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Hey man! I have a 1988 Suzuki Intruder VS750GL and I think it would be a perfect bike for Chey! She would definitely be able to flat foot this thing and it is so fun! Got mine for 500 bucks and my insurance is 100 a year... Shaft drive... Looks really cool! The guy I bought it from hand painted “Hardly Davidson” on both sides of the tank and I thought it was a nice touch... Only thing is the battery is in a trap door underneath but I put a pigtail so I could hook it up to a battery tender... It’s got a really small tank though... Think it’s a 3.2 gallon... Thing was surprisingly powerful! I think she would love it! If you come across one give it a shot! 😎🤘
I know a few guys that store or work on their bikes inside the house. You gotta love that background music. Was that intended. You said it was leaking and then said that spot is a marked improvement. Lol.
For the record.....seen WAY worse engine carnage than Barf Party. Had a Twin Cam Road Glide come in once after Laconia Bike Week. Rear connecting rod broke and bent over. Took out the front rod on the way by. Turned the flywheel assembly into a saw that literally cut the engine cases in half. Took the fuel tank off and you could see the lift through the engine. Also took a chunk out of the transmission case on the way by. That's breakage to be proud of.
Josh after your rant about the Rocket 3 i think everyone knows your stance on what is important to you. That’s what I like about the channel and you. You always do it your way, right or wrong you live with your decision. More power to you. 👍
The FXR pistons look exactly like every old school Triumph piston I have ever had. It didn't matter what shop set them up, same results. The BSA was much better in that regard that is until a two week non stop torrential downpour led to rain running into the velocity stacks locking her up and she was never the same. No more Brit bikes for me after that. My decade of self inflicted pain.
My pistons in my Triumph TR6 lasted damn near forever. I still have a box with brand new pistons and rings that I never used. No I know guys who have hold Pistons bye not keeping the points in check on their bike but evil has electronic ignition so that couldn't have done it. When the bike started to complain to you you should have listened to it and not pushed it till it died.
Having someone close to me survive the Florida foster care system, (almost didn’t), I wish I knew about forgotten angels sooner. Absolutely love it! Thank you.
My 83 Goldwing is my baby. I bought it in 2020 during Covid. I put my time, money, and love into it. I had to recently replace the head gaskets and such. It was a challenge as it was the most intense engine repair I have ever done. I got it back together and it runs. There are some kinks, but I will get them worked out. I love my Goldwing. I call her the Dirty Pig and she will never be sold. I was asked why I dont just sell it and get something newer. I cant do it. I have an attachment to it like I have never had with any other vehicle.
I tell you what, having a “shop” at home is nice. You can run out and do things whenever you have a few min. It’s not like you have to ride to the “shop”… plus AC !!!!
My love for Shadetree summed up in about 22 seconds of video at 40:38-41:00. Made his bad oil leak into a slightly less awful one, then says "I just really, really like this motorcycle." LOLOLOL
You should try a hammock. Nothing on the trail is more comfortable. I started using one in preparation for motorcycle trips, now I can't stand a regular bed. It needs to be over 10ft long to be comfortable. The 11 foot Lay-flat Halfmoon, or Onewind hammock is a good choice, both on Amazon.
I know how you feel on working in limited space. What has helped me I made a table out of 4 2x4's with piece plywood on top. Screwed in back edge into wall studs (using door hinges along edge) and ran chain from front corners to wall behind it...that way I can unhook chains and fold out of way when not in use. Where there is a will there is a way.
I'm building a chopper on a gazebo and welding under a carport. Painted the bike in the gazebo with tarps on the gazebo. We do what we must to create the awesomeness...
There is plenty of room in that there garage for the drill press. Just shove it in the corner and slide it out when needed. My workshop is 1/2 of the 8’x20’ laundry room attached to our mobile home.
