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I don't even like sports bikes or modern bikes full of plastic, but i watch every 44T episode because of the banter, the characters, and the humour. Not the News and BBB are just hilarious entertainment. For adults. Nothing like it in YT Land.
One of the most enjoyable segments yet, period. Can’t believe Alastair nailed that Honda sound clip so quickly and definitively. Have him on again, soon.
Al is a proper ledge. A cross Atlantic Budget Bike Battle would be awesome. Thanks for all of your hard work and for all of the great content this year guys. Much love.
"Budget Bike Battle of Britain | EP01 | LONDON" has to be one of the most hilarious motorbike videos on youtube - Al, Baron and Boothy are legends. Glad to see this podcast!
It’s bittersweet to have another episode and yet it’s the last episode. How many times will I rewatch this episode?? Only time will tell. My absolute favorite podcast of all time!
The solution to the mowing is clear. A) start with a cooler of your favorite adult beverage on the tractor. b) start podcast AFTER the first two rounds of "detail mowing". 3) Blast it on the the straights. IV) Use a bathroom break from said adult beverages to comment and load a "classic episode". dE) finish mowing without hitting anything. FYI, 3.5 acres aka 3-beer lawn myself.
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One of the best bike related videos I have ever seen. Love 44 Teeth and Revzilla, great content and knowledge. Such a refreshing change from the normal dross other providers pump out incessantly.
The anecdote about some European brands focusing on the customer experience instead fixing the reliability issues was interesting. Reminds me of the time I was visiting London for a seminar once. The Spanish hotel chain totally dropped the ball when all delegations arrived simultaneously for check-in. Instead of adding reception capacity, being Spanish, they quickly tripled the staff serving tapas to the waiting crowd. 😅
Congrats, RevZilla, on a fabulous finale for the season! Al Fagan is so cool and underscores, for me, how great it is to be a part of the international motorcyclist community. I learned a lot: wow - the differences between UK and US views on three wheelers and on e-bikes. Maybe UKers have closer emotional ties with motorcycles and less with autos than in US? Looking forward to next season!!
Cheers, Al. You helped me choose my Super Duke Evo as my "one bike." I had a RSV4 and a Tuono 1000R and the Super Duke works like a mix of both in power. I miss the V4 and the dual pipe thump but a few twists of the throttle and it's all forgotten. I'm a big fan of the Street Triple as well.
Season 7 ends and it is sad. Soon season 8 will begin and it is good. Plus I gave Chase a super long list of "a whole nuther podcast" ideas for season 8. Sorry to say I am not familiar with Alastairs' channel but will be checking it out soon! If I were to recommend a beginner bike that would be great for everyone I would go with the SV650, jack of all trades for a first bike. I think Shaun should kit out the SV650 in case it turns out he doesn't like doing track days. I would also wonder how comfortable he's going to be on that Triumph. I like electric motorcycles, that new Zero in particular, but I have yet to ever see one on the road. Not sure I would buy one and with how fuel efficient most bikes are I feel like why bother, but if that what floats your toboggan! Once again Jeremy Clarkson comes into this debate about performance vs. reliability. "Italian vehicles are very pretty and made to show you just how good a vehicle can be...briefly!" Sums it up perfectly I should think. No idea about the engine 0-12 on this season, yeesh! Would still like to see an East Coast live show! Great season old sports, enjoy your time off, and I look forward to season 8!
Great episode! As a "Just about ready to get my first bike finally" 30-something, it's great to continuously hear different views on what motorcycling means to people as well as their opinions on certain bikes (especially certain Italian transverse V-twins, the V7 is currently my number 1 pick for first bike). Best thing i've learned from HSLS is how to make a better decision when i go to pull the trigger, thank you!
definitely, especially when you see some channels with over 40k subscribers with only 8 videos, kinda says it all, and it isn't quality over quantity when the videos are mediocre at best@@beanwithbaconmegarocket
agreed hopefully teaming up with these guys with huge subscriber counts will help them ..... fingers crossed .. those guys deserve it @@beanwithbaconmegarocket
he's right about electric bikes in the uk, none of the motorcyling comunity has any interest to even entertain the concept. Anyone with an electric motorcycle is viewed as a traitor to the motorcycling community. Even the electric class at the isle of man TT was mocked, with a large percentage of TT fans saying the 1 lap race shouldn't count as a TT victory, even the TT couldn't make them in the slightest bit appealing. Even the riders were mocked for being willing to race them. And many riders refused to race them. Engines are seen as something with character of its own. electric is just an appliance, it has no character or soul to offer. bikers buy bikes with their heart, not the head. its like comparing a pet dog to a robot. the robot has the potential to be way better at everything, but the dog has character.
