Will This 24 Year Old Free Bike Run & Get Me 137 Miles Home? 

On a 2001 Bonneville--it's been bullet proof--with a lithium battery it's even cold started in sub zero weather.

Monkeys are really valuable now days. In Finland (i think Finland had one of the biggest markets of them in Europe) good condition 1980s & 90s monkeys are between 1700-2500€ mint condition monkeys are around 3000€. 1970s models are 1500€ for tear down & unknown condition baske case monkeys. Fully restored models can cost up to 4500€-5000€

Sorry. 1960s &1970s models...

@@oddis188 for these prices I can buy an actual gorilla to carry me around 😂

I just bought a 250cc vespa 2005 for £350

Price for old scrap is going through the roof ! £1000 for a Puch moped absolutely insane 🤔

haha or a free horse

Or a cheap Ferrari.

I was afraid of that.

Step 2.) Prepare dynamite and firing cap.

This. I learned ALLLL about this first hand with my first bike.

I have never liked pod filters much, especially in the rain?! Had to leave my XS650 chop in a supermarket car park one night because it wouldn't run in the rain as the pod filters were sucking in water.

@@haxan6663 I have a beat up XS650 chopper, not sure what else you could really use on a bike like that.

​​@@TomsTinkeringandAdventuresthere is a company that makes an air box that's still an exposed filter for it that should work with basically any copper build but is certainly better than pods. You can always get some "frog skins" material

@@DetectiveStablerSVUwhat’s frog skins for? And is there no middle ground between pods and the airbox? Mushroom filters maybe? Or no well made alternative that doesn’t mess with the Venturi

Oh yeah? That's good!

It's midnight, hopefully you remembered to pick up creamer for tomorrow😂. Maybe some eggs too (if you can afford em)

pizza not have breakfast or lunch, only little ewening snacks.

creamer? I barely even know her *Knee Slap*

What, no half empty beer sitting on the coffee table to go with the pizza?

@slickar2752 Where I come from there's no beer leftover 😂

I feel old.

​@@Saertyhg lol, I was 9 when that bike came out. I remember the joke about those bikes being "the _REAL_ Triumph was getting it to run for any amount of time." -Dad. *TL;DR* I'm 34, I don't feel old, I feel blessed. Sometimes you just have to push your limits and go places you haven't gone before to really appreciate life... like riding a neglected Triumph down a exploratory gravel trail with significantly reduced brakes. Craig gets it. I daily'd a motorcycle for 7 years, but life got complicated and the 600cc bikes (01 Suzuki Bandit 600s, 07 Yamaha FZ6) had to get sold, so now I take advantage of the abundance of e-bike parts suppliers to build my own. I completed my longest ride (42 mile round trip) yesterday. During the ride, I had one chain hop (I had to re-tension chain on the side of the road), had to swap batteries once, had 1 near-wipeout with an uncovered drainage gutter (locked up both wheels), and got caught in a surprise severe-thunderstorm. At one point, I took refuge under a bridge due to the high winds, rain and lightning, but had to leave in a hurry when a flash-flood raised water levels over 4ft in a matter on minutes. Luckily I moved my bike a few feet forward to the opposite side of the bridge when I did... I climbed up the embankment to shield myself from the wind, and by the time I realized the water level had risen so much down below, the path was already fully underwater, with my 10" wheels half-way submerged (touching the bottom of the deck), and the spot I had been previously about 1ft deep, meaning full deck submersion and fried electrics since it's only weather-resistant (not waterproof). With no place left to stick around, I sent it through the storm (which with my wheelbase is only about 25MPH, I don't dare do 40MPH top speed in the wet) with lightning flashing all around, until I arrived at the next overpass where the path was elevated and the river widened, so there I was able to wait out the storm and continue my ride fully dry and in peace after. I still drive for work (company vehicle), and I've been driving for 19 years with 0 collisions or speeding tickets (even when I had my CDL for a 30ft bus) so it's not like I'm bad at it, but I don't have to deal with the road-ragers and unsafe drivers and stop and go traffic and all that in my free time... life's too short to put up with that.

BMW worst bikes what ewer has made. bmw factory not can build any good bike.

I would love to do that! Definitely a bucket list ride for me

Bogan cries too much

Well, it would be cool to see a rattlesnake, or a turtle. (I'd prefer turtle personally🐢)

I’m sure the association with B&B helps a bit, and I’m glad it does but still

I'm a big fan of Keihin CVK carbs. Best thing this side of fuel injection and super fault tolerant. When they start going bad, you have weeks of notice. When Fuel Injection goes bad, you're screwed wherever and whenever you sit.

This is what I came to the comments for. lol

When road tax is £111 if you can get a bike that doesn't need tax or mot and has classic insurance it's almost free to ride.

Wait my 83 gs450 doesn't need mot or tax???

@@wasterdnb are you in the UK?

@chrishart8548 yes mate,new forest. You?

​@wasterdnb it will be exempt from tax payment and not need an MOT, but you still need to register it as taxed. and in order to get that exemption you gotta apply through dvla

It’s Craig, brother. His name is Craig 😭

I think we can cut folk some slack on Craig’s name as Shaun pronounces it Kreg.

😮😮😮

They have to be dirty. Clean socks don't provide enough air resistance. (Is this true? I dunno. It sounded funny in my head though😂)

Filter socks, or actual socks? 🙃

@Fabulousprofound168 actual socks. Like a pack of thick ankle biters from Walmart.

Yes, Craig does it right. He did have a major wreck 2 years ago. So he knows the importance of proper gear.

I have had 2. 72 Daytona and a2003 Speed 4. Loved both. The Speed 4 was a ausome bike. Just not a reliable daily rider. Same for the Daytona.

Bean or donkey?

I bet in time they let all the roads just turn back to rubble and dirt. And we will all need adventure bikes.