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It still is .... "An enduro (from Spanish endurecido = hardened; English and French: endurance), is an all-terrain motorcycle that is street legal." WIKIPEDIA
Thanks for the video. I believe Ari would have been able to help a lot w/ these questions (engineering/mechanics). 🙂 Note: My tires always have chicken-strips. I trust the tires but not the roads. Over the 20+ years of ridding, I had a few close calls in tight corners (mud, oil, sand, big holes, broken vehicles with open doors, etc). Not being too aggressive with my leaning saved me. I'll take the criticism happily. 😎
Two things, especially for newer riders, but also surprisingly many experienced riders as well: 1. Preload does not (necessarily) "stiffen" the suspension! This is a common misbelieve. It depends on the springs in your suspension. Some are linear (i.e. the force to compress does not change thoughout the stroke), some are progressie (i.e. the required force to compress the spring does change depending on the preload/spring length). Preload is meant to change the ride height and bike balance (front/back). It allows you to put more weight on the front (more preload in the front / less in the rear means the suspension is compressed=shorter, shifting the bike weight to the front) or more on the back (the opposite). This changes the feeling, the behavior under braking and acceleration and even the achievable stopping power. 2. Chicken Strips, as mentioned, are a fun, but nonsense concept. I believe MotoJitsu correctly pointed out that most riding styles try to keep the bike as upright as possible. Less lean angle means more grip, giving you more safety and/or performance. If you are just as fast as somebody else while leaning over less, you are arguably using your bike better and have more potential to accelerate. On the track, you can push for more lean angles. On the street, you will statistically live longer while having the same fun :) Also, i feel like this podcast is not the right format to explain lingo. It shows how hard it is to concisely explain a concept and how good a job Ari is doing at TSM!
The 270 degree explanation was the equivalent of placing one end of a bat on the ground, the other on your forehead and spinning around it a few times, before running off to the next base.
I enjoy the podcast. I don’t come for technical advice or riding tips though. I ride a goldwing and a vstrom (not much wrenching required.)Really like the daily ride too.
Most common "farkles" used to be when you buy a new H-D, then buying all the Screaming Eagle bits - clutch cover, air filter housing, mirrors with the gold eagle logo, leather grips with tassels, maybe extra bars and lights around your panniers, etc. Virtually every shiny part that's visible has an S.E. replacement that's got a bird and a banner and some gold leaf added to it. Can easily drop another $10k or more on the "pretty bits" if your taste run that way.
Also, military personnel who have just returned from deployment with a pocket full of cash purchasing the fastest sport bike and promptly dying… Particularly Navy and Marine Corps…
Would be interested in "Right to Repair" as a topic. I grew up on Hondas and was fotunate that I had a father that introduced me to turning wrenches. As an adult, I am accustomed to working on large commercial/industrial chillers/boilers, HVAC etc... Fully aquainted with electronics and mechanical processes. A few years ago I bought my 1st non Honda motorcycle when I traded my 18 Africa Twin Adventure Sports in on a 21 BMW R1250GSA. I was really disappointed, to say the least, when I learned that BMW was no longer making the service manuals available. I have always been able to get service manuals for my Hondas including comprehensive manuals for my Goldwings etc...Since buying that 21 GSA, I have had a KTM and now also a 24 R1300GS despite BMW and others making it harder than it should be for me to do my own maintenance. I know in other countries they don't have the same "Right to Repair" laws we have here in the States. What are your opinions on this? I feel I should be able to do my own maintenance but I am not ignorant enough to want to do so without a proper manual. Besides saving money, I know it's a crap shoot to even find and have confidence on who it is the dealer has working on my bike. People complain about costs of labor and wanting things like $20 minimum wage at the same time. How much do you a think it takes to hire a technician who actually knows what he or she is doing?
@jamesthompson6723 Maybe you should look at getting a Moto Guzzi. Easy to work on and lots of maintenance resources are available. Very different from the other options in this regard, more like an old airhead BMW.
@@jamesthompson6723 I would put modern MG reliability up against Honda any day. And besides that they're going to be much easier to work on at home, guaranteed.
Great suggestion. It impresses me how this topic seems to bring together people from so many backgrounds -- people trying to work on their own equipment and devices in motorsports, agriculture, phones...
