7 MORE Cheap motorbike Accessories you never knew you needed

"I don't love her that much!"... made my day... about the important questions, hair conditioners are meant to reduce the friction between the hair strands, so you can comb the hair without pain... I don't use it, but I think every woman does (and have multiple)... I have 4 women at home and one of them works at "Lush", so you can imagine my bath tubs... it even has dry shampoo or conditioners that come as a dust. brave new world out there.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Haha, thanks for the conditioner explanation. Learn something every day :)

[@anonanon9361]

Nice list. One simple thing that never seems to get mentioned is a helmet sunstrip. Homemade or can be found online in various colours. They really make riding on sunny days more pleasant.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Brilliant idea, I like that a lot. Thanks :)

[@dungbeetle.]

Yep, saves having to wear a helmet with a peak. I'm (very) old school and have been using a strip or two of black insulating tape for many years. :)

[@bunberrier]

The clear film is cheap and very effective. No reason at all not to use that and if you are worried you cant cut and apply well, get some and learn by experience! For the tire fill valves I applied a small mark of colored electric tape on the rim by the bead. Same as caps but free... if you have the tape already.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Good tape tip :)

[@gwynnromano5881]

Another use for protective film is the front fork legs, to eliminate the wear caused by road grit.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Great tip, thanks!

[@FatherOBlivion]

This has convinced me to finally try a windscreen deflector for my Tiger. Being 6'2" the stock screen doesn't quite do it for me. For a more svelte, less fiddly phone mount, check out the Peak Design MC mount. Not the cheapest, and also requires a phone case, but in my opinion much better than the Quad. The same Peak Design photographers know and love for well designed camera accessories.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Thanks for your feedback😊👍

[@WillysPerformanceCycleCtr]

That’s a very good list of items often overlooked. I use a CTEK battery maintainer that has a conditioner built-in. Seems to work really well. One other item for most riders is a very small air pump and a tire plug kit for tubeless tires. You never know when you might have a flat and being able to repair it and then ride slowly home or to buy a new tire can be priceless. Don’t bother to ask me how I know! lol…. As always, thanks for another great video! Ride safe my friend! Cheers…

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Thanks, Willy. You're completely right about the puncture repair kit - totally forgot that!

[@edcgadgets-de]

For tailbags, I have a 3-5L Qbag (name of the brand). This is fantastic, the mount stays on the bike, you just undo a zipper and take the bag with you! That’s fantastic, no messing with straps each time of removing the bag. They have many models, I have the 16L one too with unzippable mount plate.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Thanks for sharing!

[@edcgadgets-de]

@@RocketMan_Moto you’re welcome! I’m always happy when I see your quick replies!

[@Grahamvfr]

Yes I too, resisted a screen deflector for yrs, but I fitted a cheeeap one to my vfr1200 (before I found a genuine Honda deflector) and it worked brilliantly. Confirmed by it coming loose once (my error) and falling flat, followed by a what felt a hurricane hitting my helmet.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Lol, yes they're not pretty, but they're very effective... when fixed on properly, lol :)

[@oulupulu]

The quad lock case blows! I have a quadie 3M stick on for my case, works a charm

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Thanks for the tip

[@1990-t1j]

Small bags: very useful. Disc locks are obviously useful. The rest, I wouldn't bother with.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Not even the battery charger?

[@1990-t1j]

@@RocketMan_Moto Forgot that, but I already have one. I could do with a second.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

I have 3 for 4 vehicles, so a bit of juggling is required!

[@1990-t1j]

@@RocketMan_Moto Same here. Three bikes in Lagos, two in Chiang Rai, with a third to be added.

[@niceviewoverthere4463]

Eenterresting. Have to say that I haven't gone overboard with my Speed Twin either. They deserve more respect than that (if you know what I mean).

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Absolutely, it's not a bike to mess with

[@teneretraveller8980]

Intelligent conditioners actually shock the plates to prevent sulphate building up, which eventually kills batteries. And it let's the battery run down and then rejuices it. I think...

