THE HOMEMADE [documentary]

"The Homemade" is an amateur documentary film that tells in great detail about homemade motorcycles, their talented creators, and their incredible stories. The film contains many years of work by one person on the study of the most unusual, rare and interesting two-wheeled vehicles in our world. Enjoy watching!

[@straightchad8059]

All these people have one thing in common : Passion for motorcycle . Money is just bonus ...

[@k.c.maclachlan3227]

Thank you for documenting this great history

[@steveburke3923]

This was amazing to watch. Absolutely loved it! I have been riding for 61 years, and I cannot imagine my life had I not swung my leg over that first motorcycle!

[@julianp4787]

What a thoroughly enjoyable trio of documentaries (Watch all three !) Perfectly presented Very tasteful indeed Thank you

[@dandahermitseals5582]

This may not be mentioned but there was one pass through the 1/4 mile and the throttle stuck wide open so he got off and crossed the finish line sliding on his back. Potter was a wild man. That happened at the YellowBelly drag strip.

[@georqedubyakush6066]

Imagine being so well loved and respected in your profession that your company lets you use their tools to knowingly build a better bike than they ever could. Thats a true dream right there.

[@genemaddox6872]

Where is Allan millyard???

[@jimpiaz9537]

What an inspiration this video is !!!!!!!!

[@user-fx7uy7vu4m]

This guy is more crazy then Evel Knievel wow crazy go twice the throttle on over 500 horsepower yeah this guy is the man

[@askmeboutthatruth]

🙏 thank you for taking the time. I really enjoyed it and simultaneously what did a second time while working on my own motorcycle. God bless exclamation point

[@HDBreakout46]

Awesome video!!! Full of very important information!!! A work of art by real craftsman!!!

[@malcolmwhite6588]

Wally pushkey in New Zealand built and raced a very similar machine - I think the mid 70s I remember as a kid Being Stunned and awestruck after seeing it in the hot Rod magazine. some of the pictures here all the very similar to the wally pushkey one: not sure who built which first?

[@doriankeating1963]

Fantastic video, and very inspiring, so much so jm going to clear my shed and start working on my motorcycles that have sat idle for years due to illness and misfortune, but with what time i have left, i am going to dedicate my time to fixing the bikes while educating myself and my beautiful loving grandson. Thank you very much. Cheers and good luck to you.

[@Seeker887]

Wow! Incredible!

[@witoldlaszuk2543]

Perfect job !

[@anjayapurwawiyastra7430]

Keep up the good work 👍

[@omniversling]

Great video, thanks! I understood everything, and learned a lot...greetings from Oz!

[@wierdbike]

Thanks! Greetings from Ukraine!

[@ronaldhamblin4615]

E j was a great engineer such passion for motorbikes and speed

[@theknifedude1881]

Damn it! I’m caught, another video I have to watch. And I have stuff I need to do.

[@wierdbike]

Yeah, it’s always like that😅

[@OtterFlys]

Incredibly well done documentary, many kudos!

[@wierdbike]

Thank you! For the years…😊

[@TheHarryMann]

Apart from the ridiculous pronunciations and abbreviations. Millimetres are millimetres not mms 🤔 kilograms are not K G s 🫣 Robotic dialogue Why not just talk normally 100 K A.U.D 🤭 No, 100 Australian or Oz dollars 🙄

[@aussiebaz5363]

Absolutely brilliant, well done, thoroughly enjoyed this interesting and compelling doco. Thank you.

[@dandahermitseals5582]

Those adjustable characteristics were also in the Vincent BlackShadow.

[@morganplatt6762]

Santa pod is in the US? Who knew.

[@flathead1271]

No! Santa Pod is in England

[@morganplatt6762]

@@flathead1271 Yes, I know.

[@pauljanssen7594]

That's interesting I have installed a lawn mower bicycle with a homemade frame my dad made for me with the drawings. I made extensions for the forks to make it look like a chopper motorcycle.

[@billmumbo2697]

Roll on Alan Millyard

[@anthonyfoster3605]

I really enjoyed your video and didn't find your commentary a problem at all. There are many engineering geniuses out there doing their own thing with different amounts of skills and money. Some here seem to make it a competition with one being better than another. This video really praises each of them and shows that individuals can, in their own way create new and innovative designs often with limited resources. each one is not better but is different to the others, finding solutions to problems which most of us would have found and then abandoned the project. Please continue to make these videos to highlight these, mostly forgotten, engineers to a new audience.

[@MartinMcMartin]

Great work putting all this together.

[@iceman308]

Thank you for creating this movie . Very informative.

[@lawerancelanham]

Like a engine stand on wheels, with steering and a seat that when a piece of wood lays across, it doubles as a handy shelf

[@rafaelsoaresbiondi2849]

Absolutly great! thanks from Brasil!

