One of your best videos yet James: excellent detail and insight, with no pause or break the whole way through. Like the mind of an engineer, translated to standard English for us normal folk!! Top job man, fair play!!
@@jameshillierracing Improving every time - takes a while to find your groove, but you're nailing it, and items like this come across far more natural, when it's clear it's something you enjoy. We need to get you over here to Mondello (Ireland!) some day (I'm one of the track instructors here - too old to race any more!! Haha!!), as Jack Kennedy would be a regular guest instructor, being local. But we've had Jeremy McW here and a certain pre-fame Hicky here, taking the michael out of the rest of us saps trying to keep up with him, as he just practices drifting for a laugh! Glen Irwin has even taken my own Panigale around, giving a couple of clicks to the suspension as we were similar weight (made no difference to me.... I was still sh1t!! 🤣). Anyway, keep it up my man, always a good watch. 👍
Excellent explanation of the two bikes and what makes them different. Met James at this year's TT - he was selling his hot sauce after the last race - and he seemed a lovely guy - happily posed for a photo and signed my lid. He had a great TT and posted some good times. And then went home safely to his wife and children.
Rear footbrake also is something I will never get comfortable with. You only use it when you really need it and maybe even has to save you. I will never understand why something as important as a brake is below my boot
Fascinating deep description of it all…suspension appreciate it. I’m not a road racer on bikes so it helps me understand… I have go kart and dirt bike experience….thanks love the videos. I’d so love to ride one to the limit but almost 58 now so kinda late in life for it all 😂
Great video! Iove the bike content especially. I'm in the process of modifying my R1M ('16) for canyon/track riding so I love hearing your thoughts and the details of what you're running. Keep up the great work and we'll see you next time.
I have a confession to make. I've watched your Kawasaki H2R Isle of Man TT video more than two dozen times since it was released. The way you spoke about the experience, and the video's editing was married so incredibly well together. You're a Class Act, James, and a true Ambassador to the Craft. Thanks for all that you do for your fans, and for the sport itself.
What's your thoughts on Peter Hickman taking the course record to 136.358 on a Superstock spec machine considering the Superbike would be looked at as superior, massive thanks to you all for an outstanding 2023TT.
He hit all his markers and no back markers, everything fell into place for Hicky. The difference between the two is not much now too over the TT Mountain Course.
Oh well, i ended up watching it all. Very comprehensive run down of the bits and pieces needed to make the bike comply with regulations and suit the rider. Thank you James!
@@jameshillierracingI have always wondered if the decreasing fuel load is noticeable? and the tires....😮 from riders to the bikes to the crews, its all amazing and a rush just to watch. Hats off to all of you!
Fantastic video James thankyou. Just reading about your Dakar ride again this year in MCN. You are the ultimate all round racer. Please do more of these tech videos. 👍🤘
Brilliant video as usual and content, you explain everything really well and it's easy to take in. I watched you through K Tree section a few times this TT and your line is superb for taking videos on my phone. The stock bike sounds superb as well. 🏍️👍
Amazing James! bikes look and sound so good! pleasure to have been on various parts of the course and start line seeing you prepare for battle & rinse these very high end machines! problem is your going so fast, scary thinking that back brake is for that use ! i tip my hat off to you as always ! thanks for the pictures and what you do ! Very professional James Hillier 🏍️🇮🇲🏁
Thanks a bunch for doing this and putting it up. I've a question: At 4:42, what size/style of mesh is being used for the stone protection on the coolers??
Fantastic video, I was waiting since for this patiently since you spoke about a thumb break, Remember the question from me? I miss the rear break pedal in your video. Now I could see it on the left hand side. Thanks for this awesome video, we all appreciate that you spend some time with your fans this way.
I'm suprised you run Road Shift with those big boots! In the tuck, I can't make my ankle work right to upshift, so I run GP/Race Shift. Then when I situp for braking/corners, my foot somehow naturally finds its way under the shifter to pull up to downshift. Its nice that we have the option these days, I love the front brake adjuster!
Hey James, fab insight into the differences between the 2 big bikes. I like you calm voice and attitude. Was great watching you burst onto the scene a few years back. Respect for what you do James ❤️💯
Question: Seeing as the laprecord is now held by a superstock, they are obviously very close. Would you consider it a fair statement, that until now the only major difference was the different tyres? Also, do you know why slicks were allowed on stockers this year. It seems to blur the lines between the two classes almost to redundancy? Cheers!
