(30-01-2015, 03:53 PM)Malcolm Cheers Malc. Wrote:

TT fans’ favourite Guy Martin is getting back in the saddle for an Indian adventure in his latest TV documentary.

The motorcycle racer, who has become a TV personality, in recent years, will star in Channel 4’s two-part documentary Our Guy In India, which starts this weekend.

The show follows Guy’s 1,000-mile trip across India to compete in a race called Rider Mania – the world’s largest gathering of Royal Enfield motorbikes.

Other scenes show Guy riding alongside a 50-strong biker gang, visiting Asia’s biggest junk yard and climbing to the top of India’s tallest building, the 833ft Imperial skyscraper in Mumbai.

A spokesperson for Channel 4 said the show would see the star ‘completely out of his comfort zone’.

He added: ‘Guy Martin has a love for adventure and they don’t come much bigger than an epic 1,000-mile trip across India, culminating in one of the world’s maddest bike races.

‘Rider Mania is the largest gathering of Royal Enfield motorbikes on the planet. Guy wants to ride there and win it at the end of his two-week trip.

‘Along the way, Guy with his love of tea, lorry repairs, motorbikes and daredevil risk taking, introduces us to a side of modern India rarely seen before. Only Guy would want to visit the largest lorry repair yard in Asia.’

Elsewhere in the programme Guy buys a classic Royal Enfield motorcycle at a Delhi market that came with a traditional Hindu blessing.

Famed for his love of tea, Guy also gets the chance to enjoy a brew at a historic 250-year-old tea plantation.

Our Guy In India comes after he starred in his well-received programme Speed.

Speed saw Guy attempt to break the speed record for various vehicles, including a hovercraft.

The racer, who has never actually won a TT race, is much more famous than his Mountain Circuit rivals because of his TT career.

He has featured in a number of popular TV programmes, including Guy Martin’s Passion For Life, Guy Martin’s Spitfire and The Boat That Guy Built.

His book, Guy Martin: My Autobiography also proved a popular Christmas stocking filler after it made the top 10 book sales in the UK during the festive period, with more than 30,000 copies sold.

The first part of Our Guy In India will be shown on Channel 4 on Sunday 1st February at 9pm.