Britain's Failed Savior. Stillborn Rolls Royce of the Motorcycle World... HIGHEST QUALITY BIKE

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
  • This video features a motorcycle - the failed Savior of the British two-wheel market. A kind of stillborn Rolls Royce of the world of Motorcycles, of the highest quality and with a real devotion of fans.
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  • @bwhobackk
    @bwhobackk 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Didn't think this was AI trash until the narrator kept assigning a gender to the motorcycle by selecting the wrong pronoun.

  • @JJ62
    @JJ62 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The real flaw was getting Weslake, a company that built air-cooled 500cc single cylinder speedway engines, to design and build the engine and gearbox. Speedway bikes don’t even have a gearbox. Let’s cut out the misty-eyed nostalgia here folks, the Hesketh was a piece of crap.

  • @P0rtlandbear
    @P0rtlandbear 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Weird means strange; Wierd is the misspelling of "weird".Weird is an adjective meaning "strange" or" awkward".

  • @djnucker
    @djnucker 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Velocity??? Velocette surely ?

    • @philhawley1219
      @philhawley1219 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      And Heskett!

    • @StoffelDilligas
      @StoffelDilligas 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I was thinking "ahhh that's how Hesketh is pronounced".
      Until he said Velocity...

    • @djnucker
      @djnucker 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StoffelDilligas It would help if the person doing the reading actually knew just a little bit about the subject the were profesing to be knowledgable about

    • @nevillebonner6244
      @nevillebonner6244 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The styling puts me in mind of the Honda VT500

  • @karlalton3170
    @karlalton3170 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    My friend has one of these brand new never used it , its stood in a old bungalow with other classic stuff must be worth a fortune now 🙁🙁

  • @0menadds
    @0menadds 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dual front wheelers ?
    Please consider doing a story on the Yamaha’s: Tricity 155, 300 and the BIG 2019 Niken ?

  • @Comm0ut
    @Comm0ut 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Without building at Japanese or German quality levels (which the UK was incapable of appreciating let alone attaining at the time, a trait is shared with US make HD) it would not have got far though it was a lovely machine. It also has two few cylinders and that era was a horsepower race with transverse fours winning.
    The once magnificent British motorbike industry killed itself thoroughly, with only Royal Enfield's India venture maintaining continuity with the original manufacturer.

  • @Antanix
    @Antanix 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If it hadn't been for a fire that stopped production and destroyed the molds and tooling, the V1000 would be appreciated nowadays. Also interesting was the Vortan prototype which in some ways anticipated the design of the Ducati Monster.

  • @woopimagpie
    @woopimagpie 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    That AI narration needs work. Gender assignment to a motorcycle? Geez. Come on.

  • @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus
    @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember when these were going to be the next big thing. I’m not sure the angry chook in the coat of arms sends the right message. These could have been great! Would also have been better in 1200cc. 👍🏻

  • @straightchad8059
    @straightchad8059 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How boring the world would be without these small independent motorcycle manufacturers , btw the Vortan is borderline ugly just like Bimota Mantra ....

  • @desertblbuesman
    @desertblbuesman 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Seems a inexpensive price given the limited build.

  • @returnofthenative
    @returnofthenative 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Use a de-esser.

  • @Bata.andrei
    @Bata.andrei 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had the opportunity to see one of these real close. It is interesting, but it seems heavy and clumsy. I haven't had the opportunity to ride it or even to hear it run, so i can't really say how it rides....

  • @darrinslack1269
    @darrinslack1269 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just to put you right only Brough Superior can use the Term Rolls Royce of Motorcycles Not the Hesketh

    • @ducedevlstear2471
      @ducedevlstear2471 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Nah, Brough was a sporty bike, not a luxury boat like Rolls Royce or Goldwing.

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ducedevlstear2471
      But still, Brough Superior was the only brand who was given permission by Rolls Royce to use the terms “The Rolls Royce of motorcycles”! No other had permission to do that.

    • @EddieTheH
      @EddieTheH 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 When I'm making comparisons the last thing I want is official verification.

  • @Scramblerkidd
    @Scramblerkidd 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    80s Suzuki with a Harley wannabe engine. I see why they failed over and over

    • @MaxMorris-2Do
      @MaxMorris-2Do 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Wrong, its nothing like your claim

    • @davidpinnington213
      @davidpinnington213 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      As a owner of several - how wrong can you be - let’s start with the 90 deg v2

    • @EddieTheH
      @EddieTheH 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Stick to your scramblers kid, you clearly know very little about this bike.

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Closer to Ducati than Harley - except the very last Heskeths were made with S&S engines.

  • @EddieTheH
    @EddieTheH 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That one at about 1:15 looks great with those astralite wheels on it.