I Built An Insane Motorcycle. Four Times.
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“Sometimes your dreams are dumb.” Truer words have never been spoken.
Someone's been talking with my wife then!
The true breadth and depth of the dumbness isn't quite apparent though until your life resembles a swap meet and your credit cards have been rejected.
I will console myself that at least after every tangible means of failure have been explored, I'm willing to do the walk of shame rather than invent new ones.
Everything is dumb.
One of MLK's less popular speeches.
Dumb or insane?
"That is all life is: making newer, better mistakes"
I identify so much.
Newer, better and more expensive mistakes.
I came here to say exactly that. Man came here for some moto fun and left with some philosophy 🍻
somebody needs to make a book with his greatest quotes
This spoke to me so much
"Cutting corners always makes the car slower or less safe and nobody wants to go slower." Amazing.
Sometimes your dreams are dumb and Cutting corners always makes the car slower or less safe and nobody wants to go slower are my life's motto.
Matt - I have just printed this on a banner and hung it up in my shop - "Life is all about making newer and better mistakes". It joins my father's, "Real engineering is not what you can put in - it's what you can take out". Thanks for all the hours of enjoyment!
Another one i love is "it's not a failure, you succeeded at finding a way _not_ to do it!"
Life is just making a series of messes and cleaning them up again
I have to say, the sit on special construction looked absolutely insane. So much so that I can't allow it to be called a mistake 🤣
Should have sold it to a movie production company for the next MadMax movie
It would only be a mistake if it had killed him. It didn't, so it was a crazy but very cool project. Thin line though.
@@joeclutchless1944 yeah, I heard they were casting Anya Taylor-Joy for the Mad Max prequel Furiosa and imagining her riding on that bike in the desert would be cool 🤘
Definitely. I find it more compelling to look at than many so called show bikes
@@joeclutchless1944 thats only gonna happen in like 20 years
Wow! What a journey! Glad you documented so much of it and shared it with us, four times! =D
OMG, I have never simultaneously laughed so hard, and felt so personally attacked by one of your videos before.
I felt like I was watching a mirror.
F'ups are the joys of engineering! Hat's off mate for being honest and owning up on mistakes. We're all human!
The 3rd version (the sit-down bike) looked pretty badass.
Excellent as ever Matt 😂 The street legal iteration made me snort with laughter, as did the 🐙 in a blender analogy. Keep adolescent Matt in charge of project planning. Algorithm hailed…👍
Great story. You’ve inspired me to make worse, more expensive, and even more consequential mistakes.
Okay, so I've gotta know. The chassis on the first iteration of the bike: the upper-most horizontal members are different diameters. The left hand side tube is bigger than all of the others. Was there a purpose to this? Or just the result of available material? I'm assuming this was to run something through the chassis on one side?
I noticed that when I was making the video, and the truth is: I can't remember. I think I might have wanted to use it to pull a portion of the intake air from the nose. That first build feels like a lifetime ago.
Being an engineering student in FSAE right now and having a number of motorcycle related projects which are not progressing how I would have liked it’s cool to see where some of your practical experience has come from. It builds my confidence I’ll be able to make this half this cool one day.
Did you read his book yet? Racecar: Searching for the Limit in Formula SAE.
Basically FSAE and then continuing to build stuff after college is the answer to your question
Shit I haven’t, I’m picking that up today thanks for the recommendation!
What ever you do, do not get a girlfriend.
- future you
Your delivery of anecdotes and jokes, along with the stories behind them are just absolutely, astonishingly, unbelievably...
ok.
and I love it. ❤️
What happened to the gigantic scooter?
Got disassembled and put in a corner to be forgotten about.
That's the frame of his Jag IIRC.
@@satiric_ they're probably referring to the previous video that had a photo of the scooter
"sometimes your dreams are dumb" Best line ever!!!!!
I've mostly resigned to finish my automotive mistakes after the kids are grown and out of the house. My current checklist looks a lot like your old one, but with the motivation line item dangerously close to being crossed off too.
Love your videos. You dropped some wisdom in this one, "Life is making newer, better mistakes"
Your worst engineering work has resulted in your best philosophical work. The lines "That's what life is: Making newer, better mistakes" And "You don't always have to follow your dreams, because sometimes your dreams are dumb" put this video in the best of Matt tier.
As a guy who has been working on a human powered streamliner for…longer than I wish to admit… (4 years) I know EXACTLY how you feel!
