IMPORTANT Dakar have hit me with a copyright strike so ive had to delist some of the videos just in case i guess they got pissed that mine were better because of the MOTOGP one before xmas that means im really vulnerable now and the channel could be removed at any time I have set up this backup channel so please go and follow it NOW, this could all be removed at any moment now so it is critical to stay in touch via the backup channel here th-cam.com/channels/CSl6i-tZJNC5DQ38vgCtvw.html sorry for this if i get another strike it wipes out all my work all my old videos will be removed I wont be posting anything much on the new channel unless this goes down but this is a just in case because it really could go down at any point the videos are still visible if you have a link so if you have problems message me for links so you can still watch them, if you follow the channel and this one gets taken down you will be able to find me there sorry if thats a bit garbled ive just woken to this but i guess i could have had the channel taken down already so i should be thankful ride free everyone
And may never die. I guess as long as I pull over for the laws harassment. I get my license back this week!! Thank you Jesus for all your sacrifices, maybe you could help me with my self (throttle)control ?! Maybe I should move to the UK. My ancestors came here fleaing the monarchy's in 785 A.D. so it's unlikely. Although I would like to visit the place where my great uncle died in a P.O.W. camp . His name was Jon Hart ,subject of Harts War film and Hogans Heros tv travisty. Love D
The blackbrid was slug with carbs the 954 would run circles around it. And everything else on your lust has ABS and TC. That zx12 was harder to ride than an H2r
@@stewart8127 if we all thought the same it would be a boring world mate, 🙂My personal experience is that the original carb fed Blackbird was significantly faster than the FI model. and the last thing i would call the ZX12 was hard to ride. but i guess i learned on bikes with a much wilder reputation lol. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Great presentation. I bought a 1979 Kawasaki Z1R the year it came out. At the time it qas the first production bike with a sub 12 sec quarter mile. With minor mods (exhaust / carb/ gusseted frame) it was great ride. 45 years and many bikes later I've come back full circle and over the 2023 Canadian winter rebuilt a 1978 Ducati 500 S Desmo that had only 1600 km on it. What a hoot to ride a new 46 y.o bike at 65 y.o.
You kept the best till last!! The Crighton CR700 Rotary would be my choice if $$ was no obstacle. That's because sheer grunt without good "natural" handlng (without the 'need' for electronics) is no comparison to this bike, although it's never been tested against other track bikes but has incredible potential. Best value for $$ is the Hyabusa since it's so easily tuneable and lots of good used ones available. But the track filters out all of them imo. A local guy here in Ottawa, Canada is more into drag racing and consistently has over 450 RWHP using a Garret turbocharger and there have been several examples of around 600 RWHP. So power is not the winning factor. It's the combination of handling and rideability that sets any of these bikes apart - as well as the sound, the feeling and sheer riding experience.
The suzuki TL1000 v twin is dangerous and the rotary damper is dodgy. Many have had steering dampers fitted but I do like these bikes very much. Suzuki know how to build great, fast engines, good transmissions but the finish is not great.
Now you're talking 120kg 220bhp at back wheel. I saw the Norton. 588cc rotary in 1987. Its a spitfire out of the pipe and so fast, loud on the straights
This was an epic journey and pleasure to watch, thanks @Barebonesmc. Lots of known & very special bikes included, all deserving. Your choice to end with the Crighton CR700 Rotary is spot on, I totally agree.
I enjoyed this video immensely, thank you for all your work to produce it. I agree with your NUMBER ONE bike choice. The sound it makes on the track gives me goose bumps. The only other bikes that did that, was at Mallory Park while watching the Triumph Triples racing in the 70's.
Glad you enjoyed it! Mallory in the 80s 😊 when you could literally hang over the track at the devils elbow 😊 the Mallory transatlantic years were very special 😊
I like your videos. You seem to know an awful lot more than you comment, which is refreshing and your commentary is ace, really hits the spot as in modesty ( somebody who knows more than he's saying). You've got a real gruff voice as well which makes it real, like you've been down the road lots of times.Cheers BB.
Thanks for your support mate. down the road and round the block a few times, lol. and still learning 🙂 the feedback helps and i appreciate it, This is still all a bit surreal to me, but i will never tire of talking about bikes. Eat, sleep, ride, repeat as they say :-)
So enjoyable are your videos. I'm 75 and enjoy riding my 2008 Sportster It's so fun and lumpy with plenty of punch in Austin, Texas traffic but you let me dream of driving these fantastic machines. Bless you for this much safer outlet, although the Vmax has always fascinated this old gent!
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel and the website, Did you see the Sporty in the "Cult Motorcycles" video? let me know what you think. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I would just like to thank you for all your work with these videos. If you did the fastest bike for each decade. Or maybe for each manufacturer. Once again, thanks heaps. I have just got into riding, at 51. I only wish I had done so at 16 when I first could of after ride a small old farm bike when I was 10 or 12.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I was shopping for my 60th birthday in may and road 2 of these bike's and as you said sometimes it just comes down to your ability to hang on in the initial acceleration.. nice video.
I started riding a motorbike in the 80's , a Z1 Z900. I now am the proud owner of a ZZR 1400 2016, the most incredible roadbike ever made. Cruise it effortlless at 40 miles an hour in sixth gear or launch it like a rocketship and pass the 300 km/h within the blink of an eye. The smoothest engine you will ever drive.
great bikes, they were literally next on the list, but as i said, i do have to stop somewhere, being honest, im thinking of doing a ZZR/ZX timeline video because i do see the progression from bikes like the older ZX10 Tomcat through to the ZX14 as something quite special, and a little different to the route many companies took 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
No one wants shorter videos.... we dig all the information. As a 2008 Hayabusa owner.... reflashed, lighted over 50lbs, I agree with your review of it.
Great video, was good to see some unique bikes in the lineup. I've owned a few over the years, FZR,s, GSXR,S even an RZ500 as well as countless others. but by far my favorite has been the BMW S1000RR It's an absolute dream to ride and has far more potential than my riding skills. But it never fails to make me smile.
Absolutely superb video. I've said this before, your channel is head and shoulders over any other YT presenter's. Thank you for your time and sharing your vast knowledge with numpties like myself😅
@@fatpigeonadventurerider2118 cheers mate, off to Andalucia shortly, unfortunately not on the bike this year, do love Portugal though, we will be back there at some point 🙂
enjoy it mate, mines last of carb models, but in pieces awaiting a major project lol, its a few bikes down the list though so wont be soon sadly 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Welcome aboard, glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
I’ve only recently encountered your channel and I’ve been bingeing on the longer comparisons. Great stuff and well written. I’d be interested to know how you came by so much first hand experience. Bike magazine chief road tester?
not at all mate, Im just a normal (hmm maybe thats stretching it) biker. i guess a lot of luck and passion helped lol. Ive had a lot of bikes over the years, so many that i did finally have to admit there was such a thing as too many 🙂 im thinning them out now and down to around ten 🙂 but i lived just down the road from Ron Haslam, was riding at donnington before the cct was even finished, and have always had many friends in and around the industry (Granby's, Len Manchester, Dream Machine, Metmachex, Spondon engineering, Mallory Park, Cadwell, Donnigton,Triumph, Ducati, Kawasaki, Yamaha, MV Agusta and Cagiva) again, luckily ive owned many bikes that other people wanted to ride, so ive had lots of opportunities for short term swaps. I spent years doing trackdays but im not a racer. also a 7spannerman who had the privelidge of knowing Terry Beckitt among others, so tuning became 2nd nature, especially when flow dynamics became part of my job 🙂 you could say, i've been around the block a few times lol. hope that explains things a bit 🙂 dont miss the Mason Klein interview, tomorrow at 6pm GMT !!!!!
