Guy Martin to attempt Wall of Death world record - LIVE!

tom_e · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:18

Pigeon_Killer said:
I genuinely think he's got a screw lose and I absolutely love him for it.

He does have a mild form of Autism iirc and I think that's half the reason as long as he sees the science say it's possible then he'll try it.

His gf is going to kick is arse when the cameras are off though

The_One · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:19

Hes got aspergus maybe that helps him in these crazy attempts

He only found out in the last 12 months or so

tom_e · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:22

I've pulled a few G doing aerobatics and I can't imagine being able to control my bike while feeling like that, it's crazy.

The_One · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:44

Go on guy!!

over 6g wow!

Pigeon_Killer · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:47

Another world record potentially ruined because of an ad break, he was happy to go again FFS :mad:

tom_e · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:47

I almost thought he was just going to pin it and go for one final go there, absolutely brilliant!

Kreeeee · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:48

Hope he goes again after the break.

TallPaul_S · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:48

Balls of steel :eek:

You could see he wanted to get to 80mph, think that would have been over the limit though.

sgavan · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:48

Bloody adverts he wanted another go, should have let him but amazing skill

sharpygsxr · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:49

He really wanted to go again just before the break there you could see that when he revved the bike in anger at the guy sorta cutting him off.

Thats the point where guys mentality of pushing it one more time can often come back to bite him so im glad they took the break there.

For his sake i hope he settles for that 78mph run, its nerve wrecking enough watching him road racing never mind this

Gripping tv tho

tom_e · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:49

You could see when he hit the top speeds on those runs the bike was starting to go, I'm not sure he'd have held out at a much higher speed to be honest.

Pigeon_Killer · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:55

Love the fact he's ****** because he's the limiting factor. Glad he stopped if he actually greyed out completely :eek:

sgavan · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:55

He's one cool guy

sgavan · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:58

I love the Britishness of it, just smashed the world record and he's standing there with his cuppa

no whooping and jumping around

Captain · 28 Mar 2016 at 20:59

Such a loveable guy, genuinely nice bloke too.

The_One · 28 Mar 2016 at 21:00

Smashed it and tomorrow he will be back at work doing a normal days graft fixing trucks at moodys

http://www.moodyinternational.co.uk/

That's what makes it even more better

TallPaul_S · 28 Mar 2016 at 21:02

You could literally see the adrenaline pumping the way he was talking at 100 words a minute after

I think he's a little out of his comfort zone with the live TV thing (he's said before he's not in it for the fame and when racing he prefers to stay out the spotlight).

SexyGreyFox · 28 Mar 2016 at 21:50

Very rarely can you use the word AWESOME for a human being.

edd1e · 28 Mar 2016 at 22:55

epic

kitfit1 · 29 Mar 2016 at 05:54

sharpygsxr said:
He really wanted to go again just before the break there you could see that when he revved the bike in anger at the guy sorta cutting him off.

Thats the point where guys mentality of pushing it one more time can often come back to bite him so im glad they took the break there.

For his sake i hope he settles for that 78mph run, its nerve wrecking enough watching him road racing never mind this

Gripping tv tho

Yes he did want to go again but like you i'm very glad he didn't. I know he's been itching to use that bike for ages, but i really think he made the wrong choice for those second round of runs. You could see his own bike was pattering badly over the boards, where as the Indian was a lot more stable and planted. I think he may well have got 80mph had he used the Indian. Even so, that was one hell of a ride...................glad he got the record, but just as glad he came out of it safely.