It took me 13 years to rebuild a VW aircooled 36hp engine. You merely adopted the dark. 😂
Never forget, some dreams are dumb
But sometimes, the juice is worth the squeeze.
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“Longer than I wish to admit” (ok I’ll admit it immediately)
Great story, Matt, thank you from all of us who have projects that were better left pushed into the ocean.
Absolutely brilliant episode! Thank-you!
I had to stop for a bit at ; 'Cutting corners always makes the car either slower or less safe, and nobody wants to go slower' I guess no one really cares if it's less safe 😁
Also, the 'making newer, better mistakes' I'm constantly chuckling, and sometimes almost laughing out loud watching your videos.
The whole 'I resolved to decide' part coming up again is as hilarious as it is terrifying to think could happen to any of us.
You should get yourself a YT channel where you can talk about your projects, because this is all gold.
I mean, you already have, but if you didn't already do it you should have done it. (my superpower is hindsight)
Edit; I scrapped the shell for my project car a few years, and have sold some of the parts I was meaning to use for it lately , and I think I felt bad about it until now.
Life may just have gotten in the way to try and save me from it.🤔
_"my superpower is hindsight"_ - Mine too. :)
Thank you for documenting a successfully failed project. That story was glorious. And your finishing notes were perfect.
Love the humor as always, and I would like to think the failed experiences only make your current project car that much better than it would have been had you not had these 4 learning experiences.
0:58 a man after my own heart
Love motorcycles. They're all insane. And things that are dangerous are fun!
Hey Matt, thanks for showing off the parts you get from Send Cut Send! I was struggling to figure out how to mount some garden tractor wheels on a pedal-powered machine I’m working on, until I remembered you showing off some custom parts you had them make for one of your projects. It only took me a few minutes to use their online parts builder to design and order some flanges to mate the wheels to my bicycle axles. I just got the parts in the mail, and they are awesome!
This is why I like boat projects. Every one eventually gets pushed into the ocean. And when they catch fire and sink, it’s much more difficult to revive and rebuild, thereby saving you from yourself. And the boat. Sometimes.
I love following all your builds!
Some of the things you mentioned reminded me of the SV Seeker metal boat building project that was built in the yard of an ex-IT, database administrator who fancies himself a bit of an engineer. Through out the course of the project he would take the 'cheap out' route when selecting parts and methods for doing the building an only arguing with the more experienced people who volunteered on the project. Once the boat hit the water and testing the systems began, a lot of the poor choices have bubbled to the surface requiring that they be modified, and the more expensive parts purchased and installed when doing the work of course is harder.
Your reminded me of him when you talked about paying more money in the end due to buying the wrong things first, and then having to replace them later.
I do admire your honesty. I mean no offense to the SV Seeker project owner, but his ego will never let him admit to making these kinds of mistakes, at least he doesn't admit it in his video presentations.
Dude is too much
Some of the best story-telling ever. The successes may make for epic experiences, but the failures make for *epic* stories. Best. Motorcycle. Ever.
Wow, I think this is the most well packaged content and messaging you've done yet Matt! Thanks for the insights!
A small part of me expected "The Final Form" to be a picture of the frame rusting away in the ocean, with burn marks all around.
7:51 I honestly can’t tell if your humor is so far above average, or just decent humor with life-experiences that are so far above average. Either way I’m here for it!
All hail the algorithm!
A splendid story. I feel so much better now. Thank you. Keep up the great work. 😊
What a great story! And very well told.
The best, most fun I've had on TH-cam in a long while. Keep up the "Good work" matt. All hail the algorithm.
SuperfastMatt, story teller of the century.
First, Thomas Edison's response to the question about the 1,000 unsuccessful attempts to make a functioning lightbulb was actually "Fuck off". Not a lot of people know that.
Second, your experience building and rebuilding that thing is the same sad tale as my homemade Lotus 7 hillclimb/dragcar/autocross/dailydriver project. It's going to be AWESOME this time! My inner 12yr old assures me of it. When I start to get discouraged 12yr old Jon shows up in his smelly Van's and threadbare AC/DC t-shirt and reminds me that quitters never score and to stop screwing around trying to make a 12A rotary streetable and just put a smallblock Mopar w a tunnelram in the frikken' thing and go waste some fools.
