Honda PCX VS Public transport race across London | MCN

Oh man....monkeypox. do wish him good health, from all of us.

I usually like MCN content, but if you're going to do a commute comparison surely you should pick a route that you actually know?
Verdict = Pointless

This video could so easily have been so much better. Create a like-for-like comparison of two people who actually know where they are going, compare the times and compare the costs. That would have been useful and interesting. Instead you've just offered lame monkeypox jokes and tired cliches about public transportation.

Waste of an opportunity. No idea where you are going is not a normal commute.

Did you actually go out there and deliberately loose? What an absolute pile of shite! That's got to be one of the worst MCN videos to date sorry

I managed three minutes of this video. So stupid it was not watchable. He doesn't know where he is going. His satnav doesn't work. He gets lost. Why put up such an idiotic video?

Next "Secret of an MCN roadtester". How to use gps...

I’m glad they send the James May equivalent from mcn

Was this a video just to be a video? I feel like you could have at least used a sat nav that works or knew the route you're gonna take. You are saying it's a "commute" after all.

Great idea poorly exacuted

Fail to prepare then prepare to fail, what a numpty, so smart he doesn't even know where he can ride or where he is going.

ULEZ.

Agree with all the comments - unload the video. Do it again with GPS. You may as well provide a useful update. Bit of a mis step here from usually good content from MCN

For £20 you can buy a mount for your phone and a helmet with Bluetooth connectivity will help direct. Preparation is the key for any journey.

I love an MCN video but this one was not worth my time watching it, it’s next to useless.

maybe sort out navigation then scooter was a winner lol.

Another useles bike " expert / journalist " bit like some of these bike " vloggers " who haven't really got a clue but jumped on the motorbike bandwagon during covid to make money. All a waste of time and energy. Last MCN video ill be watching. ( caveat ) some of the more experienced staff on mcn are pretty good but i wouldn't trust this guy with a kiddies scooter never mine one costing a few quid and then telling other " bikers " how to ride / use a bike for. 🤷

I thought about buying a Japanese bike for the reliability, thought it should be sensible and comfortable, so I bought a Ninja 636 😂

My other half goes into London - costs £38/day. Return trip on say, an NC750 around £9 at todays mad fuel prices. Even after 3 years, the bike would have a resale value, whereas a train ticket is worthless after use.

Sorry to say, great idea for a vid but awful execution. Drab watching. Try again with people who know where they are going.

What a waste of time...

Production is poor.

This ride should have been done by a professional scooter delivery driver … or completed in Bangkok

I'd much rather do this daily trip on my 390 Duke. I also have a scooter, an Aerox 155, so I'm not anti-scooter. As for doing 70 mph on one, I wouldn't fancy it.

LOL, 30th of June and he says: it's so cold😂
To be honest: this is a very bad example. You could at least, like normal people do, know where you are going.

A bit lame. Anyone commuting would, I hope know how to get to work before they left home in the morning...?

Well that was pointless

All you did there was show how bad the Beeline Sat Nav is or how inept the rider was at setup! Very poor video MCN!

He has no idea where he's going, if he used Google maps or knew where he was going it would probably be a different story!

Lol not a very realistic race when you don't know where your going.

Good idea, poorly executed. More a reflection of your inability to get yourself organized than a comparison of public transport vs a scooter...

This could have been so much better. No times of what either party took to complete the journey. No actual comparison for the audience to take away from it. Seemingly no idea of the commute route. Very little explanation of the scooter or the journey by public transport. Felt a rushed, vague, poorly edited and planned video that was just a box ticker for number of videos needed in a month. MCN is usually very good content but this wasn't at all.

Electric vespa

This totally depends on how many changes you need to make in public transport. If you are lucky enough to go wherever you want to go with no change or very few changes public transport will be faster. If you need to make 3-4 changes however bike will be faster.

Gents! Bit of a cluster this one wouldn't you say? Not up to the usual MCN standards...file under 'must try harder'

Great stuff boys 🤘 more videos of Ben commuting through London BvG style please.

Sorry Chaps v poor video.

I have held a driving licence for 40 years if I ride a 125 can I take a passenger ? After cbt

this is literally meaningless. You picked two MUPPETS who don't know where they're going. You might as well have put trackers on cats.

Sadly this looks like the beginning of the slippery slope, all you need now is 2 other middle aged blokes in jeans to all take the piss out of each other, and maybe drop a caravan from a crane onto a moped, wouldn't that be entertaining ! And no longer a show about motorcycles. Thumb very down.

I enjoyed the video, disregard the haters. You mentioned the 125cc is just about up to the job. I imagine the newer 160cc would be perfect. What do you think. I am considering that option.
I am from Earlsfield, London, but now live in Florida.
Thanks. ..

you are complaining about your height affecting the ride position. How tall are you? I'm 5 '11" and considering this bike

There's great feeling of freedom living in London and not owning a vehicle (other a bicycle). You never worry about scumbags following you to see where it's parked at night.

Stupiest clip ever from MCN

What's the point of a "race", when you have no idea where you're going, or how to get there? It has zero to do with the mode of transportation and everything to do with having some sort of clue.

A fair comparison would be, we're both leaving from point A at the same time, we're going to a point B, which we know where it is and how we're supposed to get there. It's a commute to work, for heaven's sake, not Amazing race. If you get lost 5 times and going the wrong way, it's not the scooter's fault...

You lost because you got lost and you took a massive de tour through harringay! Did tfl get on your back about showing them up because you were seen speeding through 20mph areas? And riding on the pavement ??

Ok, I am 1 minute in and this is already a lame video! Why did you not plan a route to your destination and use a Bluetooth headset for directions? I'll bet the ending is neither is quicker because you bodged up!

Oh my days! Redo this video with some real bikers not an office-working car driver from MCN. I can't believe MCN would allow this video to be posted! Totally unprofessional! The rider actually sounds scared because his breathing is elevated and He clearly doesn't know how to filter.
This video represents motorcycling even worse than Henry Cole! Please, please, please STOP representing yourselves as ambassadors to motorcycling because you clearly don't have a clue!

Corporate Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!