CLASSIC BRITISH motorcycles 100 YEARS OF MOTOREYELING

[@christopherfisher6293]

My dad was a Norton man. Dad passed in 1983, so ill watch this for him. Happy riding dad!!

[@gerrittenberkdeboer7763]

i'm dutch; living in bavaria; love motorcycles. Once i had a weird experience: My stepdad died; a few days later he was suddenly with me, riding my bike; clearly enjoying it with a bright smile ...

[@davidmccrory5604]

What a lovely man " may she serve you well for years to come " now that's a man who loves his motorbikes

[@davidbrennan5]

What a great video! I live in Canada and we don't see too many British bikes on the road. I really like that old Douglas at 20:00. That bike looks like it is very well built. I could just sit and stare at some of the old British bikes for hours because they are so beautiful.

[@BCUMF03]

Thanks for the fast hour and a bit of viewing pleasure. Great knowledgeable commentary by Gerry Burr and supurb camera work by Martyn Victor. I've had 12 bikes over the past 45 years. my current baby is a Velo Venom. I am still in heaven on Earth.

[@machobunny1]

Pretty sure I've never seen so much beautifully restored machinery in one place. MAGNIFICENT.

[@davidellis279]

I used to love those bikes when I was a teenager, a group of us bought a 350cc Norton which was made around 1937 for £15-00 pounds which was a fortune in those days, as none of us had a licence we used to ride it on farm land with the farmers permission of course. On one part of the field there was a deep brook, we had that bike for ages until one lad lost control and drove it into the brook, we never got it out because of its weight and I often wonder if it's still there, that was 60 years ago. My last bike was a BSA Golden Flash 650 with the iron head what a great machine, wish I still had it.

[@MHLivestreams]

i'm too young to have experienced that, and wish i had the chance to get some of those machines, i had to slum it with japanese machines in the early 80's onwards, but they were cheap, i wasn't old enough to ride legally, and hardly had any money but still managed it! Even my parents didn't give a shit, nobody did. Completely illegal, and great!

[@davidmccrory5604]

Wow I've loved and ridden bikes most of my life and thought I knew a manufacturer or two but this video has been an education most I knew but alot from the early days first decade and the twenties I didn't love the passion and knowledge of the presenter

[@keithorr6878]

I got my first Norton, 500 Dominator in 1967 when I was 14 In Canada we could ride up to 100cc at 14. I would ride away from the house on my Honda 90, stash in a bush, go back put it's plate on the Norton. Then I had to push the Norton out of my parents hearing range and then I was off to be king of the road. Went from the Dominator to a 750 Atlas and then a couple years later started my never ending love affair with an early Commando. Finally bought the 1975 Commando and have had one ever since. I've covered literally all of North America several times on Commandos. I bought and sold dozens of them over the years. A couple years after Norton went out of production they were almost giveaways sitting in back alleys all over the place. People that had bought them and didn't learn how to maintain them sold them usually with almost nothing wrong with them for next to nothing.

[@barrywebber100]

Watched this with a smile on my face! Lovely! Thanks for posting.

[@gogogeedus]

My Dad rode a 500cc Twin cylinder Matchless, among other things, BSA's AJS'S and Jawa's, Bike people are down to earth, thanx for sharing this collection of beautiful English machines.

[@MHLivestreams]

Where I live we have meet up's in summer, all kinds of people all getting along, old timers, women, children, 1% bike clubs, and the retro british fellas all together, never any hassle, and just a great time. You're right, bikers are the most down to earth people around, and i haven't really got a bad word to say about any of them.

[@deweypug]

How nice it is to hear such compliments and happy nods to so many manufactures around the world! It really doesn't matter where its made, its how much we all enjoy all differences in all of these machines - and the people that ride them! Cheers!

[@staninjapan07]

Thanks for this. Great video to take it easy with, while laid up on the sofa with a lower back problem and unable to take out my bike. Nice to hear that West Country acent, too, after being in Japan for 7 years. Good on ya.

