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00:00:00welcome to the cycle world podcast welcome back if you're a listener well you're all listeners

00:00:07welcome to everyone i'm mark hoyer i'm the editor-in-chief i'm with kevin cameron our

00:00:11technical editor if you like our podcast please share it with uh with your friends anybody who

00:00:16likes motorcycles and wants to learn about them we're trying to share lots of experience of course

00:00:22kevin has a lot of experience and perhaps thousands of note cards that he's taken over

00:00:27the years that uh chronologically lists everything he's learned i don't know it's pretty great

00:00:35that's the thing he says sometimes i found the note card and then i get a message and it's wonderful

00:00:40so it's uh it's pretty cool uh this is uh this is another podcast brought to you by mecham the

00:00:46auction takes place in las vegas january 27th to the 31st uh so january coming right up um it's an

00:00:55incredible experience it's at the south point hotel and casino more than 2 000 bikes it's

00:01:01overwhelming and wonderful it's perhaps the greatest place to see everything that you want to

00:01:07see on two wheels and even three and sometimes four uh there's plenty of side cars and there were some

00:01:13cycle cars and some really neat oddball stuff last year so i'm looking forward to that something like

00:01:1950 collections coming in this year uh every kind of motorcycle you could want to see so we're going to

00:01:24talk about our curated list we did one um previously and we got through a good number of bikes and had a

00:01:29good time and historical context and kevin's very good about historical context and he talks about

00:01:35design and what's vices he picks them because they're significant and a lot of times i pick them

00:01:40because i like them and so i just was there and i'm like hey that's a really cool bike or i really

00:01:46wanted it uh quite quite terribly and that's what we're going to start with right here is a 1984 honda

00:01:53ns 400r part part of the oh the wonderful two-stroke grand prix era that that resonates with me because

00:02:01i was coming of the age of understanding what i was looking at and uh there were these hondas and

00:02:09that freddie spencer freddie my first helmet kevin was a freddie spencer replica awry i spent 900

00:02:16dollars on my 1979 yamaha daytona special

00:02:21and i spent 300 something dollars on my helmet

00:02:28that was marketing man i mean not that the helmet wasn't good quality i had expectations of a good

00:02:34protective helmet but it was also a freddie spencer replica so well done whoever signed that kid up

00:02:41on all fronts right so it's a pretty neat bike you know it's got that red white and blue graphics

00:02:47it's got sort of i don't know mock yellow number plate inserts on the fairing and

00:02:52three pipes sticking out of it it's from the david silver collection

00:02:56what do you know kevin well uh first of all the idea of the three cylinder

00:03:04uh goes back to 1982 when uh freddie went to europe uh with irv kanemoto as his crew chief and

00:03:15with the ns3 um honda uh 500 and initially it made 108 horsepower but despite that at the at the

00:03:33very fast spa racetrack in belgium freddie won the grand prix against much more powerful motorcycles

00:03:43why because the 108 horsepower were mostly consumed in pushing freddie where he wanted to be

00:03:53whereas many of the horsepower of the more powerful bikes were chewing on the tires

00:03:59that was good i'm gonna have some more and one by one they came back to him yeah i guess you have

00:04:07to go around me i can't keep it up man see you and he won that he won that high speed race and then

00:04:14the next year he was world champion and uh they developed that bike to make uh over 125 horsepower

00:04:22there were new pistons constantly and it was a very dynamic hectic season with

00:04:30stuff threatening to break and new stuff coming just in time and new ideas and freddie the whole while

00:04:39really couldn't make up his mind what he was doing there he i don't think we ought to be here

00:04:47and then he'd go out and do these fantastic things so this is an heroic legend and honda decided that

00:04:55they needed a replica bike for production and why didn't they make it a 500 because it was a 400 cc

00:05:04limited license law in japan i expect it's 100 why they did it yeah yeah and the uh borne stroke were

00:05:13uh 57 by 50.6 so it's just a millimeter away from the classic 56 by 50 uh 125 times 2 equals a 250 that was

00:05:28uh one of the one of the board stroke uh combinations that everybody tried 54 by 54 was was the other one so

00:05:38this this this motorcycle um was a sort of replica of the um bike that freddie rode started out it had

00:05:52a tubular steel frame then it had a rectangular aluminum tube frame and uh all these changes were

00:06:01happening so that you at any given moment could not really put your finger on on what it was today

00:06:07what is our bike today well i'm always curious uh during that period of time you know the herb

00:06:14canemoto and and um cal caruthers and all the big tuners how much the motorcycle changed because of them

00:06:24and how you know that sort of relationship of going from the factory here's your bike oh my gosh what

00:06:31are we going to do we need to change everything or not and then just that kind of circular uh

00:06:37trading of information and and not stepping on toes and i've heard the legend of the american

00:06:44who is there to say what the japanese won't say so like in the big meeting room they just bring their

00:06:50like rude american in who hasn't been culturally you know isn't going to be a hundred percent polite

00:06:56or defer in a situation where maybe that isn't the case in uh culturally and uh so anyway it's just

00:07:04it's fascinating like i'm just thinking of irv getting getting the bike and developing the bike

00:07:11as you described and then putting it in the hands of somebody who's riding it in a way that no one

00:07:18else has ridden it you can't test riders you know mcdoon was legendary for saying test riders are

00:07:23meaningless yes they're not doing what i'm doing so they're not really going to help me are they

00:07:29so it's just a fascinating era because it was you know cutting frame tubes and machining very ad hoc

00:07:36yes and at the same time of course uh when they got to uh a year later 1984 michelin introduced

00:07:47semi-radial tires and freddie and irv were involved very deeply in in the front tire um and they were

00:07:58uh part of the introduction of radial tires so this motorcycle uh was one of of several uh production

00:08:10bikes that were built to capitalize on the attention garnered by the race bikes kawasaki

00:08:17had one uh yamaha had a couple they had a a a 250 and a a 500 and at the same time you could you

00:08:30could see the the curtains closing on the two-stroke on the highway business because uh when yamaha put

00:08:39catalytic mufflers on their street going uh two-stroke they ran so hot that

00:08:47it just seemed like it was it was something unfortunate and they would have to just

00:08:56go a different direction and so what happened was although everyone knew that direct cylinder injection

00:09:05was possible and that it could save the two-stroke

00:09:11the automotive world had already shifted to all the new fuel injection and so forth and so

00:09:20with automotive side having all the solutions to emissions it made sense for the motorcycle side to say

