@@God-mb8wi Ya I mean most of the time. Compare Japanese restaurant to an American or Chinese restaurant. Or the planning of pearl harbor. Or their vehicles. There is a reason their brands are called the big 4..... but every nation has it's dark shadows in history.... sometimes it's a shitty pistol that wants to blow your hand off xD
I'm a german engineer and biker... I can totally agree with you. European bikes aren't bad, but they are expensive and hard to maintain. Even in europe. BMW is a bunch of rich snobs. Doesn't matter if it's one of their cars or bikes. They are extremely expensive once you have to visit a shop and they are especially designed to not beeing able to maintain/repair them on your own.. I currently drive a Kawaski, had another kawasaki before, two Hondas and a Daelim (korean) 125cc bike. But i have to admit, that KTM (Austria, neighbour of germany) are extremely good in their class of Enduro end touring machines. KTM bikes run as smooth as a Swiss watch but still have character. Especially in the 125cc class, which is widely used by younger people in Europe due to the local laws. The Yamaha YZF 125 and the KTM Duke 125 started a whole new Era of quality in the 125cc class. Kawaski then followed and even Daelim caught up a bit. Before the year 2005,every 125cc compared was childsplay.
Yammi, I have owned 11 motorcycles over the years, 9 of which were Yamaha’s, 1 Honda ( which I currently own) and 1 KTM. They have been a variety of models, both dirt and street. And the only one I regret purchasing was the KTM! Though I thought it was going to be the shizzle, it was more like the fizzle! So, no argument from me, Honda & Yamaha are my recommendation!
Absolutely the Panigale recall number 6 already that's a typical Italian motocycle they look beautiful but spend most of it life on the side of the road or in the garage. 6 recalls that's pathetic for a 50 K bike.
😂 Really? How old is panigale? barely 10 years. How old is Fireblade/GSX1000? 30 years? Japanese bikes/vacuum cleaners are massive jokes. Panigale and in-line vacuum cleaners that Japanese make are different animals. If Japanese were to make and advanced bike like Panigale, they'd have recalled every single unit. And what was Panigale's recall reason again? BTW you won't dare to speak about Aprilia and BMW?? Scared? 😂
I have an RC 30 I bought second hand. I thought I was gonna spend a ton bringing this bike to its ultimate form. I didn't....now its back in the road.....AWESOME as ever.
My mechanic who is specialized in Ktm told me that if you earn good money you can go European.They are more sportif,better brakes frames etc.But you have to be prepared for more expensive services,strictier maintenance intervals and maybe some "quirks"that are unacceptable for a 25000€ bike for instance.On the other hand,if you are in a tighter budget,Japan is the way to go... Personally I own a Ybr125 of 2005(35000km) and my father's Fazer 600 2005(88860km) too.Both bikes work flawlessly.
People need to have a better understanding of how reliability works. Just because a bike/car has a better reliability score doesn't mean that it will break less often. A part can be replaced 10 times but because of how cheap it is to replace it will achieve a better reliability score than something that is replaced once but costs more in total. I think in general though the big four could easily mass produce bikes, have problems engineered in to make money in replacement parts sales and still probably be more reliable and cheaper to run than a British or Italian bike. I think something else to consider is the type of person that buys the make and model of bike can probably affect reliability. I do agree though about the local garage point though, 100 miles to my nearest mv Augusta.
A lot of this is pretty true. I have to drive an hour away to get my KTM serviced and I live in a city. Doesn't help that the 2 wheel scene here is pretty dead now. Almost all of our shows have closed. Only Harley and Yamaha are still hanging in there and only by a thread.
Yeah no joke people say harley is unreliable but then they conviently forget they're just under Japanese bikes and repairing a harley that does have a problem is easy as shit. Parts for em everywhere, easy to get, easy to fix.
People often forget HOW the bikes are ridden. BMW's top selling model is an adventure bike, which tends to be neglected for a long time, ridden in shit conditions, dropped, taken off road, etc. I can't make any excuses for the mighty Duc on this front.
@@Full_Deflection Most of those people buying ADV bikes arent actually offroading with them. They get hybrid tires and run down the road on them, and maybe hit a dirt trail once in a blue moon, because they think they can. Plenty of ADV and dualsports are made by the big4. And people do the same things with them. There's no real difference here.
@@FranBunnyFFXII It has to do with percentage of total sales being ADV and how they're used. A lot of ADV owners do very little adventuring with them, which is true. However, 0% of Ducati and Harley owners do adventuring with their bikes. As for the big four, the percentage of total units sold being ADV bikes will definitely help keep those numbers down, which is why I mention it is their top selling bike. You don't have to like it, but it is a pretty big factor that wasn't factored in.
@@Full_Deflection "However, 0% of Ducati and Harley owners do adventuring with their bikes." Lol Apparently you have never heard of the people who turn their sportsters into scramblers and dual sports and ADV bikes. LOL Hell they even got a spot in Harley's new ad. Christ the sheer amount of ignorance involving harely never amazes me. Harley's are the most moddable bikes in inexistance, and you think not a single one has ever been modded to go offroad? Like really? Have you never seen DanDanTheFireMan? Have you seriously never seen offroad harleys? People do that shit all the time.
JDM machines are the best ones. Whether it's bike or a car. Europeans are like supper hot gf which will instantly catch attention but expensive to maintain, unpredictable of her mood swings, still afraid to get betrayed and JDMs are like supporting housewife fitting perfect in every owner's life , who is understanding, can trust to go miles together 😅
I love my Hyperstrada WAY too much and I know servicing it is hard but there is no other bike that resembles close enough. For me it's the coolest ride.
and that’s why I passed on the Moto Guzzi Stelvio. No dealer or parts network even close to me, unless I ride across the border and head up to Toronto. Yes I came so close to buying the Triumph Tiger Explorer, but parts costs.. yep I bought the Yamaha S10.
I would get a Yamaha 125cc bike but I live in Germany and Japanese bike dealers are only in the big city’s and the nearest one is like 50 km from me. So I’m going to get a KTM Duke 125 because the dealership is close and there are a lot of dealerships in general in Germany for this brand. Because KTM is from a neighboring Country.
Passion vs Familiarity, Status Symbol vs Value for Money, Desirable vs Deservable. But the europeans are changing too. More european bikes are manufactured in China and India like the BMWs, KTMs, Huskys and Triumphs.
Hi yam. Greeting to you . Why would U not make the giveaway all for the states all around the world . Or perhaps at least include my country in. Please.