Long time listener, first time caller. I wanted to chime in regarding the Kawi ZX4-RR. I was VERY excited to see this bike coming to America, and I wonder if I'm the demographic Kawasaki envisioned for this bike. I'm 49 and am a huge fan of 400cc inline four motorcycles. When I got my license in 1990, my dream bike at the time was the 1991 CBR 600 F2 in black, pink, and purple, but it was basically un-insurable for a teenager. I instead bought a new leftover 1989 Honda CB-1, the two-year-only naked sport bike with Honda's 13,500 rpm CBR 400 motor, gear-driven cams and all. I moved onto something bigger in just a couple years, but always loved that jewel of a motor and how weird and rare the CB-1 was. When Kawi announced the ZX4-RR, I knew I had to have one. My dealer quickly sold their allotment (one) before I could act, so I located a minty CB-1 and picked it up instead. It's so small, and so revvy. I love it. And I told my wife I saved us $6000 buying it instead of the Kawi!
This was a great end to the season❤ been a fan and watching 👀 for the last 2 seasons. I'm sad this one is over, but now thinking I have some time to binge on old seasons😊 looking forward to next season. Thank you so much.
I've been watching Fagan and 44T for forever and this episode has more references to some "Alastair" guy than I've heard in all those many years combined.
As an Brit, I completely agree about the 3 wheeler thing. It's really quite common to see Harley Trikes on ride ours, especially with other Harley's. I've only ever seen a Can-Am once and they were riding with other bikers. I don't want one, but they are fine.
Great to see Fagan on the podcast! Absolutely smashed the engine sound guessing game. Well done. HRC should have hired Dani Pedrosa as their test rider instead of letting him go and join KTM.
Love the crossover finally. Will need to get chris on sometime too. Old baron videos of his touring on the gsxr1000 made me fall in love with bikes at a young age. Now i am in love with my street triple rs
With this video, we are one small step closer to my ideal motorcycle video: Budget Bike Roadtrip with 44Teeth (Al, Chris, and Boothy), Revzilla (Zack, Ari, and Spurg), Ryan FortNine, and Neevesy from MCN.
I’m so beyond disappointed that in the 3 wheel conversation this Englishman didn’t bring up the Morgan 3 wheeler which is an actual currently made and relevant vehicle that is actually registered as a motorcycle in most places here in America.
About trikes or 3 wheelers . Have you ever taken a spin on a Honda ATC250R? Sooooooooo much fun. You come to the corne, you get your weight to the inside, and GAS IT Ala flattracking.
hi guys, great show, as usual... The Reliant Robin was in production until 2002! Spurge only gave a glance a the first part of Wikipedia :))) (Mk1 1973-81 / Mk2 1989-01 / Mk3 2001-02)... and there were races with them!! But also with another three-wheeled model from the same company - Reliant Rialto (1982-98). Both of them were available for driving only with a motorcycle license in the UK... (but I think they were, in fact, cars!)
On this side the pond “Road racing” is racing on public closed roads (Isle of Man TT , Northwest 200 etc.) What you guys seem to be calling road racing would be called track racing to people over here.
Not really my experience. The public road stuff is such a small niche in this part of Europe that road racing mostly means racing on paved circuits as opposed to dirt circuits. UK is probably the exception in Europe, as you still have a lot of public road races around.
Here in the UK, it's mostly either the leather and colours lads or disabled riders that ride the wide wheel trikes. The Reliant Robin is hilarious to drive, my pal had one, and you are in almost a racing seat, legs out in front of you. Mad fun, but careful on corners. Never seen a Niken on the road, although when sitting outside a cafe one day, with my MT09 tracer parked up, a guy came up to me and was totally evangelical about how superior the Niken was to my MT09. It was bizarre, he was absolutely scolding me for my choice of bike. Fortunately for him I had finished my coffee, or he;d have been wearing it. Great episode as ever lads. p.s. My KTM 390 Adventure is a fabulous motorcycle. KTM dealers and KTM themselves are diabolical to deal with. They need to sort themselves out, because they have a terrible reputation, and sadly, from personal experience, a well deserved terrible reputation. KTM pass the buck if you have problems with dealers, citing 'independent franchise' drivel.
ngl when he said Baron I didn't know if he was referring to the same guy I used to watch like 12 years ago, with the funy font in his logo. I went to check and it turns out it's Baron Von Grumble, from small british motovlogger to founder of 44teeth with a pro rider. Amazing stuff, I will subscribe now!