A recommendation add a couple of straps to the in side of Box to sandwich the box to the mount it spreads the load to prevent the bolts from pulling through
I've said it a dozen times and I'm gonna keep saying. Hearing the bells chime and the Wave Racer 64 theme song start up makes me so happy. Every time. Taking me waaaay back. Pretty sure I was 5 years old when that game came out. Anyway, I could watch you and Chey wrench and bullshit all day :D
Wow, I used to run a Shovelhead and used to look longingly at Evos and wonder how those ran. Now I ride a Milwaukee 8 and looking at that Evolution makes me kind of want to dabble in older bikes again
Hi Josh. Don’t know if you’ll see this, but I want to recommend a slight change for your top box setup. Once it’s loaded and off road, those small washers are probably going to tear through that plastic, especially if you add even more weight on top. I would highly suggest putting some sort of plate between the bolts to give you a bigger contact patch on the plastic. Could be eighth inch aluminum or even quarter inch plywood. You just want to spread the pressure across a larger area. Ask me how I know about this. 😉😁
I would probably reinforce the bottom of the case with a steel plate on the inside. I would imagine the case will start cracking with just the screws when riding on bumpy terrain.
The weight will be fine. When I did the grom trip, I was over 220lbs, I completely over loaded it with bags, panniers, tent, cooking gear etc etc. The only issue I had, with the exception of th 50mph-ish top speed, was the rear shock being a bit bouncy with all the weight. Proof in a playlist on my channel, 800 miles in 3 days!!! Chey will be absolutely fine
Motorcycle transmissions don't have synchronizers, they have straight cut gears and use shift dogs that hold the gears engaged to each other. Obviously the previous owner loved to power shift first to second and rounded the shift dogs off, mak>ng it jump out of gear.
I have had some of my bikes for 40 years. I come across them being unwanted and unloved and I give them a forever home like a stray animal. When they get sick I take care of them just like my dog. I once got a new bike and people said why don't you sell your old bike and I said I got a new dog too I didn't shoot the old one. In this age of instant obsolescence nobody makes a bond with anything anymore everything is temporary you have it for a while you get rid of it and you get something else it's like a refrigerator or any other Appliance but my motorcycles or something else.
Yo, don't rip on the camping underwear! That's the musician's secret, especially if you tour. Packing light is key, buy 2 pairs of those and change them out. You wash them in the sink and they dry in 5-10 minutes. I use them on long haul rides too!
Careful on the Honda 125 some states do not allow those on the highway as minimum is 250 cc. Not sure what states you plan on hitting on the adventure but hope you both have a great and safe time.
That weight won't bother Cheyleesis bike at all. The postal service in Australia has those bike packed with two extra large saddle bags filled with mail and a top box filled with packages for delivery. Every day of the week exept weekends.
I appreciate that you read the comments from your subscribers. I’ve asked many questions from some other well-known you tubers with not a single answer. You inspired me to get out of my own way and I just got back from a 1200mile trip to Ohio and back to SC! Had a blast and it felt great to escape the bonds of the 100 mile loop-ride! 🤣
Expozed magnets suck....Changed a few. A drill press is a nice living room or kitchen appliance.....worked for me when I built my first chopper in the living room 40 yrs ago. (57 Indian Scout) Josh you're a humble guy but the things you've taught Chey, she'll always appreciate them.
In Australia the postmen deliver mail on Honda trails we call them postie bikes down under, full grown men ride them with huge mail bags full of letters, I’m sure it will be fine haha!
Me and my buddies went to where that bike died but we couldn’t find the metal sign anymore back in July (2022). Still was a fun pit stop, but made me sad.
Hell yeah Shady crew. Actually super happy to see yall in your own garage. I can understand the storage issue though. But for the rent you could get a decent shed at the house. Good work 👍, I have that welder too
I love these engine disaster stripdown's. After watching countless Harley Davidson disasters, I thought it would be cool to look at some other brands of destroyed engines. Thought I'd look at Kawasaki's, they're cool. Couldn't really find any failures. Tried Suzuki. No, bulletproof. Yamaha, solid. Honda, superior build quality. Triumph, quality build and finish. BMW, same, nearly. Even Ducati can't supply engine failure video's these days. Thank you Harley-Davidson, for flying the flag of engine rebuild video's on every component that you produce.
Damn, the FXRs pistons were FUBAR! It really vomited the pieces of pistons out of the exhaust? Really trying to live up to its name. Glad Shelby is around to get it back into party mode faster!
Took a while to recall at what point it died, finally when you mentioned St. Helen. We did a similar autopsy on a friend's 2 stroke jet ski motor. There it went straight through the block. Still don't know how it didn't continue through the fiber glass. Also, after getting a new block and pistons we could never put it back together and went to a local version of ride factory to rebuild it.