00:09:30well we're not that regulated so we can just use the stuff that they've proved and it will save a lot

00:09:38of money and a lot of time so that's what was done but in in that in that instant

00:09:45um we're getting a bad echo now uh in that instant when two strokes were coming to a close

00:09:58there were several lovely racer replicas built and this is one of them

00:10:05it was a beautiful era for that the multi-cylinders the rg 500 we had an issue so you know during the 80s

00:10:15there were plenty of motorcycles going to japan that we weren't getting here and we were getting all

00:10:21these two-stroke 250s and 400 four cylinders and just all this really exotic small displacement stuff

00:10:28that was mostly japanese market definitely not american market hard to get i tried to buy an rz 500

00:10:34from long beach yamaha uh during that era impossibly expensive but it did have a california plate

00:10:40couldn't afford it there's this really neat it was a neat era and it was on its way out as you say

00:10:48we had seven secret bikes of japan on the cover like a very seared in newsstand magazine cover

00:10:55really neat neat time um and that affiliation for me growing up and being being a freddie spencer fan

00:11:05and looking at freddie who was young but also looked very young and i was young i'm like i could do this i

00:11:12could be a grand prix racer very strong identification that's why i picked it so that's just

00:11:17the ns 400r is just a real resonant thing for me and i can imagine many other auction goers doing

00:11:25exactly the same thing they're not talking about port timing and they're not they're not talking about

00:11:31where it came from maybe they are there are plenty of uh historical uh i don't know historian

00:11:38motorcycle historians who go out buy for the story behind the bike i just look at it and i feel like

00:11:4314 and i feel like such freedom it will be

00:11:49we're going to shift era here kevin we're going to uh a pair of vincent's uh 1938

00:11:57vincent hrd rapide and then after that of course the 1955 uh vincent black shadow

00:12:06so apparently you know let's let's first anchor this with talking about vincent what's the design

00:12:14that made this interesting to us and of course performance at a time it really stood out didn't

00:12:22it it certainly did and uh phil vincent wanted very much to eclipse the big road burners uh with the

00:12:32established reputation such as prof superior and uh the like which were large v twins and

00:12:43the reason that large v twins were originally built was both for racing at brooklyn's trying to beat the

00:12:52yanks all those indians that came over and uh the other was uh engines with enough down low grunt to pull a sidecar

00:13:01and when vincent bought the name hrd from howard r davies

00:13:11he added his triangulated rear swing arm suspension and bought jap engines which was a proprietary engine

00:13:25made in england since the very early days of the 20th century and in 1935 uh they had

00:13:36lost patience with jp who weren't delivering the reliability that was needed and

00:13:45they decided to build their own engine now mind you this is a tiny tiny company and it's started

00:13:54phil vincent was somebody that was drawing this rear suspension in his school notebooks

00:14:00as a lad and he

00:14:05was going forward no matter what so they decided to build their own engine

00:14:12and to avoid the expense of overhead camshaft but to have something like the superior valve control of

00:14:22fewer lighter parts in the valve train yeah let's so yeah i'm sorry we're talking about the 38

00:14:29vincent hrd repeat and then check out the images and and carry on kevin we'll get we're going to zoom

00:14:35in here and and look at those push rods that you're just talking about they located the camshaft up high

00:14:42so the push rods are a little short guys and there were some other interesting features about this

00:14:47and they went to the tt that year and of course um they were the first non-factory motorcycle home

