- Title: Classic Motorcycles British Steel
- Date: 10th October 1993
- Summary: "BRITISH STEEL" - THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE WORLD BOUGHT BRITISH AND RODE BRITISH. BRITISH MOTORCYCLES WERE THE ENVY OF THE WORLD AND WERE MADE TO GOOD, SOLID ENGINEERING STANDARDS. BUT TODAY THE BRITISH MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY IS VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTEND. SO WHAT HAPPENED? THE 1930'S WERE PROBABLY THE LAST TIME WHEN THE BRITISH BIKE INDUSTRY WAS TRULY INNOVATIVE AND DARING WITH DESIGN.AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE BRITISH BIKE INDUSTRY CAPITALISED ON GOOD PRE-WAR DESIGNS AND DOMINATED THE WORLD WITH STURDY SINGLE AND TWIN CYLINDER MACHINES. HOWEVER, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE RESEACH AND DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE INDUSTRY PREFERING TO REST ON ITS LAURELS. BY THE LATE 1960'S THE JAPENESE BLEW THE UNSUSPECTING AND ILL-PREPARED INDUSTRY AWAY WITH FAST, EFFICIENT AND INEXPENSIVE BIKES.
- Description:A 7-PART SERIES LOOKING AT THE HISTORY,DESIGN,AND TECHNOLOGY OF CLASSIC MOTORBIKES. INCLUDES THE HARLEY DAVIDSON,VESPAS,HONDA AND SUZUKI,THE NORTON,AND MOTO GUZZI.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Uden Associates Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 3
- Transmission Date:10/10/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s