Well.....from what I can understand....riding a superbike on the TT course, is as good as it gets to fly an F 16 in a hostile environment!!! And that is so awesome....I am in awe!!! The precision over the calculations of the decision making process...during the course of actions, is just staggering!!! Riding a motorcycle is no slouch!!! A rider must be on top of its game, like an aircraft fighter pilot!!! In a hostile environment... After all...what is life if you havent pushed your mind and body to the limit and everything in between???
Love this, not just saying what parts you are running but explaining the reason why you use them How do you accelerate hard in 2nd, need to be short shifted to 3rd or can you go full throttle thoughtout with just the thumb brake
James, why does Yamaha feel the need to go V4 in motoGP. Considering the current engine doesnt stick out further than the riders legs and yet you can get the C of G further forward? Thank you- enjoyed your briefing.
Excellent ! That was really informative. If the bikes are now all tracked by the race officials, and thus in real time the position is known as compared to other bikes, surely an excellent safety feature would be to have a "blue" light on the dash, indicating a much faster bike is very close behind. Radar could be useful for working this out too. i.e. Slower bikes should really let through the much faster bikes. Like the blue flags in F1 indicate when a driver is being lapped. Hopefully such a "blue you're being overtaken indicator" would add to safety. At then end of a six lap senior TT, the top guys are often catching up with some quite slow bikes.
I agree a blue light may work but then also think it may cause problems. If the rider in front sees light and pulls left to let rider behind pass. The rider behind may have already commit to pass on left and cause issue. I think as it is works fine. It’s not like short circuit where you may try to keep. Rider behind you. Generally if I rider catches you it’s your benefit to let them past and drag you along. Nothing to gain from holding them up and keeping behind.
@@jameshillierracing A left and a right blue LED ? with radar sensing what side the rider is behind ? Please note, I've never raced bikes, I just ride slowly on the road well within my and the bikes limits ! (that's usually my limits and not the bikes !)
Late to this video. Great explanation of the two classes. Two Qs: what is the reason you don't use rear brake except to control wheelies? Is there any prospect that the extra pit time to change tyre in the stock class would pay off in improved lap time?
I have just never really used back brake. But actually use rear more when riding on the open road. The time gained over 1 lap with fresh tyre would not be worth the loss in pits. Stock race used to be 4 laps and most did then change to fresh tyre for the remaining 2 laps
By the way, James finished 4th and 6th in the Superbike and senior race respectfully. He also finished in the top 7 every race but one race were he dnf. He set the fastest ever lap on a Yamaha as well. He had a really great year.
thanks James hopefully better results next year when i come back to the island ,them stock bikes look slow with no wheels involved but really to me it seems those big bang yams are more as with the dukes track focused , jimmy my old china you need a normal il4 mate God bless
So much goes into setting up a machine for racing, especially when consequences are extreme.......suspension is a fickle lady......getting it right isn't always common sense like you would think.....each part leaks into others so can be difficult to decipher (compression bleeds into rebound and vice versa) Beautiful bikes and well done James!
Thanks for the insight James, nice to seriously appreciate the details and thought process behind running a bike of this caliber🙌🏻 8:47 what is the small box attached to the frame has “TT SBk James” written on it?
Looks like a lap timer and/or data system. Might be the GPS tracker I think all bikes had to have at the TT. The Obsession Engineering channel mentioned something on one of their TT vids that looked similar.
Hi james excellent video as always on you channel. Can you give so more information on what the filler cap holder is called and where you get them from would be very hand for our pitstops at the manx gp this year.
Another great video. Does anyone sell the taller IOM windscreen? I would love to get one on my R6. Google shows only the double bubble types that raise the screen about an inch not the 5-8 inch rise on the IOM screens. Business idea?
Thanks for all the feedback and comments! Snetterton next for the British Superstock, any questions for my next video please let me know!
Thanks for the awesome information. Never knew any of this, very cool.
San Diego, California.
R1 rocks.
James is a classy guy, great racing James this year was epic,glad the boys are finally getting the recognition you deserve
Thank you
Was really hoping to hear the separate bikes !
Crap !!!
Brilliant insight - I think you've given the best description of the two class of bikes I've seen
Many thanks!
@@jameshillierracing Much thanks James! (Greetings from Canada)
What a fascinating incite. These guys never stop during race and practice time, hats off to all of you. James is a class act.
I can't beleive this dude was about to race the TT....as chill as he was. Thanks for showing us your stuff man.
One of your best videos yet James: excellent detail and insight, with no pause or break the whole way through. Like the mind of an engineer, translated to standard English for us normal folk!! Top job man, fair play!!