00:14:59in seventh and the thing kept going so

00:15:04what happens with the great ambition

00:15:09of phil

00:15:11and uh

00:15:13the story that's told of course is that

00:15:15two prints

00:15:18layout drawings

00:15:20of

00:15:21the single

00:15:22the comet

00:15:23we're lying on a desk

00:15:25sort of

00:15:25where they fell

00:15:27and they made a v-twin

00:15:29now

00:15:31this had been

00:15:32it

00:15:32phil vincent's mind for a long time

00:15:35but it makes a wonderful story nevertheless

00:15:37so

00:15:39they did this thing

00:15:41they built

00:15:41a big v-twin

00:15:43and

00:15:44the

00:15:45rapide

00:15:46had

00:15:47the look of a

00:15:49of a bike that

00:15:50hadn't

00:15:51been finished

00:15:52completely before it was

00:15:54thrust into production

00:15:56so

00:15:57there were

00:15:57all kinds of hoses and cables and wires and stuff hanging all over it

00:16:02and it looked

00:16:03almost eduardian that way

00:16:05it

00:16:07it hadn't yet

00:16:08matured as a design

00:16:11what the kids would call it now is

00:16:13steampunk

00:16:14i guess they're old kids now

00:16:15but it

00:16:16it does have a bit of a steampunk look

00:16:18the

00:16:18the way the engines laid out

00:16:20and

00:16:20this case

00:16:21and this case

00:16:22and the external pump

00:16:23and hoses going up to rockers

00:16:25or whatever

00:16:25it's

00:16:26there's a lot of neat photos of this on the website

00:16:29it's from the maurice candy collection

00:16:31and they

00:16:32they talk about it on the website

00:16:34you know

00:16:34it's

00:16:34it's the 1934 design

00:16:37of

00:16:38brampton fork

00:16:44burman gearbox

00:16:46you know

00:16:47i i looked at a

00:16:48rough superior

00:16:49when i was

00:16:50just a baby

00:16:52chuck clayton

00:16:53of cycle news

00:16:53had one in the shed

00:16:54we called it

00:16:56brayton

00:16:56it was a

00:16:57a warehouse

00:16:58near the cycle news office

00:16:59where i was working at the time

00:17:00and they were

00:17:01clearing out the shed

00:17:02and selling some of his collection

00:17:03and there was this

00:17:05rough superior

00:17:06and i

00:17:06i was helping

00:17:06you know

00:17:07get in the

00:17:08storage unit or whatever

00:17:09and i coasted down the hill

00:17:10so i've ridden a rough superior

00:17:11but they were like

00:17:13oh there's something wrong with the gearbox

00:17:14and as

00:17:14you know

00:17:15i was

00:17:15i was not into vintage motorcycles

00:17:17at the time

00:17:18didn't have a ton of experience

00:17:19so i didn't

00:17:20i didn't lock onto it

00:17:21i don't think i could have afforded it anyway

00:17:23and i heard jay leno bought it

00:17:24but i don't know that that's true

00:17:26but the old burman box

00:17:27i mean

00:17:28who can't fix a burman box

00:17:30i mean

00:17:30it's very few parts

00:17:31and they just fly up

00:17:32i mean

00:17:33this era of bike

00:17:34you just take it apart

00:17:35put it back together

00:17:36no big deal

00:17:36yep

00:17:37and it'll work

00:17:38yeah

00:17:39yep

00:17:40so uh

00:17:41post-war

00:17:43um

00:17:44aluminum was cheap

00:17:46because they're melting down

00:17:47all these airplanes

00:17:48and their engines

00:17:49all those berlins

00:17:50going to the furnace

00:17:52to become aluminum ingots

00:17:54and

00:17:55uh

00:17:56of course the aircraft themselves

00:17:57are all aluminum

00:17:58so

00:17:58aluminum was cheap

00:18:00steel was rationed

00:18:02so

00:18:03no steel tubing

00:18:04to build a frame

00:18:06so

00:18:06what did they do

00:18:08they built

00:18:09a fabricated

00:18:10beam

00:18:11out of steel sheet

00:18:13that attached

00:18:14to both cylinder heads

00:18:16of

00:18:17their new v-twin

00:18:18and

00:18:20at the farther end

00:18:22of the beam

00:18:23was the steering head

00:18:24so

00:18:24no frame

00:18:25the rear suspension

00:18:27attached

00:18:28to the gearbox

00:18:29which was not

00:18:31separate

00:18:31and this whole thing

00:18:33was

00:18:34cleaned up

00:18:37dish all sections

00:18:40it was a great phrase

00:18:42of the time

00:18:43meaning

00:18:43don't have any flat surfaces

00:18:45in your engine

00:18:46because

00:18:46all the

00:18:47the parts inside

00:18:49that are trying to get out

00:18:50will set those surfaces

00:18:52into motion

00:18:52and you'll have a noisy bike

00:18:54so

00:18:55the very attractive

00:18:58post-war twin

00:18:59was quite different

00:19:01from the pre-war

00:19:02and

00:19:04they did

00:19:06themselves

00:19:06a big favor

00:19:07by giving it

00:19:08the mysterious name

00:19:09black shadow

00:19:11something

00:19:12passed him by

00:19:14like a black shadow

00:19:15he knew not

00:19:16what it was

00:19:17because

00:19:19its passage

00:19:19was so swift

00:19:21yeah

00:19:22the

00:19:23you know

00:19:24so the

00:19:24we'll throw the bike up here

00:19:26the 55

00:19:26series D

00:19:28so it's

00:19:28you know

00:19:29one of the latest bikes

00:19:30before the end

00:19:32yeah

00:19:33the stove

00:19:35black stoving on it

00:19:36so it's enamel

00:19:37and

00:19:38the

00:19:39timing side

00:19:40it's just a knockout

00:19:42with the

00:19:42splayed

00:19:43push rods

00:19:45the sweep of the exhaust

00:19:46it just

00:19:47it's burned into my mind

00:19:49I think it's burned into the

00:19:50the motorcycle culture

00:19:52it's like a base

00:19:53a primal memory

00:19:54for

00:19:55many people

