The Bikeshite Thread

[LostnotFound]

YouTube wise the only one I both A click on religiously and B watch all the way through is Fortnine.

The production quality of the videos is immense and, the humour punches up not down and content is varied. 

What I can't stand is ten minute videos of 20 seconds content. Ok board video is one thing if you're crossing a desert, but fuck me who thinks anyone wants to see some twat navigate a roundabout near Nottingham. See also just regurgitating shit they've heard elsewhere. The pub bore without the pub is even worse than usual.

 

[CreepingJesus]

My BikeTube at the moment is mostly Allen Millyard and Jawa Tino: the latter's projects have been fun, but he's mostly doing compilations at the moment; the former speaks for himself, and rather well he does it too. 'Show and tell' in a good way, and with modest good humour. A lot of others could learn from his example, and just keep it simple. 

Saying that, there was that London based channel full of smug hipsters with endless pre-unit Triumph scramblers/bobbers, can't mind the name of it, I've blanked it out! That was a sound idea, but it faltered on the bikes being credit card engineered by twats with more money than knowledge. The one genuine attempt at a Ducati 900SS based streetfighter-ish thing was laughably bad.

Basically, I think keeping it simple and keeping it 'real' is the best foundation for a channel.

[twosmoke300]

22 hours ago, pilninggas said:

Also, this might interest other NC700/750 riders (and anyone with crappy damper rod forks) I put some cartridge emulator valves (YSS gold valve clones) in my NC a couple of weeks ago (got them ages ago cheap off of ebay). The damping over uneven surfaces is a lot, lot better, the forks arent kicking back half as much (hydraulic lock basically). A nice cheap upgrade. Might have to replace the rear shock as that is now clearly weak on damping too (40k miles it probably needs it), just have to justify dropping £300 on a YSS/Hagon or similar.

Fitted Racetech emulators to my SV650s - night and day difference . That and a revalved / resprung GSXR shock and it was a tidy handling bike .

[tobyd]

Refitted the system earlier, Ti studs and copper-flashed nuts (for a bini i believe), new stainless clamps and fixings, copper greased the fittings and put smear of exhaust paste on the unions.

Smoked a bit from the header-most fixings when I started it up but I guess thats the copper grease oil burning off. Let it idle for a bit to cure the exhaust paste.

The 'new' pipework has been cut to accommodate an aftermarket can but turned out to be a neater fit on the CarbonCo can on the bike than the old pipe.

Not 100% on the exposed bit of exhaust gasket where the front head has shed some casing material. Might JB Weld a repair on there but will have a think. Its been like that for ages so i imagine its ok.

Hopefully that repair will outlast the bike.

The thing needs a wash...

[stereotype]

8 hours ago, LostnotFound said:

YouTube wise the only one I both A click on religiously and B watch all the way through is Fortnine.

The production quality of the videos is immense and, the humour punches up not down and content is varied. 

What I can't stand is ten minute videos of 20 seconds content. Ok board video is one thing if you're crossing a desert, but fuck me who thinks anyone wants to see some twat navigate a roundabout near Nottingham. See also just regurgitating shit they've heard elsewhere. The pub bore without the pub is even worse than usual.

 

Fortnine is very good but agree a lot of the video is filler to get it over the 10 minute monetisation mark. We want that sort of level of production value, humour but more builds and vlogs with stories than reviews and tests etc. Thinking on turning my learning into a beginner's skills series as someone actually relatable doing that would be what I would look for, plus the projects and that sort of building / maintaining work. 

 

Just don't want it to be crap!

 

 

8 hours ago, CreepingJesus said:

My BikeTube at the moment is mostly Allen Millyard and Jawa Tino: the latter's projects have been fun, but he's mostly doing compilations at the moment; the former speaks for himself, and rather well he does it too. 'Show and tell' in a good way, and with modest good humour. A lot of others could learn from his example, and just keep it simple. 

Saying that, there was that London based channel full of smug hipsters with endless pre-unit Triumph scramblers/bobbers, can't mind the name of it, I've blanked it out! That was a sound idea, but it faltered on the bikes being credit card engineered by twats with more money than knowledge. The one genuine attempt at a Ducati 900SS based streetfighter-ish thing was laughably bad.

Basically, I think keeping it simple and keeping it 'real' is the best foundation for a channel.

Allen Millyard is brilliant, true genius... I don't have that much genius so it will be more along the lines of restoration and rebuilding Gumtree tat finds, but if only! "Keeping it simple"...simpler.

Not heard of Jawa Tino and I think I shall avoid London blokes with bobbers, but I'll give JT a look up and show the partner, see if there's the right energy going on. 

