I owned a 1979 Honda CBX for 14 years. It was a fantastic bike with the best sound a motorcycle has ever made if you had the 6-into-1 exhaust system, which I did. There have been other 6 cylinder bikes since but the CBX was the only one designed as a high performance machine. The others have been designed as cruisers or touring bikes.
@ItsDaJax9 ай бұрын
I wouldn't mind having one, or at least the engine to build a track day sports car around.
@VndNvwYvvSvv8 ай бұрын
Do you think the 6-into-1 sounded that much better than twin 3-to-1 because of the arrangement or because of the muffler and header tuning?
@guystreamsstuff78419 ай бұрын
Damn... I love the NM4, kind of what I picture futuristic cruisers looking like
@markroberts82369 ай бұрын
Exactly. Came out of nowhere blindsided us. I love the NM4.
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
I knew I couldn't be the only one out there ❤
@rickparkinmoto9 ай бұрын
I owned a GTS1000 for around 4 years. It was a fantastic long-distance mile-muncher, and a fun scratcher in the twisties. Super comfortable, quick, and the handling was was absolutely rock solid. The down side was the fact that there was absolutely ZERO feedback through the bars. Pushing it too hard into corners came with the risk that there would be no forewarning of any loss of grip. I certainly never regretted buying it though.
@langhamp89129 ай бұрын
I rode one very soon after it came out on PCH 1 (I was 20 years old, ran into another rider randomly while on my CBR600, he insisted I ride the bike he had bought that week) and it was glorious. Many years later I bought what I consider the spiritual successor to it...the BMW K1200R which had the tele lever front suspension. While I do respect alternative front suspension, my last bike had massive upside down front forks and impossibly large Brembo brakes, while being 150 pounds lighter and making 50 more HP. Technology marches on.
@johnludmon5109 ай бұрын
Someone rode this thing in the IoM TT and finished pretty respectably so it wasn’t all bad. I think the main problem was the price which was over £10k which was pretty steep when a similar bike was about £8k.
@rickparkinmoto9 ай бұрын
@@johnludmon510 Yep, it was quite expensive at the time
@hba54179 ай бұрын
One major problem was the wheel size. With a smaller 120mm test had shown much better handling. But Yamaha unfortunately didn't change. The bike was one of the best tourers build at that time.
@lex19458 ай бұрын
exactly. Great bike, but the front end felt so, so dead.. no feedback at all.. pity, because i really loved riding that bike!
@ralphelliott97629 ай бұрын
You also can't forget about the Kawasaki KZ1300. It was also an inline 6 and actually made 120 HP just one year after the CBX was released. It also lasted 10 years in production.
@adotintheshark48489 ай бұрын
I had the 1980, first year KZ1300A. It had a black Windjammer fairing. It was a nice-riding and powerful machine, except short-legged me had to left-foot, right-foot it at stops.
@coku6369 ай бұрын
Yamm where is the daytona 660 video
@pwolkowicki9 ай бұрын
I love Honda Vultus/NM4. I wanted to buy one, but there are not many on the market.
@olesmokey3949 ай бұрын
Ide love a Honda nsr 500 there price is ungodly tho so I'll stick to racing around on my lil 2005 gsxr 600 might even slap a 750cc or 1000cc engine in it for lols since I'm rebuilding it anyway
@Cailean_MacCoinnich9 ай бұрын
Here's a winner for you. The first ever production front disk brake was introduced in 1962 on the Lambretta TV175. My favorite innovation that has never to my knowledge been copied is on my Benelli 900 Tre. It has the radiator behind the seat rather than at the front of the bike, enabling the engine to be mounted further forward putting more weight over the front wheel, and also reducing the width of the bike so the front end was more streamlined. Brilliant idea with the cooling fans behind the seat blowing out hot air, which is also great for warming your hands on frosty days.
@PapaBearAlaska9 ай бұрын
in 93, I took the Yamaha GTS1000 for a test through Yellowstone National Park. The motor was amazing, and the power delivery was spot on. Grabbing a handful of front brake at 90mph, 2-up and zero headbang! Tight turning in small areas at slow speeds was the weakness.
@patrickheyerdahl56539 ай бұрын
The end part is what makes the difference. Always a thrill to see your videos!
