Treat that Rusty HOLE!

[@OrdoGriseo]

I've always been a messy welder, but watching del's welding makes me feel like a perfectionist. Also did he fabricate and weld in a patch to cover a hole, then drill a hole in it !

[@MrClivehill]

He fabricates a lot, mostly in his mind.

[@redtape241]

You know what's better than a 10 min delbollox vid is an hour long educational reaming from Matt. Just watching this clowns approach with everything reminds me of one of your first videos in the new house, it's a perfect analogy drawing a normal straight line on a white board and comparing it to the humble masters way of drawing a straight line complete with head movements.

[@andrewwiltse8882]

The fact that the first thing he does is put the choke assembly back on the bike. Confining himself to that tiny space puts him in a category all his own. Then using the words “The Build” to describe what he does to motorcycles is just hilarious! Thanks again Matt

[@mattblackledge9068]

Anyone notice how the choke know had no wobble to it until he decided it had wobble to it? When he first installed it, it was as tight as can be. Then he Delsplains how its mounted onto the cable and all of a sudden its loosey goosey.

[@admshaw]

He deleted my comment on the exhaust video, I said there was a secondhand exhaust on ebay for £35 with free delivery, now blocked haha 😂

[@dirtygarageguy]

Lol really

[@admshaw]

Yeah I took a screenshot when I posted it, I'll forward it to you

[@body98755]

9:19 The choke knob works fine, zero wobble. 9:55 Now the knob is wobbly?? Del broke his knob for a video

[@UnCivilEngineerIRL]

Was gonna say the same, he's a fucking plum .

[@dirtygarageguy]

I didn't notice lol

[@233kosta]

He'd break your knob too if it got him views

[@davegutierrez3670]

Should he not be paralized then?

[@Honkawsuzyamal]

Del's going to scrap the Busa? Impossible - it's scrap already. I just pray it never gets near a public highway

[@ballockybill2277]

I'm guessing that the weight of the brass knob , coupled with the Harley vibrations , will break the threaded bit off the end of the cable .

[@potaiter8026]

Aye - the inertia of the brass knob will indeed cause fatigue stress on the shaft (that Delboy completely mullered... ffs) and it will snap off, that's why the original part is lightweight (plastic). If this hunk of garbage ever gets on the road, that ounce or so of brass turns into a lethal projectile when it comes off.

[@8610sarge]

The cable is great but the knob on the end....... well you said it delbollocks.

[@leanatale7251]

Mat is in secret talks with Del for a joint custom build, personally I can't wait.

[@78Ratje]

I read joint custody there for a second.

[@233kosta]

@@78Ratje Of the caf busa?

[@sidwainhouse]

Ploughing the stone dresser into the disc harder than Leeroy ploughing my missus whilst I'm at work... 🤣🤣🤣

[@233kosta]

That stone dresser went in harder and faster than Leeroy Jenkins kzbin.info/www/bejne/o33cgJ2Vhqlnl5Y

[@minigpracing3068]

FYI, I did some nickel plate last night, turned out really good for a first time doing this. Made nickel acetate (and probably chloride) with cleaning vinegar (6%) and non-iodine salt. Surface finish before plating is very much key to a shiny result. Current density is also important, when I cranked up the current I got a much more dull finish. It cleaned up with a post plate polish, but more work than a lower current (longer time) similar part. You probably know this already, but thought I would mention it anyway. Source of nickel was strips made for welding battery packs. This is slightly toxic, but less than electroless nickel. Apparently zinc is a very similar process for those that want a clear "white" zinc plate, the gold requires an additive.

[@jediknight129]

useful to know I want it for a couple of sci-fi prop builds.

[@markrainford1219]

Did similar myself last week. Left the container open overnight on the workbench and any piece of steel within about a foot radius was nicely corroded in the morning.

[@toxicnerveYT]

Of course the exhaust is still blowing! He drilled a fucking drain hole in it!

[@dirtygarageguy]

not from the bottom though is it?!

[@toxicnerveYT]

@@dirtygarageguy It's hard to tell from the video but it looked like a cone shaped puff from the bottom. I watched on my phone mind, so I could be mistaken.

[@jamesjrd250]

After fixing his loose knob he patches up his rusty hole?