Honda need (in my humble opinion) to take note of the journey Ducati have taken to move on from the Stoner era. Start a new project, make a user friendly package first and foremost. Have a minimum of 6 bikes on the grid for data, a strong European based test team. Don't keep throwing money at the current set-up, hire and build a new team of support/engineers/race manager who aren't clouded by how things used to be done. A clean sheet of paper, not hamstrung by the recent past. Take the pain to come and reap the rewards down the road. Cheers 🍻
The stepped licensing system in the UK and EU won't allow learners/new riders on the ZX-4RR, unless Kawasaki sell an "A2 licence" version with 47bhp (35kW). In driving licence terms the full power version with 76bhp (57 kW) @ 14,500 rpm (I believe the North American version is c.55bhp?) will be treated exactly the same as a 220bhp superbike and 19 year old Al wouldn't be allowed to ride it on the road until he was at least 21.
I fully agree with the MT- 07 conversation for a beginner. I started on a RE Himalayan. And it was adequate for awhile. But I quickly ourgrew it. Upgraded to a Tiger 900 and quickly realized its where I should have started in the first place. You just have to act like your have some sense starting on a bigger bike.
on the other hand with Japanese reliability...I started on a 2008 used Kawi versys 650...presumably made in Japan ...zero relability issues. I now have a Kawi versys 300 brand new with a thermostat issue that I've delt with for months. I don't want to blame the Thiland assembly... and while I am team green still I want my next bike to actually be made in Japan the 400 rr or the Africa Twin...
i absolutely LOVE print magazines. i grew up in the 90's with multiple subscriptions and they're all out of print now and i miss them so much. actually not all are out of print, but the ones that still exist are completely different and not at all interesting anymore. not the same quality, as fagan talks about.
It was so interesting hearing the British perspective on electric bikes and so foreign to me personally but I can kind of understand it from their perspective. As much as we(Americans) feel like our MotorSports are being bullied by regulations the UK and Europe are so far past us for the most part. If I’m not mistaken the get taxed on horsepower on their cars. They have to do MOT inspections on bikes and cars. They have tiered licensing etc… and we are the Wild West still. I can see how enthusiasts could fear electric bikes gaining traction and ICE bikes being further outlawed or saddled with taxes.
I remeber when growing up back I the late 70's early 80's all us kids wanted apart from a bmx bike was peewee 50, as affectionly know as, I think we all thought it was the only bike, we know of.
Fast Bikes with Colin Schiller at at the helm was absolutely head and shoulders above every other UK publication back in the day, More Death Style than Lifestyle as the strap line went lol Never been topped.
There’s a world of difference between the old 400s and the new Kawasaki 400, the primary difference being that the new 400 is very heavy. I’d go for one of the old 400s (I rode them all and loved the GSXR400 best for some unknown reason - all imports of course so perhaps that was simply the best sorted of the ones I rode). A light bike is a wonderful thing (I’d love to see the Kramer GP2 RR tested by 44Teeth).
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We need a US vs UK BBB.
Yes!
CTXP VS BBB
on neutral ground as well, say Mexico or Morocco
Yes please!
This has to happen!!
Zack and Ari vs Jason and Sue on a budget bike battle would be epic!!
If only that could be done!👍
Man, that would be amazing.
This !
Not sure Zack and Ari could keep up…(with the drinking I mean!)
It would be like the old Transatlantic Trophy races in the 80s but this time us British have a chance of winning.
OMG, is this really happening?!?!
Zack and Jason Statham!!!
❤❤❤
Guys you need to do a budget bike battle together!
Would be so legendary
YEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!
Please god make this happen
Across the Pond BBB? two teams of two???
44 teeth and revzilla are the two best motorcycle platforms on TH-cam, bike world with Chris is there too, can you guys get him on next season?
