This fan series is absolutely amazing to not only the motorcycle community but to humanity itself because of the amount that it shows what decent human interaction can and should look like! Thank you Craig & Dan.
Yes! Society has seemed to have lost its social skills over the past few years. Craig and Dan are awesome guys, and I love everything this channel stands for!❤
Matts Off Road Recovery gives out tshirts to people he helps... maybe people Craig helps should get one of the "Everybody needs a Craig" shirts. 😂 Edit: oh wait nvm
The fact that Craig is going around creating content by helping viewers with their projects is nothing short of inspiring. Quality content from a quality dude. Thanks Craig 👍👍
Everytime I WATCH I end up split screening and looking at old bikes on marketplace while watching and listening. Now I understand how people have 6,7,8,9+ bikes!
@@The_Bearded_Mechanic Your reply made my day! Love your originality, thanks for sharing your passion and knowledge! My most recent fun is an oil leak on an output shaft on a KLR650!
I like the way that sean the owner's confidence soared the more you got into it till he basically became a partner well done all...😅 Cheesy grins all round 👍👍😁😁😁😁😁
I like that the owner of the bike was way more involved than the last one! That way when Craig leaves, he can have an idea of what to do when the bearded mechanic is gone!
I was searching for a comment like this, and otherwise, I would post one. The fact that two people literally haven't looked up once/moved while a whole RU-vid video is being shot is kind of depressing! 😮 I honestly would be a little ashamed if that were my kids. Lol.
Just watching a couple of DIYers methodically work through a common repair such as a carb rebuild is actually very educating.....of course Dan's solid recording and editing skills combine for a pretty awesome entertaining, interactive experience ty The Bearded Mechanic
Craig is such a a great guy!! Everytime he works with a fan you can tell that they get comfortable with Craig really quickly to the point that it seems like they have known each other for years.. Love your Channel keep making bangers!
Wow, that is awesome! I have almost exact issue; I recently inherited a 1996 Smokin' Joes bike that had been sitting for 10+ years. It is in very good condition with just under 3k miles, but will not start. I cleaned the tank and put in good fuel and can safely assume the carbs need thorough cleaning and possibly new jets, floats, etc. Unfortunately too big of a project for me. So...if you guys wanted to do a second Smokin' Joes Edition...come visit!
I really like the idea of having the owner be involved and help. There’s a lifetime worth of content out there with these old bikes and owners who want them to run great!
You say that till your a mechanic at a shop with a customer over your shoulder who ..knows.. more than you telling you how to do your job..not fun..if it's a buddy maybe.
I've had my SJ F3 for 12 years and it's been the main source of learning to wrench on bikes. It wasn't in the best of shape when I found it. Over 130k on the engine and still going strong! #77 of 1500.
The engines on these are near bulletproof. Sadly the fuel lines etc. and other fuel system hardware is not ethanol compatible. Had a F3 myself, that kept on ticking.
Your fan series is the best thing going right now for automotive RU-vid channels, it's awesome seeing these bikes come back to life while we learn a thing or two along with the owners.
Sooooo glad this popped up on my feed this morning. That bike is a classic, the colors, the old school SS styling, great choice and glad you helped the guy get it going.
This channel is skyrocketing upwards with subscribers and views! I know people knew of Craig for a few years while he was part Bikes and Beards, but for him to have such a “heading to the stars” rise, it’s great to see the hospitality the community is providing him and his team.
This is beautiful, so many shops turn down bikes like this nowadays, it’s super inspiring to see this project come to fruition. Good luck on the project Sean!
Man what a amazing episode. I love your videos Craig. And props to Shawn, who is a very chill dude even in front of the camera. Amazing bike too. Perfect episode.
Dan! LMAO, with the sound effects when Craig played bag pipes and Spanish guitar, plus the glugging of water. Genius.I think it's super cool. Craig knows those carbs well and does steller on cleaning them. Awesome video, really cool bike! 😎
I love everything about this channel, but the editing always gets me lol. Bluejay making CBR sounds, Craig playing carburetor instruments, fuel pump noises, etc. Keep up the good work Dan. You always keep it entertaining even if the work gets mundane.
I love the fans enthusiasm for sport bikes, you can tell he's passionate about this biek, also kinda jealous of his garage setup, he manages a nice space in a relatively small shop.
My brother had the exact same bike. I want to say late 90s early 2000’s. Not sure the number. I have always been a cruiser type of guy and he is street bike all the way. We traded bikes for the day. 3 minutes later I traded back. I knew I would get killed on that bike. It was STUPID fast! Great memories, thanks guys!!
Real easy to ride fast was the problem i had with mine. Such a nice bike. Balanced ,smooth power delivery form the ram air system. 98 was the year they diailled that right in too. Great bikes. Some out there with 80k on the clocks too. They are bulletproof. With jets and a fat exhaust on it, you can see how they won races. Sich a fun bike to ride.
