@@notwocdivad Did you hear the nonsense at the end? “Whilst McQueen owning a Super X helped with sales…” WHAT? Whoever wrote this script needs to be spoken with in stern language. Utterly ridiculous.
The 20th Century bikes reach me on such a primal level. I see them and they look "right". They look as if they weren't made by man, but born into a species of their own and interact with us like horses and dogs. There is just something so perfect about every line from any angle. Then again, look how ornate the automobiles were, too compared to now where it's basically a $60k phone.
What vintage needs to be ones most adaptive to a variety of needs or trends in a bid to remain its presence in any public archive. Products remind of the good old days could be on the top of technology once meeting benchmarks related to the environment.
Notable bikes missing from your list are the Scott (there was 1 in the background of one of the videos). The classic was the 1927 Scott Flying Squirrel, which was the road version of the 1926 Isle of Man race winner. The Suzuki RE5 rotary engined bike is also worthy of the cool title.
In my opinion the 1936 knucklehead should have been included in this list it was the first production for the public that did over a hundred Straight Out of the Box
I've heard it said, if ya want a toy to play with a Kowalski or a Subaru are great. If ya need a sturdy dependable bike to get you there and back a Honda can do it. But if you're on it for the ride, only a Harley Davidson will satisfy your need. At least for me, and I believe my generation will agree.
S McQ owned more Triumphs than any other movie star ever, he insisted that they would be THE bike in any movie he did that had a bike in it(he even had them written into the script of some films), even The Great Escape, it wasn't a BMW or DKW that did the jump it was a modified Triumph ridden by Bud Edkins. Fyi he also dressed as a German troop & chased his character Hiltz in his bid for freedom.
The Yamaha 250 cc triple two- stroke was a smoker as well as Suzuki's 750 triple ! The list is longer but I feel that the KZ 900 and Kawasaki's 1300 inline 6 deserves mention ! The last one we clocked at 205 mph !
Please don't make the mistake of thinking a Road bike is anything like a Works built Race bike, they may have the same capacity but the power they put out & the way it is delivered is totally different, both the FireBlade & the 916 are spectacular bikes, but the track versions are monsters & definitely not for the faint of heart, but in the hands of a standout rider, they are something else completely.
The bike & speedometer shown at 1:55 IS NOT the 1935 Brough Superior, unless it’s cutting edge technology included a digital display, hydraulic brakes and clutch… Now THAT would be truly amazing for ANY bike in the 1930s… what you are showing is a modern Brough, a completely different bike, and nothing to do with the original other than the name. C’mon, guys- you can do better than that…
May 13, 1935 T.E. Lawrence was fatally injured on his Brough Superior SS100. He died from a head injury on May 19, 1935 at 46 years old. His death led to the helmets we should all wear today.
No 1, the excelsior. You kept saying how Steve McQueen had one and rode it everywhere, but kept showing him on a Triumph . Can't have ridden it in front of any paparazzi . Just the Triumph ?
1:56 A hundred and eighty mile an hour speedometer. Kudo's to thinking big but production motorcycles wouldn't start hitting that until, what, 2000 or so ?
@@bikerbob2005 I seem to recall that Rollie Free set a record of 150 mph on the Vincent Black Lightning (there’s the famous picture of him laid out flat on the bike in his swim shorts)… I haven’t seen anything about a 1952 Vincent doing 200 mph- do you have any sources for that? Surely the F.I.M., the A.M.A. or some other governing body would have records of that? Also, I have to question your claim that it had twin disc brakes… but I’d be much obliged if you could provide any info about that…
Military surplus Commando in the '60s? The Commando started production in '68! You might be thinking of the 16H, which was used by the British Army during WW2 mostly as a despatch rider bike.
Had to laugh at the 'WW2' footage showing a GI and a German soldier laughing and joking - obviously from a modern re-enactment, but rendered in black and white in the hope we wouldn't notice. What makes you think someone watching a video about old motorcycles isn't going to notice something that crass? Isn't there enough real footage out there without having to stoop so so low?
The close-up of a Brough speedometer at 1.55 is actually from the (blasphemous) modern recreation. The green electric neutral lamp is a dead giveaway, as is the generally hideous design (they even got the speedo wrong, along with everything else about the bike).