Next time someone suggests that you sell your Rocket 111 suggest to them that they might want to sell one of their children and or significant other. Also as a professional production welder I just can't understand why you didn't just use the mounting hardware as a template and mark your square tubing while laying it over the uprights and the angle iron on the cross piece. It would have been quicker, easier and much more accurate.
Rode by the shade the other day and was closed. I was going to pop in and say hello. New to the area. If you ever get stuck on an adventure I have an enclosed bike trailer to come get you brother
Totally get not wanting to sell bikes. After working on, maintaining, repairing all my vehicles I tend to grow attached to them. You know all the ins and outs and quirks, and it makes it that much more special.
I wish I lived closer to you, I would pull that Rocket engine to do the transmission work just because it would be fun to do it. That bike has serious meaning, and I LOVE that. That is how I first found you, when you were working on that bike. So much passion into that bike, can’t blame you for holding it.
Hey Shadetree! I'm a little behind on videos, but when I heard you talking about your Rocket 3 issues, it reminded me about my dad's Rocket. He has the same year range as yours and is having the same issue. I was just wondering if you remembered where you got the parts, part numbers, links, anything that could help us try to get started on the road to fix his bike. Anything you have would be super appreciated. I'm in your Discord also so if you remember anything you can reply here or tag/DM me on Discord! Thanks for keeping it weird, man. I hope to meet you and the rest of the BrapStar crew someday.
your block of wood is up side down. 16: 48 and again at 23:15 also at 23: 41 oh and i noticed at 25:46 you hadnt made the correction. frankly I'll be amazed if any of it works.. because of the block of wood. haha.
Having my hey day in the 90s with Yamahas, I've split many cases for 2nd gears.. I got good at at it. Having worked on others and splitting cases, I've become "effective". Later in life, I got to experience owning and working on HDs.. yes, some things are easier on them no doubt.. others not so much. Over all, I seemed to have to work and do more finicky things on the later, than previous That It's a wash.. just split the Rockets case. Get at it.. it's not as daunting as you presume.. Especially if it means as much to you as you profess it to.... Work your swamp wizard magic!!!
It's funny you mentioning never selling the Rocket III. I mentioned to my wife about making room in my fleet (general conversation) and I brought up my Rocket III, she told me hell no to ever selling it. She even loves that bike a lot too. I have a few I would have a hard time parting with.
Knowing what kind of horsepower that motorcycle makes the factory should have made a really robust transmission to handle the power. At least it should have a cassette type gearbox where you could just take out the whole thing and replace the broken parts or r e g e a r it. Sportsters until recently had a trap door to enable work on the transmission. When they first made the Sportster with the unit construction they did not do that and the racers complained that they had to take the engine apart in order to re-gear it for different races. Then they soon made the trap door for it. Good luck with that.
Well your right that the bike will be fine with the weight on the bike but as a newer rider who's never ridden a bike with it loaded down. You guys really should ride around town some with the boxes loaded up with close to the weight that you plan on having in them during your adventure especially doing some local off roading before your way out in the middle of nowhere and find the weight is to high to handle off road. That really goes for anyone new to adventure riding, it's supposed to be an adventure not an emergency .
As an FXR owner and big fan seeing Barf party was awesome 🤩 you may want to disconnect the battery when welding on the bike speaking from experience I fried the computer ignition box on my Trans Am I was working on now I disconnect batteries on every vehicle before welding on them thanks for all the great videos 🙂
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I was ripping my dyna to work the other day and I noticed we got the same shoes
I will when I get there in October.
Hey man! I have a 1988 Suzuki Intruder VS750GL and I think it would be a perfect bike for Chey! She would definitely be able to flat foot this thing and it is so fun! Got mine for 500 bucks and my insurance is 100 a year... Shaft drive... Looks really cool! The guy I bought it from hand painted “Hardly Davidson” on both sides of the tank and I thought it was a nice touch... Only thing is the battery is in a trap door underneath but I put a pigtail so I could hook it up to a battery tender... It’s got a really small tank though... Think it’s a 3.2 gallon... Thing was surprisingly powerful! I think she would love it! If you come across one give it a shot! 😎🤘
I know a few guys that store or work on their bikes inside the house. You gotta love that background music. Was that intended. You said it was leaking and then said that spot is a marked improvement. Lol.