00:19:58maybe not the youngest people

00:19:59but

00:19:59it will

00:20:00but

00:20:02yeah

00:20:02just

00:20:03and legendary

00:20:04for performance

00:20:05I mean

00:20:05it really

00:20:06you know

00:20:06there's all the rolly free stuff

00:20:08and

00:20:08it was just such a different looking motorcycle

00:20:12from everything that was

00:20:13out at that time

00:20:14with tube and lug

00:20:15and

00:20:16you know

00:20:17it seemed more like the future

00:20:19to me

00:20:19than

00:20:20than some of those other things

00:20:21even my

00:20:22Bella set

00:20:23if you're thirsty

00:20:24well

00:20:25of course

00:20:25it

00:20:25it reached

00:20:26it reached far

00:20:27but it couldn't grasp

00:20:29and maintain itself

00:20:31because using the methods

00:20:33of English motorcycle manufacture

00:20:36they had to charge quite a lot for it

00:20:38and

00:20:39the market ran out of steam

00:20:42for that kind of thing

00:20:43and the

00:20:43company closed

00:20:44but

00:20:45engineers working on all kinds of projects

00:20:49have said to me

00:20:50that

00:20:50the post-war Vincent

00:20:51was an inspiration to them

00:20:53because

00:20:54first of all

00:20:56you'll see the triangulated swing arm

00:20:58on almost any bike

00:20:59you look at today

00:21:00it's triangulated

00:21:02because

00:21:02just two beams

00:21:04don't have a lot of twist resistance

00:21:07and

00:21:09when you add the triangulation

00:21:11you can make that whole thing

00:21:12into

00:21:13a close approximation

00:21:14of a rigid box

00:21:16with

00:21:16the top closed

00:21:18and taped shut

00:21:19it becomes very strong

00:21:21then

00:21:21and

00:21:22one of the

00:21:24one of the admirers

00:21:26was of course

00:21:26John Britton

00:21:27it gave us all

00:21:31motorcycles

00:21:33it gave us all

00:21:34something to

00:21:35dream about

00:21:37because

00:21:37this was

00:21:38for so many years

00:21:39the ultimate

00:21:40a hot

00:21:42Bonneville

00:21:43with 40 horsepower

00:21:44hmm

00:21:46Vincent

00:21:48put it

00:21:48in the shade

00:21:49so

00:21:52it came

00:21:54the market

00:21:57couldn't accommodate it

00:21:58and it perished

00:22:00but it didn't

00:22:01die

00:22:02it

00:22:03it has

00:22:04carried on

00:22:05in

00:22:06Australia

00:22:07today

00:22:07there are

00:22:09people

00:22:10who are

00:22:10installing

00:22:12modern technology

00:22:13inside

00:22:15the

00:22:16outline

00:22:17the appearance

00:22:18of the original

00:22:20and

00:22:21these things

00:22:23are quite

00:22:23phenomenally

00:22:24fast

00:22:25they love

00:22:26this

00:22:27shape

00:22:28they can't

00:22:29let it

00:22:29alone

00:22:30yeah

00:22:31that's true

00:22:31all the

00:22:34ugly

00:22:34Vincent's

00:22:35we actually

00:22:35I was on a

00:22:36tour once

00:22:36and we

00:22:37we swung

00:22:38by the

00:22:38shop

00:22:38we

00:22:39unannounced

00:22:40we just

00:22:40pulled up

00:22:41and like

00:22:41hey

00:22:41I think

00:22:42it's up

00:22:42here in

00:22:42this village

00:22:43and we

00:22:43went

00:22:43I remember

00:22:44where it

00:22:45was

00:22:45but

00:22:45there was

00:22:46all the

00:22:47bikes

00:22:47you could

00:22:47just see

00:22:48Fritz's

00:22:49Fritz

00:22:49ugly's

00:22:49bikes

00:22:50just

00:22:50laying

00:22:50around

00:22:51out there

00:22:51for sale

00:22:52just

00:22:52guy

00:22:52doing

00:22:53his

00:22:54deal

00:22:54back in

00:22:56the day

00:22:56it was

00:22:56pretty

00:22:56neat

00:22:57all right

00:23:02so we're

00:23:03going to

00:23:03go

00:23:03historical

00:23:04context

00:23:04on the

00:23:05next

00:23:05group

00:23:05here

00:23:06Kevin

00:23:06this is

00:23:13the

00:23:131954

00:23:14Adler

00:23:15RS250

00:23:16two-stroke

00:23:16twin

00:23:17that's

00:23:17out of

00:23:17the

00:23:17Rob

00:23:18Talbot

00:23:18collection

00:23:19and it's

00:23:21it's really

00:23:22neat

00:23:22and the

00:23:22reason I

00:23:23picked

00:23:23this bike

00:23:24well you

00:23:24picked it

00:23:25but I

00:23:26think you

00:23:26also

00:23:26picked

00:23:27the

00:23:271969

00:23:28Yamaha

00:23:28TR2

00:23:29350

00:23:30production

00:23:30racer

00:23:31and to

00:23:32me they

00:23:33echoed

00:23:33across

00:23:33decades

00:23:34as a

00:23:35blueprint

00:23:35for

00:23:36lightweight

00:23:37speed

00:23:38and that's

00:23:38why I

00:23:39thought we

00:23:39would talk

00:23:40about them

00:23:40together

00:23:40and that's

00:23:41where I

00:23:41throw this

00:23:42over to

00:23:42you

00:23:42okay

00:23:43Adler

00:23:47of course

00:23:48was a

00:23:48typewriter

00:23:48company

00:23:49among other

00:23:49things

00:23:50and eventually

00:23:51they were

00:23:52bought out

00:23:53by Grundig

00:23:53and the

00:23:54motorcycle

00:23:54part of

00:23:55the operation

00:23:56was just

00:23:56terminated

00:23:57we don't

00:23:58need this

00:23:58just take

00:23:59that stuff

00:23:59outside

00:24:00but in

00:24:03the 50s

00:24:03before the

00:24:06German

00:24:06motorcycle

00:24:07market

00:24:08collapsed

00:24:08in 1955

00:24:10Adler

00:24:12built a

00:24:13vertically

00:24:13split

00:24:14twin

00:24:15and the

00:24:16two halves

00:24:17of the

00:24:17crankshaft

00:24:18were held

00:24:19together by

00:24:20radial

00:24:21face

00:24:21splines

00:24:22that were

00:24:23drawn

00:24:23together

00:24:25to lock

00:24:26them

00:24:27torsionally

