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05:53No, it could be perfectly good working order
05:55and he would still take it apart
05:56just because he could.
05:58So is he an engineer?
06:00No, not really.
06:01Not trained, no.
06:02But he tinkered about with things.
06:06Boxing.
06:08These are our friends.
06:10Let's see what's in this little lot.
06:14Oh, here we go.
06:18Now, I do like a beer
06:19but I also like a beer mug
06:22con cálidos originales.
06:26Todo en esta bicicleta ha visto mejor días.
06:29Cuanto de eso es realmente salvajeable
06:32es todavía que se ve.
06:33Pero tenemos que salvar el frame.
06:36Tenemos que salvar el motor y gearbox.
06:39Queremos que esto sea Ian's bicicleta.
06:41Si solo reclamamos todo,
06:43nos vamos a tomar todo lo que se salvaje.
06:47Right,
06:48sling it in the back of the car.
06:51What has happened in Ian's life
06:53to mean that, you know,
06:55the mechanical love of his life
06:56has been left in pieces.
06:58What's happened?
06:59Well, Ian was a sub-postmaster.
07:01Right.
07:02And subsequently became a victim
07:04of the Horizon post office scandal.
07:08He lost his post office,
07:10he lost his job,
07:11and he was prosecuted
07:12and found guilty of false accounting.
07:15So the post office scandal
07:17is where a piece of software
07:18called Horizon...
07:20Absolutely.
07:20..was adding up
07:22and crunching the numbers
07:23incorrectly ultimately,
07:24Absolutely, yeah.
07:24What happens next?
07:25The sad thing was
07:27they were literally
07:27just getting back on their feet.
07:29Yeah.
07:30So Ian had got back
07:31into employment
07:32and in early 2011,
07:35Helen was diagnosed with breast cancer.
07:37So while Helen was battling breast cancer,
07:41Ian had quite a severe stroke.
07:44He's been left with a lot of speech and communication issues,
07:49some mobility issues.
07:50He's independently mobile,
07:51but sometimes a bit precarious.
07:53What do you think Ian would like to see happen
07:55with that bike?
07:56I think him just seeing it whole again
07:58would be enough.
07:59Yes.
08:00I mean, that'll probably mean the world to him,
08:03just seeing that.
08:05Well, it is going to happen.
08:09And here he is.
08:11Right.
08:13It's in.
08:13It's time for me to get that rotten old thing away from here.
08:16Ian's bike's in the car as well.
08:18Nice to meet you.
08:20Nice to meet you, Steve.
08:22Nice meeting you.
08:22Jim, thanks very much.
08:23Nice to meet you, Steve.
08:24OK, come on.
08:27It might only have two wheels,
08:30but this challenge is anything but half a job.
08:33Because judging by the state of it,
08:35the road to getting Ian back on his bike
08:37is going to be a bumpy one.
08:39Why are you looking so relaxed?
08:42Have you seen what we've just picked up?
08:44Have you seen it?
08:45It's in bits.
08:46Now, look, it's all very well getting a bike.
08:49What?
08:5120 seconds of your life.
08:52Listen, I've made a phone call to a mate of mine
08:55who happens to work at a company
08:57that are 20 minutes away from our workshop
08:59in a place called Hinkley.
09:02Triumph.
09:03They are going to help us.
09:04We're going to the horse's mouth.
09:05We are going to try to build it
09:07with the people who created it
09:09or the fathers of the fathers of the fathers
09:11who created it in the first place.
09:13Yes, Fuzz can finally unclench his bottom
09:15because the boys are off to what many consider
09:17to be the home of British motorbikes.
09:20Triumph's Hinkley factory.
09:23The team there have kindly agreed
09:24to take our two-seasoned apprentices under their wing.
09:28And to make sure that we all stay firmly on this restoration,
09:31Triumph guru Nick Wilson will be on hand at every corner
09:35to keep things rolling smoothly.
09:38This is the last of it then, Nick.
09:40Thank you.
09:41This is it.
09:43Thanks very much.
09:44There is one other delivery.
09:45It's a verbal delivery,
09:46and it's a massive apology from me
09:48and for Fuzz for you for delivering this turkey to you.
09:51Yeah, I mean, is it worse than you thought?
09:54Yes.
09:55Right, OK.
09:56How much worse?
09:57Um, significantly.
09:59So have you rebuilt a worse bike?
10:02No.
10:05No, you don't even have to think about it.
10:11In a car SOS first...
10:14No, that's wrong.
10:17In a motorbike SOS first...
10:19The boys have ditched four wheels for two.
10:22What we have is a bike that got put away
10:25and...
10:26With all good intention.
10:27Yeah.
10:28And it's unfortunately got very corroded.
10:29Yeah.
10:30And taken on the monumental task
10:32of turning this Meccano set for sadists
10:35back into a 1973 Triumph Bonneville.
10:39This is Ian's beauty.
10:40This is his pride and joy.
10:41So we need to salvage what we can
10:43and from what we're looking at here,
10:44what looks good, what looks bad?
10:46There's a lot of corrosion on nearly everything.
10:48The fuel tank's particularly bad.
10:50Yeah, it looks like it's been in a very damp area,
10:53doesn't it?
10:53Yeah, yeah.
10:55What about our engine here?
10:57Pistons are seized in the bore.
