Man I was about to shut down my brake knife making company but now that it’s been featured on Bikes and Beards my sales have taken off ! Thank you guys
I'm sure Shervin approves of the "Big Performance" exhaust on the CBR. In fact it looks like Shervin's work... In case you're curious, Shervin is a legend on the old ZX-10 forum and the guy had some really sketchy mods. From hand bent sheetmetal and pop rivet "exhausts" to hacking out holes in bike frames for "weight reduction" and "ram air".
I enjoy these videos. I took my riders course in 2012 and rode for 6 years and gave it up. Watching these videos helped bring back the itch and I bought a new bike in February. Please keep making videos. My favorites are the ones where you buy old new bikes and put them together. Thanks.
That whip´s hook is actually a panic hook. You use them on the ropes you use to lead a horse and in case something spooks the hose and it panics, you can release the hook really quick. They usually are made of some synthetic materials and I´ve never seen one made of leather. So to me it seems like someone couldn´t sell tose and thought "People with horses don´t want these, so maybe I can sell them to people on mechanical horses!"
Been watching you guys for so long, just have to say you are my favorite bike channel. You're such an enthusiast and Craig is just a big kid at heart with fantastic mechanic skills, such fantastic energy. Anyways, keep on keeping on. Thanks guys!
@cfltitan if it helps, it's subsection 4310 of the PA vehicle code. Motorcycle lighting. Auxiliary lighting may be added to a motorcycle to protect the driver, including blue dot illumination, standard bulb running lights and light-emitting diode (LED) pods and strips.
you cant have "flashing or revolving" lights, and you cant have red or blue to imitate police. there's also a code about "rearward facing white light" so dont put a giant white spotlight to shine into the windshield of a car behind you on the highway. theres also some restrictions around yellow or amber in combination with white light that are specifically allotted to "privately owned authorized emergency vehicles" like tow trucks and stuff. basically dont make it look like police, fire, ambulance, or road construction vehicle lights.
What happened to the junkyard WLA/WLDR? It's been 7 months since you last had a video on it.. can't wait to see you race Matt from wheels through time!
@crashwebb4715 I've been there. Went all the way up the state, and I have to admit it, there is some beautiful scenery. Just too bad it's been ruined by the people and government. So, just to prove your statement as false, I will confirm, never go to Commiefornia.
@@earlgunman6325 it's not even close to communist. Americans take the state of the government so for granted that they forget there are other countries that aren't even democracies
The Massachusetts law about gorillas is very understandable there was a documentary about them where they throw barrels and bananas at plumbers specifically 😂
i love the train horn vs train bit. i drive truck and sometimes i'll catch a rail power unit passing by either crossing the road or alongside the highway and we'll exchange air horns. it's as funny to me as taking my tractor to get fast food.
Another great feature that my buddy discovered about the "get back whip" is that it will occasionally stuff off your cruise control... as it whips around and pulls the brake lever. But hey, "They sure look cool."
Finnish police stopped a biker gang. Inspected their driver's licenses and bikes. While almost completed, they halted. Well, we have a twin here. Not a biker, but a bike.
Every 3 Decibels is double. So if sound registers at 60dB, a sound at 63dB is twice as noisy. Some states made LED underbody lights illegal if they are certain colours. For example in Ohio red and blue lights are supposed to be illegal. I dont think they enforce it though. Great video. Love videos like this.
@@JimmyCasket02 I didnt want to assume that they were illegal everywhere. Different states may have different laws. I personally dont think I have ever seen a car get pulled over for red or blue underglows in my area.
The "get back whip" was described to me as a "Leash" with the intent of being utilized as a quick access weapon not against cars but against other people where you pull it off and you use the metal end as a flail.
I had a get back whip on my Harley (lol yeah, I know), and I never heard of it being taken off and used as a weapon. It was described to me for when people are too close, you can use it to make them "get back," or move away from the bike. In doing so, it was not removed though, as it's primary use was for people too close to the edge of the roadway on the sidewalk on the right side, hence why it was attached to the brake. But honestly I'm sure there's many "reasons" that someone could have one.
So the cop just admitted that he pulled people over for fishing expeditions with no knowledge of the legality of the modifications nor of the illegality of his actions in doing so. Great friend ya got there.
The getback whip is supposed to have a metal ball Bering or nuts and bolts on the end to crack windows from drivers that get too close. I have one that I got from my American Legion Riders club and I only put it on the bike for parades. It kind of gets in the way of shifting or breaking, depending on the side you put it on. I think it's a thing that people have because everyone else has one.
On the roads for normal use, it makes it easy to spot the goobers lol. I would never even consider one on my bike lol. For you riding in a parade it makes more sense. All the trims and dressings you can fit for the show.
It's def a culture piece. You're hard if you ride with one of those because you can hit stuff...or something. Because more road rage is definitely what we need and moto vs cager always ends well.
Pretty sure it started because outlaws can't carry weapons. Now every poser wants one. Yes people bring their bikes in with these stupid things on them. They go on the bench if I have to test ride.