[@joelsavrimuthu4404]

Thanks bro for this, I loved the commentary in the video. It was very enlightening. Continue with the work.

[@jeffengland9913]

American ingenuity and a big pair.

[@Dr_Girthly_Baggington]

Hello Vlad, my grand father was also from the Ukraine !!! I very much enjoyed this documentary, being a lover of motorcycles, broken bones and rain it was very interesting indeed ! Now... I wanted to ask a question and send you a direct message but I don't know how to lol... Would it be possible for me to help you ? I would like to re-narrate this video for you. There are things that are not quite right, simple things like Dino / Dyno. I believe what you have created deserves to be the best it can, it would also stop the negativity and racist remarks.. Being a Welshman, I can't say if it would be any better but im happy to try and see what you think. My work would be voluntary, I want nothing in return. Please tell me if you would indeed like me to try. It would be a pleasure for me to help. Take care, Meshach

[@jackbrown3689]

great video mate, the translations really good you can only tell when it says he instead of it about objects i think its amazing that we can all communicate across different languages now.

[@gwick358]

Yup. Doctors of philosophy building motorcycles. Sign me up!✌❤

[@ivarsandin7275]

Great work on this compilation video!

[@mklohk]

Still got my XV750 Virago and it's running well even after 87,000 km. My daily ride however is a BMW RnineT Pure. Best ride ever!.

[@microfarmers]

Well done! Fabulously put together and executed exquisitely!

[@fredrick965]

I thought so, too. But there is an explanation at the end of the video.

[@SternDrive]

OK. So how did he cool that big V8 motorcycle? I saw no radiator. Anybody know?

[@zebdeming]

No radiator, ran it on alcohol and only for the 1/4 mile, not a clutch either, just direct drive from the crank to the wheel, if you look the rear wheel is up on stands, he ran the wheel up to 150 mph and then it rolled off the stands. In his book he said if the front wheel came up, he just gave it more throttle and the rear wheel lost more traction

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

​@@zebdemingthat had to be a interesting ride on the first try.

[@jamespink4202]

Mad, great and mad!😂

[@BlaMM74]

This cannot be a real person narrating this?

[@curt149k]

Ya, it’s not right.

[@AjarnSpencer]

90% of KZbin videos are not real people narrating them. I know how to do it but I prefer my own voice plus it’s faster and you don’t have to pay a monthly subscription to sound like some kind of computer that… Doesn’t know when… To say all things in one sentence… And…… Then……and say things like the soup area instead of superior. However, this is a nation person trying to speak with a posh English accent, not an AI generated voice.

[@malcolmwhite6588]

Why… Do… You… think… That?😂

[@pauljanssen7594]

Freaking genius love to go fast and play around with fast toys.

[@cskilalillabich9059]

Had to sub. This is the kind of stuff that hits the industry and makes the big guys quite nervous. Great work. If all the Nay Bobs were really into the sport they would shut up and listen. Heck ya might learn something. F.T.W.

[@daniellang6112]

Love these video's ❤!

[@dandahermitseals5582]

I'm 80 and was in the bike and car drag scenes at that time. It is absolutely true that he put the first Chevy V8 in a hard tail Harley frame. He was a mad man. Haha

[@jorgemancuso1315]

If you love bikes,this film is a must…

[@buxman5]

Thanks 4 ur work

[@terraplane1116]

Fascinating, but the narration is almost unendurable. AI?

[@mr.macintosh9123]

am I trippin or is it not "ASG" dude keeps saying "AGS" 1:08:15 exactly so go before that he says it a couple more times. none the less beautiful video. RIP to the greats before all of our time

[@mgrdigimarketing3035]

Ian not yen. 😅 Motorbike guy that is. I really enjoyed this video

[@jerrybigrig9475]

👍😎👍 Nice video..

[@justindoucette1841]

No worries bro u make great videos. I speak only English. I mess up all the time. Don’t sweat it bro. Just keep making those fire videos

[@jackrichards1863]

There are so many stories of the earliest until todays privateer motorcycling. Maybe there will be follow on documentaries from WB? Anyway this has been interesting and amazing. Silverstone is like the superstition mountain of motorsport. There have been many incredible deaths on that blasted circuit. Not detracting from it's spectacular venue however it is very sad that Kim fell foul of Coopers bad temper and intolerance at the course where the outcome should have been very different.. if you please? Yes it's been a terrible recollection of some young blokes who popped the cap wit their enthusiasm. Most of the British manufacturers of M/c's after the war have a spirit of conquest and greatness attached to the business success. The riders may die but the idea lived on.