10:58Yeah.
10:59It's going to be quite a job.
11:01So there's our head.
11:02So what are your thoughts there?
11:04I mean, that looks pretty bad.
11:07I think we need to get it soda blasted,
11:09get it clean and have a proper look.
11:11Right, OK.
11:12And see what we need to do from there.
11:13Yeah.
11:14It might not be much more than an engine and two wheels,
11:17but somehow the task ahead
11:19feels every bit as monumental as usual.
11:22For starters, there's the engine block.
11:25Unsurprisingly, two decades left out in the elements
11:28hasn't done much for its complexion.
11:30But what really matters is what condition it's in
11:33once the boys open it up.
11:35Next up, the cylinder head.
11:37Once again, all that weathering hasn't done it any favours.
11:40So once it's been cleaned up, can it be saved?
11:45Finally, the fuel tank.
11:46It's looking leakier than a second-hand tea bag.
11:50So can Tim recondition it?
11:52Or will this big lump of originality be lost forever?
11:56Then, after those battles are won,
11:58the bonnie will still need new brakes and suspension,
12:01as well as a full respray in period-correct original paint
12:05before it can truly live up to its name.
12:09But before the teardown begins,
12:12it's time for the nation's oldest apprentice
12:14to ride pillion and soak up the master's knowledge.
12:17Because if he's going to help restore Ian's bonnie,
12:20he'd better learn from the best.
12:23Can we go through some of the terminology here,
12:26what some of these components are called?
12:28So we have our front fork assembly here.
12:30And that comprises of stanchions.
12:32Stanchions, so that's the bit at the top.
12:34Bottom parts are called the sliders.
12:36So the wheel goes up and down on these.
12:38Yep, yep.
12:39This is the lower yoke.
12:40The lower yoke, OK.
12:42And then we've got our handlebars,
12:43but our handlebars go through these items here.
12:46What are those called?
12:46They're called risers.
12:47Those are risers, OK.
12:48Now can we move along the frame
12:50and the engine and gearbox combined sits in the frame there.
12:54Finally, the seat sits on here.
12:56Yeah, and beneath the seat is all the electrics.
13:00Let's pull it apart.
13:03Now that Fuzz is a small step closer
13:05to becoming a certified motorbike expert,
13:09the Bonneville's frame can be stripped down
13:11and sent to the blasters
13:12to remove two decades' worth of rust and grime.
13:16Leaving Fuzz to give the remaining smaller parts
13:19the once-over to see what's salvageable.
13:22Here's a brake rod, absolutely bent out of shape.
13:27One of the most appealing things about a motorcycle
13:30is that they are perhaps the most visceral road-going machine
13:35that you can experience,
13:36because there's not a lot to them.
13:38There's a frame, a couple of wheels, an engine, a gearbox,
13:42and then it's all the rider.
13:44Once things wear out, they need to be replaced.
13:46So if we want Ian's bike to look, as it should do,
13:51as it did, or as close to it as it did in 1973,
13:55we need to do some serious shopping.
13:58So, while Fuzz compiles a list,
14:00Tim is trying to keep Ian's original fuel tank off of it,
14:04with some help from Triumph's in-house clergy.
14:07Excuse me, I'm looking for a guy
14:09who's referred to as Father Fuel Tank.
14:12That'd be me.
14:14Is that you?
14:17Yeah.
14:17What's your name, mate?
14:18It's Gary.
14:19Gary, nice one, Father Fuel Tank.
14:20Lovely to meet you.
14:21Yes, he might not be an actual man of the cloth,
14:24but Gary has devoted his life to one thing,
14:27and that's Triumph fuel tanks.
14:29So if anyone knows if Ian's is going to see the open road again,
14:33it's him.
14:33Right, what are we thinking?
14:35What's it off?
14:36It's off an old Bonneville.
14:38Yeah, early 70s.
14:39Early 70s, yeah.
14:40And what I'm really hoping is that you're going to assess this
14:42and go, we can keep that, we can mint it.
14:44Yeah, big ask.
14:45Let's have a look.
14:53Unfortunately, I think it's too far gone.
14:57We get all the rust off, the metal would be so thin,
15:00and we need to make sure this tank is going to be safe
15:02to put fuel in,
15:03and unfortunately, the state of this,
15:07I don't think it is.
15:13Next question, then.
15:14If we're going to replace it,
15:16it makes me think we've got to get the colour absolutely bang on.
15:19What colour would it have been when it came out of the factory?
15:21It would be a gold,
15:22but what particular gold, I don't know,
15:24but I know a guy called Dick Shepherd.
15:26Right.
15:27He knows everything there is to know about triath motorcycles.
15:30Right, so go and see a guy called Dick.
15:31Dick Shepherd, yeah.
15:32Right.
15:33So if Gary's father fuel tank,
15:36that must make Dick the Archbishop.
15:38So while Tim tracks his holiness down,
15:41the apprentice has entered the masters in a sanctum.
15:45All right, might just be Nick's shed,
15:47but there's not a lawnmower in sight.
15:49He's brought Ian's engine home with him
15:52so he can keep working on it day and night.
15:55And it's already paid off
15:57because somehow he's miraculously unseized the pistons.
16:01How did you get them off?
16:02Quite a bit of heat.