00:24:28solidly

00:24:29a

00:24:29differential

00:24:30screw

00:24:31two different

00:24:32threads

00:24:32on it

00:24:33of slightly

00:24:34different

00:24:34pitch

00:24:35so that

00:24:36your effort

00:24:37in tightening

00:24:38this thing

00:24:38was multiplied

00:24:39many times

00:24:40so you could

00:24:42install one

00:24:43crankshaft

00:24:44in one

00:24:44half

00:24:45and then

00:24:45join it

00:24:47to the

00:24:47other

00:24:48crankshaft

00:24:48over a

00:24:49center

00:24:50body

00:24:51and it

00:24:51was a

00:24:52tremendous

00:24:52complexity

00:24:53they made

00:24:5514

00:24:56horsepower

00:24:56to begin

00:24:57with

00:24:57then 16

00:24:58horsepower

00:24:59and they

00:24:59produced a

00:25:00race bike

00:25:01because

00:25:03Germany at

00:25:04this time

00:25:05was the

00:25:06hotbed

00:25:06of

00:25:07it was

00:25:09really the

00:25:09germination

00:25:10of two

00:25:11strokes

00:25:12with

00:25:12modern

00:25:14exhaust

00:25:14pipes

00:25:14on them

00:25:15and

00:25:17Adler

00:25:17were in

00:25:18on that

00:25:19they

00:25:20weren't

00:25:20a leader

00:25:20but

00:25:22after

00:25:22Adler

00:25:23left

00:25:24the

00:25:24market

00:25:25Adler

00:25:26based

00:25:26projects

00:25:27continued

00:25:28to be

00:25:28built

00:25:28because

00:25:29it was

00:25:29it seemed

00:25:30like

00:25:31yeah we

00:25:32get this

00:25:32thing

00:25:32right

00:25:33nobody

00:25:33will

00:25:33see

00:25:34which

00:25:34way

00:25:34we

00:25:34went

00:25:34many

00:25:36people

00:25:37claim

00:25:37that

00:25:38the

00:25:38early

00:25:38vertically

00:25:39split

00:25:40Yamaha

00:25:40twins

00:25:41were

00:25:41Adler

00:25:42copies

00:25:43the

00:25:44Adler

00:25:44had a

00:25:46crankshaft

00:25:46mounted

00:25:47clutch

00:25:47and this

00:25:48looks

00:25:49attractive

00:25:49because

00:25:50since the

00:25:52clutch is

00:25:52turning

00:25:53full

00:25:53crankshaft

00:25:54speed

00:25:54rather than

00:25:55gearbox

00:25:56speed

00:25:56which is

00:25:57half

00:25:57or less

00:25:58you could

00:26:00make it

00:26:00lighter

00:26:00well

00:26:02that's

00:26:03all right

00:26:03until you

00:26:04have to

00:26:04make a

00:26:05standing

00:26:05start

00:26:05because

00:26:06all the

00:26:07energy

00:26:07during the

00:26:09initial

00:26:09part of

00:26:09a standing

00:26:10start is

00:26:10going into

00:26:11the clutch

00:26:11in the

00:26:12form of

00:26:12heat

00:26:13so

00:26:14Yamaha

00:26:15had

00:26:16crank

00:26:17mounted

00:26:17clutches

00:26:18for five

00:26:19years

00:26:19from

00:26:2061

00:26:21through

00:26:2266

00:26:23and

00:26:24they also

00:26:26had

00:26:26vertically

00:26:27split

00:26:27crankcase

00:26:28but

00:26:28unlike

00:26:29the

00:26:29Adler

00:26:30they had

00:26:30five

00:26:30rather than

00:26:31four

00:26:31speeds

00:26:32they

00:26:34pressed

00:26:35the

00:26:35center

00:26:36the

00:26:37two

00:26:38crankshaft

00:26:38halves

00:26:39were pressed

00:26:39together

00:26:40with a

00:26:41large

00:26:41diameter

00:26:41center

00:26:42block

00:26:42so

00:26:43that

00:26:43the

00:26:43whole

00:26:43thing

00:26:43could

00:26:44be

00:26:44assembled

00:26:45more

00:26:45easily

00:26:45into

00:26:46the

00:26:46crankcase

00:26:46without

00:26:47the

00:26:47complexity

00:26:48of a

00:26:49differential

00:26:49screw

00:26:50so

00:26:52they

00:26:53were

00:26:53from the

00:26:54beginning

00:26:55going

00:26:56their

00:26:56own

00:26:56way

00:26:57and

00:26:58and the

00:26:58big

00:26:59change

00:27:00came

00:27:00in

00:27:001969

00:27:01when

00:27:03with

00:27:03the

00:27:04new

00:27:06350

00:27:06twin

00:27:07they

00:27:09went

00:27:10to

00:27:10horizontal

00:27:11split

00:27:11now

00:27:12when the

00:27:13crankshaft

00:27:13the

00:27:14crankcase

00:27:14is

00:27:15horizontally

00:27:15split

00:27:16opens

00:27:16like a

00:27:17clam

00:27:17there's

00:27:18the

00:27:18crankshaft

00:27:19the

00:27:19two

00:27:20gearbox

00:27:20shafts

00:27:21and the

00:27:21kickstart

00:27:22shaft

00:27:22just lying

00:27:23there

00:27:24plump

00:27:25plump

00:27:26you put

00:27:26the

00:27:26four

00:27:26things

00:27:27in

00:27:27close

00:27:27the

00:27:28cases

00:27:28the

00:27:28engine

00:27:29is

00:27:29built

00:27:29first

00:27:30time

00:27:30I was

00:27:30in

00:27:31an

00:27:33RD

00:27:33350

00:27:33I was

00:27:34like

00:27:34this

00:27:34is

00:27:35this

00:27:36is

00:27:36great

00:27:36none

00:27:37of

00:27:37this

00:27:37laying

00:27:38the

00:27:38vertically

00:27:39split

00:27:39triumph

00:27:40crankcase

00:27:40on top

00:27:41and

00:27:41I don't

00:27:42know

00:27:42it

00:27:42just

00:27:42seemed

00:27:43like

00:27:44imagine

00:27:45that

00:27:45going

00:27:45down

00:27:45a

00:27:45production

00:27:46line

00:27:46when

00:27:46you

00:27:46want

00:27:46to

00:27:46make

00:27:47thousands

00:27:47of

00:27:47them

00:27:47too

00:27:48it's

00:27:48just

00:27:48like

00:27:48you

00:27:49pop

00:27:50it

00:27:50in

00:27:50as

00:27:51you

00:27:51say

00:27:51the

00:27:51engine

00:27:51is

00:27:51built

00:27:52so

00:27:52this

00:27:52is

00:27:52where

00:27:52we're

00:27:53talking

00:27:53about

00:27:53the

00:27:5369

00:27:54Yamaha

00:27:59got a

00:27:59beautiful

00:28:00gigantic

00:28:00brake

00:28:01on

00:28:01it

00:28:01man

00:28:03it's

00:28:03just

00:28:03when

00:28:05you

