The Hairy Bikers' Restoration Road Trip (Documentary, English)
Genres: Travel, DIY
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2013-08-11
Ended: 2013-08-25
Network: BBC Two
Country: GB
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
The Hairy Bikers' Restoration Road Trip followed Si and Dave around the UK as they rediscovered, and helped to fix, a number of lost treasures of the industrial age.The Bikers will travel the length and breadth of the UK to meet those with a passion for both keeping the skills of their ancestors alive, restoring the machines that kept Britain's agriculture, transport, and industry moving. Si and Dave learn how to re-forge the wheel of a steam train, renovate rusted cogs and master hot riveting, uncovering secrets of their own past to get a glimpse of what life was like for their forefathers.