I had a 1986 HONDA INTERCEPTER,it would easyly go 170 mph,and that wasn't full power,Nothing I raced ever would beat it,including highway patrol or helicopters.....
this is just an OK list.. needs fact checking.. the brough superior ss100 was made to go over 160mph (the land speed motorcycle records by eric fernihough. in the 1930s) >> and lots of japanese bikes have been overlooked ..
The first Honda 750 were sandcast engine because they weren't sure they would be sellable because everybody wanted their 350 twins nobody bought their 450 twins for every 1450 twin they would sell 6350 twins they saw it might be too big and it would piss off their customers which is why they did not invest in the production capacity to make diecast engines they wanted to put the least amount of investment in in case you turned out to be a sales failure this was the first spikes that if it blew up it was cheaper to buy another one then fix it
The pictures of Mcqueen show him on a Triumph....the 68 t120 bonneville being MY favorite bike of all time.
Owned a few, may get another.
McQueen did own a Indian it was bought by pawn shop
I had a 1973 750 Bonneville, great bike....
Funny, Steve's fav bike was the Excelsior but he must not have been able to find a photo of him riding it? Hmmm
@@notwocdivad Did you hear the nonsense at the end?
“Whilst McQueen owning a Super X helped with sales…” WHAT?
Whoever wrote this script needs to be spoken with in stern language. Utterly ridiculous.
Fun History getting things off my mind... headaches again 😭🤣 thanks for the history. Just relaxing 😎
I loved looking at these old motorbikes,they have come a long way😊🏍
as per usual, the thumbnail is NOT part of the list...
Yeah, do you know what it is?
@@woodrailking sadly no, it looks like out of a steampunk world
😆
Click bait. Actually, it is a 1929 Majestic.
@@fredtracy3931 cool, thanks!
The Indian Chief looks like the best out of these bikes in terms of comfort and speed.
Agreed.
The Indian Chief is everything that defines a motorcycle.
Avery fantastic video 📸 thank you.😎🆒
@13:11 is one of if not the most beautiful motorcycle ever built....
Old School ! Super Cool!
absolutely brilliant thank you for posting this
You can tell it's an American list. Yawn!!!
The 20th Century bikes reach me on such a primal level. I see them and they look "right". They look as if they weren't made by man, but born into a species of their own and interact with us like horses and dogs. There is just something so perfect about every line from any angle. Then again, look how ornate the automobiles were, too compared to now where it's basically a $60k phone.
Can't believe you didn't feature the HARLEY Davidson Aermachii SS 250s of 67-69 as they DOMINATED the World Grand Prix circuits..
steve macqueen is on a triumph
No Triumph Bonneville ? I’m surprised, video has many great bikes !
Both of the pictures of Steve McQueen have him sitting on a Triumph motorcycle
@@1oldsurfdude lol
I had a couple of these bikes but my question is, Where the hell was the bike in the thumbnail that made me watch this whole bloody video???
Interesting. I learned a little bit about vintage motorcycles.
I hope not. The guy has no idea what he’s talking about.
Glad you included the 1969 Honda Mini Trail! The BMW emblem is a spinning prop from there early days.
*their
The Blue and White quadrants of the BMW logo has nothing to do with propellers. It is simply the colours of BMW's home state of Bavaria.
The motorbikes displayed are really cool and interesting, friends, motorbikes like this must be very expensive now...
The Yamaha RD 350 - 400 was the greatest middleweight of all time
BMW is very clean arrangement of the engin, clean cool mechine
nice 👍
16:04 ~ *Steve McQueen om a super X. Only he's on a Triumph, dummy!*
We all know the cool guys all rode Triumphs
1979 KZ 900 should probably be on the list
Nice Speedo meter for a 1937 bike...led and stuff!!!😉
Was it too much trouble to include the bike in the Thumbnail ?
What vintage needs to be ones most adaptive to a variety of needs or trends in a bid to remain its presence in any public archive. Products remind of the good old days could be on the top of technology once meeting benchmarks related to the environment.
Notable bikes missing from your list are the Scott (there was 1 in the background of one of the videos). The classic was the 1927 Scott Flying Squirrel, which was the road version of the 1926 Isle of Man race winner. The Suzuki RE5 rotary engined bike is also worthy of the cool title.
So is Evel Knievel's rocket bike...
even though it malfunctioned.
And the BSA Gold Star.
In my opinion the 1936 knucklehead should have been included in this list it was the first production for the public that did over a hundred Straight Out of the Box
I've heard it said, if ya want a toy to play with a Kowalski or a Subaru are great. If ya need a sturdy dependable bike to get you there and back a Honda can do it.