In Minnesota 10 years ago When I got my motorcycle license , if you were a permit holder (before taking the road test) you had to wear a helmet, couldn't ride with a passenger, and couldn't ride on the freeway, or after dusk.
Had a 95 eclipse GSX when in the Navy stationed in Podunk, VA....not a real town. Bored as hell, we utilized the base hobby shops to work on our own rides. Anywho, I remember the joy of taping a duck call to my blowoff valve. Reactions were priceless.
I was just on Amazon lastnight wanting to buy a train horn for my Cummins. And was wondering what they sounded like because you can never be to sure. Bikes & beards I appreciate you for showing that horn! Seriously.
When the cop gave his reaction to the train horn... I DIED. ABSOLUTELY LOST IT. "Yeah, we'd definitely be having a conversation." 🤣🤣🤣 Really? I couldn't have imagined.
I live in San Francisco; I can honestly say that when things get to be too much fun here, they pass a law against it so we all go to jail. The only “good” part of it is once you’re a criminal here, you are now a protected class of citizen. Criminals run the show here, literally.
What's hilarious to me is that that exhaust is more bosozoku than the lights could ever be. You should import some, just for the sheets and giggles 😂😂😂
Fellow PA rider here. Bike lighting like LED strips ARE legal in Pennsylvania. Here's the text of PA Act 50: Act 50 of 2006, enacted by the General Assembly June 2006 and effective August 2006, allows for auxiliary lighting to be added to a motorcycle to protect the driver, including blue dot illumination, standard bulb running lights and light-emitting diode (LED) pods and strips (Section 4310).
In Manitoba, as far as I know, underbody lights became popular to put under cars around 03/04 and I remember our umbrella insurance company MPI (Manitoba public insurance so every driver in this province is insured through the same provincial provider) announced they were illegal
in my MC guys do use the get back whips, but, it's a weapon, you swing the heavy end and it is deadly, especially when several are used at one time in a biker brawl...
“The horrible state of Massachusetts, nothing good ever comes from there” can absolutely confirm since I’m only a state over and my state sucks also lmao
God bless Pennsylvania for still performing semi-full DOT inspections on most vehicles like the MOT in the UK. So many skells with crappy, broken cars in the northeast and a lot with grinding brakes and no lights.
The wipe or as we call them here ( Nova Scotia ) Braid was explained to me as, You hang it on your left hand side of the handle bars and as you drive at high way speed it tends to want to swing out wards, any car that wants to pass you now has to give you more room to clear the wip. Sounds kinda odd to me but what ever makes you hard I guess
Four years ago at an ADV rally a dog ran out into the road. Straight at me teeth out, he wasn’t a happy dog. I leaned away, gave throttle, the dog went for my left foot/leg. I lifted my leg and the dog got my foot peg. At this point Mr grumpy dog realized his mistake. Me going 30-35 the dog running at an angle towed me whatever dog speed is, probably added 10mph to the foot peg & mouth contact. This all happened in a few seconds but if I had the “get back whip” I still wouldn’t have had time to use it. Haha I stopped in at the house the next day to check on the dog, no one was home. Awe well.
For a long time the Air Force required people to wear a reflective vest while riding. What they learned over time is that reflective vests increase your chances of being in an accident. This is because the average person pulls their steering wheel the direction they are looking. The Air force quietly got rid of the requirement.
"Not wearing any underpants.." is known as "Going Commando", that's "Commando" Sean, rather than "Commander" (interesting random stuff from today? I was reminded that Norton had a model P11, a really cool Motorcycle that became.. ..the Commando.. and, Clint Eastwood actually had one tied into his deal with M.G.M. for the film "Where Eagles Dare" - Jus' sayin'). 😉 If you can ever find it, check out the (U.K.) Bike Magazine article "Never Mind The Bosozuko" from around '82 or '83, when Bosozuko (quite serious types really and not so much cartoon characters, especially at this time) were typically riding CBX 1000's, six downpipes straight into short lengths of scaffold pipe and were a rolling riot.. ..which rather appealed to someone I know, who duly did the same to his CBX (it became a thing here locally.. ..and understand this was kinda just post Mad Max, which helped). 🙄Moving on.. I think something we can take from this edition is Amazon is NOT a Motorcycle Factors, Kevin's good fun and S&M gear has absolutely no place in society, particularly out on the Highway.
The dB scale for sound level is a logarithmic scale. Every 3dB more is doubling the sound pressure. Suppose you start with 80dB and the pressure is 110. When you go up to 83dB you get double the sound pressure to 220. You go up to 86dB it doubles again so you are 4 times as high as 80dB and get 440. Go up an other 3dB to 89dB and you go to 8 times as high as 80dB and get 880. Go up to 92dB and you go to 16 times as high as 80dB and get 1760. This goes on and on.
"You use two fingers on the brake lever". I see that Norton Commando in the background. I don't suppose you've ever tried to stop it with two fingers? Two fingers make the brake lamp come on.
I new of a truck driver who here in Australia, on a moonless nite, reversed his prime mover up a rail crossing and turned off all his lights to wait for his mate who was not far behind him. when the other truck driver was on the crossing he turned on all his lights and hit the air horn.I think he is still alive.