Thanks for the feedback! Trying to think of interesting content all the time as it’s enjoyable to make and interesting comments 👍🏻
@@jameshillierracing Improving every time - takes a while to find your groove, but you're nailing it, and items like this come across far more natural, when it's clear it's something you enjoy. We need to get you over here to Mondello (Ireland!) some day (I'm one of the track instructors here - too old to race any more!! Haha!!), as Jack Kennedy would be a regular guest instructor, being local. But we've had Jeremy McW here and a certain pre-fame Hicky here, taking the michael out of the rest of us saps trying to keep up with him, as he just practices drifting for a laugh! Glen Irwin has even taken my own Panigale around, giving a couple of clicks to the suspension as we were similar weight (made no difference to me.... I was still sh1t!! 🤣). Anyway, keep it up my man, always a good watch. 👍
@@GarryMcGovern Thanks!
Clearly doesn't just ride bikes fast, knows about them too. Very eloquent and informative.
Excellent explanation of the two bikes and what makes them different. Met James at this year's TT - he was selling his hot sauce after the last race - and he seemed a lovely guy - happily posed for a photo and signed my lid. He had a great TT and posted some good times. And then went home safely to his wife and children.
Awesome thank you James 👍🏻
Enjoy listening to james…please make more thanks
Planning more very soon
Rear footbrake also is something I will never get comfortable with. You only use it when you really need it and maybe even has to save you. I will never understand why something as important as a brake is below my boot
Fascinating deep description of it all…suspension appreciate it. I’m not a road racer on bikes so it helps me understand… I have go kart and dirt bike experience….thanks love the videos. I’d so love to ride one to the limit but almost 58 now so kinda late in life for it all 😂
Hilliers a proper legend.
Great video! Iove the bike content especially. I'm in the process of modifying my R1M ('16) for canyon/track riding so I love hearing your thoughts and the details of what you're running. Keep up the great work and we'll see you next time.
I have a confession to make. I've watched your Kawasaki H2R Isle of Man TT video more than two dozen times since it was released. The way you spoke about the experience, and the video's editing was married so incredibly well together. You're a Class Act, James, and a true Ambassador to the Craft. Thanks for all that you do for your fans, and for the sport itself.
Great video James and great to get a insight to the difference in the bikes. Top job fella.
Thanks 👍
What's your thoughts on Peter Hickman taking the course record to 136.358 on a Superstock spec machine considering the Superbike would be looked at as superior, massive thanks to you all for an outstanding 2023TT.
He was miles ahead, didn’t need to push the super bike, he wanted to bring home the win.
He hit all his markers and no back markers, everything fell into place for Hicky.
The difference between the two is not much now too over the TT Mountain Course.
Oh well, i ended up watching it all. Very comprehensive run down of the bits and pieces needed to make the bike comply with regulations and suit the rider. Thank you James!
Thanks James really appreciate that. 12 L per lap is insane consumption, it really highlights how much you are at 100 % throttle.
And I use every drop! I ran out on the return road at the end of the Senior 😝
@@jameshillierracingI have always wondered if the decreasing fuel load is noticeable? and the tires....😮 from riders to the bikes to the crews, its all amazing and a rush just to watch. Hats off to all of you!
Fantastic video James thankyou. Just reading about your Dakar ride again this year in MCN. You are the ultimate all round racer. Please do more of these tech videos. 👍🤘
Thank you. Will try and get more done during next season.
Love it when he professionally explains the coke can exhaust. When I talk about my bike I always get Hyper 😂
Great vid James. Thanks. Best of luck for the rest of the year.
Thanks
Really great video, great to know about all the smaller details on each bike. TT24 here we come! Good luck James!
Found this after watching your 2024 kick off. This is great to understand the differences and what is done to manage the laps. 😎👍
Subscribed. Thank you!
Great video, thanks
That was fantastic!! Really interesting and informative thanks James
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video with interesting insights. Thanks a lot!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant James 👍🏻 It was a pleasure to watch and hear you on that beautiful stocker in the first Superstock race ✊🏼🍾🏁 and on the Supertwin.
Great video love vids like this explaining alot
More to come!
Excellent James. Why are there holes drilled at the bottom of your screens?
It’s to allow air in behind screen and kind of balances to air behind the bubble, reducing the buffering 👍🏻
Excellent James.
What timing! Jon Boy is my nextdoor neighbour and just last night I was quizzing him on the differences between the two bikes.
