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[Bertie the Bullet]

James May is going to build a full size working bike from Mechano, BBC2 9pm tonight, should be interesting

[Midge]

Not a very well made program in my opinion. I liked the IOM TT backdrop but I can't see the point of that bike really. May have been better to ditch Captain Slow and his alcoholic side-kick and use Guy Martin instead, then power the bike with rockets!

[apparently lucky eddie]

Very disappointing and not really a motorcycle at all. Ultimately powered by a golf buggy motor and new batteries every few miles it was all pointless really. Although I did n't expect a meccano engine I thought maybe an old Honda 50 motor or similar might be used, at least something that might power a bike, not an battery electric joke that had to be pushed up hill.

[Robin]

[Robin]

Ha,ha, just watched this on I-player. I thought it was great to see them complete this high speed circuit at the slowest speed imaginable. Great mechano engineering.

[Scalyback]

Ah, but just think how different things might have been if the British Army had been given access to meccano rifles and equiptment during the second world war!

Simon