Fortnine too
@revzilla Yes please
Let’s leave Chris at home doing his hair, counting his money & doing endless internet configurations of the GS 1300
This crossover is long awaited
I don't even like sports bikes or modern bikes full of plastic, but i watch every 44T episode because of the banter, the characters, and the humour. Not the News and BBB are just hilarious entertainment. For adults.
Nothing like it in YT Land.
One of the most enjoyable segments yet, period. Can’t believe Alastair nailed that Honda sound clip so quickly and definitively. Have him on again, soon.
Yes!!! This is awesome Fagan is a legend. Next time you need to have the whole crew from 44Teeth if possible
Al is a proper ledge. A cross Atlantic Budget Bike Battle would be awesome. Thanks for all of your hard work and for all of the great content this year guys. Much love.
"Budget Bike Battle of Britain | EP01 | LONDON" has to be one of the most hilarious motorbike videos on youtube - Al, Baron and Boothy are legends. Glad to see this podcast!
It’s bittersweet to have another episode and yet it’s the last episode. How many times will I rewatch this episode?? Only time will tell. My absolute favorite podcast of all time!
So awesome seeing Al on a stateside show! Been watching 44th as long as I've been watching Zack and Ari.
Jason bloody Statham! 44teeth🔥 Already listened to the podcast. Now back to re-listen and support the video version.. BEST episode yet👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
No way. Just opened YT and all my favourite creators are together. Frickin awesome
The most fun moment was Al describing Boothy as "left-hand thread" that's one that either you're paying attention or you may just miss it hahaha
Boothy is a gem that is for sure.
The solution to the mowing is clear. A) start with a cooler of your favorite adult beverage on the tractor. b) start podcast AFTER the first two rounds of "detail mowing". 3) Blast it on the the straights. IV) Use a bathroom break from said adult beverages to comment and load a "classic episode". dE) finish mowing without hitting anything.
FYI, 3.5 acres aka 3-beer lawn myself.
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One of the best bike related videos I have ever seen. Love 44 Teeth and Revzilla, great content and knowledge. Such a refreshing change from the normal dross other providers pump out incessantly.
The anecdote about some European brands focusing on the customer experience instead fixing the reliability issues was interesting. Reminds me of the time I was visiting London for a seminar once. The Spanish hotel chain totally dropped the ball when all delegations arrived simultaneously for check-in. Instead of adding reception capacity, being Spanish, they quickly tripled the staff serving tapas to the waiting crowd. 😅
Maybe there were only a certain number of computers available to handle checking in… I doubt they had spares in the back that they could roll out.
Crossing streams. I feel like Spurge and Zack should be wearing wigs and sequin jackets.
Congrats, RevZilla, on a fabulous finale for the season! Al Fagan is so cool and underscores, for me, how great it is to be a part of the international motorcyclist community. I learned a lot: wow - the differences between UK and US views on three wheelers and on e-bikes. Maybe UKers have closer emotional ties with motorcycles and less with autos than in US? Looking forward to next season!!
Cheers, Al. You helped me choose my Super Duke Evo as my "one bike." I had a RSV4 and a Tuono 1000R and the Super Duke works like a mix of both in power. I miss the V4 and the dual pipe thump but a few twists of the throttle and it's all forgotten. I'm a big fan of the Street Triple as well.
It's good to see two of my favourite chanels coming together 😀
Al was great! Loved the interview. Bring him back for sure.
The only thing missing is neeves and this would be the greatest interview ever.
Exactly. The only TH-cam guys who I watch all their content are 44Teeth, Neevesy, FortNine, and Revzilla.
Season 7 ends and it is sad. Soon season 8 will begin and it is good. Plus I gave Chase a super long list of "a whole nuther podcast" ideas for season 8. Sorry to say I am not familiar with Alastairs' channel but will be checking it out soon! If I were to recommend a beginner bike that would be great for everyone I would go with the SV650, jack of all trades for a first bike. I think Shaun should kit out the SV650 in case it turns out he doesn't like doing track days. I would also wonder how comfortable he's going to be on that Triumph. I like electric motorcycles, that new Zero in particular, but I have yet to ever see one on the road. Not sure I would buy one and with how fuel efficient most bikes are I feel like why bother, but if that what floats your toboggan! Once again Jeremy Clarkson comes into this debate about performance vs. reliability. "Italian vehicles are very pretty and made to show you just how good a vehicle can be...briefly!" Sums it up perfectly I should think. No idea about the engine 0-12 on this season, yeesh! Would still like to see an East Coast live show! Great season old sports, enjoy your time off, and I look forward to season 8!