Problems with reliablity? My humble experience says, just change the driver or the mechanic ^^ But to be honest, racing is a different story than normal street driving :)
Not just bike their car electronics are way better i drove my yamaha bike for 10 yrs my dream bike is the honda cb400sf and cb1300sf the only bike with vtec engine
I’m from Italy, where so many cool bikes are manufactured. and I have to admit, you’re 100% right. None can beat japanese quality, they really can forge metal. If we italians were capable of building such engines we’d sell them for a 100 thousand bucks each
I was watching a race on you tube after Yamaha clinched the manufacturers' trophy, and they were interviewing an engineer from Yamaha: Why do you think Japan outputs a clearly better bike than the competition? The engineer replied, In Japan we do not have a military industrial complex. In Japan, all the top tier engineers go into racing. I never considered that point of view before, and I think it has merit.
I had Honda and Suzu , I got to say they are reliable, no issues honda 5 years, suzu 1 year, I also had 2 BMW vehicles...my Gosh, I hope they doing better job in motorcycle department, PS. Although Im second owner of bimmers...It is fair to say that I also second owner of honda/suzu, Im only talking about engine. BMW has to have mega short oil changes intervals or you fucked.
Bikes are like GFs/Wives. *European bikes are your, hot wives, that sometimes do housework but mostly shops/or use your money on online poker. They are a pain in your wallet, but thinking that you've already spent that much might as well commit. But then again when you run dry, then she will go on to the next rich dude she sees, and you are left there lamenting on the past. *Japanese bikes are your typical house wives, will cater to your every whim, and will sometimes ask for your to buy her a new set of underwear/clothes from time to time. They are often loyal and faithful, they'll stick by you through thick and thin, unless if you were then one that decided to cheat on her for a hotter wife(European bikes) Edit: I added some more.
So what u want ? a wife spend more time with u who is loyal or who spend more time with other cuse of overheating. U know what to say . I love ducati but it love to spend much time in showroom with others.
I've always had Jap bikes, and plenty of friends with Italian bikes, and at the end of the day we are all friends and enjoy riding. That is why I always stopped by and told them how good the conditions were for the ride while they were stuck at home doing some kind of obscure repair.
I worked at a Ducati and BMW bike shop, the issues on both the bikes where immense. Had a 2 year old ducati where the crankshaft split in two. Valve check took 7-9 hours on a newer ducati, Ducati scrambler needs to replace a few shims for the valve check eery 12000 km. It is insane.
I’m a Japanese guy who currently rides a Triumph and a Suzuki. Japanese bikes are definitely reliable and affordable, I have been riding them for 20+ years since I was in high school. However, I feel in personally that Western bikes have unique joys and attractiveness that Japanese bikes don’t have. Harley, Triumph, Motoguzzi and Ducati bikes have iconic stories and histories, unique traditions, in other words they have something to be called culture. "Riding a Harley-Davidson" easily becomes the rider’s personality (Of course, my view may have a bias as Japanese). Japanese products are surely good, I love them but sometimes they lack those things while they have incredible quality.
面白かったです。アメリカに住んでいます。すみません、日本語が良くないで、英語を話していますから。In the United States, Japanese motorcycles are not known for their histories and unique traditions like you said but I and some Americans disagree. I grew up around Japanese motorcycles all my life and I've researched a lot of the history of Japanese bikes I've ridden. I think they're unique in their own way. I think it is just that Harley, BMW, Ducati are much better at selling their history than Japanese bikes in my opinion. For example, I respect the VMax from Yamaha a lot. The bike is a unique V4 with so many Americans modifying them for all kinds of things. Much of the Vmax is put together by hand and polished by hand and the quality for the money is amazing. That also sells me to Japanese than buying other bikes. Despite making so many bikes, they put a lot of effort in making the best quality for the money. Harleys are definitely culture focused, I am surprised they are that way in Japan too. I think air cooled engines are fun and incredibly unique. Same goes for Triumph making some of the most famous parallel twins and Ducati's V4 engines and beautiful engineering. All types of motorcycles seem to have something that makes them unique. If you ever get a chance, you should come to America. You will be surprised at the positive things Americans have to say about Japanese bikes and the culture surrounding them.
I ride around on a 1970 Honda Cub it is a 52 year old bike and it's prefect for gutting to work in town. If I were to get a new bike it would be another Japanese.. just wish they would make more retro inspired bikes because not a big fan of the looks of modern bikes.
@@dariomazzitelli3525 they said no one knew how to work on their chinese bikes. So to fix that they replaced their chinese bike with an R1. You're misunderstanding the comment
And with a market in China and India. But the benefit for us is just like Jammie mentioned. Massproduction of parts (even the mopeds have a lot of common parts with the middle sized bikes) = cheaper and easier to get your hands on.
Just a quick comment on the Mopeds! Honda's and Yamaha Mopeds are killing your superior Ducati's in almost every racing circuit as well. Those Japanese sure do make some fast mopeds. Right? 😳 >< 😅😅😧 I personally like Ducati and BMW. However, everything this man said is a fact. Really how can you cut down Honda they are known for there build quality and also for leading the world on sportbikes for all other advance. That is really how the BMW came to be. without honda pushing the BMW & Ducati would not be what it is today.
@@trickedouttech321 well this is, from mopeds owner prespective (not sportbike tho) mopeds engine are small (between 50 to 180cc) compare it the superbike or sportbike. And most of them are they known not by the performance but by reliablility, ease of use and easy to maintainance (not counting the 2 stroke mopeds tho, coz they still sick in performance).
In my native language Marathi we do call our wives baiko. 😂 Promised mom, will bring one soon... She doesn't know her name starts with R and ends with 1.
My cbr600rr has had its original sparkplugs from 2007 only changed this september (my former mechanic isn't to be trusted). And she never let me down or had a misfire. Even with al the performance mods. And has 62.000 KM and i ride it daily. Balls to the walls reliable.
@ian trofimov they do wear, the white on the plug can become rusted over time and use, plus the contacts also can corrode. There is a reason why the manual says when you need to replace them. So yeah they are a wear item.
I agree with everything you say , , , but , , , , one look at a KTM Duke or a Ducati of any kind and , , , all your perfectly explained and logical explanations are : Out the window!!!!!! . . . I would say European bikes posses a rare mixture of of "SOUL" and "ATTITUDE" to them which will balance all their down sides (to some extent). I am a Kawasaki fanatic but also own and absolutely adore the Character of my KTM DUKE which is absolutely second to none.
@Nestor Jr. Abalos Yeah...I did a test drive on the duke single cylinder and it felt like a chain saw underneath and worse was how hot i felt in my seat...yikes..I bought a kawasaki z900 and i love it...been riding it for a year now..Japanese are the best
I am from E.U, and totally agree :). I love Kawa, but i love made in Japan stuffs in general. And i live at 500km from Germany :). However, for us, parts and services for european products are much easier to get for good deal prices, for other continents might be harder and more expansive. I also buy electronics who have japanesse components in them. Japan has also a big advantage, they produce many parts in asian countries with low salary employees jobs, here in Europe, everything is more expansive, it is not like Ducatti make more profit, they just produce parts with different costs.