But if you're on it for the ride, only a Harley Davidson will satisfy your need.
At least for me, and I believe my generation will agree.
Kowalski, Subaru???
@@Harold710 sorry I'm a lousy speller.
@@Harold710 , ya say them like I spelled them, but I can't spell worth a hoot. Lol
My comment is about my generation not about vintage.
@@Harold710 Kawasaki and Suzuki.
One of the most beautiful motorcycles ever built was the 1938 Crocker. 1-1-2023
LOL )) SB-2 M-100 in line vintage motorcycles... good company )))
S McQ owned more Triumphs than any other movie star ever, he insisted that they would be THE bike in any movie he did that had a bike in it(he even had them written into the script of some films), even The Great Escape, it wasn't a BMW or DKW that did the jump it was a modified Triumph ridden by Bud Edkins.
Fyi he also dressed as a German troop & chased his character Hiltz in his bid for freedom.
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I loved both of my 750 fours
My personal favorite is the Iver Johnson
1969 Kawasaki mach 3 500 cc. was a serious 1 st. A bit surprised it was not mentioned . Perhaps in a expanded list of 20 .
You knew that you just wanted to see if anyone else did!
Good list. The most popular Honda though is the 50cc "girls bike." They are still selling millions of them yearly. They're cheap and fun.
I love the Sportster.
This video is not complete without honoring the first bike called a super bike. The king. The Kawasaki Z1.
Not to mention 750 three 2 stroke
Things must have changed greatly.
1994s is now vintage.
The Yamaha 250 cc triple two- stroke was a smoker as well as Suzuki's 750 triple ! The list is longer but I feel that the KZ 900 and Kawasaki's 1300 inline 6 deserves mention ! The last one we clocked at 205 mph !
Yeah definitely a TON of two strokes and also many other pre war bikes as well
My uncle brought the Black Shadow over from England while he was in the Navy
Please don't make the mistake of thinking a Road bike is anything like a Works built Race bike, they may have the same capacity but the power they put out & the way it is delivered is totally different, both the FireBlade & the 916 are spectacular bikes, but the track versions are monsters & definitely not for the faint of heart, but in the hands of a standout rider, they are something else completely.
Its worth noting the black shadow is still in the top twenty fastest bikes ever
The bike & speedometer shown at 1:55 IS NOT the 1935 Brough Superior, unless it’s cutting edge technology included a digital display, hydraulic brakes and clutch… Now THAT would be truly amazing for ANY bike in the 1930s… what you are showing is a modern Brough, a completely different bike, and nothing to do with the original other than the name. C’mon, guys- you can do better than that…
Hahaha what a ride 🤣🤣
top 15 bikes, and no mention of the Triumph Bonneville, it beggers belief
One day the ninja h2r will be on a list like this too... the first hitting the 400kmh mark
The end of that Fireblades throttle looks like it's seen the pavement a few times.
May 13, 1935 T.E. Lawrence was fatally injured on his Brough Superior SS100. He died from a head injury on May 19, 1935 at 46 years old. His death led to the helmets we should all wear today.
I’m pretty sure the picture you’re showing of Steve McQueen, he’s sitting on a Triumph motorcycle. Not a Super X.
The narrator sounds like the Charlie Sheen...
I don't want any of these. I just want that very first crazy cool one you see in the thumbnail photo.
Hayabusa...not vintage yet...but the best 👌
Am pretty sure you havnt ridden most of not any of em!... try some and try a Royal Enfield
Two brands should be referred no ? BSR ?? Triumph ? eventually Zundapp and Floreth ?
No 1, the excelsior. You kept saying how Steve McQueen had one and rode it everywhere, but kept showing him on a Triumph . Can't have ridden it in front of any paparazzi . Just the Triumph ?
概ね納得のランキングだけど、付け加えたい。
DKW RT125
NSU Max
Triunph Bonneville T120
これらは日本の目標であった。日本車からは、
Honda Super Cub
Yamaha XT500
Suzuki RG racer
Kawasaki Z1 and W650
どれも後に大きな影響を与えたと思う。
Steve is riding a Triumph
BM3 R32 is definitely the coolest.
1923 shaft driven, impressive.
Did anyone else notice the bike in the thumbnail is not in the video?
