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Twist the Throttle – Updated Schedule

By Paul Crowe

Twist the ThrottleWe wrote about Twist the Throttle before, but they had a little scheduling issue and all of the original dates were postponed. They’re back on the road and the dates are listed below.

The first show about Honda, was on April 6th, though it’s being rerun a couple of times, Dylan Weiss sent me a note a few days late, seems he was running around across the pond and just caught up. The rest of the shows are listed below:

April 13: Ducati
April 20: BMW
April 27: Kawasaki
May 4: Suzuki
May 11: MV Agusta
May 18: Bimota & Alpinestars
May 25: Yamaha

Link: Discovery HD

Posted on April 10, 2009 Filed Under: Down Time, Motorcycle Shows


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Comments

  1. Ray says

    April 10, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    Anyone know why nothing on Harley Davidson?? Maybe I missed something.

  2. Burphel says

    April 10, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Because he waved and they didn’t wave back?

    I’m guessing they’re concentrating more on modern sport bikes, looking at the list of shows, although you’d think you’d see Honda over MVA with that list. But it seems to me if the series is about the history of motorcycling, even if you’re going to concentrate on sport bikes, Harley, along with Triumph, Norton, BSA, Honda, and a number of other very big names are being left out. On the other hand, it’s just 8 episodes. Maybe this is something of a “pilot” and there’s a potential for the show continuing further.

  3. kneeslider says

    April 10, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    The shows are the result of a trip through current motorcycle factories in Europe and Japan. This post is only an update to the earlier posts which you can read by following the link in the beginning of this update telling you more about this series.

  4. Gary says

    April 11, 2009 at 8:45 am

    Cool! I’ve got to set the DVR. I don’t care much about Harley, but I sure would like to see Buell.

    I’d also like to see KTM, Triumph, Aprilia, Benelli, Confederate, Fischer . . .

    Maybe we can get a second round if they get enough viewers.

  5. Chris says

    April 11, 2009 at 10:28 am

    I don’t get Discovery HD. Why don’t they show it on the regular Discovery?

  6. Glenn Gerein says

    April 11, 2009 at 10:49 am

    Don’t worry if you can’t get Discovery HD. The series is available on youtube. I watched Yamaha, Honda, BMW and AlpineStar last night. It may not be on a big screen but you can set your own schedule.

  7. Chris says

    April 11, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    Is this more than what they already have on the Twist the Throttle website? Right now you can watch a 38 minute “clip” all about Honda. In this clip they look at the history of Honda, go to the Honda factory in Japan and the one in Ohio that makes the Gold Wing, and of course they ride the new CBRs.

    All the others are online as well, most are more than 20 minutes long. They are very interesting, informative, and entertaining (I’ve watched them all.)

    If you go to http://turbo.discovery.com/ then click Motorcycles then Watch Video then Twist the Throttle all the shows are available. Of course if you want HD and 5.1 surround you’ll have to wait till they are shown on TV

  8. Mark Savory says

    April 12, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Dylan over at TwistingAphalt is the guy behind these. Upcoming is the Ducati episode and the one I’m waiting for is the interview with Tamburini and video from his design studio. I know he was super excited after getting back from Europe with the latest video he had captured for the series. I’m definitely looking forward to it!

    The Discovery HD stuff is appearing on YourTube (via enthusiasts). From what I understand via Dylan, it will all go to DVD as well for distribution for people who want for their archives.

    I’m glad to see someone documenting all this other cool motorcycle stuff. It’s a great change from the admittedly overrated / oversaturated “reality chopper” stuff that has permeated television the past few years.

  9. ep says

    April 12, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Thanks to all you guys who provided alternate sources to see this series. I don’t know if it’s my cable service provider (Bresnan) or if it’s that I’m looking in the wrong place, but I couldn’t find the series on any of the Discovery channels today. It was scheduled for 4pm eastern time, but it’s all Dirty Jobs or Deadliest Catch. Ugh.

  10. Snoots says

    April 29, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    Has anyone come across a torrent for these yet? I’ve been looking around, but no luck.

    I see that they’re streaming over at their website, but I’d rather save that for a last resort, as I’d prefer to watch them in full HD. ;o)

  11. daniel morton says

    August 8, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Great show! Please tell me you will do Harley Davidson and Brit bikes.

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