HOW DO I GET THE FREE T-SHIRT for buying $100 of tickets?
I find it absolutely hilarious that someone will be able to say that Shadetree gave them a hummer 🤣🤣🤣
that's fuckin hilarious
$20 is $20, just saying.
Nice
It's OK, Josh doesn't discriminate... 😂
And he won't be able to deny it
For the record.....seen WAY worse engine carnage than Barf Party. Had a Twin Cam Road Glide come in once after Laconia Bike Week. Rear connecting rod broke and bent over. Took out the front rod on the way by. Turned the flywheel assembly into a saw that literally cut the engine cases in half. Took the fuel tank off and you could see the lift through the engine. Also took a chunk out of the transmission case on the way by. That's breakage to be proud of.
Holy shit was the rider hurt when that grenade went off? 😳
How many miles??? 210 , 250 thousand???? 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🍺🍺🍺
@@artmchugh5644 12,000 or so.
Take that POS put it in a wheelbarrow and park it at the dealers door and tell them " I WANT MY MONEY BACK " !!!! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🏍🏍
Aight man. Ready to see what you done did to that poor Ole girl.
I was thinking the same when I clicked, then I read it! Bent me a fuzz hahaha. Have good one.
Shadetree in the workshop = alan millyard in hysterics. lol
That tent so damn big and heavy. Hopefully the convenience of it makes it worth it. But I think there are far better options out there.
Josh after your rant about the Rocket 3 i think everyone knows your stance on what is important to you.
That’s what I like about the channel and you. You always do it your way, right or wrong you live with your decision. More power to you. 👍
The FXR pistons look exactly like every old school Triumph piston I have ever had. It didn't matter what shop set them up, same results. The BSA was much better in that regard that is until a two week non stop torrential downpour led to rain running into the velocity stacks locking her up and she was never the same. No more Brit bikes for me after that. My decade of self inflicted pain.
My pistons in my Triumph TR6 lasted damn near forever. I still have a box with brand new pistons and rings that I never used. No I know guys who have hold Pistons bye not keeping the points in check on their bike but evil has electronic ignition so that couldn't have done it. When the bike started to complain to you you should have listened to it and not pushed it till it died.
Having someone close to me survive the Florida foster care system, (almost didn’t), I wish I knew about forgotten angels sooner. Absolutely love it! Thank you.
Really none of my business, but the more I watch, the more I hope shadetree gets help with his substance abuse problem.
The memorial spot calls for you to return on the vomit comet. I’m available to attend the ceremony.
Great video mate . Make sure you disconnect battery when welding , n cover bike , cheap chrome leather welding jacket or fire blanket works
My 83 Goldwing is my baby. I bought it in 2020 during Covid. I put my time, money, and love into it. I had to recently replace the head gaskets and such. It was a challenge as it was the most intense engine repair I have ever done. I got it back together and it runs. There are some kinks, but I will get them worked out. I love my Goldwing. I call her the Dirty Pig and she will never be sold. I was asked why I dont just sell it and get something newer. I cant do it. I have an attachment to it like I have never had with any other vehicle.
I tell you what, having a “shop” at home is nice. You can run out and do things whenever you have a few min. It’s not like you have to ride to the “shop”… plus AC !!!!
One of the best videos to date... So many different motorcycles! Brapstar isn't dead we are all still here. Keep your head up brother!
The brick and mortar of the garage is gone. Brap Star never dies.
My love for Shadetree summed up in about 22 seconds of video at 40:38-41:00. Made his bad oil leak into a slightly less awful one, then says "I just really, really like this motorcycle." LOLOLOL
You should try a hammock. Nothing on the trail is more comfortable. I started using one in preparation for motorcycle trips, now I can't stand a regular bed. It needs to be over 10ft long to be comfortable. The 11 foot Lay-flat Halfmoon, or Onewind hammock is a good choice, both on Amazon.
I know how you feel on working in limited space. What has helped me I made a table out of 4 2x4's with piece plywood on top. Screwed in back edge into wall studs (using door hinges along edge) and ran chain from front corners to wall behind it...that way I can unhook chains and fold out of way when not in use. Where there is a will there is a way.
I'm building a chopper on a gazebo and welding under a carport. Painted the bike in the gazebo with tarps on the gazebo. We do what we must to create the awesomeness...