[@brandonrohrer7914]

I left 4 comments on the knob video! 2 of them are asking why he did something. An 2 making fun of what he did

[@brookerobertson2951]

I can just imagine him trying to assemble some IKEA furniture.. I would pay good money to watch him trying to assemble a desk in front of me.. just so I can see.. It would be so funny... Lol

[@simontucci8170]

"This is my daily transport". I thought that ruined Goldwing was his 'daily transport'. So it's just sitting there taking up space now along with the ruined Busa?

[@stevenhoman2253]

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family, Matt.

[@gutserker]

The cost of free is rather tempting, but that mild steel won't just. $30 eBay mufflers aren't too bad as long as you get one with the silencer insert. But I guess that means buying two for his bike, same as mine.

[@potaiter8026]

If you blow you're swarf/chips, they end up jammed between your tool's machine faces - better to brush or vacuum. Not that Del's lathe is going to last much longer when he discovers the feed lever

[@dirtygarageguy]

"If you blow you're swarf/chips, they end up jammed between your tool's machine faces" - between what faces?

[@potaiter8026]

@@dirtygarageguy Wherever you have a hardened, precision ground face that slides against another of the same - for example, the saddle runs on the bed. Using compressed air forces small bits of material and dirt between those two faces. Then when you operate the machine, that contamination that you forced in there galls the faces. This causes wear. Sooner or later, your machine loses accuracy. Other areas are tool slide and top slide. My old man has been a machinist his whole life. he had an old Logan lathe in the garage and taught me how to use it. Sure, machinists use compressed air to clean clean up their machines. maybe their employer doesn't want them to waste time doing it properly or they dont know better. If it's your own machine, and you want it to last, use a soft brush or a vacuum :)

[@tigerick7291]

I commented on his knob video but he must of removed it. I simply put "What a knob". I was hoping it was there for you to read out.

[@mickeydee3595]

"I'm not even Chinese" Had me fooled bud 🤣

[@bikerstuff2]

Something you said early on in the video was about doing videos for views. We get comments saying 'you only do this for views', as if anyone puts hours into a KZbin video and doesn't want it watched. This is why Derek Derek, you and me do what we do it for. It's how we all pay the bills, and as the saying goes, if you don't like it, don't watch. You don't need to watch it then complain afterwards.

[@johnriley9214]

Get a job.

[@andrewwiltse8882]

So A Bellend makes a knob that’s so heavy that when he takes a right turn he gets full choke automatically?! Well the delballs never lets us down.🤣

[@potaiter8026]

15:12 Did he just put the tap, AND THE TAP WRENCH in a drill chuck?? Then TAKE IT OUT and tap by hand with no cutting paste?? This guy.....

[@glenns_AI]

Soon as I saw the hand held grinding i fuckin knew it was coming!!!

[@potaiter8026]

Also, everytime I see Delboy using a lathe.. I got to laugh. I learned at the age of 11 that all the handwheel have micrometer gauges on them - you don't use calipers to mark out where you're machining - that machine is precise. One day this guy is going to discover the carriage feed lever and run that tool post into the chuck.

[@Rinzler900]

I think I know why he’s collecting jars of brass metal ‘glitter’ filings… I think when he finishes building the bike he’s going to roll it in the glitter filings. We all know that’s what you do with a turd.

[@nightfiretro]

That welding reminds me of a transit with a fresh MOT lol don't even get me started on the boring brass shite

[@kacperchrusciel890]

How amazing content would it be if you managed to buy the busa off him and just do what he tried too but properly and point out all the fuckups.

[@dirtygarageguy]

It would be awesome

[@MrGoldsims]

Comments are interesting, he only replies to the people who praise him, any small criticism and NO reply, sad.

[@midlandt4249]

Any small criticism and he deletes the comment that's the sad truth!!

[@simon2knine]

He takes a perfectly good busa and after two attempts turns it to scrap. Every bike he touches turns to shit.

[@metalmad89]

There's no point drilling a drain hole, the water would just drain out of the "welds"

[@goinhot9133]

Matt: “Use paper!” Del: but you said card board? You even said “a cereal box card board will work!” Matt: Use paper you knob! (Lol card board works great to but not for bending )

[@MrGoldsims]

Del states "does not matter how much money has been spent on it" WOW........I suppose it does not, if it's someone else's money!!!!!!

[@mbsnyderc]

He traded one big hole for a bunch of small holes.

[@victorgonza4528]

The poor Busa will never see the light of day. Shameful display

[@EchoSevenNine]

Chinese Wheel😂😂

[@mtogp46]

I thought his daily was a shitty looking goldwing?