The thumbnail is a 1930 majestic fyi
11:21 Here's an idea: Don't get any ideas
Guess my Harley Davidson WL 45 didn't make the list
#Excelente!
What's a Harley Davidson?
the blur of the landscape, every nerve aware doing one forty-six on my nineteen eighty-four fj eleven hundred
They should be called a STEEL HORSE
Forgot about the good old pope motorcycle .
Simple history
Dislike for the clickbait 🤷♀️
1:56 A hundred and eighty mile an hour speedometer. Kudo's to thinking big but production motorcycles wouldn't start hitting that until, what, 2000 or so ?
1952 Vincent from factory could do 200 mph. Elgin Vincent 1952 215mph oh it came with dual disk up front.
The speedo/bike shown at 1:55 is not a 1930s Brough…
@@bikerbob2005 I seem to recall that Rollie Free set a record of 150 mph on the Vincent Black Lightning (there’s the famous picture of him laid out flat on the bike in his swim shorts)… I haven’t seen anything about a 1952 Vincent doing 200 mph- do you have any sources for that? Surely the F.I.M., the A.M.A. or some other governing body would have records of that? Also, I have to question your claim that it had twin disc brakes… but I’d be much obliged if you could provide any info about that…
Not in 1952 it didn’t. Fritz Egli (not Elgin) didn’t start fabricating custom bikes until the mid-60’s.
My uncle had a Black Shadow.
Where was the wwii Norton commando. I purchased 2 of them Mil surplus @$50 each back in the 60s. Very hot bike and what a cruiser
Military surplus Commando in the '60s? The Commando started production in '68!
You might be thinking of the 16H, which was used by the British Army during WW2 mostly as a despatch rider bike.
Bit confusing about #15 as McQueen is aboard his Triumph Bonneville.
the trump was used to tow the excelsior..
Could you make one of just street bikes?
Had to laugh at the 'WW2' footage showing a GI and a German soldier laughing and joking - obviously from a modern re-enactment, but rendered in black and white in the hope we wouldn't notice. What makes you think someone watching a video about old motorcycles isn't going to notice something that crass? Isn't there enough real footage out there without having to stoop so so low?
Akira's bike!!!
Stanley Woods, a great Irish rider
Go check out the, Glideacycle, 1937 to 1942, some actually made one electric motorbike
My friend had a z50, in 1970s Brooklyn.
Okay....
How did Steve McQueen help Indian sales when they went out of business in 1953 well before he was famous?
That's what kind of misinformation you get from some geek that uploads a video on TH-cam. 🤔
by getting arrested for drug consumption on the excelsior i guess
the black lightling was bike you were talking about
Big wheel with a motor
It does say motorcycle but I could easily see how that's dangerous 😂
The close-up of a Brough speedometer at 1.55 is actually from the (blasphemous) modern recreation. The green electric neutral lamp is a dead giveaway, as is the generally hideous design (they even got the speedo wrong, along with everything else about the bike).
you missed the 1966 450 Honda.
What "today" BMW car has shaft drive. Or any car? As Brian asks, what about that Scott or Suzuki Rotary?
so your just going to skip the 1979 yamaha 11 special?? the first production motorcycle capable of a 10 second quarter mile?.. kinda voids your list.
titled cool bikes but only shows collectable ones. go figure
I had a 1986 HONDA INTERCEPTER,it would easyly go 170 mph,and that wasn't full power,Nothing I raced ever would beat it,including highway patrol or helicopters.....
this is just an OK list.. needs fact checking.. the brough superior ss100 was made to go over 160mph (the land speed motorcycle records by eric fernihough. in the 1930s) >> and lots of japanese bikes have been overlooked ..
I'm still waiting, to hear about. The beauty, in the click bait picture.
The first Honda 750 were sandcast engine because they weren't sure they would be sellable because everybody wanted their 350 twins nobody bought their 450 twins for every 1450 twin they would sell 6350 twins they saw it might be too big and it would piss off their customers which is why they did not invest in the production capacity to make diecast engines they wanted to put the least amount of investment in in case you turned out to be a sales failure this was the first spikes that if it blew up it was cheaper to buy another one then fix it
🐱👍🏿
Suzuki GS750 is missing from the list
Nor did my 1965 FLH Harley Davidson
Why the hell include the HD Sportster?
Only interesting in the USA
But you kept showing McQueen on his Triumph ! WTF ?
Antique = American
Classic = European
Vintage = Japanese