Haha! Maybe I do a video with JonBoy next time too :)
@@jameshillierracing - He needs to be front of camera! 👍
Well done matey. Great insights into how much thought and dedication goes into the development of these awesome machines. Love it thanks 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Brilliant video as usual and content, you explain everything really well and it's easy to take in. I watched you through K Tree section a few times this TT and your line is superb for taking videos on my phone. The stock bike sounds superb as well. 🏍️👍
Thank you
Great insight James, thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing James! bikes look and sound so good! pleasure to have been on various parts of the course and start line seeing you prepare for battle & rinse these very high end machines! problem is your going so fast, scary thinking that back brake is for that use ! i tip my hat off to you as always ! thanks for the pictures and what you do ! Very professional James Hillier 🏍️🇮🇲🏁
Big fan of yours James. Great insight into the bikes. Thanks!
No Problem
Thanks for the info and clarifying the classes. Yamaha is my #1 bike. Loved your interview and good luck.
Thanks a bunch for doing this and putting it up. I've a question: At 4:42, what size/style of mesh is being used for the stone protection on the coolers??
Hi Mr Hillier, thanks to give your precious Time to your supporters. Wish you the best!💪💪👍👍
Great video why do u have a holder forvthe fuel cap on the stocker but not the superbike
Ah it was swapped over between the bikes for each race.
Nice video James 👍🏿 great to see the bikes and what you are doing
Fantastic video, I was waiting since for this patiently since you spoke about a thumb break, Remember the question from me? I miss the rear break pedal in your video. Now I could see it on the left hand side. Thanks for this awesome video, we all appreciate that you spend some time with your fans this way.
No problem
Thanks James! Great insight and fun to hear it from the Pro.
Just awesome. Love those detailed videos❤❤
Glad you like them!
I'm suprised you run Road Shift with those big boots! In the tuck, I can't make my ankle work right to upshift, so I run GP/Race Shift. Then when I situp for braking/corners, my foot somehow naturally finds its way under the shifter to pull up to downshift. Its nice that we have the option these days, I love the front brake adjuster!
Hey James, fab insight into the differences between the 2 big bikes. I like you calm voice and attitude. Was great watching you burst onto the scene a few years back. Respect for what you do James ❤️💯
Much appreciated!
Great vid James. What are the small holes for on the bottom of the screen? To cool the dash?
Great explanations, very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant video. I’ve been following the TT closely for years but still learned a lot watching this thanks James 👊
Glad it was helpful!
Where did you guys get the front fork coating? The gold looks awesome
Nice . Thanks James . Very in depth and well explained 👍🏻
James is an extraordinary racer who has every chance of winning a senior TT, the day Will come for him im sure!!!
Question: Seeing as the laprecord is now held by a superstock, they are obviously very close. Would you consider it a fair statement, that until now the only major difference was the different tyres?
Also, do you know why slicks were allowed on stockers this year. It seems to blur the lines between the two classes almost to redundancy?
Cheers!
Well.....from what I can understand....riding a superbike on the TT course, is as good as it gets to fly an F 16 in a hostile environment!!! And that is so awesome....I am in awe!!! The precision over the calculations of the decision making process...during the course of actions, is just staggering!!! Riding a motorcycle is no slouch!!! A rider must be on top of its game, like an aircraft fighter pilot!!! In a hostile environment... After all...what is life if you havent pushed your mind and body to the limit and everything in between???
wich tank grips are those and what kind of windshield? thanks for the amazing video
Brilliant video, your knowledge is fascinating, and you can ride!!!
Great detail and very articulate. Good luck , hope you have a fantastic time.
Thank you.
I learned so much from James. What a bad ass.
Love this, not just saying what parts you are running but explaining the reason why you use them
How do you accelerate hard in 2nd, need to be short shifted to 3rd or can you go full throttle thoughtout with just the thumb brake
2nd nearly always requires a short shift as. Always alot of thumb brake.
Really interesting video james explaining all the tech about the bikes and the rear thumb brake
subbed now for future vids
Thanks!
Super explanation, by a superb gentleman.
Pretty interesting, cheers 4 sharing sir.
Glad you enjoyed it
James, why does Yamaha feel the need to go V4 in motoGP. Considering the current engine doesnt stick out further than the riders legs and yet you can get the C of G further forward? Thank you- enjoyed your briefing.
Great insight,thanks James,top man.
Superb James. Thank you mate 👍
Very welcome
What an expert explanation! Amazing very didactic also.
