Uncovering the Mystery of the Y2K Motorcycle (Jet Engine!!)

[@bluefox12factsbeforefeelin58]

"Anyone who can blow up this engine, And live to tell about it. Deserves a new engine" ..... Greatest motto ever 😎

[@Gimpthulhu]

I vaguely remember Jay Leno telling a story about riding his Y2K. As he told it, he was waiting at a red light and the exhaust was putting out so much heat that when the car behind him creeped up too close, its front bumper got warped.

[@Yohann67]

I remember him telling the story, the car was an Infinity.

[@wesleyd.A10]

He had an LED sign that said... "Warning!!! Hot Jet Exhaust! Keep Back!..." I forgot How Close that person got Jay was saying!? But, they kept on creeping up closer. Until, Jay noticed the bumper was literally melting! 😅😂😂😂

[@ianwright2253]

420RR, Hero's stoner brothers channel.

[@Bass.Player]

The output drive is centered around the swingarm pivot which means the chain tension never changes regardless of the swingarm position...Ideal!

[@isaackarjala7916]

I've never gotten why motorcycles and full suspension mountain bikes aren't that way by default.... Scooters are

[@motrhead69]

Less chance of stretching,I'm sure after a while needs replacing.

[@KarloZg9000]

Not ideal, no anti-squat!

[@dougiequick1]

there is nothing ideal there are only compromises ....a drive chain itself is a compromise gaining some performance and weight saving at the cost of lifespan and maintenance compared to shaft drive

[@Bass.Player]

@@dougiequick1 Ideal for a chain. Einstein...

[@fouadkhattar]

HeroRR next project: Rebuilding a y2k

[@abnormaltexan]

I got to see and hear one of these bikes in 2000. I was going to school at MMI in Phoenix and at the time only 2 of them had actually been produced, the one MTT brought to MMI for us to see and the one that Jay Leno owned. The sound of the engine spinning coming from a motorcycle is insane. Such a cool bike!

[@dark12ain]

Was it red with y2k on the side owned by one of the richest people in Arizona? I just seen the guy you talking about in a video with the bike super cool

[@abnormaltexan]

@@dark12ain It was silver and at the time it was one of 2 in existence i believe it was owned by whoever built it still. That was 20 years ago so I’m not sure on the little details lol

[@dark12ain]

@@abnormaltexan man that's so dope

[@MrNaknak19]

"I hope you all have an amazing 2020"... yeah right

[@Name-kd5jj]

Oh buddy just wait for 2021.

[@GuerillaWar4s]

We're not gonna act like 2022 is approaching abit quicker?

[@EvolutionDataOptimized]

I’m from the future, and I can confirm that 2023 and 2024 have progressively gotten worse.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

@@EvolutionDataOptimizedgreat choice of word. Progressive. More like re

[@bocahdongo7769]

MTT Y2K not only lack of low-end torque due to very tall gearing, but also it's a natural design of turbine engine (or any mechanical device that involve turbine as main component) that has very pathetic efficiency in lower RPM a.k.a. designed to spin in specific RPM (usually almost as high as maximum RPM). That's why Y2K also has ridiculously high horsepower for it's size.

[@MrBen527]

They are still a bad ass toy and anyone who owns one will have a "typical" bike also.

[@Frejborg]

Love these historical bike series, Hero.

[@michalklimek9777]

Tank you for this video. I never knew, that There were upgraded models after y2k. This beast is insane even today...

[@rd91sib18zex]

I had two of these go by when I was waiting in a drive thru, sounded like a plane was landing on the road.

[@danieldryden6644]

2 going down the road god damn rip eardrums

[@testaccount4191]

@@danieldryden6644 imagine the harmonics

[@wandering_moto]

Just a heads up, I noticed I hadn’t seen any notifications from your channel for a while, decided to check, and somehow, KZbin unsubbed me from your channel, as well as a few others. Not sure how, or why they might do that.

[@celtisafricana4984]

KZbin also did that to me on a few channels. AND they've taken videos that I have definitely watched and marked them as unwatched on certain channels

[@HeroRR]

Thanks for letting me know, not sure what I can do about it though... glad you were able to find your way back, thank you! :)

[@MrBen527]

Yeah!