Revzilla and 44teeth. 2 hrs were not enough.
This
Great episode! As a "Just about ready to get my first bike finally" 30-something, it's great to continuously hear different views on what motorcycling means to people as well as their opinions on certain bikes (especially certain Italian transverse V-twins, the V7 is currently my number 1 pick for first bike). Best thing i've learned from HSLS is how to make a better decision when i go to pull the trigger, thank you!
Very much enjoyed
Thank you gentlemen
The best podcast yet !
Great guest, im a big fan of both channels.
On to the next season!
This has been the longest I’ve listened to one of these podcasts in one sitting. Great stuff guys!
My two favorite moto journalists together ❤️❤️❤️
Excellent segment guys, loved it!. Keep up the great work!
As if Al is on! Great guest booking 👍🏼 Love 44 teeth.
44 Teeth rules. Good to see them getting some exposure on here.
Not even started the video yet, and I'm already so excited. Love Revzilla and 44t 😊
Great finale episode guys I loved it.
wouldn't it be amazing if all 1.3 million subscribers went and followed 44 Teeth........... 😁😇
It would indeed!
c'mon people ... imagine how good the budget bike battle would be
@@Desmo904
44Teeth is criminally underrated thanks to TH-cam ad policies and its terrible algo.
definitely, especially when you see some channels with over 40k subscribers with only 8 videos, kinda says it all, and it isn't quality over quantity when the videos are mediocre at best@@beanwithbaconmegarocket
agreed hopefully teaming up with these guys with huge subscriber counts will help them ..... fingers crossed .. those guys deserve it
@@beanwithbaconmegarocket
Al is the man!! I love how he was gutted that he got the year wrong! My guy you nailed it in one guess!
The time flies as I listen on this rainy day in NY.
How about a live, interactive, Rev Trivia Game???
Now the long wait for the next podcast...
he's right about electric bikes in the uk, none of the motorcyling comunity has any interest to even entertain the concept.
Anyone with an electric motorcycle is viewed as a traitor to the motorcycling community.
Even the electric class at the isle of man TT was mocked, with a large percentage of TT fans saying the 1 lap race shouldn't count as a TT victory, even the TT couldn't make them in the slightest bit appealing.
Even the riders were mocked for being willing to race them. And many riders refused to race them.
Engines are seen as something with character of its own. electric is just an appliance, it has no character or soul to offer. bikers buy bikes with their heart, not the head.
its like comparing a pet dog to a robot. the robot has the potential to be way better at everything, but the dog has character.
For those of you watching if you haven't checked out 44teeth, you are missing out.
I met Al at Donnington Race track. He is even more of a legend face to face ❤
good one guys! really enjoyed Al as a guest!
Awesome episode great final. I'm in the uk love watching 44 teeth and revzilla.
Awesome I love watching Billy Bolt!!! Super entertaining guy. I'm always recommending his channel to my friends who have kids that are into bikes.
Long time listener, first time caller. I wanted to chime in regarding the Kawi ZX4-RR. I was VERY excited to see this bike coming to America, and I wonder if I'm the demographic Kawasaki envisioned for this bike. I'm 49 and am a huge fan of 400cc inline four motorcycles. When I got my license in 1990, my dream bike at the time was the 1991 CBR 600 F2 in black, pink, and purple, but it was basically un-insurable for a teenager. I instead bought a new leftover 1989 Honda CB-1, the two-year-only naked sport bike with Honda's 13,500 rpm CBR 400 motor, gear-driven cams and all. I moved onto something bigger in just a couple years, but always loved that jewel of a motor and how weird and rare the CB-1 was. When Kawi announced the ZX4-RR, I knew I had to have one. My dealer quickly sold their allotment (one) before I could act, so I located a minty CB-1 and picked it up instead. It's so small, and so revvy. I love it. And I told my wife I saved us $6000 buying it instead of the Kawi!
Fantastic cross over! Love 44teeths stuff. Great work boys
This is the episode I've been waiting for!