Japanese big bikes with engine bigger than 300 cc are still made in Japan, USA & any other developed countries that have average min. wage just like in West Europe. Japanese manufacturer's plant in India, SEAsia countries only produce small bikes like scooters, mopeds & single or twin cylinders bikes with engine less than 500 cc. If you live in SEAsia & you wanna buy a brand new Japanese bike with 600-1000 cc 4cylinders engine, it would be imported from Japan & the price is ridiculous, so expensive.
@@rigormortiz9114 It's that, Euro bikes aren't as reliable, not as available, not as much peformance per bang, and nobody knows about European bikes in Philippines.
I bougt a 1982 Suzuki gsx1100 barn find with 85000km on the clock, after servicing the carburettors and oil/filter change it started first time. Converted it into a cool cafe racer, sorted out the ratling clutch basket and that motor just keeps on running. Doing an average 400km a week end and never lets me down. Straight old school with no electronic aids and pansy stuff.. I love my Suzy.
Nice video, very informative. I almost bought an R1, but chose to go with a Ducati. I paid about 800 euro more, for 252cc less. So I totally understand the price difference. But I also live in Italy, so finding a shop to work on it is a little easier. I must say though, comparing style and looks between the two, imho, there is no comparison. I love the sound of the dry clutch, and the exhaust note of my Ducati. Keep up the good work yammie!
This whole video is stupid from the start, ducati is a luxury item, you buy it when you got everything else going for you in your life, same goes for other EU models. I don't have everything going for me right now so I would look at things such as price and reliability and would buy Japanese. If I had money I would buy the bike that I like the most and that would probably be mvagusta or ducati. Japanese made much prettier bikes 10-15 years ago
9:53 hey thats Faisal khan from India , he is pretty famous motovlogger and vehicle reviewer in India, I think he has like close to 1.2 mil subs in total
My biscotti has been disturbed. Although, just like you said, it's all a numbers game.we should just choose whatever crotch rocket gets our jingles ringing and just enjoy the ride.
My next bike will be a Japanese bike. Just can't avoid the fact that they are much more reliable and parts are much cheaper. Also given where I live it's a no brainer. There are no dealerships here and mechanics operate out of little garages.
I absolutely agree!! Try comparing say a Sport Touring Kawasaki Ninja 1000SX to a BMW R1250RT-: the SX is faster, more powerful and is a fraction of the cost. The RT looks and feels good and comfortable but is overtaken by the SX at so many levels. To be sure, BMW makes good cars and good bikes but Kawasaki have got the balance between cost, reliability, value for money and above all pride of ownership. Well done with the video.
While I do love my Ducati SuperSport S, it isn't for everyone. It does take a month or more to get parts, there is only 1 dealer near me, and I do have to warm up the clutch before 2nd gear shifts easy. My last bike was a ninja and everything just worked. I am still happy with the Ducati, but I knew what I was in for when I bought it.
I bought my 2006 Ducati Monster S2R brand new, and I had my first mechanical failure last week with a dead fuel pump. I do all the regular maintenance myself, including oil changes and timing belts, with only moderate mechanical skill and an ordinary set of metric tools. I check the valve lash myself, but I have never had to adjust it. Based on the brand-wide failure stats, I must have gotten one of the good ones.
I had a Ducati 860 GT (1974 I think.) The engine had bevel gears and shafts to drive the cams. I found this machine to be very reliable. I commuted pretty much daily, even went on a road trip of some 600 miles each way, with no previous planning. No problems encountered. The only problem that I found very annoying was that the carbs were very sensitive to moisture in the gasoline. I got pretty quick at dismantling and cleaning the carbs. There was no ethanol in pump gas in those days, and I never knew if the fuel system would survive the addition of ethanol. The bike was a blast to ride. Wish I still had it.
"Soul" seems to be that fuzzy term that is used to excuse the unreliability of a European bike. "My Ducati/MV/Aprillia breaks down all the time, but it has soul." Little comfort there.
Hard to argue when my friend has had his brand new Kawasaki for 1 week and is already past break-in mileage while my brand new Ducati that I've owned for a month has accrued 20 miles and has been in the shop for more than half of the time I've owned it. That's right....I got 20 miles on it before sending it back. Best part is the Ducati dealer acts like they are doing me a favor by repairing the bike under warranty (it was delivered with a leaking and non functional rear brake which locked up on me during my first ride and overheated the rotor to the point of bronzing it). The Ducati dealer actually used the terms "favor" and "goodwill" to describe their service. I still don't have the bike back. Ducati takes a week of down time between each action so it might be a while.
I ride a Triumph personally and I must admit you are correct my friend. I still love my Speed Four and don’t mind the higher maintenance, getting parts for it though sucks big time.
eliepouet Agreed. I ride a Moto Guzzi California 1400. So far, parts aren’t an issue - but the maintenance is pricey and there’s only 2 dealerships where I live. And I live in Toronto.
Personally I'm a Honda guy. Raced Honda dirt bikes into my teens then graduated to street racing [being an a-hole] after hopping on my first CBR-RR. After all of that (And still loving them Liter bikes) I'd have to go with older BMWs being Sooooo easy to maintain.
New Triumphs are manufactured in Thailand, not England. Thailand is only 2,700 miles from Japan. Thailand is 8,900 miles from England. Therefore, New Triumphs are more Japanese than English.
I've never owned a European bike, but I once owned a Harley and it was a similar headache. Once I had to disassemble the entire rear seat assembly just to change the battery. And, unlike my current Yamaha, I couldn't just pop the seat off. I had to take off the chain guard, which required two separate sized allen keys for either of the fasteners. All in all, 3 HOURS of work to change a goddamn battery. Oh but wait, once I got the equivalently sized battery, but the auto-zone version, not the Harley brand, the bike would randomly die at speeds of 60mph and up. In other words, buy Japanese! My XSR900 hasn't let me down once, and my Honda XR650L was a total indestructible beast... until I killed it. RIP.
3 Hours to battery swap seems like a you problem and not a harley problem. People do it in 20~30 minutes. Also i dont know what fuckin harley you're talking about because most of their bikes have a side cover for electronics below the seat, where the battery lives.
FranBunny, I thought it was me too until I researched the topic further. To be fair, the harley I had was shit-tier (a 2015 Street 750), but I shit you not it was as painful as I laid out. Changing batteries, oil, lubing the chain, etc. all take less than an hour on my current bike.