16:04Yeah.
16:04A good bit of WD-40 and a bit of diesel.
16:07Yeah.
16:08Mixed in, left it soaking for a couple of days.
16:10Yeah.
16:10Worked it backwards and forwards,
16:11and it eventually became free.
16:13So what's the situation now, then?
16:15Now that we've unseized the pistons,
16:17I can see in the lower half of the crankcase
16:19there's not any water in there.
16:20Well, that's good news.
16:21But we don't know what other damage is done elsewhere.
16:23OK, so what's the first step now?
16:25What should we do?
16:25I think we should get the pistons out of the way.
16:27They are scrapped.
16:29So we'll remove those,
16:30and then we'll get on with the primary side.
16:31OK, fantastic.
16:37I guess it's important to point out
16:39the differences between the bike and the car
16:41because here we've got a 650cc two-cylinder engine.
16:44Yeah, from the 1970s.
16:46This would have powered the bike up to what sort of speed?
16:49110 miles an hour.
16:50When you compare it to the performance of a car of the time,
16:54to get a car to go 110 miles an hour
16:56easily would have taken something like
16:59a three, three and a half litre V6 or V8 engine.
17:04But at less than half the weight of a classic Mini,
17:07back in the day,
17:09even the mighty Porsche 911 would have struggled to keep up off the lights.
17:14Right, OK, so off it comes.
17:18So, here...
17:19This is the alternator.
17:20Yeah, and then here we've got clutch.
17:23Yep.
17:23And then the gearbox is further in there.
17:25It's thrown here.
17:27Since the boys have no idea when Ian's engine last saw a spanner,
17:31both it and the gearbox are in for a full internal rebuild.
17:36But if the blocks corroded beyond saving,
17:39the heart of this bonnie could be lost forever.
17:44We can see that water,
17:47which is the enemy of any mechanical item,
17:50certainly like this,
17:51has actually made its way in,
17:53but it's not been able to do...
17:54No, it's not done the damage we feared.
17:56So, with a full internal rebuild,
17:59Ian's engine is going to ride again.
18:01The problem is,
18:03it's not going to get far without a fuel tank.
18:05But to replace it,
18:06Tim still needs to track down Dick
18:08to find out what colour it needs to be sprayed.
18:11Which, in a factory this size,
18:13is easier said than done.
18:15Oh, my word.
18:16Look up at these.
18:19So, every one of these,
18:20inside those pink wrappers,
18:22is a motorcycle.
18:24He might not have found the oracle Dick Sheppard just yet,
18:27but he has managed to sneak into a corner of the factory
18:30most Triumph fans would give their right handlebar to see.
18:34Apparently, the scale of this whole establishment
18:37is about the size of eight football pitches.
18:40Look at that thing.
18:41That is a sexy-ass Triumph up there.
18:43And it's owned by somebody called Mr David Beckham.
18:48No idea.
18:50Never heard of him.
18:51And, if you thought that was cool,
18:53hold on to your helmet.
18:55That is a special thing to see.
18:57It topped out at around
18:58something like 274 miles an hour.
19:02And it just happens to be sitting there,
19:03chilling in a crate.
19:05And it was piloted by,
19:07look down the side of the window there,
19:09Mr G Martin.
19:10Mr Guy Martin himself.
19:12What a treat.
19:12And the motorcycle eye candy doesn't end there.
19:16Because inside Triumph's museum are bikes from every era of their history
19:21that have been made famous on the road, racetrack and silver screen.
19:25And they're not the only icons hiding out down here.
19:29Dick.
19:30Oh, hello, Tim.
19:31Hello, mate.
19:32It's an honour to meet you.
19:33Mr Triumph himself,
19:35the man that knows more about Triumphs than anyone on the planet.
19:38Tim's not wrong.
19:39Dick's been on two wheels since the age of nine.
19:42In the half-century since,
19:44he's owned, ridden and restored
19:46some of the most important Triumphs ever built.
19:49How many bikes have you got?
19:50I think last count nearly 500.
19:53What?
19:54What?
19:54Are you serious?
19:55500 bikes?
19:57So, if anyone knows what shade of gold
19:59Ian's replacement fuel tank needs to be,
20:02he's the man.
20:03I'm desperate to find the precise right colour
20:06for the painted components,
20:07as in the tank and the, you know,
20:09the two mudguards on the bike.
20:101972.
20:11Is yours in English, Beck?
20:13Yes.
20:13Yeah.
20:13Well, that's Tiger Gold.
20:15Well, we've got all the paint chip cars,
20:16so we can match it.
20:17So, no problem at all.
20:18Can you hook me up?
20:19No problem at all.
20:19Right.
20:20What is in here, amongst all these bikes here,
20:23what is the most special bike?
20:26Um, I think it's got to be the Great Escape bike.
20:29Yes, this is the actual Triumph TR6,
20:32ridden by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen
20:35in the 1963 movie The Great Escape.
20:39So, how Bonneville is this?
20:41Virtually exactly the same as a Bonneville,
20:44except for a few performance parts.
20:46Whilst Ian's bike was built as a road racer,
20:49the TR6 was designed to be its off-road scrambler cousin.
20:52I mean, it's just the coolest thing ever to exist.
20:55Would you like to sit on it and have your picture taken?
20:58Yes, please.
