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General => Humour => Topic started by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on December 31, 2022, 03:40:48 PM
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The below link was sent to me by a member who wishes to remain anonymous. ;D ;D ;D Dont tell them Tim it was Pike.
In it Ken might get an insight into Henry's presenting style & why he does it.
Best watched on U-Tube App on your TV.
Happy New Year to all sohc members. (That reads as bit of an inuendo none intended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCNTpbj7bdI&ab_channel=BrooklandsMemberstv
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I'll pass.
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I'll pass.
Just as well Ken his expletives might offend you even worse you might get to understand him & in the New Year get to like him.
Sorry Ken I said that out loud. 🫣
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I am not the Tim Ted refers to forwarding this link and only started watching it to probably dismiss it as more of his bol--x. However very interesting and he was tolerable in this context. I think he just tried too hard in front of camera on his shows (being generous) He does say at the beginning is is just the twat in front of the camera drinking tea or something. Correct at that but this interview showed a different side.
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Not sure we need to unmask the Tim in question only Moderator Steve will know how many Tims we have as sohc members.🫣🫣
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The old king Cole ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJOpcdAmY_8
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what a great interview. i've always liked his presenting style
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Just reading Henry Cole’s book, A Bikers Life.
Well worth a read, talks openly about his drug addiction and getting clean, very good book.
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Just reading Henry Cole’s book, A Bikers Life.
Well worth a read, talks openly about his drug addiction and getting clean, very good book.
Spot on Steve ... worth listening to the audio book version too. Please give it a whirl by watching the YouTube link first Ken :)
He doesn't mention his mate Pete the Restorer from the earlier Motorcycle Shows (CB550K etc). who, sadly, is also in prison.
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He doesn't mention his mate Pete the Restorer from the earlier Motorcycle Shows (CB550K etc). who, sadly, is also in prison.
It's a pity they didn't lock him up as well :) :) The restoration of the 550K3 was criminal.
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I finally got round to watching the interview. I'm afraid that it confirms to me that Henry is just a privileged prick.
He gets bikes on TV, which is great, but no reason for the dicking about and inane grins. I find him really annoying.
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There is one thing about the show that always makes me wonder. And that's how the hell do they do the shots of him on the bikes, the panorama shots, if it's a drone it's bloody close to him and you should be able to see a shadow of it in some of the shots, it's not on a stalk off his body or his helmet. I have no idea how they do that but it does impress me.
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There is one thing about the show that always makes me wonder. And that's how the hell do they do the shots of him on the bikes, the panorama shots, if it's a drone it's bloody close to him and you should be able to see a shadow of it in some of the shots, it's not on a stalk off his body or his helmet. I have no idea how they do that but it does impress me.
Graham asks the same question every time as well. On one shot, we saw a stalk coming up from the handlebar with what looks like a small eyeball camera on top. On the next shot, it's not there. I recon they take multiple films and chop out the bits where the bar mounted camera is really visible.
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There is one thing about the show that always makes me wonder. And that's how the hell do they do the shots of him on the bikes, the panorama shots, if it's a drone it's bloody close to him and you should be able to see a shadow of it in some of the shots, it's not on a stalk off his body or his helmet. I have no idea how they do that but it does impress me.
I think it's a Gopro 360° or similar. They use fancy software to automatically remove the mounting stalk from the shots. He overuses his new toy, far too much spinning around. ☹️
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There is one thing about the show that always makes me wonder. And that's how the hell do they do the shots of him on the bikes, the panorama shots, if it's a drone it's bloody close to him and you should be able to see a shadow of it in some of the shots, it's not on a stalk off his body or his helmet. I have no idea how they do that but it does impress me.
Graham asks the same question every time as well. On one shot, we saw a stalk coming up from the handlebar with what looks like a small eyeball camera on top. On the next shot, it's not there. I recon they take multiple films and chop out the bits where the bar mounted camera is really visible.
The "camera" is comprised of two fisheye/180 degree lenses back to back with both having image chip each, sticthed together as a file format that would be like you standing in the centre of a sphere, anywhere you look there's recorded image. Editing just takes a slice of screen sized image and lets the viewer see that portion (as stated it's really annoying to see them swinging it around on screen) with the support stick logged for it's position in camera software, then it can just be deleted from finsl cutting.
But notice any shadow of the installation on road etc and the stick is still there, unedited, for you to see. Software not that clever yet :)
It all means that they can record with one camera then just choose what they want to show you, rather than rigging with multiple conventional go-pro cameras.
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I like Henry, you have to remember its for entertainment so not always serious, and how much other bike related stuff is on tv?
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I like Henry, you have to remember its for entertainment so not always serious, and how much other bike related stuff is on tv?
I have grown to like him more after reading his book & viewing some of his range of programmes - like most actors on TV he is a charactature of the real person playing a part for enterrtainment.
At least he has not gone down the Trout Pout route that many women seem to have gone for to get screen time.
What's the worst people could emulate about Henry his 1960's long hair, beard or a taste of Biking?
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What annoys me most about him is his insincerity, raves about stuff he's clearly too young to have ridden, some of the stuff he says is brilliant I haven't even heard of. There was one where he's riding around Dover and the South coast, stops at this museum where they have the biggest range of some old bike make I've never heard of, raves about them but to me they look bloody awful, ok if you like manually advancing the timing etc I suppose but they look uncomfortable and more trouble than they are worth. I can admire old bikes without going over the top, they are what they are, everyone in his eyes is the best thing since sliced bread.
His road tests are frankly bloody poor, never really criticises anything, just in case they don't offer him another, if it handles bad, say so, if the engines poor, say so. Bikers rely on good reviews to avoid wasting money on a bike they then find is not what it says on the tin.
In short Henry, be more honest, be more of a biker, if it's a bag of nails say so, stop the clowning about, stop grinning at the camera inanely, stop trying to be funny. The show would be miles better if Alan Millyard presented it and rode the bikes.
Glad to know the mystery of the camera shots, never even occurred to me that, not a technophobe.