Now for the first time in hd, series 14 of the worlds biggest car show takes to the skies as james makes a diy airship out of a caravan. Vietnam special two weeks later, on 28 december as part of the bbcs 2008 christmas lineup, and was later followed in 2009 with four best of top gear specials throughout january and the beginning of february. Top gears christmas special sees all three presenters heading to vietnam and ending up riding motorcycles in epic rainstorms for eight days during the wet season. For anyone that is interested in vietnam or top gear, i really recommend yesterdays special where they drove on motorbikes through vietnam. Northern vietnam motorcycle adventure nomadasaurus. Top gear vs the germans part 1 double decker racing series 11 bbc by top gear. While hes a very good racing driver, he has practice after practice, where everybody else goes in there cold t.
Extended for more than 1 week, this 12day vietnam motorbike tour top gear special will be an extraordinary moment highlighting your trip in vietnam. Vietnam motorbike tours 10 day vip top moto gear tour. Read on to find out what to expect monthbymonth when travelling to vietnam. Top gear vietnam tour d n cuongs motorbike adventure. Us special is a fulllength, special edition episode for bbc motoring programme top gear, and was first broadcast on bbc two on 11 february 2007, as part of the 3rd episode of series 9, with the special repeated in an edited version for uktv channel dave. Richard hammond helpfully guides us through the process of making your own episode of top gear.
Vietnam special, broadcast at the end of series 12, featured presenters jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, and james may buying used motorbikes and driving them from the south of vietnam to the north understand. The boys headed to vietnam for epic road trip across the country. The race was to be the main feature of the first episode of the th series of top gear, broadcast in the 8pm slot on bbc two on sunday 21 june 2009. Overgrown boys jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, and james captain slow may return to bbc america for eight all new episodes of top gear this means faster cars, crazier challenges, and more of the ridiculous competitions that have made the show so famous. I recently watched one of the new episodes, top gear post jc and the crew, and it pales in comparison to these old seasons. Question how was the usa bike considered inappropriate in. Top gear vietnam special tour vietnam with quality.
Best time to travel to vietnam vietnam motorbike tours. Mobility scooter challenge part 12 series 18, episode 4. This season, top gear takes on american road trips, communist cars, hydrogenpowered vehicles and an extendedlength vietnam. Vietnam special, broadcast at the end of series 12, featured presenters jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, and james may buying used motorbikes and driving them from the south of vietnam to the north. Displayed here are clarksons vespa scooter and the backup motorcycle used by the. We dont venture into the twowheeled world of travel very often here at tg, but this is worth a mention. Theyve crossed vietnam by motorcycle, ventured through the deserts of botswana and narrowly avoided getting shot in miami, but nothing has prepared jeremy, richard and james for their most epic adventure yet. Top gear in the uk just did an amazing vietnam special of their car show in which they travelled through vietnam on bikes.
Vietnam special is a special 75minute episode for bbc motoring. The vietnam special is hilarious, i just love watching jeremy clarkson in extreme discomfort. Back on the ground, richard races airport machinery down a runway to solve the problems of air travel. Once edited down to 75minutes this makes for excellent entertainment. The top gear race to the north was a threeway race between a jaguar xk120 car, a vincent black shadow motorbike, and railway locomotive 60163 tornado a brand new mainline steam engine completed in britain in 2008. The eighth and final episode of the twelfth series of top gear aired on the 28th of. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. The vietnam episode was one of the best episodes produced. No other region in southeast asia is comparable to its stark beauty. Jeremy rode a scooter whilst richard and james rode motorbikes. In the top gear motorcycle riding north vietnam, we will take you though many regions of the country to get closer to the local culture. The race saw the car, bike and locomotive, race from london, england, to edinburgh, scotland, a journey of around 400 miles 640 km. Apr 21, 2017 how you can ride the top gear vietnam route.
