz.

37:58Oh, movement is happening.

38:00Literally, we're off.

38:03Oh, that is incredible.

38:10Yes, man.

38:12Sometimes the queue behind

38:13is eight miles.

38:14I know, it's nuts.

38:15It's just forever.

38:16Absolutely nuts.

38:17It's incredible.

38:18Miles and miles of bikes.

38:20Every possible type

38:21you can imagine.

38:25Is this the circuit?

38:27This is the course.

38:28Oh, yeah.

38:28But it's stone walls.

38:31And they pull like

38:32a hundred and whatever along here.

38:33An average of over

38:34a hundred and thirty mile an hour.

38:36It's insanity.

38:38This manhole covers.

38:40Oh, my God.

38:41That's tight.

38:42Imagine that.

38:43Oh, I've got it wrong.

38:44I've hit a church.

38:50They're actually waiting

38:51to cross the road.

38:52Did I see the sign

38:55for 19 miles back there?

38:57Oh, I don't know.

38:58It means we're only halfway.

39:00I need a wee already.

39:01Me too.

39:05So now we're going to go

39:06out up into the mountain.

39:08Looks a bit misty up there.

39:10It must feel suddenly

39:11very lonely when you're racing.

39:13It's all busy

39:13and then suddenly

39:14big speeds coming up.

39:16The Legacy Lap pays homage

39:25to the incredible bravery

39:26of the riders

39:27who put their lives

39:28on the line

39:29to race at the TT.

39:30I could get a little bit

39:40emotional about this.

39:42I'm a biker.

39:42I have been all my life.

39:44And look at this.

39:45We're coming down now

39:46to Balacrane,

39:47which is a really famous turn.

39:49Wow.

39:51Right now,

39:51it's quite graceful

39:52and flowing.

39:53What it must be like

39:54at race pace,

39:55I cannot imagine.

39:56I think we need to do

40:01more bikes

40:01at the smallest cog.

40:03It's a fact.

40:09So the lads are on their way

40:11down from the circuit.

40:12We're here

40:12at the Paramount City Cafe.

40:14Here we come.

40:15I can see Jamie's

40:16flashing beacons

40:17leading the pack.

40:18It's like the red arrows.

40:26How's it feel

40:27having your bike

40:27running up and down

40:28at the TT then?

40:29This is the most

40:30extraordinary sensation.

40:32It really is.

40:32It's cool, isn't it?

40:3336 or whatever years ago,

40:35working in your dad's

40:36antique pine place

40:37to here.

40:38I'm speechless.

40:40Absolutely speechless.

40:48Respect duly paid.

40:50Time for business.

40:53We all look lovely.

40:54We're fresh and ready.

40:55But what's the plan

40:56of action?

40:57You've got a plan

40:57for if we get

40:58five or 50 people.

41:01Yes, we do.

41:01Yeah, yeah.

41:01The power of social media,

41:03something tells me

41:03it's going to be

41:04quite busy.

41:09Feeling good.

41:10All my paintwork's

41:11on display,

41:12which is really nice

41:13for the guys to see.

41:14Bike's looking amazing.

41:16There's a lot of people

41:16coming in now.

41:18They're actually

41:18stopping people at the door,

41:19so it's getting really,

41:20really busy.

41:21So it's quite good.

41:22Lewis,

41:23try not to run over

41:24any of the attendees

41:25with the bike

41:26they've come to see launched.

41:28It's an amazing turnout.

41:29I can't believe

41:29there are people

41:30queuing outside.

41:31Standing room only.

41:32Why don't we hide?

41:35Ladies and gentlemen,

41:36welcome to the

41:36Paramount City Coffeehouse

41:37for the official launch

41:39of Mack Motorcycles.

41:40That's your coming.

41:41This is their launch

41:45and I want it to work

41:46for them because

41:47he's an old mate.

41:48Also for the

41:48smallish cog,

41:49let's be honest.

41:50We're all here

41:51because I'm guessing

41:53we all love bikes,

41:54but few of us

41:55love bikes enough

41:56to set up

41:57our own mark.

41:59But there are

41:59two guys here

42:00who did.

42:01This is great.

42:02I mean this is great

42:02for our socials.

42:04I mean the videos

42:04I'm getting now

42:05are just going to

42:06pop off online.

42:07Setting up any kind

42:08of mark

42:09sounds like utter insanity.

42:11Such a reaction.

42:12A couple hundred people

42:13here, probably more.

42:14Everyone giving us

42:15great compliments

42:16about the bike.

42:17Thank you so much

42:17for coming along

42:18to see us.

42:18Enjoy the rest

42:19of the races

42:20and that's your coming.

42:23How did that go?

42:24Just a massively

42:25positive reaction

42:26to the bike.

42:27Yeah.

42:27To the paintwork,

42:28the style.

42:29People loved it.

42:30It's pretty spectacular

42:31what you've done.

42:32Yeah, yeah.

42:32We could literally

42:33paint any colour

42:34we wanted to,

42:35whatever designs

42:35we wanted.

42:37Out of this,

42:38I think we're going

42:39to get a lot more work.

42:41So tell us about

42:41this bike then.

42:42So this one

42:42is set up

42:44as a cafe racer.

42:45I think seeing people

42:46love the bike,

42:48say how different it is,

42:50we never thought

42:51that it would be

42:51this good.

42:52People are looking

42:54at the bikes

42:54and really it's

42:55down to those two now.

42:56It's their business.

42:57It's their creation.

42:58And also,

42:59you know,

43:00how fabulous

43:00the paintwork is,

43:01obviously,

43:01because if you're

43:02a specialist

43:02in painting vehicles

43:04and you get to

43:05design the look

43:05of a brand new vehicle,

43:07that's kind of cool.

43:08Yeah,

43:08and the better they do,

43:09the better the smaller

43:10as Cog does,

43:10it's kind of a win-win-win.

43:13Right,

43:13time to inspect

43:15the newbies.

43:16Chaps,

43:17you're starting

43:17on the Condor, yeah?

43:18I assume there's

43:19a comprehensive

43:19workshop manual.

43:20No, there is nothing.

43:21This is the vet

43:22come to tell me

43:23if my old pet's had it.

43:24We're down to

43:25three mil on the bottom.

43:26Where's it gone?

43:27It's just wore away.

43:28I have to do

43:29a day's marshalling.

43:30I'm on the flag,

43:31so you go that side.

43:32I want to do the flag.

43:34I have control

43:35of the situation.

43:36And I can keep it up

43:36as long as I need to.

43:37Really?

43:38I want to do it.

43:46I want to do it.

43:49I want to do it.

43:53I want to do it.

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