[@G58]

HeroRR Considering how successful your channel is, you could complain. If enough channel owners called them out in their behaviour, maybe they might consider not doing it. The fact is they’ve been messing with users’ data for years. Updates and notifications from many of the channels I’m subscribed to have been hidden, subscriptions have been cancelled, and watch lists edited without my consent or knowledge. Google only gets away with it because no one ever says anything. Oh, and the 20th Century ended on 31st December 2000, not 1999. Yeah, I know everyone celebrated then, but they were obviously wrong - unless there are only 999 years in a century. :) Peace Ride safe bro

[@9yearsago733]

Fun fact: This is the only year in your life that the entire month of April will be 420

[@joonaslaakkonen8096]

More accurate would be in a 100years

[@marcusaureliusepictetus7905]

You know I’ll be all over my purple haze lush homie 24hr

[@brendanb.9359]

He said of your life lol

[@spar8334]

Its already 420 everyday for me

[@tonyalanmarchant9099]

I dont get it ?can you enlighten me mate?its guna do me head in!

[@RapideWombaticus]

Love it now... loved it when I first heard about it Amazing

[@jnicksnewstart]

For some reason, I think I like the old body style better. Definitely the back end the bike. The new bike looks just like all new bikes.

[@Yohann67]

I can’t remember the year, if it was 98 or 99, I think it was 99. I was at the Dallas air show and heard what I thought was a small jet plane or helo starting up in the vendor display area. As I made my way to the noise it turns out that MTT had a Y2K bike on a bike chassis dyno so people could hear it run at full blast. I only managed to get a short video of the startup procedure (without the fuel) and of course it’s lost somewhere on 8mm. What a crazy bike.

[@theenzoferrari458]

But little did they know September 11th 2001 would be a endless regime of terror.

[@sly9889]

Yea it's cool, but does 2 brothers have a slip on exhaust for it?

[@mrhogan2612]

Love these informative videos so much. Feel like I learn something every time and from someone that actually gives a shit about what they are doing. Keep up the good work HeroRR and happy New year

[@HeroRR]

Thank you so much! Comments like this inspire me to make more :) happy new year!

[@tonyalanmarchant9099]

HeroRR keep up the good work mate

[@tonyalanmarchant9099]

Spot on

[@faustin289]

The geometry of its swingarm is so extreme i guess, upon acceleration, it shrinks instead of squatting

[@dingznthingz]

This was a great video on the Y2K. I would like to see a video of the MTT trike.

[@ZuminaZX]

68" wheel base, 10" longer than a busa. For reference a 2020 cbr 1k is 57".

[@souvikdas2774]

Been waiting for it... Finally got it

[@austinbarger7785]

You put a lot of work into these history videos and I love them. Keep them coming!

[@khaosking2937]

An old friend of mine has an H2R and he said it's the fastest bike on earth. Then I showed him the MTT Streetfighter. His face went pale when he saw it said top speed "limited to 266mph"

[@PatchesOHoulihansNutSweat]

He honestly has a H2R? Or does he have a H2?

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

I would love to be there just to see your friend's reaction... Owning the "fastest" bike in the world made from 2015; only to realise there's a faster one that was made in 2006

[@khaosking2937]

@@PatchesOHoulihansNutSweat nope it is honestly his H2R. Apologies for the late reply

[@PhillipMikeHunt]

I'd love to be starting this up at 5am every morning to ride to work. The neighbours would probably hate it.

[@Moengski]

Imagine a conversation at a bikers meetup with this rolling in. "Yeah it's a bit slow to spool, takes about 10 seconds." "To 60?" "To 200."

[@squarebodymikey9868]

Going to buy lottery tickets today!! I NEED ONE OF THESE IN MY LIFE!!

[@pinkpuffin187]

Awesome video. Never heard of these. Can you do the Tomahawk motorcycle? Always been interested in these.

[@basithph8958]

Happy new year🎉

[@d_8477]

You do the best videos for the history of motorcycles. Keep up the good work 👍🏾

[@shekharsingh9695]

The real superbike, i just love this

[@Ang3lUki]

In all seriousness, this would be unusable for anything but drag racing and making people deaf on the streets. The weaker braking, lack of big-bang, and long wheelbase makes it horrible in corners, not to mention you'd be cooking other racers in your exhaust. I really really want one, but I absolutely do not want one.