Oh man, he failed the motorcycle license exam in vietnam so hard. Reason i love top gear is jeremy clarkson and the crazy shit. On various twowheeled vehicles, the boys set off to cover 1,000 miles of vietnam. Then, in their biggest adventure yet, the boys venture into the bolivian rainforest armed only with a few heavily used 4x4s where they face such. Apr 19, 2010 watch top gear season 14 episode 6 series 14 episode 6 add to watchlist theyve crossed vietnam by motorcycle, ventured through the deserts of botswana and narrowly avoided getting shot in miami, but nothing has prepared jeremy, richard and james for their most epic adventure yet. If youve got your heart set on it, do have a large financial cushion to fall back on should you have an accident. This season, top gear takes on american road trips, communist cars, hydrogenpowered vehicles and an extendedlength vietnam special, in which the boys attempt to travel the entire length of the nation in just 8 days. The eighth and final episode of the twelfth series of top gear aired on the 28th of december, 2008. Top gear vietnam special travel guide at wikivoyage.
What you see above is a bmw motorcycle from uber cool custom motorcycle fabricators, diamond. The northern vietnam motorcycle adventure will be one journey that can never be forgotten. When the stig is let loose with a car its rather clear that hes had quite some practice time. Top gear vietnam motorbike tour take our hanoi to saigon top gear motorbike tour and follow the route from the bbc top gear vietnam special with the. Since i dont live in the uk and didnt want to wait for it to come on tv here in norway, i downloaded it from the pirate bay. You need this glorious custom bmw motorcycle top gear. The eighth and final episode of the twelfth series of top gear aired on the. The americans lost the war in vietnam, pulling out of saigon the capitol of south vietnam as the enemy was capturing the city. Top gear vietnam challenge vietnam lonely planet forum. Top gear vs the germans part 2 minis on the zolder circuit top gear series 11 bbc.
Watch top gear season 14 episode 6 series 14 episode 6 add to watchlist theyve crossed vietnam by motorcycle, ventured through the deserts of botswana and narrowly avoided getting shot in miami, but nothing has prepared jeremy, richard and james for their most epic adventure yet. A fascinating and very hilarious episode of top gear vietnam motorbike special part 1 cre. The presenters traveled the length of vietnam on three twowheeled automobiles. May 15, 2012 mobility scooter challenge part 12 series 18, episode 4 published on. My brother and i want to take our two sons and hopefully replicate the trios adventures, from ho chi minh city all the way to ha long bay. Unlike his vampire dragster crash a few years early, hammond remained conscious during and. Now if only they could do this bi weekly then i would be in heaven. Sep 12, 2019 the vietnam special episode of top gear from 2008 is currently considered to be the greatest in the history of the show according to imdb, with a rating of 9. The renowned hai van pass, made famous in an episode of top gear, winds between the cities of hue and da nang. In true top gear fashion, the boys banter and a comical scene of hilarious breakdowns unfold. Behind the scenes, the top gear team only travel for around 4days on their motorbikes.
Epic road trip the boys travel miles across vietnam. On the 10th of june, 2017, while filming for an episode of the second series of the amazon prime motoring show the grand tour, presenter richard hammond was involved in an accident while participating in a hillclimb event in switzerland. Vietnam special season 12, episode 8 have you ever wished you could road trip through vietnam on a scooter or motorcycle. Top gear returns with a crash, a bang and an overwhelming smell of burning. As you will be riding illegally no vietnamese licence it is unlikely you will get any travel insurer to insure you for medical costs not cheap at the better vn hospitals or for medical flights back home should the need arise can cost into the 1,000s. And to transport them, there are roughly 45 million twowheelers plying on the road at any given time of the day. Havent got access to the swiss alps or the salt flats of uta. The trip started in the city of saigon is southern vietnam. May 10, 2020 the exploits rival anything youll see in any episode of top gear. The history of the automobile and the history of america are intimately intertwined. Vietnam motorbike tour top gear 12 days vietnam motorbike. Top gear vietnam special tour vietnam with quality motorbike.
The twelfth series of top gear aired during 2008 and consisted of 7 episodes, beginning on 2 november and concluding on 14 december. But there was a really good top gear episode about a motorcycle journey the three fellas took across vietnam. Question how was the usa bike considered inappropriate. Motorbike tour to northern vietnam and then down south, motorbike tours riding team have the chance to entirely explore and immerse themselves into the marvelous landscapes of vietnam gradually changing according to latitudes. The best, most hilarious top gear episodes ever aired digital. Hanoi easyrider vietnam motorbike special part 1 top gear. Their route took them from hoi chi to ha long from what i gathered from the programme they did it like this.