[@oldmanmaker9853]

ME TOO SAD

[@routmaster38]

Around 1959 ,I aquired a badly misfiring Sunbeam S8 from a family friend while on leave from the RN and based at Rosyth and soon realised the single over head cam was badly worn causing the rockers to bounce up and down the grooves. By dint of grinding the cams shape by eye to my view of original shape and adjusting the tappets to the new settings ,the old bike served me very well commuting to and fro from Cheadle cheshire to Rosyth several times when someone swapped me an Austin 16 for it!

[@milesahudson3720]

Ive got this on vhs and still watch it.

[@buzwordsalad]

Superb film, thank you to all who made it.

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

Yes, thank you, Bravo 👌.

[@alanvt1]

I am the lucky owner of a 1936 Brough Superior! a barn find years ago from the Isle of Man!

[@tryarunm]

+Alan Thomas Bro, whatever you do, do not let her out of your hands. I dream of Broughs and Vincents.

[@brandonbentley8532]

Better then finding a gold nugget...dreams do come true brother! Excellent... Brough Superior, aka Balls Superior. ..

[@pauliebots]

I'm coming back as a motoar. A British one.

[@MHLivestreams]

I hope you're the Alan Thomas i was in School with in North Wales, because we can meet up for a pint, and you can let me have a go on it haha.

[@ColinBurnside]

Loved this video. Thank you for taking the time and effort for putting this together.

[@ftby59mikeD]

Any one else notice the Kawasaki Ninja Gpz 900 circa 1985 in the background? Fastest bike I ever owned, sadly no longer own it.

[@dvamateur]

Wow, the '79 CBX is the highlight for me personally. What a machine. The engine, the tank is a thing of beauty, especially in red.

[@argentosebastian]

Yeah, I'm with you

[@stevef9530]

Good to see all these beautiful old machines, it’s April and I’m just getting my Norton 650 ready for the summer in Normandy...👍

[@MHLivestreams]

Tres bon, monsoir!

[@stanislausbrown8626]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Really wonderful to see all those old bikes still running. Still hoping to see a working DKW opposed piston bike someday. Rarer than hen's teeth that one.

[@2Truth2you]

Great video. The older bikes are far more interesting.

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

Yes 👌.

[@johnturnbull3361]

the presentation was first class and very informative top marks to the very distinguished gentleman with the microphone and am sure that murray walker would agree,i am looking forward to more of the same! thank you regards J.T.

[@fpreston9527]

I have a 950 nourish weslake in a norton featherbed chassis. Its been sitting in my shed now for 15 years.

[@cutsrosescents4950]

f preston Good man..... I have the plated nuts to restore it,thank you and please contact me for post address.

[@drftgyr]

Really enjoyed this film. I live in the US (Indiana) currently I have a 66 BSA A65 Lightning. Not a Harley fan. I wish you could have shown more Royal Enfields. Used to have a 47.

[@livvidd]

Fantastic video! So nice to see all these great bikes from the past. Thank you for posting it to youtube:)

[@gregoryfuzi4745]

Had a royal Enfield interceptor 1970 736 cc. Really nice bike.

[@hiscifi2986]

Those BSA Bantams, with the coal scuttle leg fairings were most noted for being painted red, and used by the GPO postal service for delivering telegrams in person. btw, one of my first bikes was a 225 villiers Warewell, with twin fishtail exhaust.. wish I still had it.

[@TS50ER]

Very entertaining, if not a look at old Brit steel through slightly tinted lenses; though hats off to the narrator, he knew what he was talking about. I had to laugh when a fella said that he had ridden all the way from Bristol to Bournemouth once. That old 'Irish' Harley had some amazing history; material for a film there. Shame the video ended with that man who, although the proprietor, didn't seem to have clue about anything; when asked the price of a back tyre, he basically changed the subject. Wonderful video, but I can only wonder how long it took to mopped up all the leaking oil from the concrete of the forecourt after the event!

[@richardeberle1395]

Also a Norton Rider, 1972 Commando. Fastest motorcycle I've ever owned

[@kernow46]

love the video and loved the introduction music

[@OcotilloTom]

I have owned only one British bike, a 1979 Triumph Bonneville T-140-E. Loved it. Being American I tend to go Harley. I'm on my 3rd. since 1975.

[@metalfire-pt7yh]

I love the rare bikes they are so wonderful

[@rogerhudson9732]

At 45 minutes , the Francis Barnett Falcon, a197cc motor but a frame sturdy enough to take a 500.