20:59Is that all right?
21:00Away you go.
21:06For me personally, this is a really emotional moment.
21:10Every single year, it's become a tradition to sit down,
21:13me and my brothers sit down and watch The Great Escape with my dad.
21:19So, to be sitting on the bike,
21:22it's just a surreal moment.
21:27Yes, whilst Tim's living out his schoolboy fantasy,
21:30it turns out it's actually Fuzz who's in need of a Great Escape.
21:34A bit of bad news.
21:36We've decided against using the cylinder head off Ian's bike.
21:41A number of reasons.
21:42One is the valve seats are very, very badly corroded
21:46and dipped and pitted.
21:48So, that would take a lot more machining.
21:51And whether we get a really great finish at the end of it,
21:55well, it could be debatable.
21:56So, all in all, we've decided on a slightly better option.
22:01So, this is actually a cylinder head produced at the time,
22:05but it's never been used.
22:07Yes, an original replacement is the golden goose of the parts bin,
22:11but it does mean Fuzz will need to put in some hard graft.
22:15Because when Triumph built these heads back in the 60s,
22:18they left the factory as a blank
22:20so that dealers and race teams could tweak them for performance.
22:24What we need to do with this unused cylinder head
22:26is machine the valve seats.
22:29Now, what we've done is already completed three,
22:32but there's one more to do.
22:34And we actually do that by hand.
22:36Valve seats have hardened surfaces on the cylinder head
22:39where the intake and exhaust valves close,
22:42forming a gas-tight seal for combustion.
22:45And cutting them by hand allows Fuzz to operate with millimetre precision.
22:50So, in goes our mandrel.
22:52That makes a nice, solid post that we can work with.
22:57Here we go.
22:57We've got our cutting tool here.
22:59And then, this tool here operates on this nut.
23:05So, we're just going 360 degrees,
23:09pushing down as we do it,
23:12and cutting away at the face of the valve seat.
23:18Next, Fuzz applies some grinding paste.
23:21This compound contains tiny abrasive particles
23:25which help wear in the seat and valve,
23:28improving the seal between the two surfaces.
23:33You hear the cutting paste.
23:38Let's see how we're doing.
23:40So, all the way around the valve,
23:43we now have a lovely matte finish,
23:47which means we have achieved a gas-tight seal.
23:56So, with the build well underway,
23:58the receding hairline bikers
24:00are taking the opportunity to hit the road.
24:02Born to be free.
24:04To demonstrate what the fuss over two wheels
24:07is really all about.
24:17When you're on a bike,
24:18you are part of the machine.
24:20It's a connection thing, isn't it?
24:22Yeah.
24:22They're a mechanical horse in many ways.
24:25Describe the feeling of riding
24:27that beautiful old bonnie, son.
24:30So, this is a 1977
24:32Silver Jubilee Edition
24:34Triumph Bonneville, 750cc.
24:37By today's standards,
24:38it doesn't put out that much power.
24:41But it's enough.
24:42It's enough to make you grip onto those bars
24:45when you're accelerating away.
24:48It's just a really great feeling.
24:51You can feel the vibration,
24:53the throb of the engine.
24:54Just absolutely amazing.
24:58Open it up.
25:00And off we go.
25:14So, this is the Triumph Bonneville Scrambler.
25:17So, based on basically what Fuzz was riding there,
25:21but this is the X.
25:21So, this is a 1200 twin cylinder.
25:25So, it's got some serious go to it.
25:27My mum and dad had a mini Metro,
25:29and that was like under one litre.
25:30So, this thing is a phenomenally big engine
25:33for a little bike.
25:34But it is ultimately
25:36the great-grandchild
25:38of the Bonneville
25:39that we are doing for Ian.
25:43If you think about what it is you've got here,
25:45you've got an engine.
25:47And how many other spare bits
25:48other than an engine?
25:49Well, a couple of wheels
25:49and a few other bits
25:50with a car.
25:51You've got a load of other nonsense,
25:52a load of other tech
25:53you don't really need
25:54with a bike.
25:54It is just human being
25:56meets machine, isn't it?
25:57Yeah.
26:02So, right.
26:03So, how does it work?
26:04Riding a bike, then.
26:05So, your right hand
26:06does two things.
26:06It does the accelerator
26:07by twisting.
26:09And it does your front brake
26:11by squeezing the lever.
26:12Just the same as a push bike.
26:13Your right foot
26:14is your rear brake,
26:16and your left foot
26:17is your gears.
26:17And the gear
26:18is just one lever.
26:19Push down
26:20when you're in neutral
26:20to get to first,
26:21and then go up to two,
26:22up to three,
26:23up to four,
26:24up to five.
26:24So, that is why
26:25you see bikers
26:26click, click, click, click, click
26:27when they're at traffic lights,
26:28because they've pulled up
26:28in fifth gear,
26:29they've posted it up in fifth,
26:30and then they've put the clutch
26:31in at fine neutral,
26:33fine first again
26:33for pulling off.
26:35This bike is nearly
26:3650 years old,
26:37but it feels great
26:38whether you choose
26:39an old bike
26:40or a new bike.
26:41It's a superb way
26:43to have fun,
26:44to get about,
26:45and also
26:45to meet some great mates.
26:47You'll never be alone
26:48when you're a biker,
26:49that's for sure.
