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Yes Matt

E Mc G made reference to it on two occasions during LWD and I heard him make reference to it on BBC 5 Live during an interview.

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Are we counting? Who cares. I've been on trips and half in jest said it was hardcore, extreme, carnage but in reality it wasn't I was just having a laugh and a joke. Some of it is on video. I hope I wont get any comeback from people counting how many "extreme carnage" references I make.

The E+C shows were just that. They were put on the telly for the masses who will never get on a bike but will enjoy the spectacle on their 42" plasma screens.

We are the converted. The TV viewing masses don't give a shit if there was a Ted, an Austin or Ghengis Khan who did the trip previously. They want good entertainment and all the fill in stuff such as the SAS training and prep was part of it. They knew it was not for real and the whole thing was stage managed but that is the TV industry. E&C are a bankable commodity and you don't send your Hollywood star off into the wilds without protecting that investment.

You can be hardcore all you like and die doing it because nobody other than your family gives a damn.

For good or bad the TV viewing masses are now more aware of Adventure Motorcycling thanks to E&C. Not the names we know like Ted or Chris and it doesn't matter because if people look upon us favourably then it matters not who the messenger was.
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For good or bad the TV viewing masses are now more aware of Adventure Motorcycling thanks to E&C. Not the names we know like Ted or Chris and it doesn't matter because if people look upon us favourably then it matters not who the messenger was.
Just what he said.....
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Well its official!

Well its official, on wikipedia anyway. Theres a dry link to 'Long Way To Go' at the bottom of this page

Long Way Down - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Its in for 2010. Im quite looking forward to it. Beats most of the s***e on tv these days.
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Well its official, on wikipedia anyway. Theres a dry link to 'Long Way To Go' at the bottom of this page
Charlie must be taking a bit of a back seat at the moment as he's doing a series of one man shows around the country. I'm seeing him in Aylesbury in the middle of March.

They must be into the planing bit at the moment. Perhaps we could make some suggestions about what kit they should be using - like dump the BM's, get a couple of (insert favorite bike here) or those of you with SA experience could suggest some routes they really must take.

We could probably end up a virtual LWTG scheme based on everyone collective wisdom that we can compare with what they actually do.
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Still no cheap GS´s or KTM´s!! (Brand-swap theory)
Hurry up and bring it to the people Ewan and Charlie..

Get on a KLR, actually no, Kawasaki will make you pay for that (:

This is awesome and needs another bump
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I've been watching LWR as I am recovering from hip surgery, so far in the extended version I'm up to episode 8. Enjoying it. As far as "hard core" goes its been mentioned 3 time thus far. Once with regards to the medica/kidnap training, once when euan was taking the piss and another time when Charlie found ice on his tent. He's a big jessie aint he, fancy not camping till they got to Krygistan and considering they are staying in Motels accross US/Canada just what the **** have they got those bikes loaded up wth?
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just what the **** have they got those bikes loaded up wth?
sponsors kit . If sponsored they would have been under obligation to "be seen" using the gear. Of course in Siberia the sheer weight of it became a drag and they binned a lot of it.

I think it's true of any sponsored event where sponsorship comes by way of kit instead of money.
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...just what the **** have they got those bikes loaded up wth?
A couple of times you see the top box open, and it's full of coms and recording equipment, so I reckon that's why they look so loaded up.By LWD they're carrying less even though they're probably camping more. No doubt the support vehicles carried more, and the electronics have all got smaller.
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