[@Roy_Godiksen]

The Y2K is Science gone wrong, but still got it right. No way i should be on the street. But it needs to exist. Can't say i agree with you that the original Y2K looks "futuristic" though. It looks like a 1980's stretch sport bike with too large exhausts.

[@sosangtoshi4009]

Hey bro thank you for making this great content.

[@lotfikerzabi1880]

awesome vid, Love the review of bikes from the past. Good to see you uploading as well.

[@spar8334]

Bout time someone talks about this bike

[@404notalive]

9:03 pause it Look at the front of the bike and pretend the front wheel isnt there It will look like this :O 🤣🤣🤣 Still its a beast

[@alexanderdominicramossinto9401]

till this day this bike is still a mythical creature it's super rare!!!

[@MZain1]

What a great start of the video man. Dope vid

[@bikewolf7455]

awsome video, very interesting topic and perfect upload timing! have a great successful year 2020 and keep on uploading! love your content

[@grayman999]

i really enjoy your Channel this was a brilliant bike to cover .

[@AST4EVER]

9:22 you need to be alive to avail the benefits of an engine warranty 😂😂

[@gladwinpereira6606]

20 years later and this bike would still give the best bikes and cars a run for their money.

[@danejurus69]

For that price tag, it better.

[@alexanderdominicramossinto9401]

im super thankful that the mtt team made this beast run to diesel, kerosene, ETC. just imagine going to shell and asking for jet fuel

[@volodymyrforos1031]

Great videos, HeroRR, greetings from Ukraine!!! Keep it rolling, you've reached the other side of the globe))

[@pureblood369]

Great video extremely informative learn something new actually a few things I love watching videos while I learn something new you should have a lot more subscribers then you actually have hope for the best and the growth of the channel got a new subscriber here

[@robin-fm3tz]

thank you kind sir! for another good video (didn't watch it yet , i just know its gonna be good) !

[@dougiequick1]

Re insurance ...little known fact is you do NOT have to have insurance...you can post a bond for the minimum amount your state requires and you become your own insurance company

[@richsmout550]

Wow love the idea of the y2k would be awesome to see them put the engine in the Tron bike 😜 I liked the video clip from Torque too

[@savejeff15]

Would like to know what milage it gets. I mean if it is reliable and brakes are up to the task, you could daily it if the milage is kind of acceptable. But I guess more then 4mpg is not realistic xP Edit: I just googled it and damn I hit the mark. 4mpg for City driving and 17 on highway. Not soooo bad for a jet on 2 wheels

[@agnel47]

I remember this from the movie Torque and also the video game Jacked.

[@thomabb]

I'd love to see a touring model or possibly a cruiser. Although they would need a 20 gallon fuel tank.

[@manuelmontiel5418]

Hey Hero RR excellent video! By the way what was the background music? It was also excellent! 👍

[@assassinerage1909]

God of all bikes

[@joemac8474]

Jay Leno has one, they are crazy bikes!!!

[@teddd2009]

Pains me to say it - forget ScarJo. I want one of these ; )))

[@NudaMan]

Intro reminded me of the first couple Spider-Man movies lmao but other than that amazing content as always🙏🏾

[@SonicPoetryIII]

11:12 Why would you have 2x six piston calipers on the rear brake? Only logical reason I can think is traction control.

[@BruceAlonso]

7:08 it's a beauty

[@Allmotorsmoke]

I remember using this bike in pgr 2 lmfao

[@ascendedtiamut5703]

You mean 4?

[@JetCooper3D]

Absolutely insane...

[@rocketlife9549]

AWESOME VIDEO...but u never mentioned a price tag

[@HeroRR]

4:34

[@martind349]

Carbon fiber fairings lighten it up a bit

[@mace5525]

Thing is crazy

[@davidpeters6536]

0-227 mph in 15 sec - Holy shit Batman!

[@zweispurmopped]

I know the Allison C25 turbines from back in my day s in helicopter maintenance. An excellent choice for such use, these buggers will take anything you throw at them, plus the sounds they make on start-up just are are a show of their own. I wonder why the exhausts were turned to blow sideways on the newer models, though. I guess in city traffic, you could just let the exhaust push you along in idle. Also I would like to know how great the average range of those bikes is. I remember the BO105, which was driven by two of those turbines, had a tank capacity of some 500 litres which it burnt through in some 3½ hours…

[@jasonrees6012]

It wasn't the turning of a century .The K , implies 1000 , ergo the turning of a millenium . DUH !!