26:59In a first for Car SOS,
27:01the boys have taken on
27:02this 1973 Triumph Bonneville.
27:06But,
27:06despite being half a car,
27:08it hasn't been half the work.
27:10After blasting 20 years of rust
27:13back to bare metal,
27:14the frame has now been powder-coated.
27:18Tim's managed to track down
27:19a replacement fuel tank,
27:20which has been sprayed
27:21in a period-correct
27:23Tiger Gold colour scheme,
27:24but it's still missing
27:26an iconic detail.
27:28The new cylinder head
27:29still needs to be mated
27:31to the engine,
27:32and then,
27:32who knows if it'll actually run.
27:35There's wheels and brakes to fit,
27:37electronics to wire in,
27:39and,
27:39to spice things up,
27:41Steve's just arrived
27:42to check in on progress,
27:43because why make life easy?
27:45First spot?
27:46Yes.
27:46Steve-O is here.
27:48Come on, come on,
27:49get closer.
27:51Wow.
27:51Wow.
27:51How new, Steve?
27:52Wow.
27:53Look at that,
27:53it's like new.
27:54It is, isn't it?
27:55We're keeping the heart
27:56and soul of it,
27:56so the frame,
27:57we've got the engine,
27:58the gearbox,
27:59so really,
28:00all the major units,
28:02all the major parts
28:03of the bike,
28:03are going to relive again.
28:05Question for you then,
28:06Steve.
28:07The reveal has to be,
28:09in my mind,
28:10and I'm sure you'll agree,
28:10and Fuzz will agree,
28:11we want to create
28:12an event for him
28:13that will put a smile
28:14on his face.
28:14If you could choose
28:16anybody on the planet
28:18who could be at that event,
28:19who would that be?
28:21Well, I think the obvious one
28:22is Sir Alan Bates.
28:24A post office scandal,
28:26he brought it to light.
28:27He's a guy who is not only
28:29very, very hard to get hold of,
28:31but beyond that,
28:32he's suddenly been thrown
28:34into the spotlight.
28:35Yeah, yeah.
28:36And he just wants to disappear
28:37into obscurity.
28:39Okay.
28:39Yes, but in order
28:41to make it that moment
28:43for Ian,
28:44it's an absolute must.
28:48How hard can it be?
28:50So, before Tim attempts
28:52to deliver the nation's
28:53most famous former postmaster,
28:56he's got to meet
28:57Triumph's most famous clergyman
28:58to baptise this mechanical baby.
29:02Right, so this tank
29:03has been painted
29:04in the right colour,
29:05the Tiger Gold.
29:06Yeah, Tiger Gold.
29:07Okay.
29:07The green tape represents
29:08where the infill will go,
29:10so it'll be black
29:11across the front here,
29:12and black along the bottom.
29:14There's also going to be
29:15a line between the two?
29:17Yeah, in white paint,
29:18crisp white line.
29:19Okay.
29:19How many tanks
29:21have you worked on
29:21since you started?
29:23Thousands.
29:24Absolute thousands of them.
29:26I started work for Triumph
29:27back in 1976.
29:29Have the bikes
29:30that have come through
29:30this factory,
29:31how many of them
29:32have you done?
29:34All of them.
29:34I pinstripe
29:35every single tank
29:36that come through
29:37this factory?
29:38All of them?
29:38All of them,
29:39every single one.
29:40Assuming Gary's taken
29:42the odd holiday
29:43over the past half century,
29:44he will have painted
29:45somewhere in the region
29:46of 400,000 tanks,
29:48which equates to roughly
29:49a whopping 100 miles
29:51of pinstripe.
29:52And remember,
29:53Gary's not the only
29:54old pro on the job either.
29:57Nick's been taking
29:58his work home again.
30:00He's mated
30:01the rebuilt cylinder head
30:02with the engine
30:03and is well underway
30:04on a few other
30:05vital bits too.
30:06So, Nick,
30:07things are finally
30:09coming along now
30:10and it's like
30:11the bike is taking
30:13on its form,
30:14its life.
30:15Forks in the front,
30:16refurbished,
30:17wiring harness in,
30:18and I thought
30:20that we were going
30:21to go with the old
30:21clocks at the front.
30:22They are the old
30:23clocks.
30:24Oh, right, OK.
30:25I've just overhauled
30:26them, put lenses,
30:27bezels,
30:28all the bits in
30:28and cleaned them all up.
30:29Fantastic.
30:30Well, they look
30:31great at the front now.
30:32So, are we going
30:33to fit the engine?
30:34I think we will.
30:36That is going to
30:37bring it way forward.
30:39It will.
30:39OK, let's have a go.
30:41Ian's original engine
30:42has had its barrels
30:43honed.
30:44There's new pistons,
30:46a full clutch
30:46replacement,
30:47and a replacement
30:48cylinder head.
30:49OK, right.
30:51Now, I think
30:52what we'll do is
30:53we'll pick it up,
30:54OK, and we'll
30:55swing the engine
30:56round.
30:56Right, OK.
30:57Well, you be
30:58Fred Astaire,
30:59and I'll be
30:59Ginger Rogers.
31:00Go.
31:00There we go.
31:02Where do we want
31:03to go?
31:03We're in the other
31:04side.