Great podcast. Always enjoy the boys from 44 teeth.
This was a great end to the season❤ been a fan and watching 👀 for the last 2 seasons. I'm sad this one is over, but now thinking I have some time to binge on old seasons😊 looking forward to next season. Thank you so much.
I've been watching Fagan and 44T for forever and this episode has more references to some "Alastair" guy than I've heard in all those many years combined.
As an Brit, I completely agree about the 3 wheeler thing.
It's really quite common to see Harley Trikes on ride ours, especially with other Harley's.
I've only ever seen a Can-Am once and they were riding with other bikers.
I don't want one, but they are fine.
Brilliant episode gentlemen..liked and thanks as always...🏴
Great to see Fagan on the podcast! Absolutely smashed the engine sound guessing game. Well done.
HRC should have hired Dani Pedrosa as their test rider instead of letting him go and join KTM.
Love the crossover finally. Will need to get chris on sometime too. Old baron videos of his touring on the gsxr1000 made me fall in love with bikes at a young age. Now i am in love with my street triple rs
Very interesting guest. I’ve learned a great deal from Al’s perspective. Will now subscribe to 44 teeth. 👍🏼
On the 400cc sportsbike class.... Can you imagine a Ducati V400r Panigale??? 😍
Teens would sell their parents and close relatives to get one of those.
Brilliant episode!
Love from India!
With this video, we are one small step closer to my ideal motorcycle video: Budget Bike Roadtrip with 44Teeth (Al, Chris, and Boothy), Revzilla (Zack, Ari, and Spurg), Ryan FortNine, and Neevesy from MCN.
these collabs are going crazy. looking forward to seeing Mr Grumble too :D
I’m so beyond disappointed that in the 3 wheel conversation this Englishman didn’t bring up the Morgan 3 wheeler which is an actual currently made and relevant vehicle that is actually registered as a motorcycle in most places here in America.
What a podcast, some of my absolute favourite fellas
No way you got Jason Statham....?
Having toured the north coast of Scotland a few years ago, that sounds like a great ride.
Loving the long overdue sportbike heavy show on Revzilla! 44T guys are awesome!
budget bike battle between 44teeth and revzilla?????!!!!!!!
Al proper ..proper knows his bikes. Met him at Donnington UK and he was a legend taking time to chat 😎😎
Nice to see 44 teeth + Revzilla
About trikes or 3 wheelers . Have you ever taken a spin on a Honda ATC250R? Sooooooooo much fun. You come to the corne, you get your weight to the inside, and GAS IT Ala flattracking.
hi guys, great show, as usual... The Reliant Robin was in production until 2002! Spurge only gave a glance a the first part of Wikipedia :))) (Mk1 1973-81 / Mk2 1989-01 / Mk3 2001-02)... and there were races with them!! But also with another three-wheeled model from the same company - Reliant Rialto (1982-98). Both of them were available for driving only with a motorcycle license in the UK... (but I think they were, in fact, cars!)
On this side the pond “Road racing” is racing on public closed roads (Isle of Man TT , Northwest 200 etc.)
What you guys seem to be calling road racing would be called track racing to people over here.
Aye, that confused me for a bit.
Not really my experience. The public road stuff is such a small niche in this part of Europe that road racing mostly means racing on paved circuits as opposed to dirt circuits. UK is probably the exception in Europe, as you still have a lot of public road races around.
Other European countries have road races too, Germany and Estonia for example.
Hell ye big up Fagan
I love that Spurge says RPMM (Rider Plus Membership Membership)
I’m so glad Revzilla have Al on not the public school boy #*%* Chris. Good on you for having Al on to represent the old country
Here in the UK, it's mostly either the leather and colours lads or disabled riders that ride the wide wheel trikes. The Reliant Robin is hilarious to drive, my pal had one, and you are in almost a racing seat, legs out in front of you. Mad fun, but careful on corners.
Never seen a Niken on the road, although when sitting outside a cafe one day, with my MT09 tracer parked up, a guy came up to me and was totally evangelical about how superior the Niken was to my MT09. It was bizarre, he was absolutely scolding me for my choice of bike. Fortunately for him I had finished my coffee, or he;d have been wearing it.