00:28:05picked

00:28:05that

00:28:05bike

00:28:05I

00:28:06was

00:28:06glad

00:28:06because

00:28:08it's

00:28:09just

00:28:09a

00:28:09it's

00:28:10a

00:28:10handsome

00:28:10piece

00:28:11when

00:28:11we

00:28:12got

00:28:12the

00:28:12new

00:28:12bikes

00:28:13at

00:28:13Boston

00:28:14Cycles

00:28:14in

00:28:151969

00:28:15they

00:28:16both

00:28:17the

00:28:17250

00:28:17and

00:28:17the

00:28:18350

00:28:18had

00:28:18the

00:28:19giant

00:28:19brakes

00:28:20they

00:28:20had

00:28:20the

00:28:20RD56

00:28:21chassis

00:28:23RD56

00:28:24type

00:28:25chassis

00:28:25and we

00:28:26just

00:28:26felt

00:28:26like

00:28:27we'd

00:28:27gone

00:28:27straight

00:28:28to

00:28:28heaven

00:28:28it

00:28:29was

00:28:29wonderful

00:28:29and

00:28:31the

00:28:32significance

00:28:33of

00:28:33this

00:28:33350

00:28:34was

00:28:35that

00:28:36it

00:28:37was

00:28:37the

00:28:37beginning

00:28:37of the

00:28:38end

00:28:38for the

00:28:39four

00:28:39strokes

00:28:39because

00:28:40in

00:28:401968

00:28:42Calvin

00:28:45Rayburn

00:28:45won the

00:28:46race

00:28:46the

00:28:46Daytona

00:28:47200

00:28:47but

00:28:49behind

00:28:50him

00:28:50in

00:28:50second

00:28:51and

00:28:51third

00:28:51and

00:28:52a

00:28:53lap

00:28:53down

00:28:53were

00:28:55two

00:28:55of

00:28:55these

00:28:56TR2

00:28:58350

00:28:59twins

00:28:59and

00:29:01the

00:29:02AMA

00:29:02had

00:29:03been

00:29:03considering

00:29:04switching

00:29:05from

00:29:05500

00:29:06OHV

00:29:08750

00:29:09flathead

00:29:10to

00:29:11350

00:29:13anything

00:29:13goes

00:29:14well

00:29:15if

00:29:16this

00:29:17first

00:29:18feeble

00:29:20first

00:29:20try

00:29:21with the

00:29:21350

00:29:21was this

00:29:22much

00:29:23faster

00:29:24than they

00:29:24expected

00:29:25what

00:29:25about

00:29:26when

00:29:26Yamaha

00:29:27actually

00:29:27tried

00:29:28so

00:29:30what

00:29:32happened

00:29:32was

00:29:33that

00:29:34all

00:29:36of

00:29:36Yamaha's

00:29:36products

00:29:37were

00:29:37switched

00:29:37to

00:29:37horizontal

00:29:39split

00:29:40crank

00:29:40cases

00:29:40and

00:29:41they

00:29:41went

00:29:42to

00:29:42a

00:29:42module

00:29:42system

00:29:43in

00:29:43which

00:29:43all

00:29:44the

00:29:44250

00:29:44and

00:29:45350

00:29:45both

00:29:46had

00:29:4654

00:29:47millimeter

00:29:47stroke

00:29:48crank

00:29:49shafts

00:29:50and

00:29:51they

00:29:51could

00:29:52use

00:29:53a lot

00:29:54of

00:29:54parts

00:29:54in

00:29:54common

00:29:55between

00:29:55the

00:29:55two

00:29:55and

00:29:56it

00:29:56was

00:29:56a

00:29:56very

00:29:56sensible

00:29:57way

00:29:57to

00:29:57build

00:29:57these

00:29:58things

00:29:58and

00:29:59they

00:29:59built

00:29:59lots

00:30:00of

00:30:00them

00:30:00not

00:30:00so

00:30:00many

00:30:00250s

00:30:01people

00:30:02in

00:30:02the

00:30:02US

00:30:02wanted

00:30:03one

00:30:03of

00:30:04the

00:30:04bigger

00:30:04machine

00:30:04in

00:30:06the

00:30:06past

00:30:06in

00:30:06the

00:30:07bad

00:30:07old

00:30:07vertically

00:30:08split

00:30:08days

00:30:08Yamaha

00:30:09had

00:30:09made

00:30:09a

00:30:10305

00:30:10just

00:30:11as

00:30:11Honda

00:30:11had

00:30:11well

00:30:12we

00:30:12need

00:30:13what

00:30:13can

00:30:13we

00:30:14give

00:30:14people

00:30:14who

00:30:15want

00:30:15a

00:30:15little

00:30:15more

00:30:15poke

00:30:16so

00:30:17it

00:30:18had

00:30:19different

00:30:20board

00:30:21stroke

00:30:21but

00:30:22this

00:30:23new

00:30:23engine

00:30:23was

00:30:24a

00:30:24full

00:30:24350

00:30:25and

00:30:26it

00:30:26showed

00:30:26what

00:30:27would

00:30:27happen

00:30:28shortly

00:30:28and

00:30:29when

00:30:30the

00:30:31AMAA

00:30:32decided

00:30:32we're

00:30:33going

00:30:33to adopt

00:30:34a

00:30:34750

00:30:34formula

00:30:35effective

00:30:36in

00:30:361970

00:30:38Dick

00:30:41Mann

00:30:41won

00:30:42on

00:30:42a

00:30:42Honda

00:30:45that

00:30:45year

00:30:46and

00:30:46the

00:30:46next

00:30:46year

00:30:46on

00:30:47a

00:30:47BSA

00:30:47triple

00:30:48so

00:30:50that

00:30:51looked

00:30:51good

00:30:51yeah

00:30:52this

00:30:52formula

00:30:52is

00:30:52working

00:30:53but

00:30:54then

00:30:55came

00:30:561972

00:30:57and

00:30:581973

00:30:58and

00:30:59the

00:30:59200

00:30:59was

00:31:00won

00:31:00both

00:31:00those

00:31:01years

00:31:01by

00:31:02little

00:31:02dinky

00:31:03Yamaha

00:31:04350

00:31:05twins

00:31:05and

00:31:07it

00:31:08just

00:31:08people

00:31:10the

00:31:11four stroke

00:31:12desperados

00:31:13call

00:31:13these

00:31:14the

00:31:14lost

00:31:15era

00:31:16when

00:31:18two

00:31:19strokes

00:31:20those

00:31:20strange

00:31:21creatures

00:31:21like

00:31:22some

00:31:23kind

00:31:23of

00:31:23bad

00:31:24dream

00:31:24your

00:31:24skin

00:31:25erupts

00:31:25and

00:31:26these

00:31:26creatures

00:31:26creep

00:31:27out

00:31:27emitting

00:31:28smoke

00:31:29yes

00:31:30emitting

00:31:31smoke

00:31:32and

00:31:33of course

00:31:34to me

00:31:36and my

00:31:36friends

00:31:36who had

00:31:37been

00:31:37running

00:31:38Yamaha

00:31:38250s

00:31:39two

00:31:40strokes

00:31:41it

00:31:42seemed

00:31:42like

00:31:43a

00:31:43tremendous

00:31:43revolution

00:31:44was taking

00:31:45place

00:31:45in a

00:31:46very

00:31:46small

00:31:47world

00:31:47but we