This is the first video I have ever seen from you, almost everything I watch is 15 to hour long videos. So don't fear longer videos, if you have things to say then people will listen. Good video I shall check out other videos from you.
Love the "mad bike" thing, I have owned my 03 RZ Busa 16 years, i'm 62 now, have a moto x bar conversion and still do 100mph wheelies, raced the USB series in 88/'89 on a screaming CBX 6 entertaining the crowd doing wheelies down the drag strip, (vid on YT) turbo GS1100E, had over 140 bikes. starting on the old FS1E, RD250D, RD400E route, then aged 19 in ;'80 GS1000E, big bike back then for a 19 year old. Regards, Halifax W Yorks, subscribed
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy the ride. oh the memories of the humble Fizzy :-) cheers for the support. Theres loads more on the channel and the website, let me know your thoughts
I hit the like button in the very beginning out of respect for the 1st list, as for your 2nd list, that is the coolest list of motorcycles I have ever watched, seen, or read about. I of course know the basic Japanese and European bikes, I own a 21' GSXR1000R. There are a few in the middle that I have never heard of, although I did hear about the rotary bike at the end. The only place I'm interested in vacationing outside of the USA would be the ISLE OF MAN!! If I won a big lottery, which I won't because I don't play it either, I would buy that rotary bike, and the insane V8 bike with the 2 R1 motors because they sound amazing. I would take those 2 bikes and my GSXR to the Isle of Man for a month long vacation. Thank you for the fantasies lol. Great video!!
TTS have tuned the hayabusa to around 400bhp and the Rocket 3 to 340 bhp. Thats crazy but theyre supercharged. Not standard production bikes. The Crighton CR700 is a small capacity but the weight alone and the effect on Guy was hilarious. I saw the original 588 Norton in 1987 in Australia. So fast on the straights but difficult on corners.
The specials are a whole other can of worms lol, glad you enjoyed the video mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 I do my best, I am only 1 bloke doing it on his laptop, so inevitably some mistakes get through, but i do my best, i live and love bikes, always have and always will :-) Theres plenty more on the channel. hope youll climb aboard. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
No they aren't I thought the same, start of the summer I bought a 6 month old S1000RR msport for under 16k. Look into it you never know you may find a jem.
@@uncleandross4310 not sure if that was to me or upsidedowndog, but to be clear, i meant my ability lol, sort of, my days of wanting that sort of speed on tap are pretty much done, i rarely ride the litre bikes ive got and they are all plenty old 🙂
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
Thank you for this comprehensive & well made video. Every one of these is so ridiculously much faster than I ever was that, if gifted one of them, I’m not sure I’d ever take it out on the road. Even the bikes that aren’t classified as racetrack only.
Thanks for your support mate 🙂 the feedback does help me and i do appreciate it. to be honest mate i rarely use the litre bikes i have on the road now, they are just too much, and too many cameras lol
I traded my 1500 cc Suzuki in for a 500 Kawasaki eliminator which is known as the 451. The reason is 63 years old, seven spine surgeries. The weight of the Boulevard became too much for me. And after 45 years of riding, I have a lot of fun on the eliminator.
Best videos I have ever come across! Rest assured I will never own one of these bikes-even if I won a lottery-(which I won't since I don't play them either!). I would like to make an honorable mention of my favorite- The Honda VTR 1000 V-Twin. Thanks!!
great bikes, they will find their place in time. I had the joy of riding an SP2 at one point too, a truly glorious bike 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
Thanks for yet another great video, its always worth a watch. Regarding "cleaning up" the lorry drivers comments on the rotary, just add a few asterixs to the subtitles as I don't believe anyone can understand more than two or three words he says, not even his mum, who, like the rest of us, can only understand what he's saying WITH the subtitles!
with all the shit i had with youtube that one is out for a while, i did pretty much get it done though so i may post it on the back up site if not here, cheers as always mate have a good one
I saw a KTM 1290 Duke for $19,999 Canadian...roughly $14000 USD. I am 65 now and am looking at used bikes of 750cc or less at under $3000. Being retired I am not looking for anything over 135 HP which is still 2-3x what I want or need! Haha!
Another great video, the fastest speed I've ever achieved was about 10 years ago on a Honda Blackbird. I'm pretty sure there were still a few ponies in the tank, too many for me. On that basis, the Hayabusa is way too much bike for me. :-)
I have to say that you have the most calming voice on the planet. Seriously... no "Master Wayne" jokes are coming..... I could listen to you talk for hours on end.
Yep, I had the 99 Hayabusa #28 modified. Had it for 6 years and put almost 100,000 miles on it. Used 4 to 6 days a week. Always pulled a crowd. And at 140mph it was a joy, solid and stable. But I was getting to old and started having health problems. But great memories.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂🙂 im the same now, as we get older the weight becomes more important than the power i think 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Excellent video I loved it. thank you for this . When I saw the new Kawasaki ZX-4R advertized I wrote to them giving my oppinion about a high reving inline ZX-6R model specially made for track but affordable for the common person we're still waiting for such a bike to come out. It would be a masterpiece for us normal folks.Imagine the sound that bike would make at redline. Retro Formula 1 sounds before turbo f1 cars. Oh well we can still dream.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel and the website, let me know what you think. hope youll climb aboard. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂 listen to some of these 🙂 th-cam.com/video/fBr4QONXBmU/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant video! I owned the original H2 but have never ridden either of the modern 4 stroke versions but one modern bike that scared me was the 1199 Ducati, ironically I found the 1299 and the later V4 Ducati's far more user friendly than the scary 1199. BTW I'm so glad you included the V-Max 1700.
glad you enjoyed it mate. the V twins are a more visceral riding experience. they seem faster even when they are going slower lol 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Hmmmm Thought I'd Be Seeing Much More Comments Than This!Coz It's Got The Top Bikes Out There! I Loved It !? It's Very Informative An Those Bikes Were Fast! I'm Ol'e School Got My 93 Yamaha 1300 Touring Bike An It's The Police Sp Too.. an I've Only Got 50k On It It's Still New To Me!! Venture Royal V Twin 1300 Police Sp /w Self Leveling It's All Hey Cruising An Great Soung System Let The Good Times Roll!! Thank You !
@@Eric-ts3mq for whatever reasons there have been less comments for every view on this than most of the videos mate so who knows, its not just that one bike 🙂
Great selection of cutting edge missiles...the choice of any is difficult... in the name of sanity the Ducati would do me fine...my maniacal side is too easily tempted by some of those intricate works of art...total appreciation 👍✌
Glad you enjoyed it mate. Yt don’t like over 20 mins now so I’m being shunned in favour of shorter videos with no real anything in which is a bit sad. Even a year ago they were lots more tolerant of the long form videos
I appreciate the wya you did this. There are too many people who will tell new riders "you cant start on a 300, its boring", only to ride to work on a bike that would kill them in under 3 seconds without more tech than bike. It's like playing MS foight simulator and bragging about how great of a pilot you are.
Another for gearing… A 2005/6 BMW K1200s is faster over the 1/4 mile than any of the Hayabusa’s which all Busa owners will of course dispute, the reason is the BMW tops out at around 270kph due to gearing, if racing over 1/2 mile the Busa would win because of it. Some years ago I had a 1999 R1 that was being beaten by GSXR1000’s, I dropped one tooth on the front sprocket and the R1 would just edge out the GSXR.