Halfway through the episode and got to say that this is the funniest episode you've made! I mean don't get me wrong your doing a terrible job trying to explain but i get your struggle and having a good laugh 😂 saludos from Venezuela!
My first "lowside" came on my very first bike, about a month after getting it. My first "highside" came several years later, taking a roundabout too fast, though it flipped me in the air slightly, amazingly I saved it, more luck than judgement lol. Loved the video, watching you two trying to break them down into layman's terms was very funny. Though I knew most of them, "Farkles" was a new one on me, whether that's an American terminology, I don't really know.
At 16 years old in 1976 I bought my first motorcycle a Can-Am TNT 125 enduro. At that time manufacturers, motorcycle magazines and my fellow bikers used the term "enduro" to describe dirt bikes with lights and turn signals that could be registered for road use. I don't recall hearing the term "dual sport" for many years after that.
I STILL don’t know all of the latest terms and expressions since being off of two wheels for some time. Now that I’m back to motorcycling, I’m trying to keep up to date 🤣. I love the term “cage” or “cager” for people driving in cars! I sometimes say, “I had to drive to work in my cage today” ☹️.
It's expressive but also dismissive, I don't like the attitude it promotes personally. It has some of the energy of weird gun owners calling people 'sheeple'.
Some people refuse to do their own Google searches [glances accusatorially at companion]. But in seriousness, I like having subject matter experts highlight relevant, important, or commonly misunderstood concepts or terms. Also this was just hilarious.
Spurge, have you found Apple Pie Hill yet in the Pine Barron's? If not it's a great ride deep in to the Barron's. The fire tower is open and can be climbed.
Another great podcast. Just wanted to say, don't be afraid to use some advanced terminology as well. Like you have mentioned plenty of times, your listeners are diverse, therefore some of us are also a bit more experienced. For the listeners that are less experienced, there is Google. I still hear new to me terms sometimes, and look up the meaning. This may be harder to do with slang, but for actual terminology, it's pretty easy. Most of my googling leads me to TSM and Ari, which may be my favorite way to learn something new.
Re: Rearset(s), in relation to sport bikes or naked sport bikes. Allows the foot peg position to be adjustable. Whereas "mounting bracket, foot pegs" would be unadjustable mount brackets for foot pegs.
You had to read “ From the Saddle” in Dirt Bike written by Rick Sieman under the monicker of “ Super Hunky”. Good part = High Zoot. Really good part= Zoot Capri. Bent and broken part: Fornesqued. Bultacos, Zundapps, Earles front ends. Maicos, Montessas, Ossas.
preload - the amount of money spent on the "dating phase" of a relationship. Compression - the feeling one gets (usually a dude) in a committed relationship. Rebound - the first date after a break up of a relationship.
I thought "squid" came from the way a squid swims; thrust by thrust, resembling the start-stop motion of a rider who slows right down in corners and opens the throttle on the straight (as the straight line ride is the part where you can hide your inexperience).
Zac I used to do the exact same thing with my old girlfriend. She did not want to ride on my fast bike (Yamaha FZ 600), but once I talked her into renting a scooter when we were in Austria on vacation. So when I got back to the States I bought a Honda 110 scooter to ride together. She liked it so much she learned to drive and I'd be on the back. I loved it because I would always grab her boobs. A couple of times we pulled up to dudes on bikes and they were just laughing at me like I was a loser. I didn't give a shit, we were having fun together. Looking back thank God she never crashed LOL.
I got called a squid when I was in the Navy. I just told those Marines that squids shit on Marine life. Then we'd go drink beer. To that I also say today, Happy Birthday all you Marines out there :)
"Squid" - as I recall, it used to be the term for young people learning to surf - "kids" being morphed into "squids" as a reference to their preferred locale, the ocean shore.
Well I learned something, I thought squid was related to the octopi thrown on the ice at Detroit Red Wings games. If you've ever seen one you wouldn't want to be one.
I've never heard the term "Farkles" but the idea was surely stolen from the British mod movement, and their highly decorated Lambrettas and Vespas (think Sting in the Quadrophenia movie). And having 18 mirrors on a scooter is the furthest thing from functional.
