@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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 !
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.
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
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.
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 ?
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…
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 SS100 wasn't that popular due to the fact it cost as much as some houses in Britain at that time. & I get the feeling that Honda is the most well known name in the motorcycle world.
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.....
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).
It’s a shame Dropping a nuclear bomb on 100k+ civilians isn’t celebrated…. Pearl Harbor isn’t forgotten bro. There’s plenty documentaries and movies on it, you can remember pearl harbor and agree the bomb was a stain on human history. Even the guys that dropped it admitted they hope no one would ever experience how they felt even tho they never regretted it they still were human enough to recognize the tragedy of CIVILIANS BEING OBLITERATED. Not to mention Pearl Harbor wasn’t even the reason they dropped the bombs LOL even tho it was the right decision it was still cruel which doesn’t make it a bad decision that’s just war. But come on man, you can be a proud American but admit the bombs was a tragedy.
It was a tragedy. It was a tragedy we were FORCED INTO. Expansionist Japan was only defeated by total capitulation. Do you even know what they did in China, Korea, and rest of the "land of the rising sun" ? Take 30 min and look up the rape of Nanking. Atrocities on scale with the holocaust and Stalin. Please grow up. The Atomic bombs saved 1.5 - 2 million lives by stopping the war. Realize it took TWO ATOMIC BOMBS for them to surrender. Naive revision of history is both foolish and dangerous.
@@troycarpenter3675 shut up no one revised anything. Nothing you said after you agreed it was a tragedy mattered cuz there were atrocities on all sides. Acting like the Japanese were the only committing Atrocities of war is by definition revisionist history. Also the civilians were innocent regardless whatever morbid excuse you can pull out your ass. That’s what doing actual research will tell you
@@ProfessaDreMarley Do you have any ideal what the Japanese did to the countries around them in WWII? They wreaked atrocities against humanity on a biblical level everywhere they went. Nanjing Massacre in China had scarred innocent Chinese people for generations. The only way to stop Japan was through sheer power and they quickly said...ok...you win....stop throwing nukes at us.
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
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 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.
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!
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???
The Indian Chief looks like the best out of these bikes in terms of comfort and speed.
Agreed.
I loved looking at these old motorbikes,they have come a long way😊🏍
Can't believe you didn't feature the HARLEY Davidson Aermachii SS 250s of 67-69 as they DOMINATED the World Grand Prix circuits..
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.
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.
Was it too much trouble to include the bike in the Thumbnail ?
Old School ! Super Cool!
The Indian Chief is everything that defines a motorcycle.
The motorbikes displayed are really cool and interesting, friends, motorbikes like this must be very expensive now...
steve macqueen is on a triumph
Fun History getting things off my mind... headaches again 😭🤣 thanks for the history. Just relaxing 😎
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.
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
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 RD 350 - 400 was the greatest middleweight of all time
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.
absolutely brilliant thank you for posting this
You can tell it's an American list. Yawn!!!
@13:11 is one of if not the most beautiful motorcycle ever built....
1979 KZ 900 should probably be on the list
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
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.
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
BMW is very clean arrangement of the engin, clean cool mechine
I loved both of my 750 fours
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 .
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.
16:04 ~ *Steve McQueen om a super X. Only he's on a Triumph, dummy!*
We all know the cool guys all rode Triumphs
I love the Sportster.
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.
One day the ninja h2r will be on a list like this too... the first hitting the 400kmh mark
Avery fantastic video 📸 thank you.😎🆒
The narrator sounds like the Charlie Sheen...
My uncle brought the Black Shadow over from England while he was in the Navy
The end of that Fireblades throttle looks like it's seen the pavement a few times.
One of the most beautiful motorcycles ever built was the 1938 Crocker. 1-1-2023
Its worth noting the black shadow is still in the top twenty fastest bikes ever
My personal favorite is the Iver Johnson
nice 👍
Nice Speedo meter for a 1937 bike...led and stuff!!!😉
I’m pretty sure the picture you’re showing of Steve McQueen, he’s sitting on a Triumph motorcycle. Not a Super X.
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 don't want any of these. I just want that very first crazy cool one you see in the thumbnail photo.
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
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@@michaeljackson8390 Lol
@@ChrisKane- Amen brother.