Amazing that the motor bored itself out for more power!!!!
There is plenty of room in that there garage for the drill press. Just shove it in the corner and slide it out when needed. My workshop is 1/2 of the 8’x20’ laundry room attached to our mobile home.
A recommendation add a couple of straps to the in side of Box to sandwich the box to the mount it spreads the load to prevent the bolts from pulling through
"On my knees in the dirt", don't we all end up there sooner or later? Keep going, you have the drive and the faith to, keep going.
Brapstar Garage - Home Edition
I've said it a dozen times and I'm gonna keep saying. Hearing the bells chime and the Wave Racer 64 theme song start up makes me so happy. Every time. Taking me waaaay back. Pretty sure I was 5 years old when that game came out. Anyway, I could watch you and Chey wrench and bullshit all day :D
Wow, I used to run a Shovelhead and used to look longingly at Evos and wonder how those ran. Now I ride a Milwaukee 8 and looking at that Evolution makes me kind of want to dabble in older bikes again
Hi Josh. Don’t know if you’ll see this, but I want to recommend a slight change for your top box setup. Once it’s loaded and off road, those small washers are probably going to tear through that plastic, especially if you add even more weight on top. I would highly suggest putting some sort of plate between the bolts to give you a bigger contact patch on the plastic. Could be eighth inch aluminum or even quarter inch plywood. You just want to spread the pressure across a larger area. Ask me how I know about this. 😉😁
I would probably reinforce the bottom of the case with a steel plate on the inside. I would imagine the case will start cracking with just the screws when riding on bumpy terrain.
pulling the head off my 87 KLR today blew a plug last weekend on the trail.
I had a KL250 and lusted, LUSTED after the KLR! Now looking back I'd give an internal organ to have my KL250 back. Maybe even my own!
It’s funny to me how you say “it just needs a little bit of love” for any one of your bikes … they all need a lot of love!!🤪😂🤣
*HELL YEAH WE'VE BEEN WAITING 4 THIS*
*WHAT IS DEAD MAY NEVER DIE*
So ready to find out what's happened! Also enjoying the garage editions happening. Though it sucks y'all got booted from the other place.
I had a Yamaha V-Max back in "The day."
They come out of the womb under "needs steering head work" count down.
The weight will be fine. When I did the grom trip, I was over 220lbs, I completely over loaded it with bags, panniers, tent, cooking gear etc etc. The only issue I had, with the exception of th 50mph-ish top speed, was the rear shock being a bit bouncy with all the weight. Proof in a playlist on my channel, 800 miles in 3 days!!! Chey will be absolutely fine
I'm getting old and slower. Just realized that badass BrapStar Tee has a Dark Tower reference...worth it!
Motorcycle transmissions don't have synchronizers, they have straight cut gears and use shift dogs that hold the gears engaged to each other. Obviously the previous owner loved to power shift first to second and rounded the shift dogs off, mak>ng it jump out of gear.
I soo oooooo sososososos so can't wait to see the progress on the FXR!!! Thank you Shelby!
Why can’t I find deals on motorcycles like you do. I must not be looking in the right places.
Man Brapstar Garage is wherever you and Chey are.
Josh Logic: "I can't do any of these three things right now!." Enlists Shelby to 'help.' "I can do all three things at once now!"
Well that Triumph seat is tough. I would of guessed the welding would of burned a hole in it.. with all that sparking.
I have had some of my bikes for 40 years. I come across them being unwanted and unloved and I give them a forever home like a stray animal. When they get sick I take care of them just like my dog. I once got a new bike and people said why don't you sell your old bike and I said I got a new dog too I didn't shoot the old one. In this age of instant obsolescence nobody makes a bond with anything anymore everything is temporary you have it for a while you get rid of it and you get something else it's like a refrigerator or any other Appliance but my motorcycles or something else.
Man this video made me remember a lot of bikes I forgot about, and holy jeesus Josh has a lot of bikes, love to see more of the fleet!
Barf party! About damn time my man!
change the polarity on your welder and it should stop some of the splattering and give a nicer weld (if your using gasless wire)
Loved the Castlevania transition and then the music in the background even after it ended. Chef's kiss.