I always considered chicken strips as someone who doesn’t push the limits of lean angles. I can but choose not to and still don’t have chicken strips so there’s definitely more to it. Whether it’s how you use your momentum in a turn or technique. I’m not exactly sure but just because someone has or doesn’t. I don’t think it resembles how aggressively they ride. Also I will usually go to a parking lot and do figure 8’s with a new tire to scrub it in a little for my own placebo. But even when you consider scrubbing a tire I think of my favorite mountain road has long sweepers that you can carry speed. So the tires get hot enough that it looks like I just got off the track. Whereas the most technical mountain road near me I never get that because there’s not much speed but you’re using a lot of brakes which also builds heat in the tires
Enduro is a term widely used in Europe. In its purest form it is racing similar to motorX which takes place through the countryside rather than on a properly prepared track. Enduro is also a classification given to a family of bikes, most of which are high performance machines with good off-road capability but the service intervals associated with motorX bikes. There bikes quite different to Adventure Bikes which specialise in long distance travel on different surfaces. A lot of people have adapted these Enduro bikes to become off-road Adventure Bikes and at the same time a grey area has developed where mainstream models like the KTM 690 and even the CRF 300 are often referred to as Enduro bikes because they are often bought to be used off-road. To take the Honda CRF range as an example the Africa Twin is an Adventure Bike and the 300 Rally a Dual Sport. In between is the CRF 450 which is more capable off-road but compromised as a touring bike is an Enduro bike as it’s fast enough to be ridden in competitions. With different owners and adaptions all three can be used as an Enduro bike, a Dual Sport or an Adventure bike but there is always a compromise.
The shoutout to the Fortnine video doesn't sit right with me because some of the information they present as facts have been proven to be simply wrong by various experts of the field. Fortnine has been called out on that and have not reacted in any way, leaving the false information out there
@@zane4682 That one about the 270 Degree twin specifically but also others where they oversimplify or cherry pick studies to help their point like the one about whether or not you should wear protective pads in your gear
@@pauliej4208 For example their explanation about why KTM build the 285 degree parallel twin instead of a 270 degree one (th-cam.com/video/Qn9JrN1JERI/w-d-xo.html) is just completely wrong and has been debunked by channels like Driving4Answer (th-cam.com/video/w0PBlc1b0vo/w-d-xo.html) with no reaction from Fortnine There are others for example where they oversimplify or cherry pick studies to help their point like the one about whether or not you should wear protective pads in your gear but I'm not gonna start and quote every mistake they ever did without rectifying it. I think it is important that you correct your own mistake if you make public videos to educate people. For example Tom Scott and Kurzgesagt have made multiple videos bringing attention to mistakes they made and why you shouldn't trust them without doing your own research.
As long as you are begging celebs to come on, Christian Bale rides motorcycles and, according to the internets, still daily drives a 2003 Toyota Tacoma.
I disagree with "cager" being a derogatory term. You'll often hear motorcyclist tell each other that they're going to "cage it" to a meeting, meaning that they're taking the car instead of the bike.
We need to discuss why the passenger seat grab strap exists. Does anybody use it? Has there ever been a time in recorded history that it has broke? In what states is it required or is it all states? This country or all countries? Is it law and was there an accident that made it mandatory? Why is this thing on my bike?!!
Wow, epic miss with crankshaft crank pin offset terms. The format of the podcast was not helping you in your effort. Definitely a TSM episode would feature the required supporting illustrative elements
I enjoy listening to your podcast talking about motorbike stuff! I get that there are people who are new in the scene and dont yet know all the "slang". But it sometimes feels like you guys are trying to "dumb" down every little word or subject to an extreme degree. Google has been around for awhile, if I don't understand a term and want to know, just look it up. But here you are trying to explain what a degree is.... Please just focus on a motorbike -minded audience, and less on trying to win over the people who enjoy pottery on a Sunday afternoon
No offense Spurg, but I think you should let Zack explain engine terms. He seems to know more about engine internals and operation. And you don't have to dumb it down that much. It's not like your whole audience lives in the stone age.
Farkles was covered just a couple months back. Spurge even made a point to address it. but here, he's never heard it? I've noticed this a lot with Spurge. Lay off the devils lettuce bro, it's affecting your memory.