If I could afford it I would go for the Ducati Superleggera V4. Not only for the specs but for the looks as well. Btw, great video’s, I like you channel. 👍
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. The jet bike is a bit like comparing apples to oranges 🙂as it is with the Lightning 218, I will stick with what i know best 🙂Ride Free 🙂
I would consider playing Russian Roulette to be a cheaper option than buying any of these bikes with much the same outcome for me; I'll stick to riding my cruiser these days, but 50+ years ago I would probably have been tempted! Interesting to see the Horex name being resurrected; I owned a 1950's 500cc Horex twin in the late 60's, rather rare here in Australia in those days ! Another great video; many thanks !
great bikes, I had to stop somewhere though mate, the Blackbird was only mentioned in passing, and the ZX14 was literally next on the list, but i had to stop somewhere and it did open up a whole new can of worms, it will find its place at some point 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I love my 2021 Zx14r. It’s way faster then any Hayabusa that is not turbocharged. I max out at 193 mph how I have flashed geared for acceleration not top speed. I can easily hit those speeds in the long straights in Florida.
I've been riding since I was 5, started on a old little mini bike. That was 55 years ago and my last bike was a Triumph Daytona 955i until a P Plate driver cleaned me up, destroying the bike and costing me a finger and adding some metal to this already broken body of mine. The bikes on this list, I could guarantee that I would literally sh#t myself if I jumped onboard one, even though I've been riding for so long. But I can appreciate them for what they are and the amount of tech that's gone into building them is astonishing, hats off to the guys that ride these bikes. Thanks for putting this list together mate, this video didn't disappoint just like the last one. Oh and by the way, these videos aren't long enough, so please don't make them any shorter 👍
The most perfect bike I've ridden was my 2006 GSXR 1000 with was lightened to 414lbs ride off wet, 167.8 whp, upgraded suspension brakes and geared. At the top of third gear at 167mph it still wanted to wheelie. Rider aides? Sticky tires and a sensible right hand.
The new speed triples are superb, fast at nearly 180 bhp and handling, build is right up there. Its not cheap but its so refined and great like the original daytona 675 in 2006
They have their fans 😊 I still have a Daytona 955😊 triumph do get some stick from me at times. But I feature the triple owners in the cult motorcycles video 😊 worth a watch if you haven’t seen it😊 I feature the sprint in the reliable bikes of the 90s too. But if you want a giggle look for the yellow warning sticker or search for triumph on the channel and you will see it 😊 there’s footage on the Daytona at Cadwell too 😊 welcome aboard mate. Sorry it took so long to answer. I’ve been gradually catching up 😊
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂 dont forget the Masn Klein Exclusive Interview tonight at 6pm UK time th-cam.com/video/24YoDK5hIx8/w-d-xo.html
You wil see the first video approaches the subject quite differently, but this was requested a lot in the comments, so i did this as a follow up. I totally agree, speed can be less of an issue than many other things, hope you get some surprises :-) and its by no means i complete list, theres a 500's and 250's special on the channel, and a 2 stroke terrors one which is fun too, as always a balance between serious with a hint of humour 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
I loved the list, but I feel like it's really missing the Boss Hoss V8 bikes - As far as I know, the actual top speed is still unknown for both the small and big block versions, because no one dares go that fast, or is capable of holding on at those speeds.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂 PS, for future reference, the TH-cam algorithm values comments of 4 words or more the most, so it helps me (and others) if you could use a few more words :-)
Do I take it that you were a bit of a racer at some point ? Some of the footage would suggest so, regardless of that I really enjoy your videos.Thank you
glad you enjoyed it mate, not a real racer, spent years at trackside watching races and did some street racing when i was young and roads were emptier, then discovered trackdays later in life when i had learned a few lessons, 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
It's funny I'm American and I agree with everything said here about the Japanese liter bikes. But most Americans love the GSXR 1000 and R1 and swear by their performance where the CBR RR gets no love at all since about a decade ago. I don't get it. This is one of my favorite motorbike channels. Thank you. Oh BTW, long live the B-KING!!!!
Interesting, i dont know the market there, but im sure racing and results will play a part somewhere. thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. Ride Free 🙂
I have a V-Max, i'm also 52 lol, it's a 95 full power job, standard except for drilled out exhausts as they are far too quiet standard, it's very comfortable and easy to ride but when it hit's 6K all hell breaks loose, huge surge and the tach flashes round, really is something else, interestingly the V-Max will run the same 1/4 mile time as the Gen 1 Busa (i also have one of those), purely down to low down torque and shorter gearing, after that though the Busa would destroy the Max which runs out of steam at 130 (if you have the ballls to do 130, on one i certainly don't), i had the Busa at 140 and it felt like it was just getting into it's stride.
I hit a car doing 127 on an original H2 750. I bought a 1999 Hayabusa then installed a turbo. I bought mÿ son aZZR1400. I agree with the list of dangerous bikes. I noŵ own an ÈBR 1190. Steady nice, not suited for thè dangerous list but really fast.
One cool motorcycle that I think could’ve been in there is the MTT bikes like the Y2K and the 420 RR all powered by Rolls Royce Allison turbo shaft engines 💪🏼🤙🏻
I'm missing the Kawasaki ZX12R, in the A-version without limit, 178 PS in stand, dynamic round about 200 PS because of ram air system, was called as Hyabusa-killer.
lol, i take it you mean the Puch Maxi 🙂 I learned first on the Honda version, the Honda Novio pedal and push lol, 132mpg and almost 40mph, downhill, with a wind behind you, just dont pedal going round corners lol
I owned the 1999 model - but in black and silver (not just the bronze). I did 200 mph on the clock (maybe it was really less - but it touched the 200 so that’s good enough for me. There were several versions in 98/99 and only the British spec was the fastest (there was a US, EU and Japanese 99 version) Anyway - loved that bike - smooth and lovely sport tourer. It replaced my Yamaha VMax that I shipped from Hong Kong to U.K. and found it didn’t go around U.K. roundabouts so a brand new 99 Hayabusa was bought (in 98 actually)
@@barebonesmc it’s not at all. I really do enjoy the intros. I would listen to your videos if they were several hours long. You have a great voice for narration brother and I really mean it, please keep going the way you are
@@Alexander-gu6zs cheers mate. Much appreciated 😊 and I will. I’m crap at being anything but me 😂😂 I keep trying to make them shorter because TH-cam hates it lol. But it’s hard sometimes 😊 the next one keeps growing lol😊
I am 66 years old and ride a 2012 Victory Cross Country Tour. I have so much fun riding the old hot rod. It for a cruiser can burn a pretty good corner, but never try to go more than twice the posted corner speed limit. It may be fine to try it a little hotter but I am old and don't heal like I used to. Motorcycles are dangerous for so many reasons that if I don't scare myself every time I ride then I may as well sell it. After all it is about the rush.
I yelled, “It’s a muscle bike!” just as you said, “You don’t do justice calling it a muscle bike either…” 😂👍🏼 The VMax 1200 never liked passing a gas station… 😜
Oh yeah! Totally agree! My favorite thing about the VMax was it would literally “stand up” when you “gave it the berries” (a Guy Martin phrase 😂). In other words, the rear tire would push the swingarm so hard, the seat height increased. Easier to see than describe. 🤷🏻♂️👍🏼
The 2012 ZX14R dethroned the Hayabusa for the fastest 1/4 mile time in 1012. So I think it deserves to be mentioned. Rickey Gadson claims a 9.5 second 1/4 mile on a stock ZX14R with only the front end strapped down.