31:05OK, right.
31:05I'll just hold
31:06here.
31:09Motorcycles might
31:10be a lot lighter
31:11than cars,
31:12but they're still
31:14pretty heavy.
31:16There we are.
31:17Look at that.
31:20That's the engine
31:21in place,
31:21and all of a sudden,
31:22Ian's bike
31:24is on its return
31:25to the road.
31:26I could almost
31:28get on it and
31:28ride it,
31:29but we're not
31:29quite there yet.
31:31Yes, it's not
31:32going anywhere
31:33until Father Fuel
31:34Tank delivers
31:35his final blessing.
31:38I'm fascinated
31:38already by what's
31:39going on here.
31:40What are these
31:41things?
31:41They're called
31:42dagger liners
31:43or pinstriping
31:44bushes.
31:45So the bottom
31:45of the bush
31:46has short hairs,
31:48the top of it
31:49longer.
31:49They've got a
31:50little piece of
31:50wood on the
31:51left-hand side.
31:52That's the way
31:53you hold them.
31:54The shorter
31:55bristles have to be
31:56on the bottom.
31:57Do you enjoy it?
31:59Love it.
31:59Absolutely.
32:00I never get bored
32:01with doing this
32:01job.
32:04Nothing I've done
32:04in my life,
32:05nothing I've
32:06experienced comes
32:06close to the
32:08pressure.
32:08Drawing just
32:09one line,
32:10that's your only
32:11job.
32:11One line,
32:12dead straight,
32:13same thickness.
32:14That's all
32:15you've got to do.
32:36I cannot believe
32:38what I've just
32:38witnessed.
32:39That is,
32:40that's just
32:42comedy level of
32:43skill.
32:44Would you
32:44like to have
32:45a go at that?
32:46No,
32:47absolutely no.
32:49But after
32:50some gentle
32:51cajoling from
32:51the crew...
32:53I've changed
32:54my mind because
32:54I've got peer
32:55pressure from
32:55everyone here
32:56at Triumph and
32:56the camera
32:57people as well.
32:58He's seen the
32:59light, but
32:59there's no way
33:00he's getting
33:01near Ian's
33:01tank.
33:02You know
33:03what?
33:05I think I'm
33:06going to try
33:06it like this.
33:11I can't deal
33:12with the
33:12stress of
33:13it.
33:22And
33:23we're
33:23on.
33:26I started
33:27all right.
33:28Needs work,
33:29but...
33:30So from the
33:31start to
33:32here,
33:34I felt that
33:35was all right.
33:36I mean,
33:36it would never
33:37make it onto a
33:38tank in this
33:38place, I
33:38know, in
33:39comparison to
33:39yours.
33:40But from
33:41this bit
33:41here, that
33:42was one
33:43breath.
33:43And then, by
33:44the time I
33:45took a breath
33:45here, I
33:46was knackered.
33:47So I was
33:48out of breath.
33:49I was...
33:50Let's call
33:50it art,
33:51Tim.
33:51Not a
33:52mistake.
33:54And
33:55breathe.
33:56The
33:57wait is
33:57over, the
33:58panic is
33:58over.
33:59You can
33:59relax now.
34:01Wow.
34:01Beauty.
34:02The eagle
34:03has landed.
34:03Now, that
34:04looks great.
34:05Looks
34:05lovely.
34:05Yeah.
34:06There you
34:06go.
34:06Put it
34:07over here
34:07for now.
34:07OK.
34:09Wow.
34:10I know, it
34:10looks brilliant,
34:11doesn't it?
34:12We're getting
34:12there.
34:13Can we hear it
34:14run?
34:14No, because...
34:15No.
34:16We need a fuel
34:16tank on it.
34:17Right, wheel.
34:17Wheel.
34:18I'll do the
34:19wheel, you can
34:19touch the tank,
34:20it's beautiful.
34:22Unbelievable.
34:22Yep.
34:23While Nick and
34:24Fuzz bolt the
34:25new tank into
34:26place...
34:27Can we hold
34:27the handlebar
34:27straight?
34:28Please.
34:28OK, we'll do.
34:29Thank you.
34:32There we go.
34:32Ian's original wheels
34:34have returned from
34:35being refurbished
34:36and are on the
34:36road to perfection.
34:37Anyway, let's get
34:38this thing built up.
34:40We've got new
34:41spokes on it, a new
34:42rim and a new tyre.
34:43As well as a new
34:45set of period-correct
34:46drum brakes.
34:49It's time to put it
34:49on the bike.
34:51The boys have also
34:53saved his original
34:54handlebars, badges
34:55and swinging arm,
34:57which will now be
34:57riding alongside new
34:59indicators, exhaust and
35:00mudguards.
35:01I'm going to go up
35:02the back end.
35:04Yeah.
35:05Your turn, please,
35:06Fuzz.
35:07Yes.
35:08Right.
35:10This feels like a
35:11moment, regardless of
35:12whether or not it
35:13runs, to stand back
35:14and admire the work
35:15that's been achieved
35:15here.
35:16Because for the first
35:17time, it now looks
35:18like...
35:18A motorbike.
35:19A motorbike.
35:22For the first time in
35:23over 30 years...
35:25It's going on to its
35:25wheels, isn't it?
35:26Yeah.
35:26Big moment.
