How i made a stainless Steel exhaust for a Kawasaki Z1R Turbo 

I’ve done that while trying to make a similar pipe. The result was (let’s say) functional.

Yes, and was careful not to damage the flowers. Superb.

Ahem! Ericsson is a Swedish Company!

Massive respect for the rotary dial telephone.

That part was very confusing. Thanks for clearing that up for us. 👍

The really hip and modern Brits graduated to Trimfones. But bowler hats are still de rigeur.

Indeed. One might even call him "devil-may-care"

super64 And when it turns out “just perfect.”

super64 hammering out steel tubes on his lawn and cutting out templates on a sidewalk

lool yeah as a semi-skilled guy it is infuriating to watch this guy just flow through his project like an angel from space haha

Anyone who has tried fabricating pipes will know how hard it is to get the cuts exactly right. A tiny error has a huge effect down the line.

Thankyou for watching, I hope you get better soon

It’s the passion he says it with. Amazing engineer. Even with all that banging, sawing, grinding and reviving of engines I’d love to be his neighbour.

Allen is the classic, "if it looks right it (probably) is right engineer". He just knows what the job needs with seemingly no effort, but in reality many year of hard-won experience.

Hacksawing that 3 inch pipe slash cut looks easy. Most of us would have gone way off line and spent an age with a grinder to sort out the mess. Allen just saws it off and fettles with a file. Genius.

Maybe because the things he is doing, are so low tech, that "everybody" could have done it, if they had put "the same amount" of thought and effort into it. It's not like he has any tools or machines, that almost everybody could get access to, if not buy.

Yes, they do and wouldn't that be wonderful.😊

He was an engineer for the mod

With 24 extra cylinders...

And with only a hacksaw, grinder and a Tig welder.

flexjay87 it needs to be an aircraft carrier these days but he would probably do the aircraft to go with it. He could scare the crap out of the chinese in the South China Sea😁

... completed on budget and in time. And "it's perfect" :)

And "about the length of an iPhone" ! Good old measuring using whatever is at hand !

I share you frustration I would make a proper bodge of it.

TimS366 ...and a missing eye.

As Elon Musk says: "I never give up".

@@CONEHEADDK Elon musk is a fantasist, getting richer off gullible people buying his junk products,sponsored by taxes reaped from the same clowns who believe in his space fantasy and cars built from valuable minerals gleaned from 3rd world nations .

@@supertramp6011 And.?

@@CONEHEADDK and what? Let’s all go and live on Mars, where no human ever will be able to walk outside without full life support systems . Why not spend your billions addressing simple issues here on our own planet? Don’t even bother to reply, you probably drive a Tesla powered by coal. And think you are reducing ‘ global warming’. Riiii-iiight. Do you value having an ocean which covers 70% of our planet? Being able to walk outdoors without wearing a fully enclosed pressure suit and breathing apparatus? Surely it would be easier to do that right here on our own planet ,rather than destroying it by fantasising about living on other planets which will never sustain life. . I’m soo done trying to jerk fools like you out of your Star Trek fantasies. .

Agreed, but the real talent is demonstrated by cutting 1mm off the end of a tube, squarely...

Its bahco saw..its cheap i can get for less than 1$ each blade but i think its the best..

@@arzyfauzy9670 It ain't the saw it's the saw-er!

@@russtaylor2122 yes the man behind the gun..

That's a great concept - and works on more than one level

Top idea.

"Perfect" idea. I want one now

Like the great fit just happens. ;)

Or Job Done

Its how calm he is that amazes me...He dont seem like hes chucked a spanner at a garage wall in his life.

@@davehoward22 made me really LoL 👍

Dave h... lol right?! You just reminded me that I actually, as we speak, have a windshield wiper blade sticking out of the back wall of my garage... I forget what prompted it, but it’s there as a reminder.

John And don’t forget the barbecue, it’s an essential tool lol 😂

@@mikeymike3240 An essential bit of gear that 😁

Not gone at all, I know several small toolmakers, machinists and welders that turn out stuff like this, you just have to find them.

Last week I took my motor home to a guy in Kent, England (it was a shed on a farm that he rents) to have hydraulic auto level lifts fitted. 2 days later he called me and asked if I know where I kept the "key" to lower the spare wheel cage? (as he needed to re-position it) I had no idea what he was talking about, so all he said was, "no problem, i'll make one". After he hung up, I knew i'd found a special person and my mind was at ease. In all, he had to re-plumb the water pipes and fabricate a spare wheel cage and cross beam to fit it to. "Nothing was a problem" he said, "just a challenge". Mercury RV is his business name, ask for Simon (tell him Andy recommended you) Your be in safe hands.

Millyard Level: When you can outdo a full restoration shop in a shed.

No Allen is what Master Craftsmen, Motorcycle Builders aspire to be. Even the God of Motorcycles looks up to the skills of Allen.

It’s not actually a Gpz750 turbo. It’s either a Z750 turbo or a Kawasaki 750 turbo. This is because the Gpz engines were specifically lean burn, while the turbo engine was more an over bored Z650.

Sorry I spelt your name incorrectly, I edited it :-)

just pommy humour

Chris if you have seen some of Neil’s restorations then you would understand one of the best I’ve seen.

@@Cantabinexile I would never doubt the skill of Neil. I have only seen Allen's work and I am in ore of that. I always comment on Allan videos as I like the light heartedness of Allan's presentation.

@@chrischappell9824 No worries but put it this way who do you think paints Allen's bikes ;)

...while not forgetting to slide it down amongst the flowers (without breaking them) and resting against the shed!

It's how McLaren do it.

Randy Dueck orange county choppers,take note,and not a hint of drama...cool as a cucumber!🤣🤣

LMAO

That' what sold me just subscribed!

Lube the disc with wax when cutting aluminium and it will do it nicely.

I get mine from Lidl or Aldi, whenever they have a tools sale. They work just as well as fancy name stuff for a fraction of the price. Always wears a dust mask as they throw off loads of grit.

@@johnDukemaster Thanks for the tip,Candlewax ok for it?

@@junglie Hmm... don't know actually. I was thinking the wax one uses when polishing 😁

Right, same here. This Allen cat gets his work to turn out like it came off a million dollar CNC machine.

You have a garage luxury

Just have a go the kz11 engine is quite easy to work on

Twin turbo

@@tedecker3792 Hell yeah! Mounted in front of the engine, EFI! Call it a MZ1RS6TTCi....

Trumpton or Chigley?

Should be on every shelf - it's on mine :)

Sat alongside, "How To Modify Your Mini" by David Vizard.

Jet Rex So did I. One of the better bikes i had.

Me too! The 1980's sure did whine.

@@Wingnut_Stickman Great bike but the police didn't like me ;-(

You will be amazed