@danthrives9 ай бұрын
No way I was just binge watching your channel because it’s snowing down here in Texas 🤣
@bobmarlowe33908 ай бұрын
Norton built some rotary engine motorcycles in the '80s and some of them had some racing success.
@leuvenlife9 ай бұрын
excluding race engines, we have the cbx1000, Benelli 750 sei, the Benelli 900 sei, the Bmw k1600, the honda goldwing and valkyrie, the kawasaki z1300.. Horex did a V6, as did Laverda (although I have no idea if that was mass produced, I suspect not..) there are more six pots than you realise.
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
And the current gen Goldwing is one of the very greatest. That thing pulls like a truck made of butter.
@kevinsellsit55849 ай бұрын
A plethora of valid information as always. If you're Yammie Noob, I guess I'm Yammie Old School? My definition of sport touring is steel frame, carbureted 1200cc, non-ABS, 6.6 gallons of fuel and someone with a death grip riding safely on the back. Yamaha of course.
@adamritchey42099 ай бұрын
"They use a triangular shaped Dorito" 🤣🤣
@plap.9 ай бұрын
what other shaped Dorito is there
@SunnyAyyy9 ай бұрын
your keep watching segments at the end are always the very best
@x-105strikefreedom9 ай бұрын
The single rear suspension, the self canceling turn signal lights/winker, it was mentioned on the 50th anniversary of Cycle World.
@arnoudjanschut9 ай бұрын
I owned a GTS1000 (no abs) and it was a great bike. I think I bought it in early 1995 second hand and sold it end of 1997. Drove to work every day even in winter and went with it on holiday from the Netherlands to Poland, many road trips sometimes with 2. For me. a perfect bike. Some flaws, it was quite heavy, and 5 speed not 6. I have to say it was tuned slightly when I bought it, and on the dyno it had 100 din ps on the rear wheel. It was electronically limited at 240 km/h, which it quickly reached also with 2 people on the bike, and it could easily hold that speed for over an hour. (But then needed a refuel). Great bike. Commercially not a succes.
@XxGstOrm17xX7 ай бұрын
Yammie going through all the MSF couse for us squids ❤
@Seb-Storm9 ай бұрын
The honda power scooter seems to be a bike to resemble the one from Akira. Is more a tribute to fans than something to the general market
@EZBlast9 ай бұрын
Cycle Guide was owned and published by my my cousin - Bill Quinn - The six was front heavy as well.
@friedpork_owl9 ай бұрын
Skunk Works X-59 is practically a time machine. You should get one & let us know if electric motorcycles will ever be a success. I think 100+ years is a long enough wait. Cheers
@block-manzen53836 ай бұрын
The GPZ750 was actually amazing. The rest were messes, but the GPZ was a real machine
@mahiru20ten9 ай бұрын
I'm still sad on the fact that the NM4 failed. Loved the bike when it appeared on the Kamen Rider series, specifically Kamen Rider Drive.
@3GingerCats6 ай бұрын
Randon I know, but when I was racing sled-dogs, at a latitude where we don't get much snow, we used scooters and rigs made from bicycle parts, I had the lightest scooter, but one guy had a rig made with what could only be describes as an Aluminium twin spar. it looked good, and was fast, but bounce around quite badly, just as I found with the lightest scooter... stability was not the strong point of these things, yet the nimbleness and ability to change direction so fast is what allowed us to win races. more so than the abilities of the dogs pulling them!
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
I absolutely adore the NM4 Vultus and I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL.
@roetietoe9 ай бұрын
that pc with 4090 is a nice way to spend wnter time ) I always miss my bike the second it starts getting cold and snowy. those 3/4 months of waiting until its a steady 12 degrees or higher again.. And you notice on the dutch roads the second its ovr 12 degrees. They all come out people complain about all the motorcycles on the road and by the time its summer things have slowed down again and people are used to it again
@daweshorizon9 ай бұрын
The Norton rotary was reasonably successful, many Police forces in England used them and they had great success in racing. A 'winner', literally but ultimately a commercial 'fail'. The general rider just didn't want them. You must also consider the Van Veen rotary engined bike. A brave attempt but not to my taste. DKW also made a foray into the world of rotary powered motorcycles. Along with the RE5, a whole video in itself I reckon! Love the videos. I sometimes have to re-wind because you talk so fast, I hope you're not a robot. Love and peace.