[@albion2742]

That green BSA is an A7 twin carb one was the Shooting Star not twin gold star.

[@detroitbluesguy]

Great stuff Mate.

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

I believe that a motorcycle is a work of art, especially those from a bygone era!

[@conanhayle]

that fanni barnet was less than a £100 brand new when I was 16

[@fireblade211]

Thanks for uploading.

[@derrickfelix6206]

Just brilliant ,cheers

[@martynjones973]

Lovely video thank you 👍👍

[@petermcmillan9299]

Nice video to watch while I recover from a hit & run while I was crossing a road carrying my 2yr old son. Due to head injuries I can’t drive for 6 months, great opportunity to strip my 1991 Kawasaki zr550 Zephyr except a broken arm & leg prevents me from working on it, sad sad sad😩

[@ApothecaryGrant]

My buddy's Dad rode a Triumph and we thought he was so cool . There weren't many on the roads in my State .

[@alainremi267]

"Ever wondered why so many British bikes (and cars for that matter) leak oil? Well, I think I have worked out the reason. After a visit to England in the winter, I noticed that England suffers from the black ice on the roads in winter. To combat this effect, salt is spread on the roads. However, it rains most of the time in an English winter (well it did when I was there), and when coupled with the salt on the roads the combination causes bikes and cars to rust. However, those that leak oil tend to have the oil spread over metal surfaces, acting as a rust preventative. So it is not perhaps a design fault but actually, a clever design to leak a bit of oil. I welcome anyone to post a better reason (noting that when my Triumphs aren't leaking oil, like most other Triumph owners, I know it is time to add oil)." Crunch down 3 up , Britbike forum member... Answer from another member of the same forum: "Actually ONE reason for the leaks is crap crankcase breathing."

[@MHLivestreams]

the castings weren't flat, so nothing mated properly.

[@neilurquhart8622]

@@MHLivestreamsmainly though the poor non flat machining….lack of QC after machining too!

[@russellclement2058]

Not sure of the year maybe 1968 I was at a Race meeting don't remember there but Mike Halewood stole the day over Agostini ,,, Halewood was riding the 250 6 and 500 4 ,, that day Honda had on show their 450 twin ,, ,, What an incredible era ,,

[@steveedwards4495]

Just found this and loved it. Cheers

[@peterpreen752]

enjoyable to listen to a excellent commentary and all in all a well put together video , very knowledgable fella

[@waynemullally6423]

I am always amazed at how few firms ever developed liquid cooled bikes. The Scotts were liquid cooled from 1910 on. Never enough attention paid to the flying squirrels.

[@steveburton2806]

Wow a seven year spelling mistake in the title!

[@BATMAN777888]

Thank you for posting this for all. thumbs up and subscribe 👍

[@hootmanwillie]

I had an ambassador supreme 225cc back in the sixty's, not sure what year it was, it was a great little bike, I rode it every day for a couple of years then I bought a car. I still ride bikes today only they're Honda's

[@kennethdilbeck6996]

Great video I owned a 650 triumph and 750 Norton loved them both wish I still had them

[@Hogsterlips]

I take it you were not fans of the Royal Enfield, now the longest running motorcycle company in the world !

[@jamesd.lethgo6988]

GOTTA LOVE THESE BIKES

[@adilbhatti8867]

Very Nice All Classic Bike 👏

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

Yes, very nice clissic bike.

[@jerrylagesse9046]

I thank yee sir . Well done . Not noise atall mate . A symphony it tis

[@alanvt1]

If you wonder, in the 60's vehicle registration on a motorcycle was also required on the front of the machine!

[@theoldman8877]

that is dependant upon where you lived .

[@MHLivestreams]

probably stopped due to slicing people on impact, like a knife through butter.

[@deniscullis8518]

Great vid xden

[@陳茂坤-l4t]

一次能看到那麼多的老機車，真難得！……🤩🤩🤩

[@rolandrat8913]

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[@mrgraham9007]

memories of my youth.

[@bill-2018]

So many British manufacturers.

[@granskare]

I recall a story showing a Brit bike which had foot starter while a Japanese machine had a electric starter :)

[@MHLivestreams]

some british bikes had an electric start which was the magneto!