This will not happen. European motorcycles are very reliable. I rode 1000km in a Triumph in 2 days. Only problem is more expensive maintenance. If not a problem for you. That is the only truth of the video. In general European brands have a lot of quality. But as they are more expensive, people buy the bike just to show off and not ride. And motorcycles that stay very still will spoil. What makes them more defective is the profile of the owners. I have a HD never left standed. 2005 bike and I live in Brazil.
@@yanvianna4737 Hi; I ride old Triumph and as commuters; something that never one of the commentators of this thread done. I know that Brazil does not has old Brit bikes. I am from Uruguay. The point is that I use 45-75 years old bikes but I do not see ANY Japanese 35 years old riding here; only in Japan (mostly under 500cc); where I lived for a briefly time.
They're Japanese, what do you expect. Quality runs in their veins.
ever heard of nambu?
@@God-mb8wi Ya I mean most of the time. Compare Japanese restaurant to an American or Chinese restaurant. Or the planning of pearl harbor. Or their vehicles. There is a reason their brands are called the big 4..... but every nation has it's dark shadows in history.... sometimes it's a shitty pistol that wants to blow your hand off xD
Truth be told, friend
and anime.
They take our ideas and make them better in design & quality of materials used
I'm a german engineer and biker... I can totally agree with you. European bikes aren't bad, but they are expensive and hard to maintain. Even in europe. BMW is a bunch of rich snobs. Doesn't matter if it's one of their cars or bikes. They are extremely expensive once you have to visit a shop and they are especially designed to not beeing able to maintain/repair them on your own..
I currently drive a Kawaski, had another kawasaki before, two Hondas and a Daelim (korean) 125cc bike. But i have to admit, that KTM (Austria, neighbour of germany) are extremely good in their class of Enduro end touring machines. KTM bikes run as smooth as a Swiss watch but still have character. Especially in the 125cc class, which is widely used by younger people in Europe due to the local laws. The Yamaha YZF 125 and the KTM Duke 125 started a whole new Era of quality in the 125cc class. Kawaski then followed and even Daelim caught up a bit. Before the year 2005,every 125cc compared was childsplay.
Yammi, I have owned 11 motorcycles over the years, 9 of which were Yamaha’s, 1 Honda ( which I currently own) and 1 KTM.
They have been a variety of models, both dirt and street. And the only one I regret purchasing was the KTM! Though I thought it was going to be the shizzle, it was more like the fizzle! So, no argument from me, Honda & Yamaha are my recommendation!
Triumph offers 713 bikes and 650 of them are Bonnevilles. Or at least that’s how it feels when you’re on their website.
Absolutely the Panigale recall number 6 already that's a typical Italian motocycle they look beautiful but spend most of it life on the side of the road or in the garage. 6 recalls that's pathetic for a 50 K bike.
😂 Really? How old is panigale? barely 10 years. How old is Fireblade/GSX1000? 30 years? Japanese bikes/vacuum cleaners are massive jokes. Panigale and in-line vacuum cleaners that Japanese make are different animals. If Japanese were to make and advanced bike like Panigale, they'd have recalled every single unit. And what was Panigale's recall reason again? BTW you won't dare to speak about Aprilia and BMW?? Scared? 😂
@FR why would I want to visit a continent that is rapidly becoming Sub-Sahara Africa 2.0?
@@hypeninja4786 I know it seems like shit but there is a lot of cool stuff there to visit.
Remi R Um the panigale has been around for a long time, like early 90’s.
I have a Ducati and I ride the shit out of it with no problems.
Wow that is what they call character and passion, how pathetic
Back in the days there were a lot more brands in Germany like DKW, NSU, Sachs, Hercules. If they wouldnt have been closed it would be fantastic
I have an RC 30 I bought second hand. I thought I was gonna spend a ton bringing this bike to its ultimate form. I didn't....now its back in the road.....AWESOME as ever.
My mechanic who is specialized in Ktm told me that if you earn good money you can go European.They are more sportif,better brakes frames etc.But you have to be prepared for more expensive services,strictier maintenance intervals and maybe some "quirks"that are unacceptable for a 25000€ bike for instance.On the other hand,if you are in a tighter budget,Japan is the way to go...
Personally I own a Ybr125 of 2005(35000km) and my father's Fazer 600 2005(88860km) too.Both bikes work flawlessly.
People need to have a better understanding of how reliability works. Just because a bike/car has a better reliability score doesn't mean that it will break less often. A part can be replaced 10 times but because of how cheap it is to replace it will achieve a better reliability score than something that is replaced once but costs more in total. I think in general though the big four could easily mass produce bikes, have problems engineered in to make money in replacement parts sales and still probably be more reliable and cheaper to run than a British or Italian bike. I think something else to consider is the type of person that buys the make and model of bike can probably affect reliability. I do agree though about the local garage point though, 100 miles to my nearest mv Augusta.
9:33 @FaisalKhan from india
A lot of this is pretty true. I have to drive an hour away to get my KTM serviced and I live in a city. Doesn't help that the 2 wheel scene here is pretty dead now. Almost all of our shows have closed. Only Harley and Yamaha are still hanging in there and only by a thread.
Why there is Faisal khan comparing yamaha R3 and kawasaki 300 in between
So a Harley is 2x as reliable as a BMW. Sweet.
Yeah no joke people say harley is unreliable but then they conviently forget they're just under Japanese bikes and repairing a harley that does have a problem is easy as shit.
Parts for em everywhere, easy to get, easy to fix.
People often forget HOW the bikes are ridden. BMW's top selling model is an adventure bike, which tends to be neglected for a long time, ridden in shit conditions, dropped, taken off road, etc. I can't make any excuses for the mighty Duc on this front.
@@Full_Deflection Most of those people buying ADV bikes arent actually offroading with them. They get hybrid tires and run down the road on them, and maybe hit a dirt trail once in a blue moon, because they think they can.
Plenty of ADV and dualsports are made by the big4. And people do the same things with them. There's no real difference here.
@@FranBunnyFFXII It has to do with percentage of total sales being ADV and how they're used. A lot of ADV owners do very little adventuring with them, which is true. However, 0% of Ducati and Harley owners do adventuring with their bikes. As for the big four, the percentage of total units sold being ADV bikes will definitely help keep those numbers down, which is why I mention it is their top selling bike. You don't have to like it, but it is a pretty big factor that wasn't factored in.
@@Full_Deflection "However, 0% of Ducati and Harley owners do adventuring with their bikes." Lol Apparently you have never heard of the people who turn their sportsters into scramblers and dual sports and ADV bikes. LOL
Hell they even got a spot in Harley's new ad.
Christ the sheer amount of ignorance involving harely never amazes me.
Harley's are the most moddable bikes in inexistance, and you think not a single one has ever been modded to go offroad? Like really? Have you never seen DanDanTheFireMan?
Have you seriously never seen offroad harleys? People do that shit all the time.
