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TTR wrote:

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I enjoyed watching that. Hats off to the Suzuki for running right up to the end despite going under water at full chat many times!

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Absolutely!

When I saw it go under the first time I thought it might be game over. We've had a few bikes on here (over the years) with engine damage from water ingestion but they weren't Suzuki. I'm not especially a fan of Suzuki even though I have one, they're just one of the big 4. They do appear to have strong motors though.

Supersan23 wrote:

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I was impressed how well the bike took the beating, been under water for that amount of time and It started up so easy, I did think they had lost the bike after the first attempt but the divers did a good job of finding it in that murky water.

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 No problem for commercial divers to work in water like that, however expect to hear about some severe action against the programme makers as the diving was conducted in an unsafe manner and not in compliance with the regulations covering commercial diving.  The professional diving websites are screaming about it, and I don't think it will be long before they are investigated by the HSE.  We have spent a long time making professional diving safe in the UK, and not to have good standards ignored by a bunch of cowboys!!!!!!!!!

Well wrong equipment,  Use of SCUBA is legally limited, limited gas supply,  No communications,  Divers not even on lifelines, Black water operations if diver became snagged no one would know

Correct equipment would be surface supplied equipment, unlimited gas supply, voice communications,  diver on umbilical if snagged the standby diver goes down his umbilical to effect rescue

UK regulations require decompression chamber onsite if diving 30 metres plus

The divers were just as bad as the production company,  flouting every rule in the book,  just hope they throw the book at the whole bunch of them COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!

And they did not need to use divers to recover the bike,  either fit bike with hydrostatic released flotation device, or fit pinger to bike and a simple ROV with a sonar would have found the thing in no time without putting anyone at risk, all commercially available for hire off the shelf and at very little cost

The bike should have been fitted with a pinger anyway and the divers with hand held locater, that way if the rider had gone down with the bike they would have been able to find him quickly

Rider should have been supplied with a small emergency air supply (about the size of a coke can), that way if snagged he would have had enough air to free himself

We get a great program about Guy Martin doing all this great stuff on bikes which we all enjoyed then what......... we start moaning about things that was not above board

Viking wrote:

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I feel sorry for the poor fish. Being subjected to having to share the water with a Suzuki and a northerner with lamb chops.

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 Classic  

So it's seems it was amature hour for the dive team..., so what?
Nothing to do with the program but on a side note it is interesting that gaschef saw this and has enlightened us as to what was wrong - thanks Tim.

I also hit google but could find nothing about the dive teams mistakes..., it has now't to do with the program though, was still a great watch.

Oh... and the fish were lucky to get to spend some time with a Suzuki & a Northerner.

I started watching it but got peeved with the lowest common dominator over exaggerated commentary.  As for the diving, I didn't see that far and couldn't give a toss. Sure it was a good watch though.  GM talks too fast for my eyesight anyway.