Motorcycling with a Message: "Neale Bayly Rides Peru"

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Motorcycle-focused television shows have developed a bit of a bad name for themselves: between stereotypical biker gang fiction ("Sons of Anarchy"), shenanigans-driven spectacle ("Nitro Circus Live"), and family custom builder soap operas ("American Chopper"), the vast majority of two wheeled entertainment seek mass appeal by choosing titillation over soul.

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Taking an altogether different approach is Neale Bayly Rides Peru, a new series hosted by-- you guessed it-- motojournalist cum philanthropist Neale Bayly. Full disclosure: I've hung out with the dude on numerous press junkets, and might even dare call the cheeky Brit my buddy. Anyway, Bayly's the kind of quick-witted, irreverent guy you'd probably enjoy having a beer (or five) with, so his show's altruistic angle-- adventure traveling with three average riders to an orphanage in a remote Peruvian outpost-- is somewhat unexpected, given his preternatural ability to have a stonking good time.

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Sure, the above trailer is a bit hype-heavy and smacks of familiar reality TV suspense conceits, but the core of the show has-- as Bayly describes it-- heart, enmeshed with healthy doses of "will-they-make-it" challenges, a la Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's Long Way Round and Long Way Down?series.

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"Neale Bayly Rides Peru" premieres June 9th at 9 pm ET on Speed, followed by Parts 2 and 3 on the following two Sundays (June 16 and 23), also at 9 pm ET.

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Source: Speed

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