I ride a honda but perks of living in NY = every motorcycle manufacturer, down the road a ducati is the goal
Even though I don't have some type of sports bike but I must say Honda's matic bike is really efficient in fuel usage
JDM machines are the best ones. Whether it's bike or a car. Europeans are like supper hot gf which will instantly catch attention but expensive to maintain, unpredictable of her mood swings, still afraid to get betrayed and JDMs are like supporting housewife fitting perfect in every owner's life , who is understanding, can trust to go miles together 😅
In south africa, the bmw s1000rr with full options is cheaper than a full option gsxr1000
So true , i have a aprilia. It is a nice bike tho, but holy crap parts are expensive. But it's worth it :)
I love my Hyperstrada WAY too much and I know servicing it is hard but there is no other bike that resembles close enough.
For me it's the coolest ride.
IMHO, this has changed my view on what bikes I should be looking at.
I like my Toyota Camry and my Kawasaki ZZR. I'm all 4 Japanese. They are very reliable
“Sorry boss i got the gay’’ that through me off bro lol
and that’s why I passed on the Moto Guzzi Stelvio. No dealer or parts network even close to me, unless I ride across the border and head up to Toronto. Yes I came so close to buying the Triumph Tiger Explorer, but parts costs.. yep I bought the Yamaha S10.
5:02 “It can be very difficult to find a shop that can work on these bikes“
*laughs in european*
I guess until one is in Europe it is safe to buy european
I mean i live in europe and it is difficult.
Still love Ducati, KTM and Triumph, but yes, overall Japanese bikes are some of the best (specially Yamaha😁)
I'm a bit late buty dad owns a BMW rt1100 and he works on it himself
Did you guys know that Honda is a motorcycle company that sells cars.
I guess out of those million units 500k are sold in India those cheap af 125 cc Honda bikes sell like hot cakes here
Ducati's look good tho... But the R1M tho... AND THE H2! AND THE FUCKIN' R6!
I never liked the H2. Front looks so dumb
I would get a Yamaha 125cc bike but I live in Germany and Japanese bike dealers are only in the big city’s and the nearest one is like 50 km from me. So I’m going to get a KTM Duke 125 because the dealership is close and there are a lot of dealerships in general in Germany for this brand. Because KTM is from a neighboring Country.
you should mention tha loosing screews while riding is not reason to bring your harley to the dealership😂😂
Thanks alot Brother for the explanation.
Passion vs Familiarity, Status Symbol vs Value for Money, Desirable vs Deservable. But the europeans are changing too. More european bikes are manufactured in China and India like the BMWs, KTMs, Huskys and Triumphs.
Hi yam. Greeting to you . Why would U not make the giveaway all for the states all around the world . Or perhaps at least include my country in. Please.
Problems with reliablity? My humble experience says, just change the driver or the mechanic ^^
But to be honest, racing is a different story than normal street driving :)
Watching your current Panigale V2 videos, this video did not age well lol...😬
Not just bike their car electronics are way better i drove my yamaha bike for 10 yrs my dream bike is the honda cb400sf and cb1300sf the only bike with vtec engine
Because Euro bikes do not have smaller displacement bikes in counties like india
honda sells 16 million units,
15 million scooters sold in India
Punnda my display
rest comes to Nepal
May be but we have local brands which are pretty competitive
They kinda make like 50% of totaI i guess... may be more
Honda scoots?? Lol
@@vinnivinzii Honda Supra is the best scooter
Recipe for Happiness:
Wife from a village , bike from Japan
huuh, emmm i agree
IT is said american life japanese wife
@Zoran Minic question is... what village? Village where?
@@erxfav3197 The village in the woods
I have both. I am happy. Theory confirmed
I’m from Italy, where so many cool bikes are manufactured. and I have to admit, you’re 100% right. None can beat japanese quality, they really can forge metal. If we italians were capable of building such engines we’d sell them for a 100 thousand bucks each
1st is Japan
2nd is Gemany
3rd is Italy
They are all Axis but their bikes and cars are the best.
Germany in 2nd? Nah.
Ktm?
@@sambrtt4543 KTM HAHDASDSNG DID YOU JUST SAY KTM????? LMAO
Sam Brtt KTM is Austrian
Ronin Bayacal LMFAO
Me: has à yamaha
Also me: remembers its a flute
imagine using a yamaha recorder as an exhaust for something like a r6
@Weili Lim hahahaha that killed me dude😂
i also have a yamaha,but it’s a guitar XDD
I also have a yamaha, it's a generator.
I have an R6 and a P45 keyboard haa.
I was watching a race on you tube after Yamaha clinched the manufacturers' trophy, and they were interviewing an engineer from Yamaha: Why do you think Japan outputs a clearly better bike than the competition? The engineer replied, In Japan we do not have a military industrial complex. In Japan, all the top tier engineers go into racing. I never considered that point of view before, and I think it has merit.
6th reason:
TURBO BUSA
I can’t believe it was not mentioned!
Supercharged ninja
Expected this comment
H2R
Bren tune s1000rr beats a turbo busa
Yammie: I can sell so many Daytonas
Triumph: *deletes Daytona from lineup*
I've had Japanese, European, and American made bikes and the most reliable ones I've ever had was the bikes made by the Japanese.
I had Honda and Suzu , I got to say they are reliable, no issues honda 5 years, suzu 1 year,
I also had 2 BMW vehicles...my Gosh, I hope they doing better job in motorcycle department,
PS. Although Im second owner of bimmers...It is fair to say that I also second owner of honda/suzu, Im only talking about engine. BMW has to have mega short oil changes intervals or you fucked.
Bikes are like GFs/Wives.
*European bikes are your, hot wives, that sometimes do housework but mostly shops/or use your money on online poker. They are a pain in your wallet, but thinking that you've already spent that much might as well commit. But then again when you run dry, then she will go on to the next rich dude she sees, and you are left there lamenting on the past.
*Japanese bikes are your typical house wives, will cater to your every whim, and will sometimes ask for your to buy her a new set of underwear/clothes from time to time. They are often loyal and faithful, they'll stick by you through thick and thin, unless if you were then one that decided to cheat on her for a hotter wife(European bikes)
Edit: I added some more.
Fucking true
Exactly
So what u want ? a wife spend more time with u who is loyal or who spend more time with other cuse of overheating. U know what to say . I love ducati but it love to spend much time in showroom with others.
@@DrAce001 I don't really get what you're saying...
madafaka true.. agreed!!!
I've always had Jap bikes, and plenty of friends with Italian bikes, and at the end of the day we are all friends and enjoy riding. That is why I always stopped by and told them how good the conditions were for the ride while they were stuck at home doing some kind of obscure repair.