If you're not leaving SOME chicken strips on the street you're an "organ donor" (probably don't need to look that one up), so don't sweat it. Squid - definitely Squirrely Kid. I also see another type out there- Squod... Squirrely old dude. My most embarrassing High Side - riding badlands in SD (dirt road) and hit a cow in the ass (glancing blow but enough to pull the front wheel over and high side the bike. Have in on video too... lucky me.
Motorcycles are like sports cars. The devil is in the details for every little or large part and system used in the motorcycle. Get a low-cost dirt bike to learn on and the rest will follow...
Starving for content. These are common, every day words. Throwing ads right at the beginning makes me turn off, cant stand channels that only want your views
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This is so fun, watching you two attempt to make terms understandable.
In the seventies, the term "Enduro" was commonly used to describe what is called a "dual sport motorcycle" today.
That's exactly how I have always known the term
It still is .... "An enduro (from Spanish endurecido = hardened; English and French: endurance), is an all-terrain motorcycle that is street legal." WIKIPEDIA
My least favorite moto slang is "brap". My favorite moto slang is "that supercharged V3 concept from Honda has got me feeling fiscally irresponsible"
Terrible take
If haters got beef it must be vegan meat cause baby got brap
That V3 concept about to make my wallet go brap
I hate it when experienced riders are dismissive of newer, less experienced riders. It is a very poor attitude.
So true nobody was born knowing it all we all had to learn from somewhere or someone😊
Buckle up! 'Experienced' riders will also give plenty of unsolicited bad advice.
Most are like that. I took 2 ladies under my wing last year, now they both own bikes and have ridden thousands of miles
Hit them with the “oh this is your entire personality huh?”
Strongly agree.
Thanks for the video. I believe Ari would have been able to help a lot w/ these questions (engineering/mechanics). 🙂 Note: My tires always have chicken-strips. I trust the tires but not the roads. Over the 20+ years of ridding, I had a few close calls in tight corners (mud, oil, sand, big holes, broken vehicles with open doors, etc). Not being too aggressive with my leaning saved me. I'll take the criticism happily. 😎
Two things, especially for newer riders, but also surprisingly many experienced riders as well:
1. Preload does not (necessarily) "stiffen" the suspension! This is a common misbelieve. It depends on the springs in your suspension. Some are linear (i.e. the force to compress does not change thoughout the stroke), some are progressie (i.e. the required force to compress the spring does change depending on the preload/spring length). Preload is meant to change the ride height and bike balance (front/back). It allows you to put more weight on the front (more preload in the front / less in the rear means the suspension is compressed=shorter, shifting the bike weight to the front) or more on the back (the opposite). This changes the feeling, the behavior under braking and acceleration and even the achievable stopping power.
2. Chicken Strips, as mentioned, are a fun, but nonsense concept. I believe MotoJitsu correctly pointed out that most riding styles try to keep the bike as upright as possible. Less lean angle means more grip, giving you more safety and/or performance. If you are just as fast as somebody else while leaning over less, you are arguably using your bike better and have more potential to accelerate. On the track, you can push for more lean angles. On the street, you will statistically live longer while having the same fun :)
Also, i feel like this podcast is not the right format to explain lingo. It shows how hard it is to concisely explain a concept and how good a job Ari is doing at TSM!
''Preload is meant to change the ride height'' ... ok, but how does it NOT stiffen the suspension?
The 270 degree explanation was the equivalent of placing one end of a bat on the ground, the other on your forehead and spinning around it a few times, before running off to the next base.
Home run 😎
I enjoy the podcast. I don’t come for technical advice or riding tips though. I ride a goldwing and a vstrom (not much wrenching required.)Really like the daily ride too.
Most common "farkles" used to be when you buy a new H-D, then buying all the Screaming Eagle bits - clutch cover, air filter housing, mirrors with the gold eagle logo, leather grips with tassels, maybe extra bars and lights around your panniers, etc. Virtually every shiny part that's visible has an S.E. replacement that's got a bird and a banner and some gold leaf added to it. Can easily drop another $10k or more on the "pretty bits" if your taste run that way.