 

Thanks for help guys, got a good few tubers to check out and maybe get tips from, hopefully my next thing about this will actually be an up and running channel which I would invite constructive criticism on also, can't learn unless you listen.

 

Cheers ?

[Jerzy Woking]

I'm a fan of Fortnine, especially when he does proper scientific analysis of products. His one testing out the four types of bike batteries came to a surprising conclusion, backed up by stats and not what the bloke down the pud says.

Watched Millyards video on the downhill mountain bike he designed and built for his son. Genius.

[Jerzy Woking]

10 hours ago, martc said:

I'm a martyr to me bum - I've fitted a Shad comfort seat to the NC which has made some improvement (but not as much as I would hope for the money). As mentioned Triumph have made a point of saying that the seat has been improved , which is tanterment to a confession about previous generations, quote -

'To further increase the enjoyment of your ride, we’ve added 10mm to the seat foam thickness for more comfort and longer distance rideability.'

I've sat on them at the NEC and the seat does seem to be better than the previous generation but that isn't realistic it's what they are like 60mins into a ride that counts.

Spot on. I know a few that have paid lots of money for a "more comfortable" seat that proved to be worse on a long run than what they replaced. 

10 hours ago, pilninggas said:

I've done 750 miles in a day on my NC. It wasnt pretty. 

Once did 950 miles on my FZ1S Austria back to home in a day - wasnt too bad other than my shoulder blades were sore the next day.

People don't believe me, but my KTM RC8 had one of the most comfortable seats I have ever had for long distance days. It may have been very thin but it was the right width and length. Rode to and over the Grossglockner a couple of years ago on route to meet some mates in Slovakia with not comfort issues at all.

 

[Jazoli]

Had to travel between sites today

No traffic, no tourists, no clouds, bliss!

I have a Sargent seat on this, it makes a huge difference but I'm still starting to wriggle around after a few hours, the one I had on my MT09SP was all day comfy.

[stereotype]

I'm a fan of Fortnine, especially when he does proper scientific analysis of products. His one testing out the four types of bike batteries came to a surprising conclusion, backed up by stats and not what the bloke down the pud says.
Watched Millyards video on the downhill mountain bike he designed and built for his son. Genius.

I loved fortnine and his tyre analysis. Because I would love to go on demon tweaks and spend 30 quid on two Dunlop's and shove them on but nooooo don't do that.

Millyard is just a genius, found him through James May actually, just don't know how you go about deciding to build a bike around a plane effectively

Thanks for suggestions

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[Jerzy Woking]

Also like Royal Jordanian on YouTube. Not so much for the on board footage (although I know the roads he rides through West and Central London).

Stick you headphones on, turn up the volume and just listen to the noise of his Husqvarna Nuda going up through the gears. Would view his riding as as a bit antisocial if he rode through my village like that, but through London, it's great.

[stereotype]

I'll have a look, thank you Jerzy

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[hairnet]

19 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Spot on. I know a few that have paid lots of money for a "more comfortable" seat that proved to be worse on a long run than what they replaced. 

People don't believe me, but my KTM RC8 had one of the most comfortable seats I have ever had for long distance days. It may have been very thin but it was the right width and length. Rode to and over the Grossglockner a couple of years ago on route to meet some mates in Slovakia with not comfort issues at all.

 

yeah but col your handbag on the seat doesnt count

[Jerzy Woking]

24 minutes ago, hairnet said:

yeah but col your handbag on the seat doesnt count

That's Flossy!

[hairnet]

as well as the sheep

 

[Jerzy Woking]

Gloves on top of Flossy. 

My handbag is in Spain...

[Bren]

Today I have been mostly cleaning my leathers...

[Jerzy Woking]

Cleaned mine about 3 times in the last month Bren! Not sure when I'll be able to get them dirty again.

[hairnet]

bought a one piece for a trackday 6-7 years ago

did another

theyve been in a bag in the garage since

i need to fiddle with ma helmet and need help

have an arai tour x and the trim around the chin - someones tried to glue it back on ?

but the residue is still there - tried to scrape it boiling water it and acetone it

nope

what else can i try

fanks

 

[Jerzy Woking]

One piece leathers.

Stomach upset.

Disaster waiting to happen.

[UltraWomble]

They dont get much shit-er than this.

[Chas4545]

Youtube round the world trips are helping my sanity,

On her Bike   is  good , following the antics of a slightly uptight lass circling the world with a bmw and a tiny tent.

 Itchy Boots   is better, a few hundred vids of very good content, she has a knack of making you feel that you are  on the ride  with her and loving every minute.  Collapsing at a 5000 metre high border from cold and lack of oxygen and she is still smiling. An infectious personality  and a royal enfield bought in India.

Then there is the completely wacky   C90 adventures. Also worth a look.