I remember thinking these bikes looked kinda goofy when they came out. I was not into sport bikes back then so i didn't understand it's significance. Now I'm in my mid 50s and riding the sport bikes. This bike is definitely cool to me now.
Miguel was a super nice guy. Met him at the Charlotte Superbike race. Told him I was a big fan of his dad,he asks if I’d like to meet him,he’s in the motorhome? Great day for me!
Such a sweet bike. Brings back good memories. My older brother raced throughout the late 80s to late 90s. He raced for Smokin Joe's the last couple years of his racing career. I got to spend many of my teen years hanging out in his pit, admiring the beautiful purple and yellow bikes. Love em. Keep up the great work!
Fantastic show, thank you. Craig your light and funny attitude is refreshing and thank you for helping on this superb bike... keep up the good work! (no pressure)
Love this series of helping other get the bikes back up and running. This guy was by far a fun watch while helping. Need to find the sign up list so I can try and get my old bike up and running again 😂
I have a 1993 Honda CBR F2 I'm working on now, I'm the original owner. The bike magazines at the time said the F2 could do 11.1 seconds in the quarter mile with a 149 mph top speed. The CBR F3 had that ram air intake and the bike magazines got the thing down to 10.9 seconds in the quarter mile and 160 mph top speed with a skilled rider on board.
I love your videos, but Saturday mornings are for Legit Street Cars. Your Friday morning videos were my reason for getting up and going to work. It's like they say "a Craig on Friday makes the work day pass...quicklay." Yeah, that rhymes.
Man, this is still such a good looking bike. Even the wheels look kinda modern. Update blinker and maybe mirrors to a slicker look and you have a very sweet ride. Only thing that is missing, is an USD fork. Now switch to braided break lines, sintered pads and upgrade the suspension with oil and better springs (rider is a bit on the heavy side, so factory suspension should be to soft) and you got a sweet ride.
I use Pinesol in my Ultrasonic cleaner all the time. Not pure Pinesol, I fill it water and pour a cup or so of Pinesol in. This guy's work space is so clean and organized.. I'm going out to my garage after this video to clean up my space.
Make sure you replace the o-rings between the oil cooler and radiator. Once the cooling system is full of oil it takes hours to flush all the pudding out of the system after it overheats.
That brings back memories! My first bike was a 1996 Erion Racing CBR 900RR. My buddy picked up a Smoking Joe F3 in 98. The 600 was more flickable and fun but the 900 had that punch of a liter bike
I worked on a friend's sons katana 600 that wasn't firing on all four. Cleaned the carbs and replaced the plugs. Still wasn't firing all four. After racking my brains for a minute I started her up and sprayed starter fluid into the two dead cylinders. That fixed it. It seems to me that the freshly rebuilt carbs just needed a boost to get flowing.
Great timing on this video. I just got back from Buttonwillow Raceway and for the first time raced my smokin Joe's livery on my 1996 CBR600F3 racebike that I rebuilt over the winter.
brought back so many good memories of my old CBR1000F-M (1991 - Benneton Colours - Limited Edition) - very sad I had to part with it - great episode - gave me chills when it started up.🏍
I have a CBR600F2 which is basically an F3 without extra doodads like a fuel pump and emission things. It had been sitting in a garage for 19 years when I got it, the carbs looked like someone ran her on snot, the brake lines were completely rusted and the oil was just pure madness. The tank on the other side is in pristine condition and she is so happy to fire up and warm up, such a gentle giant. Looking forward to selling her and starting my next motorcycle repair journey!
I owned 2 CBR Smokin' Joes Specials! A 96 and a 98! OMG I miss those bikes! I preferred the 98 (the 96 had the square tail piece and wasn't as slick looking) That bike was such an awesome bike! Turned lots of heads and the girlies loved it! I ended up turning the 96 into a street fighter and stunting it. Eventually sold it (I didn't realize they were so rare!) The 98 met its demise when I was doing a wheelie (showing off) and someone on a GSXR600 pulled out in front of me. I dropped the front end and low sided the bike, when my bike hit his back tire it crushed his rim and his turning tire threw my Joe's about 20 feet into the air. That was the end of that. The bike was a write off. I replaced it with a Suzuki TL1000R. Still have my TL today!
I about peed when I saw the thumbnail, that was my first sportbike!!!! Bought one when I was in college and my parents hated me for it, but it was the best thing ever! Got it cheap because it had been hot wired and stolen at some point in its life and no one could figure out the electrical gremlins lol I worked at a bike shop and between all of us we got it running.
My buddies CBR was stolen out of the back of his truck and recovered 3 years later. It was absolutely thrashed, so we did what we could and wrapped it in cheetah print fabric. We found a roach in one carb and meth in another. It ran great once we got the debris out of her. Of course, all the old timers would reach out and pet the fuzzy bike at stop lights. 🤣🤙🏾