Used Bike Heaven: Season 1, Ep. 7

Francesca Robinson, Richard Hammond and Gary Thompson present Used Bike Heaven. In this episode we are on the search for a a 600 CC bike for Kerry Hodson from Derbyshire. Gary gives us his trade tips and also the used bike bargain and more advice on looking to buy a used machine
Original Air Date: 23/07/2002
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[@haluks5322]

There's no way she can keep up with a GSX-R 600 with what's on offer. This episode is missing the target by far.

[@jamesabbott1891]

I would not give up my vfr400 for any of the bikes offered.

[@gonzalvezalvez6572]

I would trade my RC36II for a NC30!

[@monkeyzx9]

I don't get it....She says she wants a bigger bike than her vfr400 so she can keep up with her fella on his gsxr600, so they show her a 600cc cruiser which would get blown in to the weeds by a vfr400.

[@PeterBachmayer-ProDrummer]

Upgrading from the VFR400 only alows changing to a VFR 750 or a VFR 800 - that's what I would do.

[@ericgeorge5483]

It would be the Bandit for me, I still think they look awesome, even today in 2020.

[@BillCompo]

Richard looked like a Gnome on that 1300 lol

[@curtiscurt]

20:16 something scary about that laugh

[@maxflight777]

Francesca Robinson! ...I wish her well in her career, very professional.

[@sborda7097]

I'm on the search for a 6000cc bike too. :)

[@andrewgorman9836]

I'm so disappointed now

[@wubstepgrandma]

@@andrewgorman9836 boss hoss had bikes with 350s and those are like 5750cc

[@fzrmaniac]

Hamond looks like a little kid riding that cb1300.

[@merc7paul]

The way she rides she won't keep up with a gsxr600 even if she was riding an h2

[@monkeyzx9]

Hornet 600? cbr600f? zzr600? Thundercat? Zx6r G model?

[@Adam-ce2fe]

i just did an mot check on the red bandit and it has 86000 miles and still on the road

[@snakeman9902]

Why the hell if she wants a sport bike is she being offered the above? She specifically said she wanted something to keep up with the GSXR6, and she likes sportsbikes and gets offered well monstrosities with no speed. Only the bandit had any kind of street cred and at least can be quite fast on acceleration. The other alternative was a ugly bike on stilts and a cruiser???

[@yajnaamakusa8786]

I suspect that this programme had a budget so small, they used whatever was volunteered by their friends who wanted their bikes on TV.

[@snakeman9902]

+Sir Palomides haha, that would explain it.

[@keithrobinson9077]

@@yajnaamakusa8786 when you know the bandit engine is a detuned gsxr engine

[@Johny40Se7en]

Ah the Bandit =) Love that.

[@woooster71]

I’m sure they just drag out the closest shit heaps to the door.. ridiculous selection other than ‘possibly’ the Bandit.. And Fran, good job she’s easy on the eye as she does spout some twaddle 🙄

[@1tomsta1]

They may as well have let her choose between 2 bicycles and a bandit and it would have been just as brilliant a selection. Also did she specifically ask for at least 2 of her bike choices to be fucking hideous?

[@monroepaint5026]

Thanks.

[@muttt.whopull3252]

What channel was this shown on, I've never heard of it and was this where Hammond was discovered for Top Gear?

[@marktiller1383]

The bike I wanted and never got was a Honda nighthawk 650 . Honda pretty boring compared to a H1F but I'm sure that it would of been a keeper.

[@enoz.j3506]

18.52 Right hand fork seal might be leaking on that cruiser.

[@daverunner3397]

Fran is gorgeous

[@jestercohort7348]

+dave runner, ..haha, I wouldn't go that far, ..but she's not bad for a girl, lol

[@roythearcher]

They should have given her a zxr600, an R1 plus the triumph trophy 600 just to mix it up a bit. Why did they give her this miss-matched selection to help her keep up with her BF's GSXR600? What were they thinking? P.S. I owned a bandit 600 so no bias, Great bike, but to keep up with a GSXR600? Nah!

[@curtiscurt]

I would have a vfr400 over any of these bikes

[@kerryhodgson7362]

I did!! Wouldn't buy any of them in reality!!

[@HalfdeadRider]

@@kerryhodgson7362 Is that actually you? lol, their brains were all switched off on this episode unfortunately for you. Did you get the sport bike you were after? still riding?

[@enoz.j3506]

Balanced power,from a shaft drive,tell that to Guzzy 850 fans.

[@austinkidd-smith]

I'd have kept the vfr but the bandit was the only real option there

[@EngineeringVignettes]

(Title) -> _ In this episode we are on the search for a a 6000 CC bike for Kerry Hodson_ O_o Good luck there.

[@fazloondon]

They thought she would choose CCM bcz it's Brit manufacturer but they were disappointed with her choice but she chooses the right one and useful.

[@wightwalker2453]

Hammond on the Honda cb1300 looked like a child had found some leathers and nicked it.

[@enoz.j3506]

Honda 1300 ,biggest set of cans..........um,wait a few years,those are mere roll ups,churchill fat fockers are the norm now,emissions.......thanks.

[@djeq721]

What is the rude word for the Ducati dumping it's oil anyone?

[@TheSkitShow1856]

wow old program

[@wanderlpnw]

I bet she wishes she still had that VFR today.

[@kerryhodgson7362]

Yep I do!!

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

@@kerryhodgson7362 Had it or wished?

[@kerryhodgson7362]

@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 wished!

[@yajnaamakusa8786]

I wonder if she's still riding. It's been a long time since this programme was made, and she seemed to lack a lot of confidence as a rider.

[@vonsauerkraut]

thay could of given her an ZX600 R or an R6

[@nack3218]

£3,500 for a 12 year old Bandit 600cc . Reasonable price ? No way .

[@Clearanceman2]

English overpay for cars too, even new. I notice a lot of cars cost as much in pounds in England as they do in dollars in the USA.

[@wanderlpnw]

The VFR would go for around $6k US today in okay condition.

[@kevinbaxter9924]

Most of the bike they are showing are Japanese and I hate Japanese motorcycle they should show more American motorcycle like indian harley Davidson and Yamaha

[@markus2000norway]

Yamaha is japanese.........

[@cbaldeagle5]

yamaha is japanese and harleys are proper shit why else would you buy a bike and then spend nearly as much again to supposedly make it look good? bill real biker.

[@garylowe8601]

William Chivers but don't forget, there's no slower way to go rounc a corner than on a Harley

[@merc7paul]

?? No Harley's are good looking museum pieces

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Yeah, good old Yamaha. America’s finest.