ahh don't worry, that'll last about a week and then it'll be mess and metal bits again, I just wanted to pretend at being tidy for a bit🤪 Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the new one

Thanks Stephen, Happy New Year to you too, hope you have a great time👍

Great to hear from you again 👍 I hope you enjoy the next one

Thanks Andrew, hope you enjoy it, it should be a laugh at least!

Thanks very much for the kind words 🙏

You might be on to something there, my wife is giving me side eye for using an AI woman as a model though 🤪 I need a supersize mug!

@GlynOC set up a side line shop buddy? A lot of KZbin people do. Depends on how much time you can afford to invest in it suppose 🤔

I've just set up a shop after you prodded me 👍 Just go to upload some designs, doesn't cost me anything and anyone crazy enough can order online direct, thanks for the idea🤪

I hope it's satisfying, even if you have to look on in horror 🤪 Thanks for coming back to watch

Thanks Jonathan 🙏 I think you'll find the donor bike quite upsetting 🤪

@GlynOC Don't keep us in suspense too long Glyn!🤣🙂

Thanks very much for coming back to watch Andrew! There'll be lots to see on this one I promise

Thanks very much👍 This one will def be pushing 'skills' to the limit🤪

Not for long I promise, I peeked at it today and it's desperate for a new life, I think you'll be slightly disturbed by it 🤪

I think I'll have to cross that bridge if it doesn't fall down 🤪 Great to hear from you again and hope you're well

@@GlynOC I'm fine thanks Glyn, and great to see you starting a new project, particularly an Enfield chopper. 😁 I looked into frame alterations on one of my bikes a few years ago and it seems to be a bit of a grey area, the DVLA refer to radically altered frames as something that would stop you using the bikes original identity but don't really define what they mean by "radically altered"; or at least I couldn't find anything. Plenty of people on KZbin seem to just hardtail frames and keep the same numberplate but from what I've read I think its illegal. I even rang the DVLA twice but completely failed to speak to anyone who knew anything about the legality of altered frames, they just read out the stuff I had already read for myself. Hopefully some of your viewers will have actually done something similar and can give you some advice about how much you can get away with and still keep the bikes original identity?

Thanks Pete, this one will need more room 🤪 Hope you and the family have a good new year, Glyn

Happy new year to you to mate, glad you got my comment no internet 🛜 at the moment on and off weather 🇫🇷

Thanks very much Ian, great to hear from you and I hope you and the family have a great year too 👍 This sad little bike def needs rescuing although it might not be too happy about it 🤪 cheers, Glyn

That's a good idea, I'll have to make that plan B if plan A doesn't work out. I might go and google trike bits now you've said it🙏

Thanks very much Mike, lots to see on this one, even if you might have to look through your fingers at some bits🤪

Thanks Jez, brace yourself🤪

Thanks Paul 👍 I think they copied me with the whitewall tyres! The donor bike already has a bit 'Goan' on with some strange features added by the original owner which I think you might find a bit unusual🤪

Haha it'll either be that or sticking out of the garden like those roadside sculpture things in the USA! I'm fairly confident it will work out, in some fashion. To be fair, I will have a back end left over!

Will do 👍

@@GlynOC Happy New Year.

Thanks Colin, I hope you enjoy it

If you cruised at 75mph all day in the UK you'd fall off the other side 😁 A 47hp bike can do that fine, as long as you're happy hanging on. 65mph is about the max I feel comfortable at on a naked bike on longer journeys

Hello, I'm a typical 5'10 / 177cm but actually very short legs - 28". The Bullet seat certainly sits you a little further back and is more supportive. Maybe you could try sitting on a Bullet at your local dealer

Hi, yes it fits but the handlebars touch ever so lightly at full lock and I think just shaving the mounting rubbers a couple of mm would solve that. If you look at my Classic 350 playlist on the channel you can see me trying a Meteor tank on a Classic in one of the early episodes

It kind of does, but needs a bit of modification I believe, just to attach it, but nothing too radical. I've seen one done but not done it myself - a chap on the UK facebook group for the Classic 350 did

Yes, much easier, although they are quite far back and in a very comfortable position already

@@GlynOC that's good to hear.

270, just like the others👍

Gold components are very divisive! There are still people who can't forgive RE for the little gold canisters on the back of the shocks on the Interceptor🤪

@GlynOC Oh they would be straight in the bin.

Thanks very much for coming to comment, great to hear from you. I know what you mean about the miscellaneous bracketry and whatnot, it has quite a few open spaces. I'm guessing that's to make production simpler and keep costs down, when there are fewer surfaces to fit together, less precision is needed with the stamped metal parts. At least the savings on a Triumph equivalent model are considerable!🤪

haha you've grown up! That'll be great for a tour won't it, will anyone be going on the back? Hope all well with you👍

No chance!❤️

Thanks very much for watching, I love looking at the bikes!

Hello! Yes, it'll fit no problem although the knurled parts that would usually be hidden by the handlebar clamps will be on show, some people have covered them with tape, stickers, or rubber ties that hold the cables to the bars👍

It'll kind of work but there's no bolt holes to hold it on, though you could work around that, maybe I'll try it as I've got a Meteor seat here somewhere from my last project bike

haha that's exactly what I think

I've got my eye out for one of those to try, they have a really good reputation from those who've bought them and they look good too👍

I haven't tried the top speed really, the roads around here aren't really long enough! It gets to 65 happily but seems like a long drag after that, it's happier at 55-60mph. I think the bigger tyres have messed up the gearing to can't quite pull top gear like it wants too. I haven't measured mpg either but I don't think all the hills help

I think they imagined that tyre differently didn't they.....

I don't think generalisations work either way, some people work better with some ergonomics than others. I've never found low seated bikes to be better, but there are many other things affecting that apart from the seat height, such as all the other ergonomic choices you get from a bike with a low seat 👍

I heard they're taking it up to 750 for the new Interceptor, we'll find out soon I think. Perhaps a twin based on the water cooled 450 platform might come one day eh

That sounds really good, a bike that makes you smile is all you need!