I believe "Squid" came from what eventually happens to these type of riders after a crash. They resemble a squid lying on the road.
This is the meaning I've always considered it to have.
Also, military personnel who have just returned from deployment with a pocket full of cash purchasing the fastest sport bike and promptly dying…
Particularly Navy and Marine Corps…
Cause squids and people are both soft and when we drag our bodies on the ground with no gear we leave a mark on the pavement, basically a meat crayon
I was about to say it. That’s how I remember hearing about the term
I think I heard someone say that it comes from the rider's t-shirt flapping in the wind, like a squid's tentacles.
Would be interested in "Right to Repair" as a topic. I grew up on Hondas and was fotunate that I had a father that introduced me to turning wrenches. As an adult, I am accustomed to working on large commercial/industrial chillers/boilers, HVAC etc... Fully aquainted with electronics and mechanical processes. A few years ago I bought my 1st non Honda motorcycle when I traded my 18 Africa Twin Adventure Sports in on a 21 BMW R1250GSA. I was really disappointed, to say the least, when I learned that BMW was no longer making the service manuals available. I have always been able to get service manuals for my Hondas including comprehensive manuals for my Goldwings etc...Since buying that 21 GSA, I have had a KTM and now also a 24 R1300GS despite BMW and others making it harder than it should be for me to do my own maintenance. I know in other countries they don't have the same "Right to Repair" laws we have here in the States. What are your opinions on this? I feel I should be able to do my own maintenance but I am not ignorant enough to want to do so without a proper manual. Besides saving money, I know it's a crap shoot to even find and have confidence on who it is the dealer has working on my bike. People complain about costs of labor and wanting things like $20 minimum wage at the same time. How much do you a think it takes to hire a technician who actually knows what he or she is doing?
@jamesthompson6723 Maybe you should look at getting a Moto Guzzi. Easy to work on and lots of maintenance resources are available. Very different from the other options in this regard, more like an old airhead BMW.
@@trevorkarrett3041 lol I still have some Hondas. I prefer riding my bikes. ;) MG makes some nice bikes though.
@@jamesthompson6723 I would put modern MG reliability up against Honda any day. And besides that they're going to be much easier to work on at home, guaranteed.
@trevorkarrett3041 put my Hondas which are a 2000 Valkyrie and a 2013 F6B Goldwing against any modern MG...lol
Great suggestion. It impresses me how this topic seems to bring together people from so many backgrounds -- people trying to work on their own equipment and devices in motorsports, agriculture, phones...
Halfway through the episode and got to say that this is the funniest episode you've made! I mean don't get me wrong your doing a terrible job trying to explain but i get your struggle and having a good laugh 😂 saludos from Venezuela!
My first "lowside" came on my very first bike, about a month after getting it. My first "highside" came several years later, taking a roundabout too fast, though it flipped me in the air slightly, amazingly I saved it, more luck than judgement lol. Loved the video, watching you two trying to break them down into layman's terms was very funny. Though I knew most of them, "Farkles" was a new one on me, whether that's an American terminology, I don't really know.
This episode should be called, "Motorcycle Slang: Go watch Ari's videos" haha great stuff boys!
SQUID: Super Quick Until I Die
At 16 years old in 1976 I bought my first motorcycle a Can-Am TNT 125 enduro. At that time manufacturers, motorcycle magazines and my fellow bikers used the term "enduro" to describe dirt bikes with lights and turn signals that could be registered for road use. I don't recall hearing the term "dual sport" for many years after that.
I STILL don’t know all of the latest terms and expressions since being off of two wheels for some time. Now that I’m back to motorcycling, I’m trying to keep up to date 🤣. I love the term “cage” or “cager” for people driving in cars! I sometimes say, “I had to drive to work in my cage today” ☹️.
It's expressive but also dismissive, I don't like the attitude it promotes personally. It has some of the energy of weird gun owners calling people 'sheeple'.
I got the hang of the terms at this point, but I love listening to you guys...
Man-splain me some! 😊
35:10 Zack: My God.
35:54 Zack Yes, “horsing”.
