Chris Harris talks Cars (and motorbikes) with John McGuinness MBE

The Collecting Cars Podcast with Chris Harris

Jonny Bunyan

Leisure, Comedy, Motoring, Classiccars, Chrisharris, Collectingcars, Cars, Automotive

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Chris Harris chats with motorcycling legend, John McGuinness MBE.

The pair discuss John’s illustrious TT career, tales from his time racing, and their mutual fascination with Tamiya remote controlled cars!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the CollectingCars.com podcast with Chris Harris and Edward Lovett.
0:13.8	Hello and welcome to another CollectingCars podcast.
0:16.6	Now, always say it's a special one, but this really is.
0:20.6	We're here up north. I need a passport up here in the Arctic Circle.
0:24.4	We're north of Blackpool. We're at the near-morkum.
0:27.0	And our guest is none other than, well, motorcycle and God John McGinnis,
0:32.9	who has one, I don't know how many TTs.
0:35.2	I saw you had 47 podiums. Is that right?
0:38.2	Yeah, 47, 47 podiums, which is cool.
0:40.8	Yes, spread out over 20, 25, 26 years.
0:45.8	Yeah, I've got the most podiums.
0:47.1	I've not got the most wins.
0:48.2	There's one little Irish fellow in front of me on that one.
0:50.4	Joy-done luck, but, you know, I don't think I'm going to catch him.
0:53.1	I want three behind him, but 47 podiums is pretty special.
0:57.0	But judging by what you've been saying before we recorded this,
1:00.1	and just to fill people in, I love the medium of radio or podcast.
1:03.9	I'm sitting in a quite extraordinary building surrounded by motorcycles,
1:08.5	levers, memorabilia.
1:10.4	Sometimes you walk into a room that is recognizing someone's career
1:13.8	and it just looks like an awful ego trip.
1:15.2	This doesn't, this is just a narrative of what is a quite bizarre life of bikes.
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