Do you factor in weather condition moisture, ambient air temp, and density air (based on elevation) in determine tire compound?
At what compression ratio do you run. The richer or leaner side from mean 14.1 : 1
Very interesting James, thanks for posting. Well done on a solid TT too.
Glad you enjoyed it
Insanely gorgeous bike!!
What a cool insight on what you guys are working on to get the bikes set up 🔥🔥
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Excellent ! That was really informative.
If the bikes are now all tracked by the race officials, and thus in real time the position is known as compared to other bikes, surely an excellent safety feature would be to have a "blue" light on the dash, indicating a much faster bike is very close behind. Radar could be useful for working this out too.
i.e. Slower bikes should really let through the much faster bikes. Like the blue flags in F1 indicate when a driver is being lapped.
Hopefully such a "blue you're being overtaken indicator" would add to safety. At then end of a six lap senior TT, the top guys are often catching up with some quite slow bikes.
I agree a blue light may work but then also think it may cause problems. If the rider in front sees light and pulls left to let rider behind pass. The rider behind may have already commit to pass on left and cause issue. I think as it is works fine. It’s not like short circuit where you may try to keep. Rider behind you. Generally if I rider catches you it’s your benefit to let them past and drag you along. Nothing to gain from holding them up and keeping behind.
@@jameshillierracing
A left and a right blue LED ? with radar sensing what side the rider is behind ?
Please note, I've never raced bikes, I just ride slowly on the road well within my and the bikes limits ! (that's usually my limits and not the bikes !)
Hey James, how can I get one of those end cans for my r1? Is it all custom? I have full Akra system would love bit more noise and room.
Late to this video. Great explanation of the two classes. Two Qs: what is the reason you don't use rear brake except to control wheelies? Is there any prospect that the extra pit time to change tyre in the stock class would pay off in improved lap time?
I have just never really used back brake. But actually use rear more when riding on the open road. The time gained over 1 lap with fresh tyre would not be worth the loss in pits. Stock race used to be 4 laps and most did then change to fresh tyre for the remaining 2 laps
Very informàtive, thanks James.
Great explanation for people that might be new to the sport 👍
Thank you
Are they allowed to work in the engines? Like porting and replacing components, etc, etc
Great guy
Without giving away too much. James do you use a stock clutch system or racing auto shifter/blipper system?
Always say yes to louder exhaust sound! 😁
the original front-break work not so well at a normal Motorway/ Autobahn ride out ?
By the way, James finished 4th and 6th in the Superbike and senior race respectfully. He also finished in the top 7 every race but one race were he dnf. He set the fastest ever lap on a Yamaha as well. He had a really great year.
Why can't you get a single sided swing arm for the Superbike? Is that mod not present for the R1?
Great Work JH , even my motorcycle literate woman understood everything ! Thats never happened before lol
Why not a one way clicker for the front brake pad adjuster?
thanks James hopefully better results next year when i come back to the island ,them stock bikes look slow with no wheels involved but really to me it seems those big bang yams are more as with the dukes track focused , jimmy my old china you need a normal il4 mate God bless
What would be the difference in terms of ECU tuning between both the bikes?
Love the livery….JOHN PLAYER SPECIAL😍😍😍😍😍
So much goes into setting up a machine for racing, especially when consequences are extreme.......suspension is a fickle lady......getting it right isn't always common sense like you would think.....each part leaks into others so can be difficult to decipher (compression bleeds into rebound and vice versa)
Beautiful bikes and well done James!
This is brilliant. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video,superb tech insight into the bikes.. explained very well
Much appreciated!
Quite informative ❤
I started road shift, but was struggling to pull up in tight corners when leaned over. So switched to race shift when I got my RS125.
Thanks for the insight James, nice to seriously appreciate the details and thought process behind running a bike of this caliber🙌🏻 8:47 what is the small box attached to the frame has “TT SBk James” written on it?
Looks like a lap timer and/or data system. Might be the GPS tracker I think all bikes had to have at the TT. The Obsession Engineering channel mentioned something on one of their TT vids that looked similar.
Yes this is the transponder for time keepers. To record sectors / laps and speed traps.
Hi james excellent video as always on you channel. Can you give so more information on what the filler cap holder is called and where you get them from would be very hand for our pitstops at the manx gp this year.
Thanks. They are home made from seat foam 👍🏼
Really interesting James well explained many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video. Does anyone sell the taller IOM windscreen? I would love to get one on my R6. Google shows only the double bubble types that raise the screen about an inch not the 5-8 inch rise on the IOM screens. Business idea?