As I'm listening from Brussels, cheers for the shout-out
i love this show but i feel like this episode could have just been a google search
Some people refuse to do their own Google searches [glances accusatorially at companion]. But in seriousness, I like having subject matter experts highlight relevant, important, or commonly misunderstood concepts or terms. Also this was just hilarious.
Spurge, have you found Apple Pie Hill yet in the Pine Barron's?
If not it's a great ride deep in to the Barron's. The fire tower is open and can be climbed.
Another great podcast. Just wanted to say, don't be afraid to use some advanced terminology as well. Like you have mentioned plenty of times, your listeners are diverse, therefore some of us are also a bit more experienced. For the listeners that are less experienced, there is Google. I still hear new to me terms sometimes, and look up the meaning. This may be harder to do with slang, but for actual terminology, it's pretty easy. Most of my googling leads me to TSM and Ari, which may be my favorite way to learn something new.
Thanks for the podcast guys. I usually listen on spotify but wanted to say thanks.
Keep the good work up 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Am 85, but my husband I were riders for years. Some of the best times for us.
This was fun. Looking forward to the new RevZilla "Non Sequitur" podcast!
Re: Rearset(s), in relation to sport bikes or naked sport bikes. Allows the foot peg position to be adjustable. Whereas "mounting bracket, foot pegs" would be unadjustable mount brackets for foot pegs.
You had to read “ From the Saddle” in Dirt Bike written by Rick Sieman under the monicker of “ Super Hunky”. Good part = High Zoot. Really good part= Zoot Capri. Bent and broken part: Fornesqued. Bultacos, Zundapps, Earles front ends. Maicos, Montessas, Ossas.
Squids are called squids because when they go down with no gear on, they leave a trail on the asphalt that looks like squid ink.
I always assumed squid was from the appearance of a squid jetting through the water, limbs trailing behind, like a rider out of control.
SQUID - I always heard it's an acronym for: Stupidly Quick, Underdressed, Imminently Dead
preload - the amount of money spent on the "dating phase" of a relationship. Compression - the feeling one gets (usually a dude) in a committed relationship. Rebound - the first date after a break up of a relationship.
I thought "squid" came from the way a squid swims; thrust by thrust, resembling the start-stop motion of a rider who slows right down in corners and opens the throttle on the straight (as the straight line ride is the part where you can hide your inexperience).
The pun pool is overflowing here, and I’m not sure what else can possibly be insinuated!
Does a slipper clutch replace rev matching during downshifting?
No it stops back wheel locking up when down shifting
@randombanditdad3754 that's how I use rev matching. To reduce engine breaking.
To be fair, I rev match more in the car than in the bike.
A slipper helps if you get it wrong but it doesn't replace rev matching.
Zac I used to do the exact same thing with my old girlfriend. She did not want to ride on my fast bike (Yamaha FZ 600), but once I talked her into renting a scooter when we were in Austria on vacation. So when I got back to the States I bought a Honda 110 scooter to ride together. She liked it so much she learned to drive and I'd be on the back. I loved it because I would always grab her boobs. A couple of times we pulled up to dudes on bikes and they were just laughing at me like I was a loser. I didn't give a shit, we were having fun together. Looking back thank God she never crashed LOL.
I got called a squid when I was in the Navy. I just told those Marines that squids shit on Marine life. Then we'd go drink beer. To that I also say today, Happy Birthday all you Marines out there :)
Guys awesome episode, for us Europeans (at least for me) some new slang words were completely unknown 😅😊🤟
"Squid" - as I recall, it used to be the term for young people learning to surf - "kids" being morphed into "squids" as a reference to their preferred locale, the ocean shore.
It's a good enough podcast topic of conversation, but it could also be explained for many of these terms with a simple Google or TH-cam search.
Well I learned something, I thought squid was related to the octopi thrown on the ice at Detroit Red Wings games. If you've ever seen one you wouldn't want to be one.
Zack, what's a spork? 😂
What’s the difference between an endo and a stoppie?
I've never heard the term "Farkles" but the idea was surely stolen from the British mod movement, and their highly decorated Lambrettas and Vespas (think Sting in the Quadrophenia movie). And having 18 mirrors on a scooter is the furthest thing from functional.
