They were unreliable and prone to failure. Beautiful just the same… 👍🏻

Incredible bike!!

Pure heaven against uk crap

Man, I bet you'd be the hero of the Burger King parking lot in 1925, riding in on THAT bad boy

had the ypvs version .

I always stuff rag in the gaps for WHEN I drop a washer ;). would it be ott to check the flatness of the inlet manifold?

I heard its important to check all the threaded holes are clear as they can have debris which will stop the studs going all the way down

don`t you check the valve spring lengths on an old motor?

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You are comparing a Mahindra to the real thing. There is no comparison. The borrowed BSA tank badges do not produce a conversion, nor do the video clips that show the Mahindra waddling through very gentle bends. I will take my cue from this comparison. I will paint RAF roundels on my Cessna 170 and claim that it is a Spitfire.

Wow, the beginnings of motorcycling were so amazing!

The NAPIER Sabre was capable of revving up to ~4,000rpm

Biden on a bike

i think another production radial engine motorcycle is long overdue !

Ahh.. Fond memories of being a 17 year old hooligan.. Glad that you found the Power band!.. lol

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All very worrying 😂

What a Beauty 😍 bike also not bad i guess

That's a top quality bike..❤ i'd never heard of this maker before, thanks for the video😊

Beautiful. 👍🏻

Brilliant work! What an awesome looking bike!!

Dream Bike❤

Whow,kool

not one syllable wasted, pure gold.

Does this bike have any connection to the peerless car company?.

I have just done a ecu flash and added power commander with auto tune. Have to disagree with the Dyno man. Autotune will update your map for the riding conditions you are in all the time versus the Dyno is optimized only for one set of conditions. I do have Dyno maps for the ecu and pc to get the bike into a useable map quickly and then auto tune keeps adjusting.

I am so glad that folks are taking the time to make what will some day be priceless archival recordings of Sammy.

What is the top speed?,🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️

11:59 yeah sure. Of course it is because you didn’t see the navigation 😉

That bike looks pretty stylish. I hope I'm still riding around when I'm that guy's age. If I live that long.

16T front pinion gear is the cheapest and most noticible improvement you can do to this bike. Second biggest improvement, at a fairly cheap cost is the TEC cam. If you need anything more, buy another bike. Seriously.

Other videos have actually complained there bike is too low when the kick stand is used (and it is). Yours does seem to sit the bike more straight up. Thats weird.

I liked the video. Just thought I'd make a comment about the speed in particular. 70mph is fast enough. It plenty for riding in traffic. Every one always thinks you need speed to get out of the way cause thats what your used to. Your used to "Available power". I've been driving trucks for 32 years now and you know just about every truck I've ever driven, except a few, max speed was between 55mph and 72 mph and I've always seem to get where I'm going. Its just a different set of skills and timing so don't let that deter you from getting a Himalayan. I'm actually thinking about selling my Goldwing and getting this exact bike. I'm tired of all that weight at my age. 998 pounds is wearing me out.

Ypvs version is epic .. even more power

The legend Sammy Miller!

Didn't the Brough special engine use sleeve valves?

What a fascinating video - I've heard of Grindlay Peerless of course but had no knowledge of this "Sleeve Valve" model . . What a bike it is - (fabulous petrol tank) . 😊😊

Two unique historical museum pieces - a sleeve valve bike and Sammy Miller : )

what a beauty

Not much need for a sleeve valve after 2-stroke engines were designed. 2-stroke engines use ports in the cylinder and have fewer moving parts. Nice to have a sleeve valve engined bike as a museum exhibit, though.

The Bristol car compagny used sleevevalves in their luxury models prewar (they are very quiet), and made the Hercules radial airplane engine and later the Centaurus for use in a number of, mainly, bomberplanes. After their teeding problems they were very well liked. Napier used the system in their Sabre engines, H24s, used in Hawker Typhoons and Tempests, they became very powerfull. There is a guy making a chopper with a singlecylinder sleevevalved engine now, he is about to be finiced. I always liked the type.

Is there a clutch?

Great bikes, nice filming. Cheers from Greece.

Just the sights and the sounds! Made me feel like a kid again at the ZA DJ in the 70s. I'm so happy to see that the old bikes still run and people still love them.

Knowns nothing about riding a bike has she passed a test ??.

Nice bit of building to incorporate a 5 cylinder aircraft engine!

Had a Meteor version for two years. Sat on it and bought without a test ride. Great bike for the back roads, pretty good in towns and works OK on motorways when using a stretch is the best option (usually as a Bypass of some town or city). 90 mpg. PS. 17 inch on rear of Meteor.

Thank you for this nice review .... I have got a question for you..what do you think about the New w800 in comparison to this w650?