00:31:48enjoyed

00:31:48the

00:31:49daylights

00:31:49out of

00:31:49it

00:31:50i had

00:31:50a weird

00:31:51echo

00:31:51of this

00:31:52much

00:31:52later

00:31:52because

00:31:53i

00:31:53wasn't

00:31:53there

00:31:53right

00:31:54i

00:31:54was

00:31:54there

00:31:54but

00:31:54i

00:31:55was

00:31:55a

00:31:55wee

00:31:55lad

00:31:56i

00:31:56wasn't

00:31:57even

00:31:57a

00:31:57wee

00:31:57lad

00:31:57i

00:31:57was

00:31:58just

00:31:58a

00:31:58wee

00:31:58and

00:31:59but

00:32:00much

00:32:00later

00:32:00i

00:32:01had

00:32:01my

00:32:01rd350

00:32:02and

00:32:03it

00:32:03had

00:32:03basani

00:32:04chambers

00:32:06this

00:32:06is

00:32:06the

00:32:06one

00:32:06i

00:32:07brought

00:32:07back

00:32:07to

00:32:07your

00:32:07place

00:32:07that

00:32:08we

00:32:08worked

00:32:08on

00:32:08the

00:32:08engine

00:32:08and

00:32:09rebuilt

00:32:10in

00:32:11your

00:32:11shop

00:32:11and

00:32:12i

00:32:13was

00:32:13commuting

00:32:14on it

00:32:14i

00:32:14bought

00:32:14it

00:32:14for

00:32:15this

00:32:15thousand

00:32:15mile

00:32:15bikes

00:32:17thousand

00:32:17dollar

00:32:18bikes

00:32:18and a

00:32:18thousand

00:32:18mile

00:32:19ride

00:32:19and

00:32:20i

00:32:20was

00:32:20just

00:32:20using

00:32:21it

00:32:21as

00:32:21a

00:32:21street

00:32:21bike

00:32:21you

00:32:22know

00:32:22melting

00:32:23light

00:32:23bulbs

00:32:23because

00:32:24the

00:32:24voltage

00:32:24regulator

00:32:24failed

00:32:25and

00:32:25all

00:32:26the

00:32:26things

00:32:26that

00:32:26happened

00:32:26to

00:32:26that

00:32:27old

00:32:27bike

00:32:27but

00:32:34a

00:32:34bsa

00:32:35gold

00:32:35star

00:32:35and

00:32:36i

00:32:38just

00:32:38pulled

00:32:38up

00:32:39and

00:32:39i

00:32:39went

00:32:40inside

00:32:40my

00:32:40office

00:32:40which

00:32:41looked

00:32:41at

00:32:41the

00:32:41parking

00:32:41lot

00:32:42and

00:32:42here

00:32:42comes

00:32:42the

00:32:42bsa

00:32:43and

00:32:45he

00:32:46puts

00:32:46it

00:32:46on

00:32:46side

00:32:46sand

00:32:46and

00:32:47it's

00:32:47just

00:32:47sitting

00:32:47there

00:32:47and

00:32:47you

00:32:48hear

00:32:48tappets

00:32:49and

00:32:49it's

00:32:49like

00:32:49and

00:32:53i'm

00:32:53like

00:32:53this

00:32:54you've

00:32:55said

00:32:55this

00:32:55we've

00:32:56talked

00:32:56about

00:32:56this

00:32:56for

00:32:57the

00:32:57entire

00:32:57time

00:32:57that

00:32:58i've

00:32:58known

00:32:58you

00:32:58from

00:32:59the

00:32:59time

00:32:59i

00:32:59interviewed

00:33:00you

00:33:00when

00:33:00sport

00:33:00bike

00:33:01performance

00:33:01handbook

00:33:02came

00:33:02out

00:33:02i

00:33:02called

00:33:02you

00:33:03because

00:33:03i

00:33:03was

00:33:03reviewing

00:33:04that

00:33:04book

00:33:04for

00:33:05cycle

00:33:05news

00:33:05and

00:33:05we

00:33:05talked

00:33:06about

00:33:06the

00:33:06book

00:33:06and

00:33:07talked

00:33:07about

00:33:07mechanics

00:33:08and

00:33:09from

00:33:10that

00:33:10time

00:33:10forward

00:33:10you've

00:33:11talked

00:33:11about

00:33:11the

00:33:12two

00:33:12strokes

00:33:12being

00:33:12the

00:33:13future

00:33:13at

00:33:13that

00:33:13time

00:33:14everything

00:33:14else

00:33:15sounded

00:33:15and

00:33:15i

00:33:15sat

00:33:15there

00:33:16and

00:33:16i'm

00:33:16like

00:33:16holy

00:33:17cow

00:33:17this

00:33:17is

00:33:17it

00:33:18because

00:33:18i

00:33:18heard

00:33:18that

00:33:18bsa

00:33:19which

00:33:19i

00:33:19love

00:33:19but

00:33:20i

00:33:20listen

00:33:22to

00:33:22that

00:33:22racket

00:33:22look

00:33:22how

00:33:23heavy

00:33:23that

00:33:23is

00:33:23i

00:33:24was

00:33:25like

00:33:26this

00:33:26is

00:33:26i

00:33:27felt

00:33:27like

00:33:28i

00:33:28witnessed

00:33:28the

00:33:28change

00:33:29in

00:33:29a

00:33:29very

00:33:29minuscule

00:33:30way

00:33:30i

00:33:31got

00:33:31my

00:33:31own

00:33:31very

00:33:31first

00:33:32hand

00:33:32experience

00:33:33of it

00:33:33it

00:33:33was

00:33:33a

00:33:33good

00:33:34experience

00:33:34educated

00:33:36me

00:33:36so

00:33:37it's

00:33:37history

00:33:37now

00:33:38of course

00:33:38because

00:33:38in

00:33:3984

00:33:39the

00:33:41law

00:33:41changed

00:33:41and

00:33:42you

00:33:42couldn't

00:33:42make

00:33:43that

00:33:43much

00:33:43smoke

00:33:43anymore

00:33:44so

00:33:44two

00:33:45strokes

00:33:45left

00:33:45the

00:33:45street

00:33:47market

00:33:47and

00:33:48carried

00:33:48on

00:33:49for a

00:33:49while

00:33:49in

00:33:50motorsports

00:33:51but

00:33:52that

00:33:53350

00:33:54twin

00:33:54was

00:33:57a

00:33:58wonderful

00:33:59thing

00:33:59in the

00:33:59hands

00:34:00of

00:34:00kelk

00:34:00or

00:34:00others

00:34:01it

00:34:01had

00:34:01four

00:34:03transfer

00:34:03ports

00:34:04and

00:34:05two

00:34:05of

00:34:05them

00:34:05were

00:34:06big

00:34:06the

00:34:07a

00:34:07transfers

00:34:07went

00:34:08down

00:34:08to

00:34:08the

00:34:08crank

00:34:09case

00:34:09where

00:34:09the

00:34:10descent

00:34:11of

00:34:11the

00:34:11piston

00:34:11would

00:34:12raise

00:34:12the

00:34:12pressure

00:34:13in

00:34:13the

00:34:13crank

00:34:13case

00:34:13and

00:34:14puff

00:34:14this

00:34:15stuff

00:34:15would

00:34:15enter

00:34:16the

00:34:16cylinder

00:34:17push

00:34:18out

00:34:18the

00:34:18exhaust

00:34:19and