Third, it's unfortunate you gave up on that streamliner before you did the obvious thing to get the project back on track and add a second engine. I thought you were a carguy
I heard Thomas Edison first utterance after successfully testing a light bulb was "where did all these bastard moths come from?".
Some of the historical accounts I've read note that Edison was a real jerk ( see the AC / DC current wars ) . He was more of an idea guy and his workers were the ones doing the heavy lifting.
And, he stole Tesla's ideas
Try a toyota engine, afaik out of a celica or rav4, I think it's the 4age engine, lots of great kits have these in the UK, fast and reliable what more could you want.
Thomas Edison realized something that would lead to his major successes. Stealing ideas and patents
Flushing a brilliant John Barnard interview to see SuperfastMatt... bravo you made it!
You are way too honest and narration is hilarious. You have learnt so much. Fantastic . #respect
Great story!! Love it! love your videos!
Every time I’ve put off doing a major project at my house, it came out far better than if I’d done it sooner. Taking more time to iron out the details is always best.
I always wanted a project car, but I don't possess the money or skill to make it really happen... so I just tool around in my boring Niro EV, dreaming about what could have been. Until I watched this video, then I'm glad it never was. Thanks Matt!
This video encapsulates the spirit of mankind, doing things, learning from mistakes, doing it again, with new mistakes, looking back, thinking it's dumb, but sometime after, realizing, it was great.
amazing!
The lowspeed pass on the lake sounded like George Jetson's pod with the large capacity powerplant option
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I think that you were very successful because you always ended with a bike you could ride. 99% of Motorsports projects just end up being a basket of parts. Thanks for sharing!
Once long ago I almost paralyzed myself while racing and told myself not to ride a motorcycle again. And behold 15 years later, what do I do at an auction. Buy two motorcycles… stupid dreams, but so much fun to ride.
You may not have succeeded to become a "Has Been", but you sure as hell have become the most successful "Never Was" when it come to setting the records you aimed for, but you definately have tried with the kind of zeal that most of us can only dream about, Nothing exceeds like excess, talk about guts, I salute you. Actually, you have succeeded in the way that most of us never make the effort to even try for.
I don't like the finishing statement "sometimes, your dreams are dumb". What a downer. I don't get discouraged whenever I make a bad decision because I tell myself "hey, now I know what not to do the next time. That's really all life is - making newer, better mistakes. And that's good.
I subbed for this, good job guy! Can't wait to see the rest of your crazy shit!
Excellent format and brilliant story! The deadpan is perfection! 👍
I have to say, this video was produced excellently. The script in particular was fantastic, not to mention the bike itself.
ROFL!!
That end part: Needing money to make mistakes.
Priceless!!
This made my evening Matt. So many thanks for sharing!
superfast matt: engineer, racer, philosopher.
good job on the not dying part, I am inspired to do the same
This is a life lesson in Sunk Cost Fallacy.
"Cutting corners always makes you less safe or go slower. And nobody wants to go slower."
This was really well shared. Entertaining throughout.
I was just minding my business and goofing off on TH-cam and I didn’t expect to find a video so excellently interesting and entertaining.
I gotta say - 80% of the time, I am watching your channel just for the comedic content. I enjoy the engineering aspect of your builds as well. Keep it up Matt. I'll keep watching. :)
“Life is all about making newer and better mistakes.” I’m going to do a lot of mindless scrolling on insta and TH-cam today, and I will see a lot of life advice and life summations in the form of pithy statements. Your pithy statements are among the most honest and clever. Superfast Matt is my favorite engineer. The s600 is the greatest car ever. It is truly my favorite car ever. Your car. Your s600. Not Jay Leno’s or anyone else’s.
Brilliant story Matt, "set it on fire and roll it into the ocean" had me in tears! lol
A+ content, thanks for sharing the journey!
very informative… and very funny too ! What sense of humor, congrats !
You are a funny guy who can write a great script and do some fancy engineering. I love it! 😍💪👍
I love your philosophical and humorous way of telling your stories!! I can so identify
Man, I wish you'd spent even more time on this project... It is yoir one project that really gets my heart racing
I honestly laughed out loud at making the bike street legal. Holy cats man.
This video automatically earned a subscriber. Absolutely bonkers ya build these, love it.
I really like how honest you are about the whole thing. So many videos are 5% talking about how they got there and then 95% celebrating victory. Yours are 95% talking about how you got there (and all the stupid decisions you made along the way) and maybe 5% celebrating victory. Or not. You share the story even if you don't win in the end.