Brapstar lives in all of our hearts 🥰
Yo, don't rip on the camping underwear! That's the musician's secret, especially if you tour. Packing light is key, buy 2 pairs of those and change them out. You wash them in the sink and they dry in 5-10 minutes. I use them on long haul rides too!
Careful on the Honda 125 some states do not allow those on the highway as minimum is 250 cc. Not sure what states you plan on hitting on the adventure but hope you both have a great and safe time.
Not the first time I have seen holes like that in a piston head. Still amazes me you were able to go as far as you did on the bike.
Rockos modern life hat is a nice flex 👍
Well you better make it soon because Colorado seems to get a little more chillier and the mountains are known to have it snow this month.
That weight won't bother Cheyleesis bike at all. The postal service in Australia has those bike packed with two extra large saddle bags filled with mail and a top box filled with packages for delivery. Every day of the week exept weekends.
Real mad scientist energy with the sporty in the episode josh. Gotta love it
I appreciate that you read the comments from your subscribers. I’ve asked many questions from some other well-known you tubers with not a single answer. You inspired me to get out of my own way and I just got back from a 1200mile trip to Ohio and back to SC! Had a blast and it felt great to escape the bonds of the 100 mile loop-ride! 🤣
Expozed magnets suck....Changed a few. A drill press is a nice living room or kitchen appliance.....worked for me when I built my first chopper in the living room 40 yrs ago. (57 Indian Scout) Josh you're a humble guy but the things you've taught Chey, she'll always appreciate them.
I just started riding my dad's old 90 FXR, runs like a beast. S&S carb straight piped
Tomato soup, grilled cheese, and motorcycles. Ur a genius Josh! I love ur videos!
In Australia the postmen deliver mail on Honda trails we call them postie bikes down under, full grown men ride them with huge mail bags full of letters, I’m sure it will be fine haha!
Me and my buddies went to where that bike died but we couldn’t find the metal sign anymore back in July (2022). Still was a fun pit stop, but made me sad.
Man you always got something cooking! Can't wait to see Barf party with the new to you engine!
Enjoyed the video shadetree nice to see the array of bikes man keeping it weird 👍🏿
Im stoked that your getting the FXR back on the road
Hell yeah Shady crew. Actually super happy to see yall in your own garage. I can understand the storage issue though. But for the rent you could get a decent shed at the house. Good work 👍, I have that welder too
Been dying to see you resurrect the vomit comet to many fxrs being parted out. Long live fxrenstein
I love these engine disaster stripdown's. After watching countless Harley Davidson disasters, I thought it would be cool to look at some other brands of destroyed engines. Thought I'd look at Kawasaki's, they're cool. Couldn't really find any failures. Tried Suzuki. No, bulletproof. Yamaha, solid. Honda, superior build quality. Triumph, quality build and finish. BMW, same, nearly. Even Ducati can't supply engine failure video's these days. Thank you Harley-Davidson, for flying the flag of engine rebuild video's on every component that you produce.
Didn't chase on 2 wheels have 2-3 different Hondas with engine issues for his wrecked bike rebuild
Damn, the FXRs pistons were FUBAR! It really vomited the pieces of pistons out of the exhaust? Really trying to live up to its name. Glad Shelby is around to get it back into party mode faster!
Can I just say I love that outro music and that video of you that looks fake because of the colour and sharpness. Always keep that!
Shadetree and Chey vids are always played on the 65" flat screen living room TV. No exceptions!
Took a while to recall at what point it died, finally when you mentioned St. Helen.
We did a similar autopsy on a friend's 2 stroke jet ski motor. There it went straight through the block. Still don't know how it didn't continue through the fiber glass. Also, after getting a new block and pistons we could never put it back together and went to a local version of ride factory to rebuild it.
Every time you say “take it easy” it reminds me of the song “rock me gently” by Andy Kim!😂
Next time someone suggests that you sell your Rocket 111 suggest to them that they might want to sell one of their children and or significant other.
Also as a professional production welder I just can't understand why you didn't just use the mounting hardware as a template and mark your square tubing while laying it over the uprights and the angle iron on the cross piece. It would have been quicker, easier and much more accurate.
Rode by the shade the other day and was closed. I was going to pop in and say hello. New to the area. If you ever get stuck on an adventure I have an enclosed bike trailer to come get you brother
Totally get not wanting to sell bikes. After working on, maintaining, repairing all my vehicles I tend to grow attached to them. You know all the ins and outs and quirks, and it makes it that much more special.