The vietnam war was fought by the united states for the better part of a decade. May 16, 2016 we dont venture into the twowheeled world of travel very often here at tg, but this is worth a mention. Mar 08, 2018 the far north of vietnam, along the border region with china, is the best riding you can do anywhere in vietnam, cambodia, thailand and laos. Hammond was driving a rimac concept one supercar at the time. Watch top gear season 14 episode 6 series 14 episode 6. Vietnam special is a special 75minute episode for bbc motoring programme top gear, and was first broadcast on 28 december 2008, as part of the final episode for the twelfth series, with the special repeated for uk tv channel dave, initially in an edited, 46 minute version on 19 january 2009, but later revised to a 90minute format following complaints by viewers.
The programme is a relaunched version of the original 1977 show of the same name. Jeremy begins to enjoy his vespa on the road to the ancient capital of hue, and richard is furious when james and jeremy. The best top gear episodes of all time digital trends. Watch top gear us episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Along the way the presenters were given numerous challenges. From hanoi, we can start riding to the countryside area, where you can catch the sight of the market or the rice fields. The dinamic between the three of them is unique and impossible to duplicate. Mar 22, 2019 the grand tour and top gear have always blurred the lines between scripted and spontaneous action, with mixed reactions from both the media and the shows fans. May 04, 2014 richard hammond helpfully guides us through the process of making your own episode of top gear. So now, if only we can have bvg as the host, and then get a camera crew, plus sponsors, so we can film his attitude together with some crazy shit being done on camera. Also in this episode, jeremy is on the test track with a scary porsche 911, a tame. The fascinating and captivating region north of vietnams capital city, hanoi, tends to escape most travellers itineraries sapa being the exception. The special sees hosts, jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, and james may travelling on a journey from miami to new orleans in three. It was actually more like a motorbike version of top gear.
Myself and a few friends were discussing how good it would be to basically go to vietnam, buy some motorbikes and a van, and perform the same. I never knew vietnam was such a beautiful place either. Dec 24, 2008 top gears christmas special sees all three presenters heading to vietnam and ending up riding motorcycles in epic rainstorms for eight days during the wet season. Get caught up in the latest full episodes of bbc america shows see full schedule. Unlike his vampire dragster crash a few years early. Some news reports have slammed the more obvious fake stunts, claiming that the show feels too forced, while fans love the hosts hilarious antics, with some even calling for their shenanigans to be made into a movie. Vietnam is a truly yearround destination, and the best time to travel vietnam by motorbike really depends on what your priorities are and whats really important for you to see. Apr 24, 2015 in the top gear motorcycle riding north vietnam, we will take you though many regions of the country to get closer to the local culture. Sep 19, 2017 series 12, episode eight saw one of top gears famous challenges a journey across vietnam on motorcycles. Vietnam motorbike special part 1 top gear series 12 bbc.
At the start of the journey, in da lat, upon learning that they could only afford to buy motorcycles for the journey, jeremy clarkson confessed that he had. All 8 songs featured in top gear uk season 12 episode 8. Watching the trio battle with chaotic south east asian traffic as they traveled the length of vietnam by motorcycle was hilarious. Top gear bikemoped road trip vietnam forum tripadvisor. Whether it is due to time constraints or lack of awareness, this is truly a shame, for the provinces along the chinese border contains some of the regions most diverse and. Since i dont live in the uk and didnt want to wait for it to come on tv here in norway, i downloaded it from the pirate bay, but you should be able to find it on most torrent sites. Mobility scooter challenge part 12 series 18, episode 4 published on. Series 12, episode eight saw one of top gears famous challenges a journey across vietnam on motorcycles. Watch all 8 top gear episodes from season 12,view pictures, get episode information and more. How funny was jeremy clarkson when it came to getting off his scooter.
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