That's what friends are for, right? Needling?
stop calling it that wtf
Watching this sitting on my zx10r see
With my buddy who had a engine oil leak on his MV agusta f4 😅😅😧
Why my f4 doesn't leak oil
@@leoironwolf2828 @not yet
I'd rather have a 200 hp MV Agusta that a dime a' dozen ZX10R.
@@clitoralrosary9474 mv agusta uglier than zx10
@@muhammadfahmi540 Im pretty sure that u completed your education in a blind school
"The Baiku is my Waifu" got me...
🤔🤣🤣
🌽
I worked at a Ducati and BMW bike shop, the issues on both the bikes where immense. Had a 2 year old ducati where the crankshaft split in two. Valve check took 7-9 hours on a newer ducati, Ducati scrambler needs to replace a few shims for the valve check eery 12000 km. It is insane.
Its your boi Exchanging Nudes. Just bought A 2005 Buell Blast to ride around town. It is a 300lbs Vibrator.
Anthony White good luck with the maintenance my friend
@@punkmasterflash49 I do not mind turning wrenches when needed. I have a lot of free time and patience.
Perfect for the gf
Yeah they’re not bad bikes but when stuff breaks they’re parts are hard to find
Rip buell
I’m a Japanese guy who currently rides a Triumph and a Suzuki. Japanese bikes are definitely reliable and affordable, I have been riding them for 20+ years since I was in high school. However, I feel in personally that
Western bikes have unique joys and attractiveness that Japanese bikes don’t have. Harley, Triumph, Motoguzzi and Ducati bikes have iconic stories and histories, unique traditions, in other words they have something to be called culture. "Riding a Harley-Davidson" easily becomes the rider’s personality (Of course, my view may have a bias as Japanese). Japanese products are surely good, I love them but sometimes they lack those things while they have incredible quality.
面白かったです。アメリカに住んでいます。すみません、日本語が良くないで、英語を話していますから。In the United States, Japanese motorcycles are not known for their histories and unique traditions like you said but I and some Americans disagree. I grew up around Japanese motorcycles all my life and I've researched a lot of the history of Japanese bikes I've ridden. I think they're unique in their own way. I think it is just that Harley, BMW, Ducati are much better at selling their history than Japanese bikes in my opinion. For example, I respect the VMax from Yamaha a lot. The bike is a unique V4 with so many Americans modifying them for all kinds of things. Much of the Vmax is put together by hand and polished by hand and the quality for the money is amazing. That also sells me to Japanese than buying other bikes. Despite making so many bikes, they put a lot of effort in making the best quality for the money.
Harleys are definitely culture focused, I am surprised they are that way in Japan too. I think air cooled engines are fun and incredibly unique. Same goes for Triumph making some of the most famous parallel twins and Ducati's V4 engines and beautiful engineering. All types of motorcycles seem to have something that makes them unique. If you ever get a chance, you should come to America. You will be surprised at the positive things Americans have to say about Japanese bikes and the culture surrounding them.
I ride around on a 1970 Honda Cub it is a 52 year old bike and it's prefect for gutting to work in town.
If I were to get a new bike it would be another Japanese.. just wish they would make more retro inspired bikes because not a big fan of the looks of modern bikes.
I’d take the reliability and blistering speed of a Japanese bike anytime over the character of a big heavy slow shiny Harley any time of the week 🤘🏻
My cousin died riding his 1000cc Kawasaki . At least he died doing what he loved and enjoyed .
Rip
Ride In Peace 🙏
RIP
And how this comment is of any importance or related to this video?
God bless him. I nearly died on
A Kx250. Bitchin bike.
It's my bday Yammi, give me and my 2005 Yamaha fz1000 a shout out big boss!!!
Happy bday man!
I had a similar problem finding mechanics for my chinese motorcycles, seems nobody wants to touch them
So i bought an R1, problem solved
The r1 is Japanese Motorcycle hahhahaah yamaha, Suzuki, honda there all japanese hahhaha
@Doggy-style1994 well probably he or she doesn't know since he or she said Chinese bike .... just saying
@@dariomazzitelli3525 they said no one knew how to work on their chinese bikes. So to fix that they replaced their chinese bike with an R1. You're misunderstanding the comment
@@dariomazzitelli3525 reading comprehension FAIL
Dude... Chinese isn't Japanese. Chinese is the worst. Don't expect quality from brands of that origin.
As a European dude, i still have to agree...
Roy Godiksen No shame in it, Europeans make better cars 😎
Jose Escalona idk I think they still get beat in that category too
Jose Escalona unless we’re talking hyper and super cars shut up bc most euro car brands *cough* bmw are shit compared to Japanese manufacturers
@@b58mikey koenigsegg agera....tell me japanese super/hyper car better than this
@meat boi stop crying
LOL any Indian viewers here? He used Faisal Khan's video at 9.33
I am 🙋🙋
9:33
Ducati don't make mopeds, that's where honda make up the numbers.
And with a market in China and India. But the benefit for us is just like Jammie mentioned. Massproduction of parts (even the mopeds have a lot of common parts with the middle sized bikes) = cheaper and easier to get your hands on.
Just a quick comment on the Mopeds! Honda's and Yamaha Mopeds are killing your superior Ducati's in almost every racing circuit as well. Those Japanese sure do make some fast mopeds. Right? 😳 >< 😅😅😧 I personally like Ducati and BMW. However, everything this man said is a fact. Really how can you cut down Honda they are known for there build quality and also for leading the world on sportbikes for all other advance. That is really how the BMW came to be. without honda pushing the BMW & Ducati would not be what it is today.
@@trickedouttech321 well this is, from mopeds owner prespective (not sportbike tho) mopeds engine are small (between 50 to 180cc) compare it the superbike or sportbike. And most of them are they known not by the performance but by reliablility, ease of use and easy to maintainance (not counting the 2 stroke mopeds tho, coz they still sick in performance).
Let's talk big bikes and still count them, honda is still selling bigger numbers... Ooops
What Yammie said: "Just likes to make sure I'm keeping you on your toes"
What Yammie means: I ran out of ideas
Elliot Woodhouse mad euro bike lover?
But there are exeptions...
cough *Daytona 765* cough
There is not yet confirmation of a production Daytona 765, only test bikes for MotoGP Moto2. Not that I do not frequently check for status updates.