[@jeffmullinix7916]

At 11:18 here is something you did not see in GP racing even back then . That is counter balancing a GP bike in a turn . Most of the time if not all the time the rider will lean with the bike in the turn . In doing so a rider can make the bike faster in the turn so to believe of the time . Counter balancing a bike cost a rider about .12 of a secend in the turn . But in a hairpin turn it is best to counter balance and the time can increase causing a tighter turn . It is also safer and resulting in full control of the bike .

[@DetroitFettyghost]

well done

[@dandahermitseals5582]

There weren't, tires capable of those speeds yet.

[@missmygamergirl445]

Great documentary man.

[@wierdbike]

Thanks man

[@hadleymanmusic]

SUPER DUPER KENO

[@volodymyrforos1031]

Hilarious!

[@davidhamilton7628]

This highlights for me how large motorcycle manufacturers get bogged down by what everyone else is doing

[@mile1920]

excellent

[@oldcult317]

Very Nice 👏👏👏👏👏🏍️

[@cerealtiller]

Robot Voice.. no thank you .

[@wierdbike]

oh no

[@tokyosmash]

No Erik Buell?

[@dogpaw775]

Vincent Black Lightning 1948, 240 Kph.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

It's Ian Drysdale, not Jan Drisdale. It shouldn't be difficult when you've got his name on the screen..

[@AjarnSpencer]

I was a bit confused there, because of Google adverts. The first three minutes was all some football game. I nearly pressed the back button. I was thinking where’s the bikes in this?

[@psycleen]

history edit

[@user-uo9cy2ep2h]

Amature is right. They were called exhibitionist. And they made quite a good living in the early to mid 60s

[@stevesukegawa6332]

DAN GURNEYS BIKE LOOKS KINDA LIKE THE ADULT SIZE HONDA RUCKUS

[@jasonconnor3905]

What laungage is this

[@mgrdigimarketing3035]

Kerry is the dad not the mum 😅

[@japifly]

49,31 Grand Prix of the Netherlands 1972 . This is wrong information, the picture is not from the Netherlands, but from Monza on May 20, 1973, the situation where Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini died.

[@meropis]

he who laughs last, didn't get it.

[@stoveguy2133]

Why not a v6? Smaller package

[@lasskinn474]

for the v8 one? lack of suitable v6's probably with displacement and which would have had go-fast parts on the shelf.. like that one was just did with what he had and then it was already done so..

[@raccoonvallie]

Tupac outlaw till we die

[@dashobie]

I go to Races to see a Race not a Crash,it's called Crashes.

[@HansCoche]

So his name was Elon? ......coincidence?

[@tonypate9174]

Why oh way was he called Potter or is that P PP PPP PPP PP P POTTER

[@raccoonvallie]

Tupac outlaw

[@jamesdamron2065]

Guess they forgot the GSXR1000 was around in 1986??

[@truthteller99999]

You mean the GSX-R1100 The GSX-R1000 was from 2001

[@got2kittys]

But, it wasn't homemade.

[@thomas4315]

Anybody tryed to rev your car 5 ,500 and dump the clutch, something going..LOL

[@Evangesmellon3plus1]

Is this AI?

[@deanlarkins5858]

You said, four-wheel drive motorcycle..😅😂😅😢😂😅

[@chrisridethatbloodything2044]

and later "steering WHEEL" :-))

[@SteveXNYC]

😂🤣😂

[@martinbohm399]

Well i got a bike - why do i watch videos like that ???? Sometimes i think i should get a horse - beeing petrolhead leads to crazy things....

[@hadleymanmusic]

see what academics bring?

[@daleversfelt]

AGS? ASG!

[@jjtt7408]

HE DIED BECAUSE A CHEAP S. O. B. WOULD NOT O/K A FEW BALES OF HAY ! / (W T F )

[@daleolson3506]

What with the horrible music?

[@dong6839]

I'm almost 99% POSITIVE that the narration for this video is either text to speech generated, or written completely by AI.

[@rissellthomas3254]

Hi Vlad, your English is better than some people born speaking english😂. Thank you for your weird bikes page mate. Power to the Ukrainian people!

[@bryanyankulov3162]

This Bullshit AI thing is not speaking clearly. Im hearing an Eastern Euro, Indian & a sissy english all mixed together ~ WTF ~

[@jagitmax]

BORING , BORING BORING , BORING

[@69NOMAN69]

ej was throwing the bike side to side.

[@ryurc3033]

Totally intentional to put on a show. The dude is a nutball. The article they wrote about him in hot rod magazine 25 years ago was my introduction. The story talks about how much the tire would stretch off the line, sometimes the thing would go flat because the tire would stretch right off the bead of the wheel. I can't even imagine climbing on something like that. If it blows up, your eating pistons

[@69NOMAN69]

a true mad man @@ryurc3033

[@FukU2222]

Can anyone confirm that this channel uses AI voiceover or not or is entirely AI generated? xD

[@wierdbike]

Entierly, are you serious?😂