[@terrywrigley9751]

They started electric starters

[@thra5herxb12s]

I once had an ariel. It had a square piston.

[@HemiChrysler]

are you certain, or it is a joke ? The Ariel _Square_ name was derived from the square arrangement of the 4 cylinders : ©© ©© The cylinders themselves, and thus the pistons, are circular.

[@MHLivestreams]

@@HemiChrysler the mind boggles haha square piston? never heard of that, but there has been oval. I suppose some people just make assumptions.

[@MHLivestreams]

I'm surprised there aren't more comments! I remember the local biker gang had british choppers, then slowly started using japanese stuff from the late 70's, and only a few of the fellas had british engines then, i know a couple of them still have their bonneville chops. Nice to see the old bantam, had some great fun on a D14 as a 16 year old, would have the loan from a friend. I used japanese bikes as they were cheap and abundant, it seemed like there was a time in the early-mid 80's when nobody took any interest in them, and could buy one that's sat in someone's back yard really cheap, had some great bikes for around £20-50 I only wish i had kept them, RD175, RD200 RD250, GT380, GS550, and so on! Ah well.... The worst one was a CB250N, it was the most mundane, boring pile of crap ever, but it never let me down and was only £40. Happy days.

[@conanhayle]

nice jumper ..did mummy knit it ?

[@jimyoung2188]

luv the music

[@stretchman490]

In the video, they said something about the Meridan Fire, that had happened a couple of months back. Didn't that happen in 1984? Might not have been released until later, because the credits say 2002, but I am pretty certain it's earlier than that. Would be interested to find out, since I was there in 1984, attached to USAFE. PS - I have a Harley. I also have a Triumph Tbird ABS. They're making a comeback now.

[@eyesofisabelofficial]

+Stretch Man The fire he was referring to was at the new factory in Hinckley during the April of 2002,

[@stretchman490]

Yeah, I found out later about that I was in England when the Meridan factory burned in 84. Was confused.

[@DIVERSION.247]

pre-unit is a work of art.

[@michaelharris2098]

Wonderfull thank you

[@daystatesniper01]

Nice video but where were James ????

[@neilurquhart8622]

And Greeves

[@PurityVendetta]

Too much gammon who never ride their 'fabulous' machines but can't wait to tell you how much they're worth. I have a mixture of British and Japanese bikes and have owned more bikes than I can remember from a 1942 Hardly Ableson to modern superbikes. These videos don't half waffle a lot of guff.

[@MHLivestreams]

these guys are a different breed, they hark to days gone by that we never experienced. It's probably like me telling my son about the lsd fuelled free festivals and then the ecstasy rave culture after that.... they just wouldn't understand!

[@steveedwards4495]

Just got to the 'new stuff' lol bless Ted.

[@DIVERSION.247]

...it was like "riding on a featherbed" compared with riding the "garden gate"...

[@argentosebastian]

I love the part this man started complaining about the R1. That baby can put up more power than all the rest of the bikes together. Typical old man 😀. BTW, beautiful machines.

[@MHLivestreams]

it was funny really "it can go over one hundred" and my favourite, "tyres only last 3000 miles"

[@clydesimpson1462]

When they started building motorcycles it was merely an engine in a motorcycle frame.

[@mikejones-go8vz]

Cycle frame 🤔

[@cutsrosescents4950]

Attention to all British gents that own a 1920s Indian "wall of death" examples. .... I am a fine upstanding young chap of 49.American citizen of British/German decent. I will gladly accept your wayward daughter as my bride. Wall of Death bike would look great in the chapel hedgerow. All I can offer is US living in the foothills of the White Mountains. Come in and visit your lovely girl and enjoy a visit with endless New England motorcycle roads. Hear your former 1920s Indian roar and howl in my new Wall of Death,and listen to your best girl being silent and satisfied. As well as the county murmurs of her years sowing her wild oats. A fresh start for all new ventures and pride in saying "Oh,she fell for a fine Yank.A motorbike man as yourself.Married & Merry. As you take a sip off a new pint just served.. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 Must meet age requirement of 18 to 80

[@MHLivestreams]

i'm not prude, and certainly no 'square' but your comment is pretty distasteful to the point whereby i question your moral fibre and integrity.

