i bought gloves from him november 2023 at mt.baker motorsports .he wants to be a regular guy but im still star sruck . he took time to sell me gloves .
looks good, nice choice on the outboard being mounted to look like an inboard 14ft loa but likely 12ft to motor mount. Looks like an Aluminum boat. Cool.
Fantastic. Hydraulic clutches are new to me. Just bought a used 2020 SDGT and the clutch wasn’t disengaging when the lever was fully in. Tried this and it’s back to where it should be, saved me a bucket load of stress thinking I’d have to take it hours back to the dealership for them to have a look. Thanks for the video, much appreciated!
Super cool , gives me goose bumps and I can smell two stroke race gas like it was right in my shop , just before your phone died I was imagining him coming out of a turn with the bike breaking loose and helmet tucked eye level with the bars and the front tire offset and off the pavement as if they had traction control back then ! Great stuff Thanks for sharing
I know this is an older video but I’m considering fitting to my 2019 GT. Looking at your pics you shared on flickr seems intimidating to do. I’m guessing you bought separately the relay and made the brackets yourself?
Hi, yes, that's what I did.I am a fabricator, so it was straightforward for me to make. The harder part was figuring out the locations and brackets in the first place, but it really comes down to your own comfort level with tools. As a side note, the main thing on the electrical side is to run the air horn electrics in parallel, in other words, leave the original horn wired up and run the leads from it to the switch side of the relay. This will keep the CANbuss from throwing an error code. If you do go ahead, you will love it! It is LOUD!
@@360Crank 😂 I spoke with someone at Dearden and he was a very nice fellow.I believe it would be a bit expensive to have built and sent to US.Thats unfortunate because these look like the coolest tug in the world but I believe I’m gonna get that little fiberglass one on the internet and although it isn’t one of these gems I think I’ll have a blast.
Every year like the Mission Swallows of Capistrano my friends and I would venture out to Laguna Seca to see the yearly M/C Road Race spectacle. Being a King Kenny fan my friends and I were blown away by Steve Baker's breaking abilities keeping his rear wheel about one inch off the ground when coming into the last corner before the straightaway. These were the days where you could park and camp anywhere on the track, the moment word got out Steve Baker was going to be at Laguna Seca we knew to be there 2 days ahead at that dusty dirt hill to camp out or miss out on all the Steve Baker braking circus.. Steve was a pioneer, which is now common. I always admired Steve Baker. Sincerely Dan
Thanks for the great story. Although I grew up near Mosport, I didn't have the sense to follow road racing; MX just seemed more accessible. But I knew Steve was something special (massive understatement) even then. At the Yamaha Motor Canada HQ in Toronto, I not only got to sit on one of his bikes, but I held a handful of titanium screws that Bob Work was going to install to replace the regular screws in the engine cases and elsewhere. At that time, titanium was only something you read about in magazines. As a neophyte mechanic, this seems like a big deal. Now they make mundane things like eyeglasses out of the stuff. thanks again for recounting your story. Great memories!
The plans are available for plywood construction at Berkely Engineering. They always run ads in WoodenBoat magazine. If you want one in aluminum, you'll have to come up with the scantlings for metal on your own, or contact Dearden Marine in Gibsons, B.C. to have one built. Thanks for the comment.
Robert's commentary (and bravery) are legendary. No many know that Baker also rode the thing, though he didn't get that much seat time. That bike is so gorgeous!
@@360Crank Dirt version rare. I remember motorcycle film called taking it to the limit. Saw it a movie theater.85. It showed a lap of Mike Hailwood on a tz 750 riding with old school bus sized camera his helmet was miked. He was talking as he's driving the course. He's going up the mountain. Fog so heavy barely see the shoulder stripes.cant see 10' in front of you. He's say. I know this part of the course very well I'm going around 150- 160 mph. Like a Sunday drive. Amazing.
@@brianjacobsen5762 <3 We're pretty spoiled with RU-vid... I remember watching On Any Sunday 3 times in the theatre when it came out. I was 13, and couldn't believe that a full length feature film about motorcycles would come to a theatre near me! If I wasn't hooked enough already, I sure was after that!
When I had the bike (it's gone to someone else now) I got some from Mike Guidera at EMS Duc and some from my local Vancouver Ducati shop. In 2014 the closers were US$ $9.50 ea. and closers were $14.95 ea. from EMS. The OEM Ducati shims were quite a bit more. I did mine in the winter so I had time to measure the shims that were in it, then calculate the differences so I could order the new ones. On bikes with the 7mm shims, you could order a whole kit, use what you need and then return the kit with a credit for the remainder. At that time, that was not an option for the 6mm shimmed bikes. Maybe that's changed...
I just made it out of a piece of aluminum angle. I am a fabricator, but don't do much outside work. Would the info I have on my Flickr page help? flic.kr/s/aHskXP9ofT