@chrispatterson49899 ай бұрын
I love riding my 750 turbo. So much fun 😁
@TheJunky2289 ай бұрын
that last bike actually looks pretty neat
@GKQ3339 ай бұрын
my first bike way back when had carbs and i did not care for it. the work it took to take apart the bike, remove the carbs, clean them, and then put it all back together is why fuel injection is so great.
@thinkingimpaired56639 ай бұрын
GPZ750Turbo was one of my favorites.
@christophervincent779 ай бұрын
I still want a NM4 just because it's so sci-fi and goofy. It's like if the Akira bike became a mobility scooter.
@leopardpro28789 ай бұрын
I'll be honest, I would love to see manufactures revisit some of the classic bikes and remake them with today's technology! I just love the straight seat, chrome bikes but they are just too horrible to own and ride one in todays world, lack of power, vibration problems, no brakes etc. lol what I would do to have a nice new CB400SS that had a 3 cylinder 850cc engine in it!!
@donmccarthy24129 ай бұрын
My GPZ750 turbo was the most fun bike I've ever owned.
@sunnyyadav-yx7ry9 ай бұрын
The first electric start Motorcycle was the Harley-Davidson Duo-Glide, introduced in 1965. This innovative bike featured an electric starter motor that eliminated the need for kick-starting, making it easier and more convenient for riders to start their motorcycles.
@alex.m9019 ай бұрын
Errr... The 1914 Indian Hendee Special had electric start...
@ClassicTrialsChannel9 ай бұрын
First harley maybe. But definitely not the first. As said they had them way back in 1914. So many things get so called invented in modern times. Only for you to find out it was thought of way back in the beginning of cars n motorcycles, some 120 years ago Even the Honda 90 had it in 1962, but not a big bike though .
@eyeballs509 ай бұрын
A GST? They must've mislabeled the bike lol
@hugodacosta9 ай бұрын
Could be worst: "The LGBT 1000".
@borocamo6 ай бұрын
The harley vrod is my favorite win/fail
@Mafed249 ай бұрын
A bigger fail than the Suzuki RE5 was the Hercules Wankel 2000. An air-cooled rotary, which ran on oil/gas mixture, with a blower in front that gave it the nickname "the vacuum cleaner"
@lbeliel41289 ай бұрын
I was about to whip you like a rented mule when you started on the CBX. However, you redeemed yourself. While a flat plane 4 cylinder sounds cool, in my opinion, nothing sounds as good as CBX running a modified exhaust. They were a little clunky an chunky for sure. I was fortunate enough to ride my friends CBX, many times.
@n4s1179 ай бұрын
GT750 two-stroke with expansion chambers is a pretty mean sound!
@killernugget979 ай бұрын
cable throttle bikes had traction control as well using secondaries / ignition timing to get the similar result where as fly by wire just meant you could lob the secondaries and just have the ecu manipulate the primaries separate from rider input. im guessing this was done because early fly by wire in cars was very hit and miss (delayed response).
@JohnCunningham-sy5ug9 ай бұрын
Way back in the seventies while in college I was working at a hotel Suzuki was introducing the rotary bike they brought it into the banquet facility It was so different it amazed me. I was riding a Yamaha XS 650 at the time. Styling comes and go. The retro bikes are cool again. I have a thruxton young again 😊
@Sterling_Silver049 ай бұрын
I love the styling of those Xs650 bikes! Working on bringing a '78 back to life at the moment
@cartilagehead9 ай бұрын
doesn't the GoldWing have a flat six? Can't rly be a "FAIL" if it's the backbone of such an old and successful nameplate
@garymaclean69039 ай бұрын
I own a 2002 BMW R-1150-RS with both Telelever and Paralever suspension. The 2002 model is a second generation, with refinements to these suspension components, as well as the engine/drivetrain, and ABS brakes. I find the suspension is stable and precise in the twisting back roads, as well as comfortable for all day rides. A feature I especially appreciate is Anti-Dive is built-in so there's almost no dive when braking hard, which improves stability heading into corners. The engine is well-made, with 10,000-km valve adjustments hardly ever needed. Once broken in they pretty much stay at specifications. The brakes are great as the ABS has solenoid power assist. I can brake as hard as I want without worry I'll break traction.