[@Honkawsuzyamal]

He uses the Goldwing as a step ladder thank God. Look at his video on cleaning the brakes and you will see he is doing the public a favour keeping it off the road

[@toxicnerveYT]

He should have just used a set screw arrangement in the side of the knob to engage with the reduced diameter sections on the shaft.

[@potaiter8026]

22:18 he sharpens the tool, then blunts it.... sigh

[@seanholmes8290]

Doubling up the metal in the tail pipe just gave rust a new place to live.

[@IANPARRr]

It's blown all the way round. No need to drill the drain hole lol

[@beachboardfan9544]

That is the most english beard I've ever seen!

[@matthewsimkins]

Hey Matt if you press then you can drag a box and it will copy the contents of that box to the clipboard. It also pauses the video too, perfect for capturing those Del smug faces.

[@TheBlibo]

Ok so 28 year old bike is it worth repairing the exhaust is a new one available if not how about an aftermarket item, if it is repaired it will only fail in another location in the not to distant future

[@czarekp3552]

- Close your eyes and keep on filming, Penny! - thanks my Delring, put a mask on, and keep on welding... sponsors are watching

[@kieranokeeffe1363]

Omfg he rides around on “he’s” daily ride with a hole in the exhaust you could your dog through and hadn’t attended to it earlier 🤔👏👏👏👏👏 what a professional… state of that rusty chain is just farcical

[@KuroSanArts]

I love how he calls it a quick fix and then spends half a day on it. I mean if he's intending on replacing them in a couple of months anyway, surely it would've been even faster to just wrap the junk ones in exhaust tape? Hell he could even spray over it with his BBQ paint if he's that bothered about how it looks while it's trundling to work and back in the dark during winter!

[@waynedl99]

@40:15, bike goes on centre stand and out of the front wheel clamp. @40:16, bike moved forward by about 7 inches... That bike weighs around 250kg.. I'm not sure his heart is up to lifting the bike from the back to roll it forward on the front wheel...??

[@Davidthomasv8]

He is dressing the grinding wheel next to the polishing mop .

[@dirtygarageguy]

Why is that an issue? 😆

[@chrisdavidson911]

@@dirtygarageguy couldn't it fill the mop with scratchy bits?

[@deadprivacy]

I live locally to del and have pipes for one of these...naaah...

[@randompete2204]

I can't believe that Triumph is still green and not black. ☻️

[@kevincooper2129]

Love when he's dressing the stone all stone dust is blowing in to the rope polishing mop.

[@johnriley9214]

It just makes you wonder how many bampots are out there when you see these comments .

[@michaelgreen4585]

bodged up brass knob priceless like the hammer and chisel on the silencer 🤣😂😂

[@jediknight129]

christ why doesn't he get some checkering files...

[@jamesjrd250]

Matt you could have intro this as in today's video del wobbles his knob till it falls off

[@gingernutpreacher]

Did someone say they can see the vin?

[@stevesanelli90]

I commented how rubbish the carb looked compared to the painted engine 🤦‍♂️

[@sergeantsodom6969]

Mate I've been sat here since yesterday afternoon shitting my fucking guts out, my arsehole is in excruciating pain and I've had naff all sleep. But I'm still having a laugh watching along, cheers as always!

[@bretsnow5058]

U correct mat those cable handle things r pressed on that was total bollocks what the balls said

[@SquidgyPickle]

I mean if people want to do a bridge repair like this to get through an MOT or whatever then fair enough, but why…WHY!! Would you put it on KZbin for everyone to see?

[@stevenhoman2253]

The only thing wrong with his knob, is his clementine has gone all threadie. Go tell the mechanic del.

[@Overture]

Why does he tack it like 40 times lol, put anything on it..... use a cable tie a piece of a rope... ANYTHING to get the surfaces to get together.....

[@danc8278]

ive seen cobble stone street before, first time ive seen cobble stone welds

[@233kosta]

That thread looks like a beaver went at it with a dull apprentice 🤣

[@themayorofdipshittery3646]

Has anyone in the history of motorcycling bastardised a Hayabusa the way Delbollocks has ? He destroyed what was a fairly decent bike 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@daveharriman2756]

I reckon on that choke, it was probably 1/4" Dia, and he's forced a 6mm thread on....nasty..