You knew that you just wanted to see if anyone else did!
top 15 bikes, and no mention of the Triumph Bonneville, it beggers belief
LOL )) SB-2 M-100 in line vintage motorcycles... good company )))
Am pretty sure you havnt ridden most of not any of em!... try some and try a Royal Enfield
Steve is riding a Triumph
Things must have changed greatly.
1994s is now vintage.
Forgot about the good old pope motorcycle .
the blur of the landscape, every nerve aware doing one forty-six on my nineteen eighty-four fj eleven hundred
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 ?
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…
BM3 R32 is definitely the coolest.
1923 shaft driven, impressive.
Hayabusa...not vintage yet...but the best 👌
Did anyone else notice the bike in the thumbnail is not in the video?
Two brands should be referred no ? BSR ?? Triumph ? eventually Zundapp and Floreth ?
Bit confusing about #15 as McQueen is aboard his Triumph Bonneville.
the trump was used to tow the excelsior..
11:21 Here's an idea: Don't get any ideas
Akira's bike!!!
What's a Harley Davidson?
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
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.
Simple history
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.
They should be called a STEEL HORSE
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?
Could you make one of just street bikes?
Stanley Woods, a great Irish rider
Guess my Harley Davidson WL 45 didn't make the list
the black lightling was bike you were talking about
Dislike for the clickbait 🤷♀️
My friend had a z50, in 1970s Brooklyn.
Okay....
The SS100 wasn't that popular due to the fact it cost as much as some houses in Britain at that time. & I get the feeling that Honda is the most well known name in the motorcycle world.
The thumbnail is a 1930 majestic fyi
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。
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.....
Go check out the, Glideacycle, 1937 to 1942, some actually made one electric motorbike
titled cool bikes but only shows collectable ones. go figure
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).
Antique = American
Classic = European
Vintage = Japanese
But you kept showing McQueen on his Triumph ! WTF ?
Would like to have learned about the clickbait thumbnail bike....
you missed the 1966 450 Honda.
Suzuki GS750 is missing from the list
i wonder how fast the monkey honda bike would go with a full bubble fairing
Hahaha what a ride 🤣🤣
"despite the tragedy suffered in Japan during WWII...." So they were the victim? Done with this channel
It’s a shame Dropping a nuclear bomb on 100k+ civilians isn’t celebrated…. Pearl Harbor isn’t forgotten bro. There’s plenty documentaries and movies on it, you can remember pearl harbor and agree the bomb was a stain on human history. Even the guys that dropped it admitted they hope no one would ever experience how they felt even tho they never regretted it they still were human enough to recognize the tragedy of CIVILIANS BEING OBLITERATED. Not to mention Pearl Harbor wasn’t even the reason they dropped the bombs LOL even tho it was the right decision it was still cruel which doesn’t make it a bad decision that’s just war. But come on man, you can be a proud American but admit the bombs was a tragedy.
It was a tragedy. It was a tragedy we were FORCED INTO. Expansionist Japan was only defeated by total capitulation. Do you even know what they did in China, Korea, and rest of the "land of the rising sun" ? Take 30 min and look up the rape of Nanking. Atrocities on scale with the holocaust and Stalin. Please grow up. The Atomic bombs saved 1.5 - 2 million lives by stopping the war. Realize it took TWO ATOMIC BOMBS for them to surrender. Naive revision of history is both foolish and dangerous.
@@troycarpenter3675 shut up no one revised anything. Nothing you said after you agreed it was a tragedy mattered cuz there were atrocities on all sides. Acting like the Japanese were the only committing Atrocities of war is by definition revisionist history. Also the civilians were innocent regardless whatever morbid excuse you can pull out your ass. That’s what doing actual research will tell you
@@ProfessaDreMarley whatever "professa"
@@ProfessaDreMarley Do you have any ideal what the Japanese did to the countries around them in WWII? They wreaked atrocities against humanity on a biblical level everywhere they went. Nanjing Massacre in China had scarred innocent Chinese people for generations.
The only way to stop Japan was through sheer power and they quickly said...ok...you win....stop throwing nukes at us.
I had an old 58 Sportster. And consequently, would much prefer an 883.
“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 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
🐱👍🏿
Vintage motorcycles can save thousands of rider's lives.
except the last one which only had rear brakes..
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 ..