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Originally Posted by Chris1200
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.
Chris
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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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