@lemiepassionichannel43529 ай бұрын
Lol, actually when I started loving bikes the first one was Honda gwing and the second one the NM4 vultus
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
I see you're a person of culture 🧐
@lanehawley49879 ай бұрын
In 1993,my dealer had a gts 1000 and a zx11,was a tough choice at the time, both had something to offer, went with the zx11,i made the right choice!
@OffficailGeekCubed9 ай бұрын
The last honda reminded me id only seen one kid in school riding a bike besides myself, he had one and i had absolutely no clue what it was
@yolandalindsay83689 ай бұрын
Bikes aRe for Summer AND Sleds aRe for Winter. "Come on Dr. NOOB"-ie! GiVe aWay a Sled tHis Win-ter of The Snowy Yamimes.
@Martin_Breu9 ай бұрын
What about the anti dive systems. Neat idea to stiffen the dampening while braking, but it never worked well enough and made the braking sluggish.
@ScootScoot1259 ай бұрын
Didn't the R1250GS have something like this? Telelever I believe it was called
@vwjet3579 ай бұрын
Do another Scooter video soon with scooters like the Zuma, or maxi scooters even. For $1000 a Zuma 125 and similar scooters are a good buy lol Or maybe do a similar video to Motorcycle Magazine and take the small scooters ADV riding, but maybe try with a 2stroke or 125cc+. It’s cool to see what they are capable of and there aren’t many videos.
@acingthecake79789 ай бұрын
some of the fails were down to the tech of the time they were first made! a rotary is a brilliant engine for a bike with how much people have improved on designs! and lets face it we all want a bike that sounds like a rotary or a smooth inline 6
@johnludmon5109 ай бұрын
The problem with the rotary engine is it is inefficient and won’t meet emissions regulations. The RE5 was slower than a GT550 and used more fuel and oil than a GT 750. The RE5 nearly bankrupted Suzuki and apart from Mazda’s RX7 nobody has made much of a success with a car or motorcycle with the rotary engine.
@matthewjones62769 ай бұрын
@@johnludmon510Norton have made some decent rotary powered bikes! Then last year or the year before there was the new race bike I can’t remember the name of CR700? That thing is an animal
@johnludmon5109 ай бұрын
@@matthewjones6276 Sadly not for the last time the then owners of the Norton name bankrupted the company with some financial skullduggery having taken quite a few people’s money for shares and deposits on bikes. The problem’s with the engines and emissions regulations have killed the engine in bikes and cars (I believe the engine was meant to be an aircraft engine originally). The race bikes were fast and did win British championships but the other riders didn’t like them spraying oil out and the rules had been tweaked to get them onto the grid.
@Win7ermu7e9 ай бұрын
Gen-X here, I forgot we used to have "starter fluid" for anything except campfires.
@albertleffler9629 ай бұрын
Excellent work! Very informative.
@randyk6369 ай бұрын
I was wondering if you’d have shaft drive on the list. I don’t know much about it except that I don’t seem to see it anymore.
@LtJackboot9 ай бұрын
Most motorcycles lack one thing that I think should be standard and that's an oil dipstick. I HATE having to get down on my knees with a flashlight just to check my oil.
@plap.9 ай бұрын
I have two bikes from different manufacturers with a dip stick as we speak
@Sterling_Silver049 ай бұрын
one of mine has a dpistick and the other a sight glass, to be honest I kinda prefer the sight glass
@andyd88659 ай бұрын
Honda magna huge success
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
It's weird you don't hear more about them honestly, they're a seriously cool and quite weird bike. Also, V4 fam for life. ✌️
@easyfromtnbtw35559 ай бұрын
That’s crazy the first ride by wire was on a R6. I didn’t know that I would’ve thought it was one of the expensive Euros or Italians
@Bobby_Biturbo9 ай бұрын
As a proud owner of a Honda CX500 Turbo i can tell you that it's definetly a fail if you're a reasonable human beeing. If you like rare, pointless and crazy cool bikes from the 80s like me, it's the best fail there ever was and i would buy one again no doubt. Greetings from Austria (Arnold Schwarzenegger, not Kangoroos)
@ItsDaJax9 ай бұрын
What about that AWD Honda or Ducatti race bike with the hydrostatic front wheel drive?