35:27Big moment.
35:30Go on, then, Nick.
35:32Right, here we go.
35:32There he goes.
35:34Oh, what the fuck?
35:36Brilliant.
35:37Mate.
35:38Fantastic.
35:39There is nothing
35:40sexier sounding as well,
35:42is there, than a twin
35:43650.
35:44That is such a lovely...
35:45Can I?
35:45Yeah.
35:48Go on.
35:49Come on.
35:50You're a rider.
35:51It sounds like a
35:51Triumph Shug.
35:55Fabulous.
35:57Right, we've got a
35:58little bit of finishing
35:59off to do.
35:59Yeah.
36:00A little bit of prep,
36:01a little bit of testing,
36:03but hopefully, tomorrow,
36:05we will see you down
36:07in South Wales.
36:09So, while the boys add
36:11the finishing touches
36:12to Ian's first-class
36:13Bonneville, has Tim
36:15been able to deliver
36:16Britain's most famous
36:17postmaster to go along
36:18with it?
36:23After more than 700 hours
36:25of hard graft,
36:26the boys have done it.
36:27Their first ever
36:29motorbike restoration
36:30is a Triumph.
36:32They've made their way
36:33to the Park Le Breos Hotel
36:35in Swansea
36:36for the big reveal.
36:38The only question now,
36:40has Tim lined up
36:41a first-class guest
36:42to hand Ian's bike
36:44back to him?
36:46Hold on a minute.
36:47The two together, Fuzz!
36:49Excuse me, please.
36:50No, no, no, no.
36:51Excuse me, please.
36:52What do you think
36:53you're doing?
36:53Touching the...
36:54Please meet Sir Alan Bates.
36:56This is Fuzz Townsend.
36:57Hello.
36:57I'm so sorry
36:58about his behaviour.
36:59Honestly, he doesn't
37:00get out very often.
37:01Anyway, lovely to meet you,
37:02Sir Alan.
37:03Thank you so much
37:03for coming down today.
37:04May I explain,
37:06may I dig you out
37:06of a hole here, Fuzzbox?
37:07Please do, yeah.
37:08Today's all about
37:09giving Ian his bike back.
37:10Yes, of course.
37:11And can I just say,
37:12wow.
37:13It does look amazing,
37:15doesn't it?
37:15It's very nice,
37:16isn't it?
37:17Super.
37:17Super bug.
37:19Now, here's the plan.
37:21So he's coming down here
37:22under the pretense
37:23he's coming to meet
37:25Sir Alan Bates,
37:26who's making
37:27a fictitious documentary.
37:29He doesn't know
37:29it's fictitious,
37:30which is all about
37:31basically talking
37:31to the victims
37:32of the Horizon scandal.
37:33Understood.
37:34At which point,
37:35sort of a couple of minutes
37:36into the interview,
37:37you're going to turn up
37:37on the bike.
37:39I'll come round the corner,
37:40join the interview
37:41and we give Ian
37:42his bike back.
37:43Right, shall we put you
37:44in position for the documentary?
37:45Sure, yeah.
37:45Do you want to get
37:46the bike out of here?
37:46Okay, will do.
37:47Let's get the show
37:47on the road.
37:48Okay, okay.
37:48Come on, then.
37:49Here we go.
37:50So, while Fuzzy Knievel
37:52gets himself
37:53and the bike hidden,
37:59Ian has just arrived
38:01with his family.
38:03Hi.
38:04Okay.
38:05It's really good of you
38:06to do this.
38:07Thank you.
38:08Blissfully unaware
38:09he's about to get
38:10far more than
38:11just an interview
38:11with Sir Alan.
38:13Have a seat.
38:13Do you have a seat
38:14over there?
38:15Move along.
38:17So, with Ian in position
38:18and mic'd up,
38:20the stage is set.
38:22Okay, is everyone happy?
38:24Thank you for being on
38:24a single of Sir Alan.
38:26B, and action.
38:29So, your office was where,
38:32Ian, exactly?
38:33I remember South Wales.
38:34Well, West Cross.
38:35West Cross, that was it,
38:37wasn't it?
38:37Yeah.
38:37Yeah.
38:38I mean, it was a devastating
38:39time for so many people.
38:41It really did change their lives.
38:44And the trouble is,
38:45you just don't get
38:45those years back,
38:46do you, unfortunately?
38:48And a lot happens
38:48in the interim.
38:49Hold on, guys.
38:50Can we go for two seconds?
38:50There's a bike.
38:52There's a little bit
38:53of a noise
38:54in the background there.
38:55Okay.
38:56That's the cue.
38:57Fuzz is on his way.
38:59It's time for Tim
39:00to move in.
39:05What are you doing?
39:06It was a nice one, yeah.
39:09Cool.
39:09Hey, Ab.
39:10How you doing?
39:11Lovely to meet you.
39:12Do you recognize
39:13my face or so?
39:13Oh, yes.
39:14Where from?
39:15What are you doing here?
39:17I'm from a television show
39:18called Car SOS.
39:20Oh.
39:20And we decided
39:20we might make an exception,
39:22despite the fact
39:22it's called Car SOS,
39:24and consider rebuilding
39:25a motorcycle.
39:27No.
39:28And we thought
39:29we might do
39:30a beautiful
39:31early 70s Bonneville.