Sometimes I feel like Spurge hates Zack and every once in a while forgets to pretend that he doesn’t
I always considered chicken strips as someone who doesn’t push the limits of lean angles. I can but choose not to and still don’t have chicken strips so there’s definitely more to it. Whether it’s how you use your momentum in a turn or technique. I’m not exactly sure but just because someone has or doesn’t. I don’t think it resembles how aggressively they ride. Also I will usually go to a parking lot and do figure 8’s with a new tire to scrub it in a little for my own placebo. But even when you consider scrubbing a tire I think of my favorite mountain road has long sweepers that you can carry speed. So the tires get hot enough that it looks like I just got off the track. Whereas the most technical mountain road near me I never get that because there’s not much speed but you’re using a lot of brakes which also builds heat in the tires
Woo! Cant wait for the next CTXP video 😎
I think these two should be writers or advisors of the podcast but not hosts.
Very awkward, passive aggressive, and obnoxiously talk over each other
Enduro is a term widely used in Europe. In its purest form it is racing similar to motorX which takes place through the countryside rather than on a properly prepared track. Enduro is also a classification given to a family of bikes, most of which are high performance machines with good off-road capability but the service intervals associated with motorX bikes. There bikes quite different to Adventure Bikes which specialise in long distance travel on different surfaces. A lot of people have adapted these Enduro bikes to become off-road Adventure Bikes and at the same time a grey area has developed where mainstream models like the KTM 690 and even the CRF 300 are often referred to as Enduro bikes because they are often bought to be used off-road. To take the Honda CRF range as an example the Africa Twin is an Adventure Bike and the 300 Rally a Dual Sport. In between is the CRF 450 which is more capable off-road but compromised as a touring bike is an Enduro bike as it’s fast enough to be ridden in competitions. With different owners and adaptions all three can be used as an Enduro bike, a Dual Sport or an Adventure bike but there is always a compromise.
Chicken strips = rider who knows the limits of his or her abilities. Meaning they’re smart.
Man this was so much fun
58:12 "speed quick until I die"
Rear sets are more than foot-pegs as the brake lever and gear lever also have to be adapted.
Thanks for the Shout-out to us belgians! @RevZilla
The TU250 First Gen was in Japan only. The US didn't get it until the Second Gen in 2009. That was misleading.
The lost duckling has been found! New HSLS yippie!
Again, in Europe Road Racing is racing on closed public roads, the best Example is the Isle of Mann TT.
The shoutout to the Fortnine video doesn't sit right with me because some of the information they present as facts have been proven to be simply wrong by various experts of the field.
Fortnine has been called out on that and have not reacted in any way, leaving the false information out there
Would appreciate citations here.
Would appreciate citations here.
Do you mean about that specific video or with Fortnine videos in general?
@@zane4682 That one about the 270 Degree twin specifically but also others where they oversimplify or cherry pick studies to help their point like the one about whether or not you should wear protective pads in your gear
@@pauliej4208 For example their explanation about why KTM build the 285 degree parallel twin instead of a 270 degree one (th-cam.com/video/Qn9JrN1JERI/w-d-xo.html) is just completely wrong and has been debunked by channels like Driving4Answer (th-cam.com/video/w0PBlc1b0vo/w-d-xo.html) with no reaction from Fortnine
There are others for example where they oversimplify or cherry pick studies to help their point like the one about whether or not you should wear protective pads in your gear but I'm not gonna start and quote every mistake they ever did without rectifying it.
I think it is important that you correct your own mistake if you make public videos to educate people. For example Tom Scott and Kurzgesagt have made multiple videos bringing attention to mistakes they made and why you shouldn't trust them without doing your own research.
My goodness Spurg is irritating in this discussion. Listeners to Highside Lowside aren't dumb as stumps.
Happy Birthday Zac🎂
What's a crankshaft?
SQUID: 🦑 I always assumed this was because if you throw a squid at the pavement---> that is what a no-gear crash is like.
Wear that gear people!!
As long as you are begging celebs to come on, Christian Bale rides motorcycles and, according to the internets, still daily drives a 2003 Toyota Tacoma.
Great show as always.
I disagree with "cager" being a derogatory term. You'll often hear motorcyclist tell each other that they're going to "cage it" to a meeting, meaning that they're taking the car instead of the bike.