In my native language Marathi we do call our wives baiko. 😂 Promised mom, will bring one soon... She doesn't know her name starts with R and ends with 1.
yo meh boi you got yourself 20lacks wow
@@saikatchakraborty4473 Yup... Still better than alimony.. If you know what I mean.. 😂😂😂
@@prasannajoshi9808 😁😁😁😁😁😁 stay single like our beloved two times 675R slayer sluggy pubs yammie noob,,, no marriage no alimony
Ask R1
Yamaha Varun Adnaav Joshi Kadhi Karteys xD
R1 Joshi xD
@@prathameshpawar8238 Chi Sau Ka R 1. Weds Chiranjiv Prasanna Joshi.. Saha parivar Saha kutumb ya.. XD 🙏
My cbr600rr has had its original sparkplugs from 2007 only changed this september (my former mechanic isn't to be trusted). And she never let me down or had a misfire. Even with al the performance mods. And has 62.000 KM and i ride it daily. Balls to the walls reliable.
@ian trofimov they do wear, the white on the plug can become rusted over time and use, plus the contacts also can corrode. There is a reason why the manual says when you need to replace them. So yeah they are a wear item.
I agree with everything you say , , , but , , , , one look at a KTM Duke or a Ducati of any kind and , , , all your perfectly explained and logical explanations are : Out the window!!!!!! . . . I would say European bikes posses a rare mixture of of "SOUL" and "ATTITUDE" to them which will balance all their down sides (to some extent). I am a Kawasaki fanatic but also own and absolutely adore the Character of my KTM DUKE which is absolutely second to none.
Japanese bikes have also soul and attitude. You cannot say that to the big 4
@Nestor Jr. Abalos Yeah...I did a test drive on the duke single cylinder and it felt like a chain saw underneath and worse was how hot i felt in my seat...yikes..I bought a kawasaki z900 and i love it...been riding it for a year now..Japanese are the best
Nestor Jr. Abalos The KTM Duke is a different type of bike. Ducati and KTM nailed the supermoto type bikes and they are so much fun to ride.
@Nestor Jr. Abalos
A KTM 1290 Super Duke will annihilate a Triumph 1200 tiger on the road without braking a sweat.
@@wradford1 one is a super naked the other is a adv bike.... Wtf
I am from E.U, and totally agree :). I love Kawa, but i love made in Japan stuffs in general. And i live at 500km from Germany :). However, for us, parts and services for european products are much easier to get for good deal prices, for other continents might be harder and more expansive. I also buy electronics who have japanesse components in them. Japan has also a big advantage, they produce many parts in asian countries with low salary employees jobs, here in Europe, everything is more expansive, it is not like Ducatti make more profit, they just produce parts with different costs.
Japanese big bikes with engine bigger than 300 cc are still made in Japan, USA & any other developed countries that have average min. wage just like in West Europe.
Japanese manufacturer's plant in India, SEAsia countries only produce small bikes like scooters, mopeds & single or twin cylinders bikes with engine less than 500 cc.
If you live in SEAsia & you wanna buy a brand new Japanese bike with 600-1000 cc 4cylinders engine, it would be imported from Japan & the price is ridiculous, so expensive.
Japanesuru biku very very good yes yammieru noobadesu senpai
twiet2 haha
here in Philippines, it is very practical to own a big four.
Because you can't afford Euro bikes. That's why. And I bet you're using underbone. lol
@@rigormortiz9114 It's that, Euro bikes aren't as reliable, not as available, not as much peformance per bang, and nobody knows about European bikes in Philippines.
@@dale6420 haha well said
We actually have Euro bros in the PH rocking their BMWs, mostly boomers.
@@rigormortiz9114 Some of us can afford euro bikes but in our country a euro bike is not practical in our roads so shut the fuck up
The best Japanese motorcycle is called super cub
たまさぶろう think you spelt CBR wrong
I got one for 20+ years and still rolling
You all spelled VFR wrong
Super cub for life yo
True. My neighbor has one with 250.000 kms, still going strong. No mechanical failures.
I bougt a 1982 Suzuki gsx1100 barn find with 85000km on the clock, after servicing the carburettors and oil/filter change it started first time. Converted it into a cool cafe racer, sorted out the ratling clutch basket and that motor just keeps on running. Doing an average 400km a week end and never lets me down. Straight old school with no electronic aids and pansy stuff.. I love my Suzy.
Nice video, very informative. I almost bought an R1, but chose to go with a Ducati. I paid about 800 euro more, for 252cc less. So I totally understand the price difference. But I also live in Italy, so finding a shop to work on it is a little easier. I must say though, comparing style and looks between the two, imho, there is no comparison. I love the sound of the dry clutch, and the exhaust note of my Ducati. Keep up the good work yammie!
"Ducatis and BMWs are utter crap."
Buys a Ducati 6 months later.
Very suspicious.
adrian vac Ural
This whole video is stupid from the start, ducati is a luxury item, you buy it when you got everything else going for you in your life, same goes for other EU models. I don't have everything going for me right now so I would look at things such as price and reliability and would buy Japanese. If I had money I would buy the bike that I like the most and that would probably be mvagusta or ducati. Japanese made much prettier bikes 10-15 years ago
@@nemanjap8768 well said, I couldn't agree more.
Ducati = Ferrari
Everybody loves them.
@@nemanjap8768 If you had the money like you said cause you need it to get it towed at the shop every second month.
9:53 hey thats Faisal khan from India , he is pretty famous motovlogger and vehicle reviewer in India,
I think he has like close to 1.2 mil subs in total
Hehe we're Faisal fans ! ❤️
But the time frame you said is soo wrong
Now make a list stating why European bikes are better than Japanese bikes
Aditya Swami NO...
Hmmmmm......that's so crazy, it just may work.
You mean European Tractor..
Now that wont happen
That would be the same as telling a man to piss... and then telling him to unpiss the piss.
My biscotti has been disturbed. Although, just like you said, it's all a numbers game.we should just choose whatever crotch rocket gets our jingles ringing and just enjoy the ride.
My next bike will be a Japanese bike. Just can't avoid the fact that they are much more reliable and parts are much cheaper. Also given where I live it's a no brainer.
There are no dealerships here and mechanics operate out of little garages.
In our family the saying is - buy any brand you like, just make sure it is Japanese. I love my little Kawasaki!
You say they're cheap, then there's me from Denmark sitting here crying because well... nothing you can ride or drive here is cheap in any way lol
Jaer er meget enig med dig
@@louie3975 det kunne squ være man skulle flytte til sverige haha
@@marcusmoos5896 priser kunne være okay vis man købte brugt kan finde en Ninja 250 for 20 tusind men priserne er hjerne døde i Danmark
I love my Triumph Thruxton 1200! She’s only 2 years old & she’s cute af
Honda quality is unbeatable even in small 150cc bikes.
Unicorn
What about Yamaha
@@rameshsridhar84 they're really good too
@Dach depends on which country you live, in south América yamaha is way more expensive than honda
Say what you want, but Honda make the most trustable and reliable bikes on the face of the Earth.
9:32 Faisal Khan🔥🔥
Go listen to the word, “Hayabusa” said in a Japanese accent. It even SOUNDS menacing.
