Clarkson riding a motor scooter.

[CrazyRussian540]

Fresh from the DailyMail

In the past, Jeremy Clarkson has had some fairly damning things to say about motorcyclists.

So the Top Gear host's neighbours in the Cotswolds were surprised to see him whizzing round their village on a shiny new motorscooter.

For his trip to the pub on the retro-styled dark blue Vespa GTV, Clarkson chose to wear an open-faced helmet, tinted skiing goggles and bright red gloves.

For a man usually found behind the wheel of a Ferrari, it seemed an odd choice.

Clarkson, 48, once caused outrage by suggesting in his newspaper column that the number of motorcyclists should be cut by stretching cheesewire across the road.

He added: 'Some parents say drugs are the biggest threat to youngsters. I disagree. Every weekend, everyone under 25 takes crack, smack and E and very few are harmed. Bikes are far more dangerous.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...otorcycle.html

He also ran out of gas.



and Jalopnik's take on the story.

The Daily Mail captured these pictures of Jeremy Clarkson riding a Vespa GTV around his village in the Cotswolds. The fat, balding Top Gear presenter’s hatred for motorcycles and those who ride them is well known, to the point where Clarkson once suggested that stretching wire across roads would help reduce their number. Ironically, not only is he riding a scooter, but it appears he's operating it illegally.

The scooter Jeremy is riding is a Vespa GTV, which comes in 125 and 250cc versions. We don’t know if he has a motorcycle license, but if he doesn’t, Clarkson was violating the law by not equipping the scooter with L plates (which are used in the UK to signify that a learner rider is operating the vehicle). Learners are allowed to operate motorcycles of 125cc or less, so if this is the 250cc version, that could be a further violation. That machine makes about 22 HP and is capable of reaching 76 MPH, in excess of the national speed limit.

Clarkson once said, “Some parents say drugs are the biggest threat to youngsters. I disagree. Every weekend, everyone under 25 takes crack, smack and E and very few are harmed. Bikes are far more dangerous.”

[avanti]

http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear...larkson-31004/

[matt2000]

Add the second picture to the other thread though, he looks even more like a FAIL in that one.

Don't really understand, I mean look at his face on the first photo. Terrified!

[Bubs360]

I love Jalopnik, where I originally saw this before heading here. I really love the site, but the editor's hatred Clarkson has proven borderline irritating. Seriously. Like, everybody is entitled to their opinion and I respect his dislike of Clarkson, but every time there is a news article, it's almost as if he copy-and-pastes it to Jalopnik and adds "fat, balding idiot" every few sentences.

The Jalopnik editor goes as far to state as FACT that he was riding it illegally, specifically due to lack of L plates. Aren't those "L" plates on the back of the scooter?

[Viper007Bond]

Search please.

http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear...larkson-31004/