Love your content. Thank you. Heads up though; At 35 minutes you do a segment of the KTM 1290 Super Duke. However after the static pics of the KTM, You have the wrong riding video there. You are showing video of the Yamaha MT09 while still talking about the KTM. I ride a 2023 MT 09 SP and the sound of the triple is unmistakable. Plus its clearly the MT-09 tank with WoodCraft after market low bars. Easy mistake to make though so you are forgiven. ;-) Looking forward to more of your content. Thanks again.
Ill take a look but cheers, someone else said something but i couldnt figure out what they were saying, thanks for letting me know, i get fotage sent by people and often just have to go on the labels and pics, i dont always spot things, there is only one of me lol glad you enjoyed it anyway 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
08 zx10R no nannies fastest acceleration from zero to 187 of any car, jet plane, motorcycle etc. I broke land speed record at el mirage dry lake bed, in Production engine, production frame class.
Late 1970's, when still living in England, my buddy showed up with a Yamaha XS 1100. Riding the pillion on a dual carriageway on the Wirral, he rounded a curve dropped it a couple of gears and let it rip.... two up, the acceleration was truly frightening! As a teenager, I held on, scared absolutely sh$tless. That was enough for me. I was never worried about my riding, only the cars pulling out in front of me. After I lost a mate in a head on collision and with another riding with metal pins in both legs, I hung it up. Bit old for it now, especially how stupid drivers are here in the US. Miss it, but I'll live vicariously through your videos. Isle of Man riders, balls of steel. But it's road tarmac. Big fan of Barry Sheene, but he had metal everywhere and a damaged hand. Rd350s, X-7s, Super dreams and Kwacka triples - great memories Ride safe guys!
Enjoy your stuff, keep 'em comin'. Unlike in Britain where people use motorbikes to commute, bikers in the states are mostly recreational. Drivers absolutely don't "think bike", and with mobile phones, it's even more fraught with danger from distracted drivers. I trust myself, but even with defensive riding, and experience to see ahead, there are way too many "bad", drivers out there. Just about everyone I know has been clipped or hit by someone. The percentages are against me. Kindest regards...
great bikes, the previous generation are here th-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/w-d-xo.html although the GSX didnt quite make it, it will find its place at some point 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
True, was a real fast bike but the gear couldn't handle the power like most Japanese bikes in these days. Since 1979 I stay with Ducatis for some reasons.
@@majorp7967 Yeah,Ducatis fast,fast.I had a ride years ago on a friends 996? 998?,I could not go slow.These days I ride a '96 Goldwing.For the comfort.
To think I was on the honor roll as a 3.2 grade average student and recipient of an award for vocational excellence .but couldn't spell my heros name propwrly.. Hmm that makes sense since the 275 dollars scholarship was for welding. That beat the savings account grandparents opened when I was born by two bucks. Love to all, David Jenkns
If i won big on the lottery then it would be the Crighton CR700 Rotary no doubt at all . I have always loved the rotary engine and that bike is top of the tree
Great vid, I have a 'tamed' 2014 'busa, and absolutely love it. I can make it even sillier without having to win the lottery. TTS have a little gadget for it that bolts on. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Dakar have hit me with a copyright strike so ive had to delist some of the videos just in case
i guess they got pissed that mine were better
because of the MOTOGP one before xmas that means im really vulnerable now and the channel could be removed at any time
I have set up this backup channel so please go and follow it NOW,
this could all be removed at any moment now so it is critical to stay in touch via the backup channel here
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all my old videos will be removed
I wont be posting anything much on the new channel unless this goes down
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if you follow the channel and this one gets taken down you will be able to find me there
sorry if thats a bit garbled
ive just woken to this but i guess i could have had the channel taken down already
so i should be thankful
ride free everyone
We will die together ! As free men!
@@DavidJenkins-r3u and together, we are always stronger 🙂
And may never die. I guess as long as I pull over for the laws harassment. I get my license back this week!! Thank you Jesus for all your sacrifices, maybe you could help me with my self (throttle)control ?! Maybe I should move to the UK. My ancestors came here fleaing the monarchy's in 785 A.D. so it's unlikely. Although I would like to visit the place where my great uncle died in a P.O.W. camp . His name was Jon Hart ,subject of Harts War film and Hogans Heros tv travisty. Love D
The blackbrid was slug with carbs the 954 would run circles around it. And everything else on your lust has ABS and TC. That zx12 was harder to ride than an H2r
@@stewart8127 if we all thought the same it would be a boring world mate, 🙂My personal experience is that the original carb fed Blackbird was significantly faster than the FI model. and the last thing i would call the ZX12 was hard to ride. but i guess i learned on bikes with a much wilder reputation lol. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
What I like about this channel is seeing bikes we know and bikes we don't, but all the specs of each bike . Great content
Glad I surprised you mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Great presentation. I bought a 1979 Kawasaki Z1R the year it came out. At the time it qas the first production bike with a sub 12 sec quarter mile. With minor mods (exhaust / carb/ gusseted frame) it was great ride. 45 years and many bikes later I've come back full circle and over the 2023 Canadian winter rebuilt a 1978 Ducati 500 S Desmo that had only 1600 km on it. What a hoot to ride a new 46 y.o bike at 65 y.o.
great bikes,i featured the Desmo Sport here th-cam.com/video/5m5w2_nEpyA/w-d-xo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
You kept the best till last!!
The Crighton CR700 Rotary would be my choice if $$ was no obstacle. That's because sheer grunt without good "natural" handlng (without the 'need' for electronics) is no comparison to this bike, although it's never been tested against other track bikes but has incredible potential. Best value for $$ is the Hyabusa since it's so easily tuneable and lots of good used ones available. But the track filters out all of them imo. A local guy here in Ottawa, Canada is more into drag racing and consistently has over 450 RWHP using a Garret turbocharger and there have been several examples of around 600 RWHP.
So power is not the winning factor. It's the combination of handling and rideability that sets any of these bikes apart - as well as the sound, the feeling and sheer riding experience.
great bikes, and some good points, cheers for adding your bit
The suzuki TL1000 v twin is dangerous and the rotary damper is dodgy. Many have had steering dampers fitted but I do like these bikes very much. Suzuki know how to build great, fast engines, good transmissions but the finish is not great.
Now you're talking 120kg 220bhp at back wheel. I saw the Norton. 588cc rotary in 1987. Its a spitfire out of the pipe and so fast, loud on the straights
I caught this 55 minutes after the release. I'm at work so this will help get me through the night. Thank you.
enjoy it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
This was an epic journey and pleasure to watch, thanks @Barebonesmc. Lots of known & very special bikes included, all deserving. Your choice to end with the Crighton CR700 Rotary is spot on, I totally agree.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I enjoyed this video immensely, thank you for all your work to produce it.
I agree with your NUMBER ONE bike choice.
The sound it makes on the track gives me goose bumps.
The only other bikes that did that, was at Mallory Park while
watching the Triumph Triples racing in the 70's.
Glad you enjoyed it! Mallory in the 80s 😊 when you could literally hang over the track at the devils elbow 😊 the Mallory transatlantic years were very special 😊
@barebonesmc The transatlantic day were very special.
The good old days lol.
Thsnx.