This video is incredibly motivational and demotivational at the same time, and man, what a ride you've had (pun intended). Best of luck on your next mistakes!
Thank you, Matt. Your thoughtful and brutally observant take on your process is a welcome acceptance. I, too have walked this path, and it is well-worn.
Many gearheads will deny failure, and that denies true learning. I embrace the failure, and I am proud of you for doing the same.
Forward, through the stars, my brother.
There is a lot to unpack here, but some of the best realistic advice ever heard on a TH-cam channel.
Matt takes his dirt of experience, adds time & money, and creates a gem of life.
A good story never begins by consulting the "Instruction Manual of Good Decision Making"
Following a philosophy of sophistry is far more fun. As an observer, not a practitioner. Good thing you have "Other Matt" to blame and "Future Matt" to fix any complications that arise.
Hi Matt, I am lucky enough to be a crew member for Denis Manning's BUB 7 Motorcycle Streamliner you pictured in the video! The red one. I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy, and truly learn, from your content. Please keep them coming!
I have 8 full ground up/tubular frame project cars, and what it keeps me motivated is the hate and negativity from everyone around.
Matt... I think the perfect solution would be to change out the front wheel assembly for an axle (or pair of a-arms with central shock) positioning two wheels outside the chassis, and an angled hinge... so that leaning the entire chassis one way or the other will cause the axle to rotate to match the turning radius. The handlebars should remain in play so at standstill the angle can be pulled one way or the other. Not only would this make the entire thing more stable, it would have brilliant forward visibility, while retaining that "space ship" feel of leaning it through the corners.
I am not involved in the car community whatsoever, so it's pretty awesome to know other people have the same problems as I find myself making. I always get in way over my head too. I resolved to rewire my imported 30 year ols Land Rover Defender after seeing your wiring video. Bought all the things that were recommended, went out to my truck and immediately found myself staring into the void and realized I was in way over my head right now. I did, however, wire up an engine bay light using almost none of the recommended materials or processes and then called it a day. I'll rewire when I get a chance to redo the frame. Anyway, your videos are great. I don't want to do patron because I'll inevitably forget to cancel it much like a hundred other subscription service I have, but if you sign up for something where I can throw you a few bucks I will. Keep it up!
Excellent words of advice at the end there 🙏
haha!!! Great video. Good narration style. Love the dry humour. Very entertaining.
Dude, this was absolutely hilarious! You are a master of dry wit.
Right there with ya, homey. This one hit home. #projectoddball. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for those words of wisdom: "Life is: making newer, better mistakes". I wish someone had told me that as a child.
Great story Matt!
I have a Locost that will never be built……..since I finally sold the Donor after 15 yrs of storage😳……..but I’ve got a new shiny object in its place…….Model 3 power unit…….not sure what I’m going to stick it in yet😎❤️………as a retired Dyno Dynamics owner/tuner here in SoCal………everyone claims being “ poor” when they get to the penultimate crucial mod😆
First time watching your videos and I’m now a sub. Informative but entertaining. Excellent
My hats off to you mister SuperfastMatt! From one design engineer to another, I appreciate the video and I'd like to know what CAD software you used in developing the cycle?
I highly enjoy your content. Thank you very much ❤️
Commentary is gold. Funny, that same guy tells me what to do too, well, except for the skateboard.
Equal parts philosophy and machinery. Love this content, Matt!
Perfect attitude for success! Also a great story!
Thank you for this video, I needed it ;)
Engine and transmission would have made a great go-kart. Back in the early 60's Indy 500 race winner of the 1959 Indy 500 was Jimmy Bryan. He died in a race a few years after that. In the mean time he was a Phoenix resident and built a go-kart with a 650 Triumph twin motor on it. Kart races were held in shopping center parking lots with bales of hay as borders. Back when nothing was open on Sundays. He never won a race with it because it was too powerful and would spin out on the curves. It was a novelty and everybody loved it. All the other karts were powered by chain saw motors.
"cutting corners makes you slower and less safe, and nobody wants to go slower."
Thank you for sharing the story of this wonder of mechanical engineering. Well done
I love. Great stuff, man. 😂👍
Liking the humor and the attitude, you just got a sub.
"sometimes your dreams are dumb" is the leading cause of "for sale: project car" adds in the world. Once the light-bulb comes on, it can not be turned off.