My machine shop instructor would disapprove of your backwards file technique.
I wish I lived closer to you, I would pull that Rocket engine to do the transmission work just because it would be fun to do it. That bike has serious meaning, and I LOVE that.
That is how I first found you, when you were working on that bike. So much passion into that bike, can’t blame you for holding it.
Hey Shadetree! I'm a little behind on videos, but when I heard you talking about your Rocket 3 issues, it reminded me about my dad's Rocket. He has the same year range as yours and is having the same issue. I was just wondering if you remembered where you got the parts, part numbers, links, anything that could help us try to get started on the road to fix his bike. Anything you have would be super appreciated. I'm in your Discord also so if you remember anything you can reply here or tag/DM me on Discord! Thanks for keeping it weird, man. I hope to meet you and the rest of the BrapStar crew someday.
Leaving without the propane was a good idea. You can get those exact same canisters at WalHell for a damn sight less.
BrapStar is where the heart is..... could be a T Shirt?
Am I the only one who feels like I’m playing F-Zero on a Super Nintendo? I love it!
I bought 2015 Harley Street 750 new water cooled. I had a few problems I was able to fix myself. I love the bike
your block of wood is up side down. 16: 48 and again at 23:15 also at 23: 41 oh and i noticed at 25:46 you hadnt made the correction. frankly I'll be amazed if any of it works.. because of the block of wood. haha.
Having my hey day in the 90s with Yamahas, I've split many cases for 2nd gears.. I got good at at it. Having worked on others and splitting cases, I've become "effective". Later in life, I got to experience owning and working on HDs.. yes, some things are easier on them no doubt.. others not so much. Over all, I seemed to have to work and do more finicky things on the later, than previous That It's a wash.. just split the Rockets case. Get at it.. it's not as daunting as you presume..
Especially if it means as much to you as you profess it to....
Work your swamp wizard magic!!!
It's funny you mentioning never selling the Rocket III. I mentioned to my wife about making room in my fleet (general conversation) and I brought up my Rocket III, she told me hell no to ever selling it. She even loves that bike a lot too. I have a few I would have a hard time parting with.
Pikes Peak in Colorado had the 1st snow last weekend. But you should be alright until end of September- mid October.
Knowing what kind of horsepower that motorcycle makes the factory should have made a really robust transmission to handle the power. At least it should have a cassette type gearbox where you could just take out the whole thing and replace the broken parts or r e g e a r it. Sportsters until recently had a trap door to enable work on the transmission. When they first made the Sportster with the unit construction they did not do that and the racers complained that they had to take the engine apart in order to re-gear it for different races. Then they soon made the trap door for it. Good luck with that.
That one synthy tune reminded me of the game Wave Race for N64. Aweshum!
Well your right that the bike will be fine with the weight on the bike but as a newer rider who's never ridden a bike with it loaded down. You guys really should ride around town some with the boxes loaded up with close to the weight that you plan on having in them during your adventure especially doing some local off roading before your way out in the middle of nowhere and find the weight is to high to handle off road. That really goes for anyone new to adventure riding, it's supposed to be an adventure not an emergency .
Holy fuck the rocket 3 still lives? I love seeing that bike move on this channel!
As an FXR owner and big fan seeing Barf party was awesome 🤩 you may want to disconnect the battery when welding on the bike speaking from experience I fried the computer ignition box on my Trans Am I was working on now I disconnect batteries on every vehicle before welding on them thanks for all the great videos 🙂
It's awesome you are a retro videogame fan. I actually have a 1986 NES with an original copy of castlevania.
Off road sporster looking badass with that Apache
Thought it was pretty cool to see Josh working on a bike, and not just riding and partying.
I love the Rocket 3 knew it wasn't gone just figured it was still broken
Classic shadetree video! Just waiting for another chopper build series 😬
Man I need one of those you meet the worst people on a Honda shirts for when im cruising on the 86 Honda Cn250
I always enjoy the old video game background music.
Colorado is already getting snow in the mountains in some areas lol snowed on Monday up there
My parts are in. You could have brought Chey up and filmed her fixing my bike.
Don't feel so bad about doing that I do that everyday when I have to cut stuff in my van. Love your content.