@@richardt.4224 my pleasure mate. Welcome aboard. Just hit Bavaria. You seen the tour videos? VJust left Switzerland today
I like your videos. You seem to know an awful lot more than you comment, which is refreshing and your commentary is ace, really hits the spot as in modesty ( somebody who knows more than he's saying). You've got a real gruff voice as well which makes it real, like you've been down the road lots of times.Cheers BB.
Thanks for your support mate. down the road and round the block a few times, lol. and still learning 🙂 the feedback helps and i appreciate it, This is still all a bit surreal to me, but i will never tire of talking about bikes. Eat, sleep, ride, repeat as they say :-)
So enjoyable are your videos. I'm 75 and enjoy riding my 2008 Sportster It's so fun and lumpy with plenty of punch in Austin, Texas traffic but you let me dream of driving these fantastic machines. Bless you for this much safer outlet, although the Vmax has always fascinated this old gent!
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel and the website, Did you see the Sporty in the "Cult Motorcycles" video? let me know what you think. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I would just like to thank you for all your work with these videos. If you did the fastest bike for each decade. Or maybe for each manufacturer. Once again, thanks heaps. I have just got into riding, at 51. I only wish I had done so at 16 when I first could of after ride a small old farm bike when I was 10 or 12.
Great suggestions. I’ll look at how feasible it would be n cheers for the support 😊 and glad you found 2 wheels in the end😊
I'm not halfway through and this is the most mature and realistic presentation. Top Dog.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I was shopping for my 60th birthday in may and road 2 of these bike's and as you said sometimes it just comes down to your ability to hang on in the initial acceleration.. nice video.
enjoy the ride mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I started riding a motorbike in the 80's , a Z1 Z900. I now am the proud owner of a ZZR 1400 2016, the most incredible roadbike ever made. Cruise it effortlless at 40 miles an hour in sixth gear or launch it like a rocketship and pass the 300 km/h within the blink of an eye. The smoothest engine you will ever drive.
great bikes, I had to stop somewhere though mate 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
great bikes, they were literally next on the list, but as i said, i do have to stop somewhere, being honest, im thinking of doing a ZZR/ZX timeline video because i do see the progression from bikes like the older ZX10 Tomcat through to the ZX14 as something quite special, and a little different to the route many companies took 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Fabulous video Sir! Loved every minute thank you!
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
No one wants shorter videos.... we dig all the information. As a 2008 Hayabusa owner.... reflashed, lighted over 50lbs, I agree with your review of it.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Had the same bike. Comfortable, smooth as silk, and fantastically quick. I can’t fathom how you could improve on that model. I definitely miss it.
Great video, was good to see some unique bikes in the lineup.
I've owned a few over the years, FZR,s, GSXR,S even an RZ500 as well as countless others.
but by far my favorite has been the BMW S1000RR
It's an absolute dream to ride and has far more potential than my riding skills.
But it never fails to make me smile.
great bikesR's, love them, and they are still faster than me lol 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
The riders on the PGM have only used 28% of throttle, It Is said to spin the rear tire at 120-mph in sixth gear, love your channel. 👍 👊😎
They do look a beast of a bike :-)
Another cracking vid. Well done barebones 👏
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Absolutely superb video. I've said this before, your channel is head and shoulders over any other YT presenter's. Thank you for your time and sharing your vast knowledge with numpties like myself😅
lol, we all have our strengths and i guess talking about bikes is one of mine lol
If you are ever in Ireland or the Algarve, drop by. I'd definitely buy you half a pint😂
@@fatpigeonadventurerider2118 cheers mate, off to Andalucia shortly, unfortunately not on the bike this year, do love Portugal though, we will be back there at some point 🙂
great video! i kind of miss the 1100xx superblackbird in the list.
great bikes, they will find their place at some point 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
@@barebonesmc thanks 😀 gonna take my 2000 blackbird out for a spin
enjoy it mate, mines last of carb models, but in pieces awaiting a major project lol, its a few bikes down the list though so wont be soon sadly 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I am glad I have found you great start keep up the good work😅
Welcome aboard, glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Excellent and informative video. Thank you for great content.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Man this voice in the vid its almost the same narrator voice in Mad Max 2
Great vid btw , thanks a lot
i will take that as a complement mate 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment. Ride Free 🙂
You simply laid it on the table, Thanks!
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
I’ve only recently encountered your channel and I’ve been bingeing on the longer comparisons. Great stuff and well written. I’d be interested to know how you came by so much first hand experience. Bike magazine chief road tester?
not at all mate, Im just a normal (hmm maybe thats stretching it) biker. i guess a lot of luck and passion helped lol. Ive had a lot of bikes over the years, so many that i did finally have to admit there was such a thing as too many 🙂 im thinning them out now and down to around ten 🙂 but i lived just down the road from Ron Haslam, was riding at donnington before the cct was even finished, and have always had many friends in and around the industry (Granby's, Len Manchester, Dream Machine, Metmachex, Spondon engineering, Mallory Park, Cadwell, Donnigton,Triumph, Ducati, Kawasaki, Yamaha, MV Agusta and Cagiva) again, luckily ive owned many bikes that other people wanted to ride, so ive had lots of opportunities for short term swaps. I spent years doing trackdays but im not a racer. also a 7spannerman who had the privelidge of knowing Terry Beckitt among others, so tuning became 2nd nature, especially when flow dynamics became part of my job 🙂 you could say, i've been around the block a few times lol. hope that explains things a bit 🙂 dont miss the Mason Klein interview, tomorrow at 6pm GMT !!!!!
Top video keep them coming ✌
Seen a bit of your channel in the past now I'm subscriber. Thanks
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy the ride and cheers for the support
This is the first video I have ever seen from you, almost everything I watch is 15 to hour long videos. So don't fear longer videos, if you have things to say then people will listen. Good video I shall check out other videos from you.
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy the ride and cheers for the support
Love the "mad bike" thing, I have owned my 03 RZ Busa 16 years, i'm 62 now, have a moto x bar conversion and still do 100mph wheelies, raced the USB series in 88/'89 on a screaming CBX 6 entertaining the crowd doing wheelies down the drag strip, (vid on YT) turbo GS1100E, had over 140 bikes. starting on the old FS1E, RD250D, RD400E route, then aged 19 in ;'80 GS1000E, big bike back then for a 19 year old. Regards, Halifax W Yorks, subscribed
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy the ride. oh the memories of the humble Fizzy :-) cheers for the support. Theres loads more on the channel and the website, let me know your thoughts
I hit the like button in the very beginning out of respect for the 1st list, as for your 2nd list, that is the coolest list of motorcycles I have ever watched, seen, or read about. I of course know the basic Japanese and European bikes, I own a 21' GSXR1000R. There are a few in the middle that I have never heard of, although I did hear about the rotary bike at the end. The only place I'm interested in vacationing outside of the USA would be the ISLE OF MAN!! If I won a big lottery, which I won't because I don't play it either, I would buy that rotary bike, and the insane V8 bike with the 2 R1 motors because they sound amazing. I would take those 2 bikes and my GSXR to the Isle of Man for a month long vacation. Thank you for the fantasies lol. Great video!!
Glad you enjoyed it and I still managed to surprised you mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I was unaware that Yamaha had came out with a 1700 cc V Max, that must be a real beast, thanks for posting, subbed. 👊😎
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy the ride and cheers for the support
Brilliant video. I cannot see well enough to ride anymore but have 60 years of memories to look back on. Your videos keep the memories come.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. have a great day 🙂
TTS have tuned the hayabusa to around 400bhp and the Rocket 3 to 340 bhp. Thats crazy but theyre supercharged. Not standard production bikes. The Crighton CR700 is a small capacity but the weight alone and the effect on Guy was hilarious. I saw the original 588 Norton in 1987 in Australia. So fast on the straights but difficult on corners.