Great episode as ever lads.
p.s. My KTM 390 Adventure is a fabulous motorcycle. KTM dealers and KTM themselves are diabolical to deal with. They need to sort themselves out, because they have a terrible reputation, and sadly, from personal experience, a well deserved terrible reputation. KTM pass the buck if you have problems with dealers, citing 'independent franchise' drivel.
Great show, major props to Al..
Awesome episode! You should bring Michael Neeves around from MCN next time!
Great episode ! Love 44t and high side low side 👍
WOW. Ryan plays the harmonica like an angel... Is there anything that man can't do?
I got it! ❤RevTrivia
ngl when he said Baron I didn't know if he was referring to the same guy I used to watch like 12 years ago, with the funy font in his logo. I went to check and it turns out it's Baron Von Grumble, from small british motovlogger to founder of 44teeth with a pro rider. Amazing stuff, I will subscribe now!
Pistol ownership in the UK may be extremely low, but every house upcountry there has at least 1 shotgun and/or rifle to deal with wildlife ;-)
"chlamydia sam" lmao
THIS episode is gonna get a lotta views....
Honda need (in my humble opinion) to take note of the journey Ducati have taken to move on from the Stoner era. Start a new project, make a user friendly package first and foremost. Have a minimum of 6 bikes on the grid for data, a strong European based test team. Don't keep throwing money at the current set-up, hire and build a new team of support/engineers/race manager who aren't clouded by how things used to be done.
A clean sheet of paper, not hamstrung by the recent past. Take the pain to come and reap the rewards down the road.
Cheers 🍻
The stepped licensing system in the UK and EU won't allow learners/new riders on the ZX-4RR, unless Kawasaki sell an "A2 licence" version with 47bhp (35kW). In driving licence terms the full power version with 76bhp (57 kW) @ 14,500 rpm (I believe the North American version is c.55bhp?) will be treated exactly the same as a 220bhp superbike and 19 year old Al wouldn't be allowed to ride it on the road until he was at least 21.
I fully agree with the MT- 07 conversation for a beginner. I started on a RE Himalayan. And it was adequate for awhile. But I quickly ourgrew it. Upgraded to a Tiger 900 and quickly realized its where I should have started in the first place. You just have to act like your have some sense starting on a bigger bike.
on the other hand with Japanese reliability...I started on a 2008 used Kawi versys 650...presumably made in Japan ...zero relability issues. I now have a Kawi versys 300 brand new with a thermostat issue that I've delt with for months. I don't want to blame the Thiland assembly... and while I am team green still I want my next bike to actually be made in Japan the 400 rr or the Africa Twin...
But don't forget that Ducati received a lot of critic from its riders throughout the years as well until they got to where they are today.....
Love 44 teeth, great that you had Al on!
i absolutely LOVE print magazines. i grew up in the 90's with multiple subscriptions and they're all out of print now and i miss them so much.
actually not all are out of print, but the ones that still exist are completely different and not at all interesting anymore. not the same quality, as fagan talks about.
I guessed 2018 but not which exhaust . But the helped in the right direction by the Man 👍 .
Great to listen to the interview .
It was so interesting hearing the British perspective on electric bikes and so foreign to me personally but I can kind of understand it from their perspective. As much as we(Americans) feel like our MotorSports are being bullied by regulations the UK and Europe are so far past us for the most part.
If I’m not mistaken the get taxed on horsepower on their cars. They have to do MOT inspections on bikes and cars. They have tiered licensing etc… and we are the Wild West still.
I can see how enthusiasts could fear electric bikes gaining traction and ICE bikes being further outlawed or saddled with taxes.
I remeber when growing up back I the late 70's early 80's all us kids wanted apart from a bmx bike was peewee 50, as affectionly know as, I think we all thought it was the only bike, we know of.
That “I got it” from Al though! 😂
Fast Bikes with Colin Schiller at at the helm was absolutely head and shoulders above every other UK publication back in the day, More Death Style than Lifestyle as the strap line went lol Never been topped.
You guys need to do a BBB USA
There’s a world of difference between the old 400s and the new Kawasaki 400, the primary difference being that the new 400 is very heavy. I’d go for one of the old 400s (I rode them all and loved the GSXR400 best for some unknown reason - all imports of course so perhaps that was simply the best sorted of the ones I rode). A light bike is a wonderful thing (I’d love to see the Kramer GP2 RR tested by 44Teeth).