@allanweseman54338 ай бұрын
I was told the 2010 Honda VFR 1200f was the first motorcycle with fly-by-wire. Maybe what they meant is it was the first HONDA with fly-by-wire.
@wishthewypsio9 ай бұрын
where yam eating video on an extended turbo busa
@molak349 ай бұрын
6:20 I think it's time for turbos to come back to motorcycles...
@patrickroberts75139 ай бұрын
With more and more strict emissions on I.C.E's I think we will see a return of some turbos. It would be see interesting to see a turbo V-4 fuel injected machine. Are you listening to me Ducati/Aprillia/Yamaha? (think turbo Street Fighter, Factory or V-Max!)
@molak349 ай бұрын
@@patrickroberts7513 v4 are too complex... If we get turbos from an OEM are going to be in a parallel twin ...
@joem51109 ай бұрын
Yamaha didn't design the front suspension on the GTS 1000. James Parker designed it and patented it in 1985. Yamaha licensed the designed and used it.
@307pug2059 ай бұрын
What about the Norton rotary, dominated British super bikes for a few years
@MrAnthonyP699 ай бұрын
most common six cylinder is the Honda Gold Wing still made today.
@JustSomeExpat9 ай бұрын
I put it to you, speaking of motorcycle companies taking risks, the only big one that's taken any risk is Harlalalaley with that livewire thing. That was a massive risk, gotta respect them for that. Edit: I mean in the past 15 years or so, not... Ever.
@spencerlucas58359 ай бұрын
how many 6 cylinder bikes have you seen since the cbx's disciontinuation. quite alot ie, honda goldwing.
@andreassigg10059 ай бұрын
Another fail was in 1994 the Aprilia Moto 6.5. Also 30 years ago.
@Rickmac229 ай бұрын
GSX-8S…. I know you want it!!!!!!!!
@girthquake96559 ай бұрын
Anything OCC produced
@bobjohnson16339 ай бұрын
My dad has that gts1000. Only bike he kept over the years. His other bikes come and go
@perrycalabrese34759 ай бұрын
Fail! YAMAHA XZ550 Vision. Question: what manufacturer has had the most fails?
@chinadave28549 ай бұрын
Carb rebuild kit 20 bucks! In the tool bag Injection system ? On the side of the road call AAA
@scottcui80879 ай бұрын
Imagine the sound of rotory motorcycles reving at 10k rpm. That would sound even better than a Honda CBR250..
@philhawley12199 ай бұрын
Check out the Norton rotary race bikes. Carl Fogarty has made KZbin videos. Also Rotron still make them.
@sachenmachen93619 ай бұрын
HOREX had a six cylinder motorcycle with an engine based on the VW VR6 as far as I know
@bobritter71979 ай бұрын
Want an NM4... I want one bad!! 😅
@halalispork9 ай бұрын
I dont really understand on why the Honda NM4 is considered a fail , can someone explain?
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
It just didn't sell well. I for one would absolutely love to put one in my garage, but they're rare as hens teeth.
@geraldjarosch5369 ай бұрын
Gimme a V6 supersport, it has to be done.
@ghassanalfarra89359 ай бұрын
I expected the Yamaha NIKEN to be no.1 on the list of failures..
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
I actually SAW one in the wild outside my house the other day, nearly dropped my phone. What an utterly bizarre thing. I'm glad they're still doing weird stuff though, I love weird bikes.
@stevec64279 ай бұрын
The rotary wasn't a complete flop. Norton made several rotary models and won a lot of races with them. They aren't at all complex, there's only one moving part in the engine
@robinv27589 ай бұрын
Rotaries are about as simply as an engine can get, the main issue is that a lot of people don't know how to service them properly and the 1 part that is known to fail requires an engine teardown to fix. While I have no personal experience with them I do love them a lot. Objectively they're perfect for motorcycles, small, lightweight and lots of power for the size
@karlbishop74819 ай бұрын
I got a chance to ride a CBX back in the 70's. I expected to be on a rocketship. It wasn't near as fast as I expected. Maybe it was my exoeriences with a couple of H1s, one modified. Also the CBX had a horrible weave that set in at about 90mph. horrible motorcycle, big fail in my opinion.