The specials are a whole other can of worms lol, glad you enjoyed the video mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
You are a bike channel who really know bikes unlike Yammienoob who often gets specs wrong.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 I do my best, I am only 1 bloke doing it on his laptop, so inevitably some mistakes get through, but i do my best, i live and love bikes, always have and always will :-) Theres plenty more on the channel. hope youll climb aboard. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I love all of them but all are beyond my wallet and ability! The TT racers are quite insane and fun to watch.
mine to mate, but great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
No they aren't I thought the same, start of the summer I bought a 6 month old S1000RR msport for under 16k. Look into it you never know you may find a jem.
@@uncleandross4310 not sure if that was to me or upsidedowndog, but to be clear, i meant my ability lol, sort of, my days of wanting that sort of speed on tap are pretty much done, i rarely ride the litre bikes ive got and they are all plenty old 🙂
I was talking to Upsidedowndog. Keep up the good work@@barebonesmc
Nice work!
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
Yee, the "ha ha im in danger but this is FUN" part 2, awesome.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Thank you for this comprehensive & well made video. Every one of these is so ridiculously much faster than I ever was that, if gifted one of them, I’m not sure I’d ever take it out on the road. Even the bikes that aren’t classified as racetrack only.
Thanks for your support mate 🙂 the feedback does help me and i do appreciate it. to be honest mate i rarely use the litre bikes i have on the road now, they are just too much, and too many cameras lol
I traded my 1500 cc Suzuki in for a 500 Kawasaki eliminator which is known as the 451. The reason is 63 years old, seven spine surgeries. The weight of the Boulevard became too much for me. And after 45 years of riding, I have a lot of fun on the eliminator.
couldnt agree more mate, bigger isnt always better . Sorry its taken me so long to reply 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
Best videos I have ever come across! Rest assured I will never own one of these bikes-even if I won a lottery-(which I won't since I don't play them either!). I would like to make an honorable mention of my favorite- The Honda VTR 1000 V-Twin. Thanks!!
great bikes, they will find their place in time. I had the joy of riding an SP2 at one point too, a truly glorious bike 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Fantastic footage and sounds!!!!👍👍
glad you appreciated it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Love your videos !!!!!!
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel. hope youll climb aboard. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Loved the video.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
Thanks for yet another great video, its always worth a watch.
Regarding "cleaning up" the lorry drivers comments on the rotary, just add a few asterixs to the subtitles as I don't believe anyone can understand more than two or three words he says, not even his mum, who, like the rest of us, can only understand what he's saying WITH the subtitles!
with all the shit i had with youtube that one is out for a while,
i did pretty much get it done though so i may post it on the back up site if not here, cheers as always mate
have a good one
I saw a KTM 1290 Duke for $19,999 Canadian...roughly $14000 USD. I am 65 now and am looking at used bikes of 750cc or less at under $3000. Being retired I am not looking for anything over 135 HP which is still 2-3x what I want or need! Haha!
exactly mate, i talk about that subject here 🙂 th-cam.com/video/uS-OppK1WEw/w-d-xo.html
An amazing video thank you
🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. what were your favourite bits? Ride Free 🙂
Fantastic Video 🔥🔥
Amazing footage matey 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧
great video mate really enjoyed it cool as.hi from New Zealand 🇳🇿
glad you enjoyed it mate and welcome aboard. 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Another great video, the fastest speed I've ever achieved was about 10 years ago on a Honda Blackbird. I'm pretty sure there were still a few ponies in the tank, too many for me. On that basis, the Hayabusa is way too much bike for me. :-)
glad you enjoyed it mate. id have to travel to Germany just to make it worthwhile lol 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I have to say that you have the most calming voice on the planet. Seriously... no "Master Wayne" jokes are coming..... I could listen to you talk for hours on end.
lol, as long as you enjoy it mate 🙂 A friend said the other day i ought to do audio books lol Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Yep, I had the 99 Hayabusa #28 modified. Had it for 6 years and put almost 100,000 miles on it. Used 4 to 6 days a week. Always pulled a crowd. And at 140mph it was a joy, solid and stable. But I was getting to old and started having health problems. But great memories.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂🙂 im the same now, as we get older the weight becomes more important than the power i think 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Excellent video I loved it. thank you for this . When I saw the new Kawasaki ZX-4R advertized I wrote to them giving my oppinion about a high reving inline ZX-6R model specially made for track but affordable for the common person we're still waiting for such a bike to come out. It would be a masterpiece for us normal folks.Imagine the sound that bike would make at redline. Retro Formula 1 sounds before turbo f1 cars. Oh well we can still dream.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel and the website, let me know what you think. hope youll climb aboard. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂 listen to some of these 🙂 th-cam.com/video/fBr4QONXBmU/w-d-xo.html
Great show 👏
🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
Wow what an educating video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thank you *****
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Brilliant video! I owned the original H2 but have never ridden either of the modern 4 stroke versions but one modern bike that scared me was the 1199 Ducati, ironically I found the 1299 and the later V4 Ducati's far more user friendly than the scary 1199. BTW I'm so glad you included the V-Max 1700.
glad you enjoyed it mate. the V twins are a more visceral riding experience. they seem faster even when they are going slower lol 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
The original H2 should head up this list of "Most Dangerous Motorcycles Ever Built".
great bikes, the previous generation are here th-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/w-d-xo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Hmmmm Thought I'd Be Seeing Much More Comments
Than This!Coz It's Got The Top Bikes Out There! I Loved It !? It's Very Informative An Those Bikes Were Fast! I'm Ol'e School Got My 93 Yamaha 1300 Touring Bike An It's The Police Sp Too.. an I've Only Got 50k On It It's Still New To Me!!
Venture Royal V Twin 1300 Police Sp /w Self Leveling It's All Hey Cruising An Great Soung System Let The Good Times Roll!!
Thank You !
@@Eric-ts3mq for whatever reasons there have been less comments for every view on this than most of the videos mate so who knows, its not just that one bike 🙂
That V4r Ducati is a thing of beauty
I still prefer the 916, but if we all thought the same it would be a boring world mate, 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Great selection of cutting edge missiles...the choice of any is difficult... in the name of sanity the Ducati would do me fine...my maniacal side is too easily tempted by some of those intricate works of art...total appreciation 👍✌
lol, Ducati and sanity used in the same sentence lol, glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Longest video of all? you mean not long enough matey. 🏍 👍
Glad you enjoyed it mate. Yt don’t like over 20 mins now so I’m being shunned in favour of shorter videos with no real anything in which is a bit sad. Even a year ago they were lots more tolerant of the long form videos
@@barebonesmc Freaking JwTube sux donkey balls tbh. Good luck.
I appreciate the wya you did this. There are too many people who will tell new riders "you cant start on a 300, its boring", only to ride to work on a bike that would kill them in under 3 seconds without more tech than bike. It's like playing MS foight simulator and bragging about how great of a pilot you are.
cheers for the support mate, thanks for watching, have a great day, you will see this theme comes through in many of my videos.
Another for gearing… A 2005/6 BMW K1200s is faster over the 1/4 mile than any of the Hayabusa’s which all Busa owners will of course dispute, the reason is the BMW tops out at around 270kph due to gearing, if racing over 1/2 mile the Busa would win because of it. Some years ago I had a 1999 R1 that was being beaten by GSXR1000’s, I dropped one tooth on the front sprocket and the R1 would just edge out the GSXR.