[@Misbahahsan]

hi herorr please make a video on HEROHONDA COMPANY WHICH LATER BECOME HERO

[@jameslrbrand2002uk]

Torque was the movie that brought this bike to my attention but honestly didn't know they now make a trike which here in the UK I can ride a trike on my car licence. Now I just need to rob Fort Knox to pay for it rofl

[@ContriteBiggs]

That’s an apu on a motorcycle, wow. Way to convert that into actual thrust.

[@George-iz2ce]

you sure? I thought APUs are actually internal combustion

[@neilgaming2127]

Mtt street fighter vs mtt 420rr which is faster?

[@angrybird29]

honda rrr vs y2k drag race anytime soon?! haha.

[@BruceAlonso]

U narrated every word I had for her

[@akp4895]

Fire😳🔥

[@taylorn8432]

How many of these were produced?

[@menom7]

Would You need a driver's license,or pilot's license to ride this thing!?!? Cuz I doubt any normal-joe would be able to correctly START this beast!?!? Lol.

[@tappajaav]

What makes you think so? Because it uses technology that's not so widely used in private civilian applications?

[@theozman38]

You mentioned it wouldn’t be a good track bike. Yaaa. Maybe not a track that has a lot of flip flop corners. What about Daytona or Indianapolis?? Or other oval tracks?? Probably that bike hasn’t been on either one.

[@user-7165jdhrnxymzn]

9:11 MTT warranty: "If you crash your engine bike, we will replace it for free" Myself thinking: "Do you really think that I will still alive after a 250 mph (400 kph) crash ??" 🤔 🤔 🤔

[@tappajaav]

Blowing up engine in this context means wearing it out, not riding headfirst to a tree 400 km/h ^^

[@user-7165jdhrnxymzn]

@@tappajaav Aaahh i see, thanx for your info

[@medinabillyclients]

Bruh just asking a question can you ride this kind of motorcycle in the Asia countries like Philippines?

[@krishchandran6819]

I wish u had a better sound clip & visual to go with it!

[@Y2Kvids]

Cool bike

[@Ang3lUki]

This is the real reason the speed wars ended, not the 'busa

[@khaosking2937]

Facts. This is the Dark Horse of superbikes

[@syedhassanraja649]

Did they add Abs, traction control to it

[@PeteDavidson-yl3ps]

Shame, real Shame, you didn't or haven't actually driven one ( I own one ja ja ) to give a performance tid bit, that there is an actual 2 ~ 3 second delay between Throttle Wack and torque, this LAG can be slightly strange in that even though the turbine rev's up there is no movement, reminds me of a bike with a broken chain yet the engine can't or doesn't red line or over rev because of this.... once you get the feel it's a little dangerous to hop on a regular sport bike because your actually waiting for the engagement but it's there in a split second.

[@dddon513]

There's no way that bike only weighed 450lbs. I could believe 550.

[@julietmike1018]

No one gets it...except anyone who has ever worked in aviation with jet engines. All of us are just like "...eh."

[@victorbarnard5461]

ok, but. Can it weelie?

[@matey182]

Where is footage of someone actually riding one of these hard? All I seem to find is show ponies riding around at scooter speeds.

[@silevesileve6279]

Try kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJTOkGilqreUhtk - got some decent stuff there

[@spar8334]

Need some reviewed in 2020 high quality

[@steven-vn9ui]

Looks pretty derpy to me

[@enlightenedidiot9552]

Look at the wheelbase on that thing. Give me a break.

[@jrgoogly2251]

Imagine building the fastest bike in the world for shits and giggles. Now that’s a power move.

[@PsychedbE]

420 be too fast for them new dabbing gen Z ers.

[@TheTektronik]

Will someone lap the IOMTT with this?

[@dennyurie4038]

The kawasaki H2r ninja 🥷

[@Faithlovehappy2316]

Dam that bike fast

[@shadowhaziq4326]

If rolls royce Phantom was rolls royce of cars, y2k is rolls royce of motorcycle equivalent

[@tappajaav]

Rolls royce of cars? What?

[@mark675]

Great bike for topspeed and posing but not good for anything else really

[@lordmaximus3715]

The Widow maker 😶

[@estuarcaceres]

nice music