Its a review about heated clothing not the bikes

Watching for the 2nd time, that extra clutch servo is a great idea, my trident has a heavy clutch,,a foot lever would be a really helpful mod ,it needs `something` to lighten it up!

What is this abomination of a video? I cant consume it portrait, nor landscape. What happened there?😂

wish to see the limit of the tyre when it is losing its grip especially at lean.

I would go for the voge look what it comes with as standard were the honda cones with nothing

wow how interesting thank you

So talented yet very modest and unassuming. A rare combination. More common the other way around

Allen is a clever genius, who is modest .... He is great when explaining his projects too ....

Allen Millyard is totally focused and in calm control, on all the projects he has undertaken, in his expert mechanical life.

My first MB was a 1978 Yamaha TY50. I named it.. "The Pig" Which i had painted on.. either side of my crash helmet!!

Instant somone trys to jack the bike I'm out. Not gonna screw around with the road debries under those circumstances.

I have read that the inner bag is only for 3kg. Is that the case?

Close ups would be helpful. 😊

Very modest , very talented ,bloody brilliant mind !!!!!

the man is a genius

Nice, what is the Jetting for the Pod filters? 3 up on the Main, 2 up on the Pilot, thinner needle shimmed?

Great interview but need to hear from Alan without that tit constantly talking

You learn far more by having less. I have good quality Britool or King Dick items picked up over the decades.

Worth remembering before you go out and try this, the conditions don't quite match our roads. They missed out Diesel, leaves, bits of branch, road kill to name a few. Ride within your limits not that of a video

Very impressive ! Were the tyres warmed up prior to the test ?

This is another reason bmw is no longer an adventure bike. If i breakes in africa bin it . If it breakes in uk out of warrantee £££££ bin it

Ted Pratt was the other vintage dealer in London. His shop was in Greenwich. We were also Harley Davidson dealers.

Am amazing guy with so much talent. 👍

Now go trough some wet roundabouts quick like its dry and see the outcome. Where i live, they become extremely slippery. Like spinning the rear in second on a 690 duke slippery.

you were super unlucky - the rain in UK is 360 days a year yet you did not have it ;-)

As an ex racer and track day instructor, it’s very dependent on the actual surface. Tyres are one factor but the texture, makeup and type of surface is another, with the final physical factor being whether there is anything on the surface. In the dry, providing there’s no unseen contaminants on the surface, the maximum amount of grip available is generally quite high and varies between maximum adhesion to "letting go" by a smaller margin from surface to surface, than wet roads. Some surfaces are terrible as soon as they become wet (you’ll know the ones), whilst other surfaces offer far more grip than you’d imagine. Unfortunately, you can’t always tell, just by looking! Not trying to teach anyone to suck eggs, but if it hasn’t rained for a good few weeks the roads can initially be very slippery once the rain comes down. ABS and Dynamic Stability Control works best when upright and travelling in a straight line. Both of these systems have now been developed to incorporate cornering lean angle, with the use of a gyroscope and technology, but be aware that they will not save you in all cases. If you are banked over in the wet and the bike starts to slide, it might end in tears if momentum has overridden adhesion. Tyre technology has made huge advancements over the last couple of decades and most tyres these days are pretty good, although there are some that are still a bit better than others. For wet weather and general road riding a good sport/touring tyre is the best choice, which most of you will already know and will probably have your personal favourites. Ride safe and watch out for greasy roundabouts when it’s raining!

As an ex racer and track day instructor, it’s very dependent on the actual surface. Tyres are one factor but the texture, makeup and type of surface is another, with the final physical factor being whether there is anything on the surface. In the dry, providing there’s no unseen contaminants on the surface, the maximum amount of grip available on road surfaces is generally quite high and varies between maximum adhesion to letting go by a smaller margin, from surface to surface than wet roads. Some surfaces are terrible as soon as they become wet (you’ll know the ones), whilst other surfaces offer far more grip than you’d imagine. Unfortunately, you can’t always tell, just by looking! Not trying to teach anyone to suck eggs, but if it hasn’t rained for a good few weeks the roads can initially be very slippery, when it does rain. ABS and Dynamic Stability Control works best when upright and travelling in a straight line. Both of these systems have now been developed to incorporate cornering lean angle, with the use of a gyroscope and technology. Be aware that they will not save you in all cases. If you are banked over in the wet and the bike starts to slide, it might end in tears if momentum has overridden adhesion. Tyre technology has made huge advancements over the last couple of decades and most tyres are pretty good, although there are some that are still better than others. For wet weather and general road riding a good sport/touring tyre is the best choice, which most of you will already know and will probably have your personal favourites. Ride safe and watch out for greasy roundabouts when it’s raining!