MZ Ts250, bantam, yam 50, 250 yds7, nc700, Vn900, Versys, FLHS, VFRx 800. But not all at the same time 

[stereotype]

23 hours ago, Chas4545 said:

Youtube round the world trips are helping my sanity,

On her Bike   is  good , following the antics of a slightly uptight lass circling the world with a bmw and a tiny tent.

 Itchy Boots   is better, a few hundred vids of very good content, she has a knack of making you feel that you are  on the ride  with her and loving every minute.  Collapsing at a 5000 metre high border from cold and lack of oxygen and she is still smiling. An infectious personality  and a royal enfield bought in India.

Then there is the completely wacky   C90 adventures. Also worth a look.

MZ Ts250, bantam, yam 50, 250 yds7, nc700, Vn900, Versys, FLHS, VFRx 800. But not all at the same time 

Know of the first one but having a look at the other two, thanks for suggesting! 

[Jerzy Woking]

Itchy Boots is great as first series she rode from India to Netherlands, intending to then ride the bike from Patagonia to Alaska. Watch as the story unfolds....

Not too keen on "On Her Bike", stopped watching sometime ago. In the episodes I watched she came across as a free loader. One of her videos has a clip where she rides past my mate sitting outside his bar in Prizren, Kosovo. I see if I can find it.

Also "Riding On Eggshells" I like, as Liss put her Enfield Himalayan through so many crashes on the tracks in Australia. It also shows how Hero action cameras completely flatten out the hills. Makes it all look so easy

[stereotype]

1 minute ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Itchy Boots is great as first series she rode from India to Netherlands, intending to then ride the bike from Patagonia to Alaska. Watch as the story unfolds....

Not too keen on "On Her Bike", stopped watching sometime ago. In the episodes I watched she came across as a free loader. One of her videos has a clip where she rides past my mate sitting outside his bar in Prizren, Kosovo. I see if I can find it.

Also "Riding On Eggshells" I like, as Liss put her Enfield Himalayan through so many crashes on the tracks in Australia. It also shows how Hero action cameras completely flatten out the hills. Makes it all look so easy

Seems to be the way it is, people start of doing it right in the beginning then something changes and they are doing it for the clicks or it all becomes scenic filler in the video, or it's just uninteresting from a point on because they become someone they aren't for the internet. At least your mate gets a claim to fame! I'll have a look at Riding on Eggshells, anyone on a Himalayan has a chance to interest me because I want one! 

[Jerzy Woking]

Itchy Boots does very little riding on the road, as she prefers to use tracks wherever she can and explores loads too. She is getting better in flying her drone. Some fantastic shots achieved which really show the terrain.

He is my mate Maxi sitting at a table outside his bar in Prizren

If anyone goes to Prizren, let me know and I'll let my mates there know. They each own their own bars, speak good English, have loads of stories, and their beer is very, very cheap.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Another essential journey, I don't remember Tesco being so far away



Thats only about 4 miles from the house too so I didn't feel like I was taking too much of the piss. Though I did manage to turn a 3 mile trip into 20

In my defence it's good for the mental health

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[andyberg]

I do watch itchy boots too, just about the only bike one I do watch. Like I said before most are American rubbish. But itchy boots makes you feel part of the trip, she rides a himalayan, she bought her first one in India then rode it home! Videos are about 15mins long. Season 2 is a better watch in my opinion, she kind of got more of an idea what to do. Does make you realise what a beautiful world we have and generally how many people are so helpful and kind. 

[stereotype]

I do watch itchy boots too, just about the only bike one I do watch. Like I said before most are American rubbish. But itchy boots makes you feel part of the trip, she rides a himalayan, she bought her first one in India then rode it home! Videos are about 15mins long. Season 2 is a better watch in my opinion, she kind of got more of an idea what to do. Does make you realise what a beautiful world we have and generally how many people are so helpful and kind. 

I have been YouTube binging the last hour and a half, I'll catch up to season 2 soon I'm sure!

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[hairnet]

watching greatest motorcycle rides

the cole twat is on the south island nz

i was planning on going in november but not doing south island (on the bike) for various reasons)

i wanna now.............(or part of it anyway)

fuxake

@They_all_do_that_sir dare ya to come with me

[hairnet]

On 5/8/2020 at 7:41 PM, Chas4545 said:

 

 Itchy Boots   is better, a few hundred vids of very good content, she has a knack of making you feel that you are  on the ride  with her and loving every minute.  Collapsing at a 5000 metre high border from cold and lack of oxygen and she is still smiling. An infectious personality  and a royal enfield bought in India.

 

just watching the vid of her collecting the new bike after the thing with the original bike

is there a video of her collecting the first bike in india?

been looking but theres a prep vid and its the new bike

thanks