Top Gear, Series 5

[During the news]

James:
[talking about average speed cameras] They are forward-facing, though, right?

Jeremy:
Yeah, the cameras that take the picture as you're going towards them, yeah.

James:
I approve of those.

Jeremy:
Why?

James:
Because I'm a motorcyclist.

Jeremy:
What's that got to do with it?

James:
There's no numberplate on the front of a bike.

Jeremy:
It's true! It's a fair point. I never thought-why?

James:
The thing is, I've been through Northampton on the bike... [gestures as though opening throttle on a motorcycle and holds up two fingers in a V]

Jeremy:
Why is there no numberplate?

James:
I believe they were actually made illegal in the early 70s.

Richard:
'Cause they used to be upright on the front mudguard.

James:
So if you had a crash, it was like somebody just putting a meat cleaver in your head.

Jeremy:
Well, that is one advantage of motorcycling, I will concede, but there is a disadvantage, because, I was talking to a surgeon, just last week, and he was telling me, you know these new bikes that have got a very pronounced fuel tank in front of the saddle?

Richard:
Yeah, a lot of sports bikes...

Jeremy:
Do you know what the most common injury is now, when you've had an accident? Your testes... torn off.

Richard:
Oh! Ooh no!

Jeremy:
It's a fact! So you can do that [holds up fingers in a V] to a speed camera, but the next thing you know...