Another vastly misunderstood subject 😊😊 well put sir😊
If I could afford it I would go for the Ducati Superleggera V4. Not only for the specs but for the looks as well.
Btw, great video’s, I like you channel. 👍
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. Ride Free 🙂
Fantastic selection & a truely fascinating personal yet educated brief on all bikes mentioned in this Episode….👍
League of its Own…..The Jet Bike…!
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. The jet bike is a bit like comparing apples to oranges 🙂as it is with the Lightning 218, I will stick with what i know best 🙂Ride Free 🙂
I would consider playing Russian Roulette to be a cheaper option than buying any of these bikes with much the same outcome for me; I'll stick to riding my cruiser these days, but 50+ years ago I would probably have been tempted! Interesting to see the Horex name being resurrected; I owned a 1950's 500cc Horex twin in the late 60's, rather rare here in Australia in those days ! Another great video; many thanks !
The hired were rare anywhere outside Germany I think 😊 cheers as always mate 😊 have a great day
You mentioned the Blackbird and Hayabusa but not the Kawasaki ZZR1400 that trumped them both.
great bikes, I had to stop somewhere though mate, the Blackbird was only mentioned in passing, and the ZX14 was literally next on the list, but i had to stop somewhere and it did open up a whole new can of worms, it will find its place at some point 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Zx14R has traction. So not so dangerous
@@marksmart9754 but still a thunderously great bike 🙂
I love my 2021 Zx14r. It’s way faster then any Hayabusa that is not turbocharged. I max out at 193 mph how I have flashed geared for acceleration not top speed. I can easily hit those speeds in the long straights in Florida.
@@enyelator1239 with roads like that i can understand, they are surprisingly nimble for a big bike too compared to many
Fantastic video great job thank you so much
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I've been riding since I was 5, started on a old little mini bike. That was 55 years ago and my last bike was a Triumph Daytona 955i until a P Plate driver cleaned me up, destroying the bike and costing me a finger and adding some metal to this already broken body of mine. The bikes on this list, I could guarantee that I would literally sh#t myself if I jumped onboard one, even though I've been riding for so long.
But I can appreciate them for what they are and the amount of tech that's gone into building them is astonishing, hats off to the guys that ride these bikes.
Thanks for putting this list together mate, this video didn't disappoint just like the last one. Oh and by the way, these videos aren't long enough, so please don't make them any shorter 👍
Cheers as always mate, hope all is well, Hope you enjoy the one coming up in the morning 🙂
Nice! I've ridden a couple of these. I like big Japanese bikes. My ZRX1200 is definitely a handful, and I don't let people ride it.
great bikes the 12 is probably my favourite of the ZXR's🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
The most perfect bike I've ridden was my 2006 GSXR 1000 with was lightened to 414lbs ride off wet, 167.8 whp, upgraded suspension brakes and geared. At the top of third gear at 167mph it still wanted to wheelie. Rider aides? Sticky tires and a sensible right hand.
from your comment i surmise you will enjoy the video coming this week 🙂 should be up wednesday sometimes :-) cheers for the support mate
The new speed triples are superb, fast at nearly 180 bhp and handling, build is right up there. Its not cheap but its so refined and great like the original daytona 675 in 2006
They have their fans 😊 I still have a Daytona 955😊 triumph do get some stick from me at times. But I feature the triple owners in the cult motorcycles video 😊 worth a watch if you haven’t seen it😊 I feature the sprint in the reliable bikes of the 90s too. But if you want a giggle look for the yellow warning sticker or search for triumph on the channel and you will see it 😊 there’s footage on the Daytona at Cadwell too 😊 welcome aboard mate. Sorry it took so long to answer. I’ve been gradually catching up 😊
Very well done!
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂 dont forget the Masn Klein Exclusive Interview tonight at 6pm UK time th-cam.com/video/24YoDK5hIx8/w-d-xo.html
Some interesting info but speed potential doesnt surpass unexpected behaviour. In fairnes i will watch the other vid
You wil see the first video approaches the subject quite differently, but this was requested a lot in the comments, so i did this as a follow up. I totally agree, speed can be less of an issue than many other things, hope you get some surprises :-) and its by no means i complete list, theres a 500's and 250's special on the channel, and a 2 stroke terrors one which is fun too, as always a balance between serious with a hint of humour 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
I loved the list, but I feel like it's really missing the Boss Hoss V8 bikes - As far as I know, the actual top speed is still unknown for both the small and big block versions, because no one dares go that fast, or is capable of holding on at those speeds.
lol. I don’t see many here 😊 especially at the drag strips
Excellent
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂 PS, for future reference, the TH-cam algorithm values comments of 4 words or more the most, so it helps me (and others) if you could use a few more words :-)
Do I take it that you were a bit of a racer at some point ? Some of the footage would suggest so, regardless of that I really enjoy your videos.Thank you
glad you enjoyed it mate, not a real racer, spent years at trackside watching races and did some street racing when i was young and roads were emptier, then discovered trackdays later in life when i had learned a few lessons, 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
On the PGM I would definitely want a wind jammer ferring
you would need something 🙂
It's funny I'm American and I agree with everything said here about the Japanese liter bikes. But most Americans love the GSXR 1000 and R1 and swear by their performance where the CBR RR gets no love at all since about a decade ago. I don't get it. This is one of my favorite motorbike channels. Thank you. Oh BTW, long live the B-KING!!!!
Interesting, i dont know the market there, but im sure racing and results will play a part somewhere. thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. Ride Free 🙂
terrifying! thanks
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Omg! That rotary.
And yeah, I would spend the money.
Glad I surprised you 🙂 what a sound. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
At 52 i think I'd like a vmax for cruising and looks. Still looks like a blood runner bike
great bikes, i do think of the 2 id maybe go for the Horex instead though, more understated 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I have a V-Max, i'm also 52 lol, it's a 95 full power job, standard except for drilled out exhausts as they are far too quiet standard, it's very comfortable and easy to ride but when it hit's 6K all hell breaks loose, huge surge and the tach flashes round, really is something else, interestingly the V-Max will run the same 1/4 mile time as the Gen 1 Busa (i also have one of those), purely down to low down torque and shorter gearing, after that though the Busa would destroy the Max which runs out of steam at 130 (if you have the ballls to do 130, on one i certainly don't), i had the Busa at 140 and it felt like it was just getting into it's stride.
@@Markycarandbikestuff that's brilliant, cheers.
@@Markycarandbikestuff the Gen 1 Vmax will always be one of those Iconic bikes
I hit a car doing 127 on an original H2 750. I bought a 1999 Hayabusa then installed a turbo. I bought mÿ son aZZR1400. I agree with the list of dangerous bikes. I noŵ own an ÈBR 1190. Steady nice, not suited for thè dangerous list but really fast.
I am 83. Went 159.9 at Mojave Magnum at 78 vrs old on a Sùzuki Gìxer 1000
@@greggillis3743 living in the fast lane eh 🙂
Great job! Thanks...