Squid - “stupidly quick, underdressed, ignorant, and dangerous.” According to the internet
From henceforth, the chicken strip equivalent for off road tires shall be known as.. "chicken nuggets"
Don't know about you guys but I usually petcock in my cockpit.
I’m a newer rider. Been doing this for 3 years. Thank you for this podcast. I didn’t know a lot of these.
All clip ons are handlebars, but handlebars aren’t clips ons.
I learned stuff.
I heard squid was because of the jumble of limbs after a crash. Squd like. Of course edamame is never certain.
We need to discuss why the passenger seat grab strap exists. Does anybody use it? Has there ever been a time in recorded history that it has broke? In what states is it required or is it all states? This country or all countries? Is it law and was there an accident that made it mandatory? Why is this thing on my bike?!!
59:45 Not you too Spurg! You were better than this man! We all know Helite has the most coverage area!
I freaking guessed it! The ex wife had one. Such a nice and fun little bike.
Wow, epic miss with crankshaft crank pin offset terms. The format of the podcast was not helping you in your effort. Definitely a TSM episode would feature the required supporting illustrative elements
Squid definitely came from Rocket Power!
That vid made me laugh so many times :D
I can't believe it, but I actually guessed the engine guessing game. What did I win?
57:37 squid = hard head / soft body
Hmm... The only hard part of a squid is its beak. So, maybe?
Just a song before I go. I was on your site looking for Conti TC80's for my XR650L and you list one size? Well your not getting my $$$$
TKC80's? They're listed in a wide ranges of sizes front and rear. They're just out of stock.
Take a shot every time host says 280 instead of 270
Cant believe no one asked about trail braking or counter steering
I enjoy listening to your podcast talking about motorbike stuff! I get that there are people who are new in the scene and dont yet know all the "slang". But it sometimes feels like you guys are trying to "dumb" down every little word or subject to an extreme degree.
Google has been around for awhile, if I don't understand a term and want to know, just look it up. But here you are trying to explain what a degree is....
Please just focus on a motorbike -minded audience, and less on trying to win over the people who enjoy pottery on a Sunday afternoon
No offense Spurg, but I think you should let Zack explain engine terms. He seems to know more about engine internals and operation. And you don't have to dumb it down that much. It's not like your whole audience lives in the stone age.
enough horsing around guys
Farkles was covered just a couple months back. Spurge even made a point to address it. but here, he's never heard it? I've noticed this a lot with Spurge. Lay off the devils lettuce bro, it's affecting your memory.
If you're not leaving SOME chicken strips on the street you're an "organ donor" (probably don't need to look that one up), so don't sweat it.
Squid - definitely Squirrely Kid. I also see another type out there- Squod... Squirrely old dude.
My most embarrassing High Side - riding badlands in SD (dirt road) and hit a cow in the ass (glancing blow but enough to pull the front wheel over and high side the bike. Have in on video too... lucky me.
My favorite motorcycle term is "cager". It refers to anyone in a car or truck.
I actually hate it. It's one of the most Karen terms motorcyclist have.
@@getty6974 It is supposed to be used with tongue in cheek, for everybody is a cager. I bet you would whine if they buried you in a gold casket.
@@getty6974 I think you missed the point. It is supposed to be used with tongue in cheek, since we are all "cagers" at some point.
@@getty6974 ...and by the way, it is no worse than "chicken strips", or "squid", or "sissy".
squirrely kids = Squids
Motorcycles are like sports cars. The devil is in the details for every little or large part and system used in the motorcycle. Get a low-cost dirt bike to learn on and the rest will follow...
hima 450 i say
Sissy = CC ??
Somebody should teach all these people asking questions how to use le google. I mean some condoms could've prevented this.
I know it's pedantic, but "pannier" is pronounced more like "pan-e-ay"/ "pan-yay", not "-er."
One day they will read my podcast review 🤞
OMG, is this a family Show or is it for motorcyclists? Sorry, I couldn’t take more than a few minutes of this ….
Google 😅
As always , short precise,,even a 21 year old can understand, the lingo. lol. Keep it "up" with the clickers.
Starving for content. These are common, every day words. Throwing ads right at the beginning makes me turn off, cant stand channels that only want your views