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Ah ok, thanks for the explanation :)

[@daveo9844]

Love the Speed Twin comment 😂 It’s all about the aesthetics 😎🍻

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Thanks for your feedback :)

[@mtkoslowski]

Sooo. I am not a gay sycophant. But, besides this channel, have you considered Audiobooks? You have a comforting baritone and soothing voice. I’ll keep monitoring this channel but FFS read to people, man.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Haha, maybe a profitable side line? I'll think about it :)

[@cber5077]

Only accessories I have for my current bike (Ducati Scrambler) are a tank protector, cell phone holder, and engine protection (sliders). The v small side bag looks useful. Not sure about the other stuff though. I also have a scooter and it has 0 mods as it’s just got quick errands around town.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

We love our scooter, use it several times every day :)

[@cnnproperty]

I have honda forza and triumph street twin and now I say smthng you probably done yet 😉 in honda tool kit there is a steel rope with plastic cover that is a helmet secure rope take it to your speed twin and under the seat there is a hook back of it you can use for helmet secure lock ✌🏻👍🏻 greetings from 🇹🇷 istanbul

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Yes, we have discovered the little metal strap and use it a lot. But thanks - it's not easy to find and I'm sure many owners don't know it's there :)

[@joecamel6835]

A charger recharges, a tender keeps it topped up , a reconditioner desulferizes a battery , sulferizing slowly kills a battery. Keep in mind you might wanna get one that also charges a lithium battery in case you decide to upgrade later .

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Thanks for the info😊

[@karlosh9286]

I fitted a TEC bike parts rack to my Speed Twin. As a rack it works quite well. It doesn't improve the looks. Especially when I have the removable huge 56 litre GIVI top box on it. My wife does like the back support though ! She still insists on the belt that goes around me to give her "grab handles" .

[@RocketMan_Moto]

We tried that belt thing, but my wife didn't like it much, so I fitted the sissy bar which, although extremely ugly, is really very comfortable

[@karlosh9286]

@@RocketMan_Moto I'm sure my top box on a Speed Twin looks even worse. Makes it look like it has a really fat posterior ! But it is unclippable ...

[@JKL246]

8:46 Indeed. There are limits.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Lol :)

[@evilplatypus1876]

I got one of those bags from revzilla. And it expands 😃👍

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Useful!

[@ianowens7519]

Your videos are well presented and informative, you deserve more subscribers. Please keep up the good work!

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Thanks, Ian :)

[@stevepovey2489]

I love Portugal, I.m planning to ride down at Easter, do you know if camp sites will be open?

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Everything is open... for the moment. We have become used to the rules changing at very short notice, though :(

[@stevepovey2489]

@@RocketMan_Moto Awsome. I do try to ride Portugal at least once every year :-)

[@jamesrwful]

Could you do a video on riding gear such as boots, gloves and jackets. prefer the opinion of someone more mature like myself. Thanks

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Excellent idea👍😊

[@Myth337]

“I don’t love her that much” Genuine lol.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

😊

[@karlosh9286]

Difference between a charger and a "tender" I would have thought is all down to does it have monitoring electronics that stop over charging. Although maybe this is just my definition. i.e. on a "tender" every so often some clever electronics switches off the charge, then monitors the voltage level of the battery, if it's high enough it doesn't bother charging anymore . Waits a while, then monitors the voltage level again, if it's below it's threshold voltage, a burst of charging. Switch off the charging again , and what is the voltage ? ad infinitum until it's unplugged, just keeping the voltage level at about the peak the battery should be. Now I don't know if all battery chargers do this these days. I'm sure my Oxford "Oximiser" bike "tender" does this. Of course the "tender" and charging needs to be the correct one for the battery chemistry. Most bike batteries are still lead acid, but some fancy bikes now have lithium ion, and I assume they'd need their own special rules. However a lithium ion battery is likely to have clever electronics inside the battery. So dunno on that one ! (If I had a bike with a lithium ion battery, I'd make sure what type of "tender" to connect to it) In my shed I have car battery chargers from about 30 years ago, and they didn't do such clever things, on those I had to remember to not over charge. So I'd call them "chargers" . Oh for simpler times, yeah it was possible to damage and overcharge batteries, but I was 30 years younger !

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Yes, I suppose a charger charges (you can tell I went to university...) while the tender makes sure it stays charged

[@onsapplikasies8620]

Cool ideas.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Thanks

[@Jaffa1951]

Whoever said ' Love has no bounds ' clearly, didn't know what they were talking about.

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Haha :)

[@huayrarevo]

I noticed carbon fiber component on the speed twin 🌚

[@RocketMan_Moto]

There are 3-4 CF parts on now, but that’s it, no more. You can easily go overboard with cf

[@huayrarevo]

@@RocketMan_Moto absolutely yes If this was a t120, then probably not but just because this is meant to be an sporty, aggressive and the handling variant of the t120, then I feel like it make absolute sense 😇

[@dfleon75]

👍

[@RocketMan_Moto]

:)

[@william1389]

👍🏻😁

[@RocketMan_Moto]

😊

[@patriotwoodworker6092]

I don’t love her that much! Lmao!

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Good job she never watches these videos :)

[@patriotwoodworker6092]

@@RocketMan_Moto hey man, don’t feel bad, my wife doesn’t watch my videos either!😂

[@RocketMan_Moto]

Haha :)