[@snipermart]

Hahaha! Fucking hell! I’d have to ride the bike straight to the breakers due to embarrassment coz of that welding

[@richardirving4189]

That polish mop is now scrap!

[@shaunbarclay1309]

Matt Windows key - Shift - S

[@jamesreynolds9342]

I’m sure you can buy brass kitchen cupboard door knobs with 4m thread might put some on eBay as custom choke knobs 😂😂😂

[@richardirving4189]

I'm not saying the Chinese wheel is shit, But it's audibly clicking when the lower wheel flops back and forth.

[@davegutierrez3670]

Spare cone for me bong

[@poet99999]

Iirc, the choke shaft right there where he cut the threads is squared. So he had to round it before cutting threads

[@gafrers]

Another wonderful delsplaining moment. The most watered down threadlock ever, why didn't he put Cu grease. 27:36 Intermittent threads. 🤣🤣 So many dislikes and not a single negative comment or question, Nothing delete there at all. 49:16 PRECISION. So the exhaust rusted around the drain hole? Now it has many drain holes, every single weld. Boatyards/drydocks are the best if you need something galvanized. 60€ for all the car-gates parts, nuts, bolts, pins, fulcrum, latches, etc. Done in 3 days.

[@seanbax2622]

Why does he not fit a gsxr tail to the busa to sell it easy and get some money.

[@Paul-FrancisB]

This will be a good one, gave me a laugh first time around 😁

[@mauricevandoeselaar]

That drain hoie, not at the lowest point and that size (and probably a seem inside) will that work, you think ?

[@dirtygarageguy]

LMAO no

[@keithf8890]

Being as you recovered,tell your Mrs that I want that £20 back!All the best.

[@poet99999]

Meh, I wing about half my little bits on the lathe. General idea, write down the important dimensions

[@HypeRapEnjoyer]

For quick screengrabs use Win+Shift+S 😏

[@TheBlibo]

Welding done in the pigeon loft?

[@11metalfan]

Hope you're feeling better bud. Lemsip and Berocca regrows organs and limbs

[@brucehornet]

Hope he's going to reinforce the side stand after the choke mod😳

[@andycleary6209]

All that messing about on the lathe when he could have bought a draw knob and tapped that out to the required size.

[@drinkmdeveryday1836]

are you running windows XP?! the lag take me back too 2008

[@dirtygarageguy]

no, but I'm watching this and recording it through my phone...

[@MrGoldsims]

That exhaust is horrible, started as a piece of shite, ended the same. Fortunately superb entertainment 🤣🤣🤣🤣, thanks Matt

[@Fake-moon-landing.]

You don't recut threads to clean them you make them sloppy. You use a thread chaser not a tap or die.

[@bigloafcreations]

Did I miss the bit where he rejetted the mucky carbs for his extra 400 or so cc? Surely that's gonna run like shite. Or, even more like shite than a HD normally does.

[@H-M-78]

Little bit of copper slip to treat that rusty hole, as advised by EB....

[@richardclark1448]

🤣👍

[@MrClivehill]

I want the busa forks for a blackbird. first dibs.

[@chenderson4969]

Surely you’d be better drilling a hole in the fabricated part to accept the cable and putting a small grub screw in the side underneath it so you can’t see it and don’t destroy cable?

[@TornadoCAN99]

For the choke knob, did he confirm he hasn't placed it too far along the shaft, making it impossible to fully open the choke?

[@233kosta]

I'd have thought the chowder marks from those pliers would do that anyway ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@mattblackledge9068]

Why put the tap in the tap handle, then in the tailstock? Why not do what every other person using a lathe does and pop the tap straight into the tailstock? 🤦‍♂️

[@dirtygarageguy]

Dude I don't know

[@steve23464]

I saw this video when it came out and when Del was finished welding I thought would you look at that. Then I thought I'm pretty sure Matt would say the same thing. Yep!

[@phitsf5475]

He welded the patch to the stainless skin....

[@gingernutpreacher]

How much should buza be with the "work" he's done?

[@michaeldemetriou1399]

Delboy teaches how to make large uneven tack welds instead of tiny discreet tacks, then seam weld short runs between tacks as fast as he can put metal down in a welding sequence. He explains nothing because he hasn't bothered to learn basic welding. He doesn't think instead he Goes Through The Motions. Look what he did to the choke thread.

[@archiedentone5950]

The new hose bib choke knob is going to wear out the cable in short order vibrating around