I absolutely agree!! Try comparing say a Sport Touring Kawasaki Ninja 1000SX to a BMW R1250RT-: the SX is faster, more powerful and is a fraction of the cost. The RT looks and feels good and comfortable but is overtaken by the SX at so many levels. To be sure, BMW makes good cars and good bikes but Kawasaki have got the balance between cost, reliability, value for money and above all pride of ownership. Well done with the video.
While I do love my Ducati SuperSport S, it isn't for everyone. It does take a month or more to get parts, there is only 1 dealer near me, and I do have to warm up the clutch before 2nd gear shifts easy. My last bike was a ninja and everything just worked. I am still happy with the Ducati, but I knew what I was in for when I bought it.
In norway i need to drive 400 km to a ducati mechanic, Yamaha mechanic is 21 km away from me
Same case if you compared a Toyota mechanic to a Ferrari mechanic.
to have a bike you need to wrench; but seems you are a guy that buy toys as many here; not a real motorcyclist
I bought my 2006 Ducati Monster S2R brand new, and I had my first mechanical failure last week with a dead fuel pump. I do all the regular maintenance myself, including oil changes and timing belts, with only moderate mechanical skill and an ordinary set of metric tools. I check the valve lash myself, but I have never had to adjust it. Based on the brand-wide failure stats, I must have gotten one of the good ones.
No your bike got a good owner
I had a Ducati 860 GT (1974 I think.) The engine had bevel gears and shafts to drive the cams. I found this machine to be very reliable. I commuted pretty much daily, even went on a road trip of some 600 miles each way, with no previous planning. No problems encountered. The only problem that I found very annoying was that the carbs were very sensitive to moisture in the gasoline. I got pretty quick at dismantling and cleaning the carbs. There was no ethanol in pump gas in those days, and I never knew if the fuel system would survive the addition of ethanol. The bike was a blast to ride. Wish I still had it.
I own an Aprilia SR150 Race and the clutch belt broke and even the service guys did not know what to do until they went into the engine
There's no such thing as a clutch belt dude
U mean the drive belt
That's exactly y I prefer my 14 year old Activa.
I fully expected you to say "and even the service guys did not know what to do until they went to college".
@@roryharrington9477 there is dude. It is used for scooters and harley Street rods
Now comes the euro bike owners discussion of why Japanese bikes have no soul and that euro bikes do
it is a machine a want reliability and not attitude
"Soul" seems to be that fuzzy term that is used to excuse the unreliability of a European bike. "My Ducati/MV/Aprillia breaks down all the time, but it has soul." Little comfort there.
You’re my favorite bike vlogger by far. You add way more personality than the others have.
Hard to argue when my friend has had his brand new Kawasaki for 1 week and is already past break-in mileage while my brand new Ducati that I've owned for a month has accrued 20 miles and has been in the shop for more than half of the time I've owned it. That's right....I got 20 miles on it before sending it back. Best part is the Ducati dealer acts like they are doing me a favor by repairing the bike under warranty (it was delivered with a leaking and non functional rear brake which locked up on me during my first ride and overheated the rotor to the point of bronzing it). The Ducati dealer actually used the terms "favor" and "goodwill" to describe their service. I still don't have the bike back. Ducati takes a week of down time between each action so it might be a while.
I ride a Triumph personally and I must admit you are correct my friend. I still love my Speed Four and don’t mind the higher maintenance, getting parts for it though sucks big time.
eliepouet Agreed. I ride a Moto Guzzi California 1400. So far, parts aren’t an issue - but the maintenance is pricey and there’s only 2 dealerships where I live. And I live in Toronto.
Personally I'm a Honda guy. Raced Honda dirt bikes into my teens then graduated to street racing [being an a-hole] after hopping on my first CBR-RR. After all of that (And still loving them Liter bikes) I'd have to go with older BMWs being Sooooo easy to maintain.
You ride a triumph a European bike from England 🤔
Brexit ^^
Are triumph good?
New Triumphs are manufactured in Thailand, not England. Thailand is only 2,700 miles from Japan. Thailand is 8,900 miles from England. Therefore, New Triumphs are more Japanese than English.
I had missed this gem on why Japanese bikes are better, but you read my mind, man! I'm a European and I've just done a video on the subject;)
Man, that video is good, nice editing! Where is that, Spain, Portugal?
"Why would you reward lazy engineering?" LOL
I'm going to wrap my R1 in a princess robot bubblegum theme.
2:55 this “Baiku is my waifu”- I can smell a weeb right there
I've never owned a European bike, but I once owned a Harley and it was a similar headache. Once I had to disassemble the entire rear seat assembly just to change the battery. And, unlike my current Yamaha, I couldn't just pop the seat off. I had to take off the chain guard, which required two separate sized allen keys for either of the fasteners. All in all, 3 HOURS of work to change a goddamn battery. Oh but wait, once I got the equivalently sized battery, but the auto-zone version, not the Harley brand, the bike would randomly die at speeds of 60mph and up. In other words, buy Japanese! My XSR900 hasn't let me down once, and my Honda XR650L was a total indestructible beast... until I killed it. RIP.
3 Hours to battery swap seems like a you problem and not a harley problem. People do it in 20~30 minutes.
Also i dont know what fuckin harley you're talking about because most of their bikes have a side cover for electronics below the seat, where the battery lives.
@@FranBunnyFFXII yep could change the battery in my Harley within 2 minutes.
I'm waiting to see if Yammie has the guts to publish why Japanese bikes are better than American bikes.
@@FranBunnyFFXII 20 minutes seems crazy too. Battery change on my Honda is like 3 minutes.
FranBunny, I thought it was me too until I researched the topic further. To be fair, the harley I had was shit-tier (a 2015 Street 750), but I shit you not it was as painful as I laid out. Changing batteries, oil, lubing the chain, etc. all take less than an hour on my current bike.
I wan't a mv agusta, but i also don't want to be left standed when i'm on Vacation with the bike, so i'll pick up another kawi
I never asked
This will not happen. European motorcycles are very reliable. I rode 1000km in a Triumph in 2 days. Only problem is more expensive maintenance. If not a problem for you. That is the only truth of the video. In general European brands have a lot of quality. But as they are more expensive, people buy the bike just to show off and not ride. And motorcycles that stay very still will spoil. What makes them more defective is the profile of the owners. I have a HD never left standed. 2005 bike and I live in Brazil.
@@yanvianna4737 Hi; I ride old Triumph and as commuters; something that never one of the commentators of this thread done.
I know that Brazil does not has old Brit bikes. I am from Uruguay.
The point is that I use 45-75 years old bikes but I do not see ANY Japanese 35 years old riding here; only in Japan (mostly under 500cc); where I lived for a briefly time.