@evilminion88259 ай бұрын
Heres another fail: the Ducati Indiana was Ducati's failed attempt at getting into the cruiser market back in the 80s
@lesklower72819 ай бұрын
I owned one of the bikes on the list it was the Suzuki GT750 l loved that motorcycle and at the same time my brother had the Suzuki RE5 yes the infamous rotary and l rode it a couple of times it was very quick and after riding it l was never going to challenge my brother to a drag race it was faster than my GT750 he used to blow of Honda CB750s as for the fuel injection on the Kawasaki Z1000 worked well on the rode but not on the race track as for the turbo motorcycles as much as a normally aspirated with a bigger engine were cheaper and much faster so they were a fail
@richardwarsinske70649 ай бұрын
Honda Pacific Coast from the late 80's. Absolutely the most boring bike I ever test rode!
@MichaelHorseman-ho5pb9 ай бұрын
Opinion on 89 Honda PC 800
@countryguywithcamera9 ай бұрын
The turbo motorcycle fad from the 1980s would work with modern technology
@littleshopofelectrons40149 ай бұрын
Since you can currently get 200 HP from a naturally-aspirated engine there really isn't any need for a turbocharger with its additional cost, complication, and weight.
@countryguywithcamera9 ай бұрын
@@littleshopofelectrons4014 mo powah baybeh
@countryguywithcamera9 ай бұрын
@@littleshopofelectrons4014 I want to see turbo small displacement bikes
@shabs21349 ай бұрын
@@countryguywithcamera Sounds like a fun idea but literally unnecessary since whatever power you get from a small displacement turbo, you'd be able to get anyway with a larger displacement naturally aspirated engine with more predictable throttle control. Turbo motorbikes will never be a thing unless forced to by strict emission standards one day...
@countryguywithcamera9 ай бұрын
@shabs2134 I've seen the old ex250 ninjas making 50+hp with turbo setups with minimal effort. They are insanely fun machines with their power to weight ratios. With modern turbo technology and modern boost/fuel management it's doable. Plus I would love my bike to make spoolie noises 🤣
@unitedstatessc9 ай бұрын
I always hear it called wankel engines. Since rotary engine includes piston airplane engines where the cylinders are in a circle pattern around the crankshaft.
@RandyG727WGR9 ай бұрын
0:55 “Ready to Shit”
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
Ahahahaha how did I not hear it first time
@animalgamer75179 ай бұрын
Surprised you didn't talk about yamaha niken
@plap.9 ай бұрын
As of 2023 They still make the Niken, just isn't shipped to North America anymore. That is six years of production and still going. Not really a fail just a little weird but the grip in corners is supposedly great without noticing any weird feeling
@animalgamer75179 ай бұрын
@plap. yes I love the bike but objectively the two front wheels is a failure but also could be a winner like says in title
@plap.9 ай бұрын
@@animalgamer7517 mostly based on the MT09 as far as I've seen so it has a good, popular starting point
@Epidian9 ай бұрын
GTS! GTS! Is YN dyslexic or something?
@er4049 ай бұрын
GTS
@Jawa_Joose9 ай бұрын
RE5 also happens to be one of the 10 worst survival horror games.
@montlejohnbojangles89379 ай бұрын
Listen we can't all punch boulders for a living
@countryguywithcamera9 ай бұрын
Whoohoo notification squad status
@kmad9549 ай бұрын
Tammie open a store in Australia
@lex19458 ай бұрын
6 cilinders nowadays: BMW's K1600GT's and Goldwing flat six engines.
@KafilSag9 ай бұрын
Good bush
@michaellabella99119 ай бұрын
Did yammie cus!!
@maliekh-l88729 ай бұрын
Can we get a v6 triumph/ducati 😔
@ProductBasement8 ай бұрын
Holy crap that NM4 is gross
@acuraintegra1019 ай бұрын
Well I still love my 75 Suzuki re5 she's metallic blue and for a 49 year old girl she's still sweet. ❤