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
One cool motorcycle that I think could’ve been in there is the MTT bikes like the Y2K and the 420 RR all powered by Rolls Royce Allison turbo shaft engines 💪🏼🤙🏻
That’s just not my area mate. I stick to ICE because that’s what I know best 😊
Balls of steel all of them
🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
I'm missing the Kawasaki ZX12R, in the A-version without limit, 178 PS in stand, dynamic round about 200 PS because of ram air system, was called as Hyabusa-killer.
great bikes,i featured them here th-cam.com/video/vBbcIaBAf0c/w-d-xo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Did you forget the punch moped that was bloody lethal lmao
lol, i take it you mean the Puch Maxi 🙂 I learned first on the Honda version, the Honda Novio pedal and push lol, 132mpg and almost 40mph, downhill, with a wind behind you, just dont pedal going round corners lol
Sorry didn't notice the typo but yes lol
@@Backrun i realised mate, we all do it 🙂 enjoy the ride
Thanks for the video, the rotary is a hp to weight, dominated cars also. Just need a smaller one centrifugal charged.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I owned the 1999 model - but in black and silver (not just the bronze). I did 200 mph on the clock (maybe it was really less - but it touched the 200 so that’s good enough for me. There were several versions in 98/99 and only the British spec was the fastest (there was a US, EU and Japanese 99 version)
Anyway - loved that bike - smooth and lovely sport tourer. It replaced my Yamaha VMax that I shipped from Hong Kong to U.K. and found it didn’t go around U.K. roundabouts so a brand new 99 Hayabusa was bought (in 98 actually)
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
I enjoy the intros
is that sarcasm lol, i get so much stick at times 🙂 but context is everything 🙂 and i do put timestamps in for those that want to skip on 🙂
@@barebonesmc it’s not at all. I really do enjoy the intros. I would listen to your videos if they were several hours long. You have a great voice for narration brother and I really mean it, please keep going the way you are
@@Alexander-gu6zs cheers mate. Much appreciated 😊 and I will. I’m crap at being anything but me 😂😂 I keep trying to make them shorter because TH-cam hates it lol. But it’s hard sometimes 😊 the next one keeps growing lol😊
Good video. You mentioned several bites I never heard of.
Glad I surprised you mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I am 66 years old and ride a 2012 Victory Cross Country Tour. I have so much fun riding the old hot rod. It for a cruiser can burn a pretty good corner, but never try to go more than twice the posted corner speed limit. It may be fine to try it a little hotter but I am old and don't heal like I used to. Motorcycles are dangerous for so many reasons that if I don't scare myself every time I ride then I may as well sell it. After all it is about the rush.
enjoy it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Great video, bit disappointed the ZXR-14 Busa slayer got no mention though but at least I own one so not all bad! 😅
great bikes, and their time will come mate, i should have probably given them an honourary mention 🙂 Cheers for watching . Ride Free 🙂
I yelled, “It’s a muscle bike!” just as you said, “You don’t do justice calling it a muscle bike either…” 😂👍🏼 The VMax 1200 never liked passing a gas station… 😜
i do love the original one, something thats just completely raw about the power delivery on the full power ones, enjoy the ride mate
Oh yeah! Totally agree! My favorite thing about the VMax was it would literally “stand up” when you “gave it the berries” (a Guy Martin phrase 😂). In other words, the rear tire would push the swingarm so hard, the seat height increased. Easier to see than describe. 🤷🏻♂️👍🏼
@@FilosophicalPharmer like a prize fighter trying to make himself look bigger at the start of a fight lol they are one of a kind 🙂
@@barebonesmc Ha! Never thought of it like that! 😂👍🏼
@@FilosophicalPharmer pump it up 🙂
The 2012 ZX14R dethroned the Hayabusa for the fastest 1/4 mile time in 1012. So I think it deserves to be mentioned. Rickey Gadson claims a 9.5 second 1/4 mile on a stock ZX14R with only the front end strapped down.
great bikes, I had to stop somewhere though mate 🙂 Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Love your content. Thank you. Heads up though; At 35 minutes you do a segment of the KTM 1290 Super Duke. However after the static pics of the KTM, You have the wrong riding video there. You are showing video of the Yamaha MT09 while still talking about the KTM. I ride a 2023 MT 09 SP and the sound of the triple is unmistakable. Plus its clearly the MT-09 tank with WoodCraft after market low bars. Easy mistake to make though so you are forgiven. ;-) Looking forward to more of your content. Thanks again.
Ill take a look but cheers, someone else said something but i couldnt figure out what they were saying, thanks for letting me know, i get fotage sent by people and often just have to go on the labels and pics, i dont always spot things, there is only one of me lol glad you enjoyed it anyway 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
08 zx10R no nannies fastest acceleration from zero to 187 of any car, jet plane, motorcycle etc.
I broke land speed record at el mirage dry lake bed, in
Production engine, production frame class.
I did 20k on the 06 (The Wheelbarra) and that was pretty nippy too.
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. Hope you will join us, be nice to have a record breaker in the family :-) Ride Free 🙂
Late 1970's, when still living in England, my buddy showed up with a Yamaha XS 1100.
Riding the pillion on a dual carriageway on the Wirral, he rounded a curve dropped it a couple of gears and let it rip.... two up, the acceleration was truly frightening! As a teenager, I held on, scared absolutely sh$tless.
That was enough for me.
I was never worried about my riding, only the cars pulling out in front of me.
After I lost a mate in a head on collision and with another riding with metal pins in both legs, I hung it up.
Bit old for it now, especially how stupid drivers are here in the US.
Miss it, but I'll live vicariously through your videos.
Isle of Man riders, balls of steel. But it's road tarmac.
Big fan of Barry Sheene, but he had metal everywhere and a damaged hand.
Rd350s, X-7s, Super dreams and Kwacka triples - great memories
Ride safe guys!
Great story mate. Sorry you aren’t able to ride anymore. I know I’m lucky there. They were wild days😊
Enjoy your stuff, keep 'em comin'.
Unlike in Britain where people use motorbikes to commute, bikers in the states are mostly recreational. Drivers absolutely don't "think bike", and with mobile phones, it's even more fraught with danger from distracted drivers.
I trust myself, but even with defensive riding, and experience to see ahead, there are way too many "bad", drivers out there.
Just about everyone I know has been clipped or hit by someone. The percentages are against me.
Kindest regards...
I'll put in the 1983 Suzuki GSX 1100.For their time they were lethally fast.Very little could beat them,none beat mine.
great bikes, the previous generation are here th-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/w-d-xo.html although the GSX didnt quite make it, it will find its place at some point 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
True, was a real fast bike but the gear couldn't handle the power like most Japanese bikes in these days. Since 1979 I stay with Ducatis for some reasons.
@@majorp7967 Yeah,Ducatis fast,fast.I had a ride years ago on a friends 996? 998?,I could not go slow.These days I ride a '96 Goldwing.For the comfort.
if we all thought the same it would be a boring world mate, 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Long live Carlin Dunne, andeez ducati mount, pikes peaks slayer!!
Slayer beats slayer!! Now I'll have a cry, love D....
RIP
Sorry Mr.Dunne, spelling corrected. RIP
To think I was on the honor roll as a 3.2 grade average student and recipient of an award for vocational excellence .but couldn't spell my heros name propwrly.. Hmm that makes sense since the 275 dollars scholarship was for welding. That beat the savings account grandparents opened when I was born by two bucks. Love to all, David Jenkns
@@DavidJenkins-r3u and you mate, have a great day
If i won big on the lottery then it would be the Crighton CR700 Rotary no doubt at all . I have always loved the rotary engine and that bike is top of the tree
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Great vid, I have a 'tamed' 2014 'busa, and absolutely love it. I can make it even sillier without having to win the lottery. TTS have a little gadget for it that bolts on. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
enjoy it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