[@canusakommando9692]

Where is the Vincent Black Shadow?

[@ItsJustMorris]

The H-R-D was there

[@martinlanigan4274]

Must be plenty of old motorcycles in old farmhouses in Ireland in sheds they were plenty when I was there in the Eighties could pick them up for hundred pounds that time

[@thomaschrisweidner776]

My dad was a Indian man his whole life.

[@justdad53]

Superb!

[@bobodewitz8958]

Great!

[@alecjefferson6993]

Dose he now what he is talking about. Got a lot wrong!!! As he was told by the owner 😢. 🇬🇧

[@Rog5446]

Thruxton is in Hampshire, not Wiltshire.

[@mariimarimari]

Bonitas motos

[@CoherentChimp]

"And your name is"? "Geoff Horne" "Of course it is Geoff"" LOL

[@CoherentChimp]

@Conan-the-Barbarian Bryant-420 Geoff not Geof.

[@mickeycrilly1839]

Ridden since I was 14 in 1975 and still am , I have ridden many Japanese bikes and they al were great reliable bikes even my CJ 250 Honda ha ha I commute 50 mile round trip on my vespa 300 my 650 W kawasaki one off scrambler and when we get the weather my 350 tiger 90 Triumph I will stop riding when I can’t ride or when I am dead

[@ronanrogers4127]

What, 5 years isn’t long enough to fix Motoreyeling???

[@pauliebots]

Funny. I thought it was a new term! Lol.

[@alexcarter8807]

@@pauliebots KZbin doesn't allow editing.

[@pauliebots]

Tap three little dots bottom right.

[@MHLivestreams]

@@pauliebots could be a west country word for 'motorcycling' haha

[@Tienmotorr]

Hello you

[@johnthebiker8113]

iam the lucky owner of 1996 and 1998 model Royal Enfieds

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

Congratulations!

[@kentschrader8939]

IS THAT TAYLORS IN SPRINGFIELD OHIO

[@adrianrouse5148]

The amc fanny Barnet on the cover picture. I can't count how many hours I spent trying to get it to go faster. Should have just thrown away the top half.

[@neilurquhart8622]

My first bike was a FB 225cc 2-stroke….loved it. When I see and hear it on ‘Heartbeat’ today I can recall the sound, and SMELL🤪

[@MrBarrytommy]

Looks like Taylors closed down years ago as did many -shame eh

[@daveco1270]

I stopped watching when they got to the crotch rockets. I'm not a fan of those. I liked seeing all the old bikes. The 80's and 90's weren't great years for motorcycles, as far as styling goes. I'm glad that Triumph is going back to the classic 60's look with the Bonnevilles.

[@g.gerbrandy5028]

DaveCo777 i

[@vicent436]

What do you mean when you write rockets? 3 cylinders, or bsa 650 ones?

[@greyhorse1211]

This old boy is a bit of a waffler and he doesn’t know that much.. I mean a big moto guzzi doesn’t have the engine across the frame, it’s longitudinal.

[@TheInfoworks]

Spelling mistake in the title mate, cheers

[@mattklein5498]

Works for me Im :Eyeling" them

[@stevencunningham4680]

What's Motoreyeling ? Check your video title and proof read before posting.

[@johneastman1905]

The open and honest ones are attractive … the super fairing ones are too plastic .

[@richardbuxton3546]

Puzzling title

[@alexcarter8807]

MOTORYELLING

[@eyesofisabelofficial]

The rare bike at kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmm8iXulnK6Mn9E is a "LUBE" a Spanish bike made from 1949 - 1965.

[@เพลงพิณสกลนคร]

Some comments you can't repair some of these modern the honda is prodly 50year's young probably on original piston s etc 75 year's young biker just saying

[@MHLivestreams]

yeah, most japanese bikes never need repairing! that's the appeal to me, cheap, commonly available, powerful, and great handling. my gsxr is nearly 30 years old, and is sweet as a nut.

[@katana258]

TED has no idea whats going on ..and he owns the shop ..shame

[@ItsJustMorris]

Best watch it again .....

Ah....REAL motorcycles......