Got these on my old ST1100. Brilliant tyres. Got Dunlop Mutants on my NC750X. Amazing wet grip. Pirelli Angels on my Bandit. Dry blasts only on that bad boy!

Your camera rolling shutter is driving me nuts really bad

Very enjoyable.

Until it goes wrong, which it does repeatedly

That dropping suspension will be a game changer for a lot of folk, if they want a big, heavy bike. I like the lego look more than the standard one. Not for me, but I admire the tech and design. Ride safe 👍

"Nearly flatfooted on either side!" No you weren't, you were on the balls of both feet. Anyway, it's one seriously ugly bike, a massively heavy, pretend adventure bike, that will go no further off-road than a Starbucks carpark.

Like my instructor always said: Nat is niet glad. Translated it means: Wet is not slippery. You just need to stay on the tarmac. We were drilled to avoid white lines, manhole covers, etc both in the wet and in the dry.

Do one about cornering on wet greasy roads 😮

What a bloke brilliant

Allan is a pure genius!! Would luv 2 see a lammy engine he made better then stock??

I bought a Colchester bantam because I saw that Alan had one, figured he knew what was good.

So, buy V-Strom, use savings for heated gear and a holiday in the Cotswolds... sounds like a good idea!

Should do the same test with bikes that don't have traction control. Still plenty of those bikes out on the road

I ride in the wet on my 125cc all the time, all these fair weather riders need to watch this as your not developing your riding skills by avoiding the UK rain.

This is a good video guys, but it would be great to follow up with something closer to real world conditions. Having confidence in your tyres, electronics and riding skills are all good things but in real world conditions you need to be aware of other hazards in the road that will affect traction, wet leaves, diesel spillages, other vehicles braking suddenly, any kind of metal surface (e.g. manhole covers), painted lines in the road, etc. Stopping in a straight line on pristine tarmac with new tyres (that have huge rain grooves) may give you false confidence in your bikes handling and stopping abilities... I'm just concerned people will watch this and have unrealistic expectations from their tyres. The message should be that it still pays to be very cautious in the wet!

Very much what I've suspected for some time. Unless there's standing water, the drop off is smaller than people imagine. A lot of it is in the mind. Of course, ABS and TC help ensure you don't lose it, but the grip is there 👍

Riding in the wet is something every rider should do. Its so important to get comfortable in these conditions in the UK for obvious reasons!

Damn KTMs are ugly

The real problem in the wet is reading the surface, everything becomes shiny black. Slow down or better still, stay home.

If this guy was about when they built Harley Davidson that bike would be called a Allen millyard now

I know modern tyres are a good improvement over ten or twenty years ago, but I still believe electronic rider aids are doing most of the heavy lifting here. I’d be happy replicating those tests on a wet surface (full gas, hard braking, straight line), but only on a bike with ABS and TC. And I wouldn’t want to be over-confident on wet cornering, especially on a cold and dark commute with unknown other surface issues potentially lurking. I think the assertion in the video to not be nervous hitting the brakes in the wet assumes ABS, which a few old winter hacks that people use for winter commuting don’t have. In an emergency, idealised progressive braking doesn’t always go according to plan. That said, hopefully these Bridgestone T32 tyres provide some stiff competition for Michelin Road 6, which are the best I’ve used and seem to be very popular as an all-weather commuting / touring tyre. I look forward to some unsponsored reviews.

Good video. Cornering in wet? 😊

Great video... I always suspected that good tire have exceptional grip on the wet.