39:32It's mine.
39:33It is.
39:34Your bike.
39:35Oh, look.
39:39Come on.
39:39Come on.
39:40Come on.
39:41Come and have a look.
39:44Hey, hey.
39:46I know this is
39:47a bit much to take on.
39:49Go on.
39:50So all of this
39:51with Sir Alan
39:52to get your bike
39:53back on the road
39:54for you.
39:55So that is
39:56your Bonneville.
39:58Oh, so what?
40:01Come.
40:03Come up here
40:04with me for a moment.
40:07There are a few other people
40:08that we know
40:09quite well as well here.
40:10Can we bring out
40:11Ian's family, please?
40:13Woo-hoo!
40:16Right, come on.
40:17Come and say hello.
40:18Come on, Alan.
40:19Everyone.
40:22Right, Steve.
40:23Can you explain
40:24to Ian
40:24why you wrote to us
40:25and why you deserve
40:25the car SOS treatment?
40:27Ian,
40:28everything that's ever
40:28happened to you,
40:29all the hurdles
40:30you've jumped over
40:31over the last
40:32sort of 20 years,
40:33some of the trials
40:34and tribulations, mate.
40:36We wanted to try
40:36and do something for you.
40:38Can we have
40:39a huge round of applause
40:40for Ian
40:41and his beautiful
40:42Bonneville, please?
40:50The last time Ian
40:52saw his beloved
40:53Bonny,
40:53the nickname
40:54didn't quite match
40:55the machine.
40:56In bits boxed up
40:58and stored
40:58under a tarpaulin
40:59for two decades,
41:00it was slowly
41:01turning to dust.
41:03But thanks to
41:05some first-class
41:06restoration work,
41:07they've turned
41:07this disaster
41:08into a triumph.
41:10The engine
41:11has been stripped,
41:12cleaned
41:12and rebuilt
41:13with new pistons,
41:15valves,
41:15cylinder head
41:16and clutch.
41:17The wheels
41:18have been refurbished,
41:20re-spoked
41:20and fitted
41:21with new brakes.
41:22The replacement
41:23fuel tank
41:24has been sprayed
41:25in period-correct
41:26Tiger Gold
41:27colour scheme,
41:28complete with
41:29the iconic
41:29white pinstripe
41:31applied by
41:32father fuel tank
41:33himself.
41:34Ian's original
41:35dials and clocks
41:36have been lovingly
41:37refurbished,
41:38his old seat
41:39has been cleaned up
41:40and refitted
41:40and those badges
41:42are back
41:42where they belong.
41:44Signed,
41:45sealed
41:45and delivered,
41:46this body's ready
41:47to turn back
41:48the clock.
41:52With Ian unable
41:53to speak fully
41:54after his stroke,
41:55his three daughters
41:56are helping him
41:57express just how
41:58important this bike
41:59truly is.
42:01In terms of a good
42:02day today,
42:02out of ten,
42:03what number
42:04are we at?
42:05Oh,
42:06thousand.
42:08Am I right in
42:09thinking the bike
42:09was in bits
42:10in the back
42:11of a post office
42:12once upon a time?
42:13Yeah,
42:13it actually was.
42:14Was it really?
42:14Was it really?
42:16This is the first time
42:17Katie and I have
42:17actually seen the bike
42:18in one piece
42:19all of our lives.
42:20It's been,
42:21the bike is in pieces.
42:22And have you been aware
42:23of the importance
42:23of the bike?
42:24I mean,
42:24is it something
42:25in your minds
42:25that's just like
42:26top of the list
42:26in terms of stuff?
42:27Oh, yeah,
42:27Dad talks about
42:28the top bike
42:29all the time.
42:29He loves his bike.
42:31When you look
42:32at the bike,
42:33how does it make
42:33you feel?
42:35Yeah,
42:35it's amazing.
42:37Amazing.
42:38So what do you
42:39want for the future
42:40for your dad
42:40with the bike?
42:41What,
42:42what in your mind,
42:43what is the perfect
42:44image for you girls?
42:46Dad on the back
42:46of the bike.
42:47Yeah,
42:48yeah.
42:48Yes.
42:49On the back
42:50of the bike,
42:51being ridden down
42:52front of Mumbles
42:54to go for a nice
42:55ice cream.
42:55Yeah.
42:56OK.
42:57Sound like a good
42:57idea, Ian?
42:58Oh, yes,
42:59definitely good.
43:01Ian,
43:02you know the show,
43:02don't you?
43:03Yes.
43:04So do you know
43:04what happens next?
43:05Uh, yes.
43:06I mean,
43:06it's confusing for me
43:07because it says
43:08Car SOS on it,
43:09so I'll say
43:10you have been
43:12Car SOS'd
43:12with a bike.
43:13There you go.
43:14Ah, there we go.
43:16Oh, look at that,
43:16see?
43:16Amazing.
43:26What a beautiful
43:27bike.
43:27Can you feel it?
43:28Oh,
43:35first bike, eh?
43:37Not the last, son.
43:38Not the last.
43:39Yes.
43:41Oh.
43:44Beautiful.
43:46It's got to be
43:47the coolest bike out.
43:49Yeah.
43:50There you go.
43:52I'm
43:52Got your
43:53Gracias por ver el video.
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