00:34:20be

00:34:21trapped

00:34:21by the

00:34:22piston

00:34:22closing

00:34:23off

00:34:23the

00:34:23exhaust

00:34:23port

00:34:24and

00:34:24be

00:34:24compressed

00:34:25and

00:34:25fired

00:34:26to

00:34:27release

00:34:27chemical

00:34:28energy

00:34:28so

00:34:29kel

00:34:32didn't

00:34:34like

00:34:34those

00:34:34little

00:34:35dinky

00:34:36secondary

00:34:37B

00:34:38transfers

00:34:38which

00:34:39were fed

00:34:40through

00:34:40holes

00:34:40in the

00:34:41piston

00:34:41and

00:34:42there

00:34:42were

00:34:42little

00:34:42trenches

00:34:43carved

00:34:43into

00:34:44the

00:34:44wall

00:34:44of

00:34:44the

00:34:44cylinder

00:34:45it

00:34:46looked

00:34:47like

00:34:47a

00:34:48lash

00:34:48up

00:34:48it

00:34:49was

00:34:49a

00:34:50lash

00:34:50up

00:34:50and

00:34:52he

00:34:53cut

00:34:53his

00:34:54motor

00:34:55his

00:34:55crank

00:34:56case

00:34:56so

00:34:58thinly

00:34:59so

00:34:59close

00:35:00to

00:35:00the

00:35:00very

00:35:00edge

00:35:01of

00:35:01the

00:35:01base

00:35:01gasket

00:35:02of

00:35:02the

00:35:02cylinder

00:35:03that

00:35:03he

00:35:03had

00:35:03to

00:35:03use

00:35:03copper

00:35:04base

00:35:04gaskets

00:35:05or

00:35:06the

00:35:06paper

00:35:07would

00:35:07just

00:35:08blow

00:35:09out

00:35:09and

00:35:10those

00:35:11things

00:35:11were

00:35:11really

00:35:12fast

00:35:12those

00:35:14kelk

00:35:14or

00:35:14others

00:35:15modified

00:35:15tr2s

00:35:18it was

00:35:20a

00:35:20remarkable

00:35:21time

00:35:22because

00:35:22clever

00:35:23he was

00:35:23clever

00:35:24wasn't

00:35:24he

00:35:24just

00:35:24they

00:35:25claimed

00:35:2554

00:35:27horsepower

00:35:27for

00:35:28those

00:35:28things

00:35:28when

00:35:29when

00:35:30the

00:35:30water

00:35:31cooled

00:35:31version

00:35:32finally

00:35:33left

00:35:34grand prix

00:35:35racing

00:35:35it was

00:35:36making

00:35:3680

00:35:37horsepower

00:35:37in

00:35:38modified

00:35:38form

00:35:39and

00:35:40how

00:35:40did

00:35:40we

00:35:41had

00:35:41no

00:35:42clue

00:35:42that

00:35:43in

00:35:43a

00:35:43short

00:35:43time

00:35:4410

00:35:45years

00:35:45that

00:35:46the

00:35:46250

00:35:47would

00:35:47be

00:35:48making

00:35:48100

00:35:48horsepower

00:35:49shocking

00:35:51this

00:35:53is where

00:35:53Yamaha

00:35:53set

00:35:54sail

00:35:54we

00:35:55got

00:35:55TZ

00:35:56750

00:35:56out

00:35:57of

00:35:57this

00:35:57sort

00:35:58of

00:35:58design

00:35:58yep

00:35:59and

00:36:00this

00:36:00is

00:36:00where

00:36:00Yamaha

00:36:02was

00:36:02really

00:36:02feeding

00:36:03all

00:36:03of

00:36:03this

00:36:03by

00:36:04building

00:36:04something

00:36:04you

00:36:05could

00:36:05buy

00:36:05you

00:36:06didn't

00:36:07have

00:36:07to

00:36:07have

00:36:07the

00:36:07secret

00:36:07handshake

00:36:08right

00:36:08like

00:36:08I

00:36:09could

00:36:09just

00:36:09go

00:36:09I

00:36:10could

00:36:10go

00:36:10to

00:36:10Boston

00:36:10Cycles

00:36:11and

00:36:11say

00:36:11hey

00:36:11man

00:36:11give

00:36:12me

00:36:13one

00:36:13of

00:36:13them

00:36:13here's

00:36:14where's

00:36:14my

00:36:14what

00:36:14800

00:36:15bucks

00:36:15yeah

00:36:17they

00:36:18were

00:36:19cheap

00:36:19I

00:36:20mean

00:36:20comparatively

00:36:21cheap

00:36:21so

00:36:22it's

00:36:22very

00:36:23cool

00:36:23all right

00:36:26we're

00:36:26gonna go

00:36:27back

00:36:27in

00:36:27time

00:36:27now

00:36:27this

00:36:28is

00:36:28we

00:36:28didn't

00:36:28talk

00:36:29about

00:36:29an

00:36:29Indian

00:36:29on

00:36:29the

00:36:29last

00:36:30one

00:36:30but

00:36:30this

00:36:30is

00:36:30a

00:36:301929

00:36:31Indian

00:36:32Scout

00:36:32101

00:36:33what

00:36:36a

00:36:36historic

00:36:37and

00:36:37wonderful

00:36:37thing

00:36:37it

00:36:38forced

00:36:38well

00:36:39I

00:36:40mean

00:36:40yeah

00:36:40it

00:36:41really

00:36:41forced

00:36:41Harley

00:36:42Davidson

00:36:42to

00:36:43make

00:36:44a

00:36:44competing

00:36:44model

00:36:45and

00:36:45it

00:36:46took

00:36:46them

00:36:46a

00:36:46while

00:36:46to

00:36:47figure

00:36:47it

00:36:47out

00:36:48Harley

00:36:48did

00:36:48but

00:36:48Indian

00:36:49kind

00:36:49of

00:36:49crushed

00:36:50it

00:36:50right

00:36:50out

00:36:50of the

00:36:50gate

00:36:50I

00:36:51think

00:36:51yeah

00:36:52yeah

00:36:52well

00:36:54of course

00:36:55the earliest

00:36:56motorcycles

00:36:57were

00:36:57American

00:36:59motorcycle

00:37:00design

00:37:01intensified

00:37:02great

00:37:03big fat

00:37:03tires

00:37:04were the

00:37:04only

00:37:04suspension

00:37:05they had

00:37:06in the

00:37:06rear

00:37:06they

00:37:08were

00:37:09heavy

00:37:09and

00:37:10that

00:37:11weight

00:37:11counted

00:37:12for

00:37:12something

00:37:13in

00:37:13international

00:37:13motorcycle

00:37:14sales

00:37:14they

00:37:15were

00:37:15big

00:37:15in

00:37:16Australia

00:37:17because

00:37:17they

00:37:18didn't

00:37:18break

00:37:19the

00:37:21engines

00:37:21were

00:37:21slow

00:37:22turning

00:37:22and

00:37:22big

00:37:23inch

00:37:23they

00:37:25had

00:37:25petroleum

00:37:26here

00:37:27in the

00:37:27USA

00:37:28they

00:37:28were

00:37:29pumping

00:37:29it

00:37:29out

00:37:29like

00:37:30crazy

00:37:30in

00:37:30Texas

00:37:31and

00:37:31California

00:37:32so

00:37:33there

00:37:34was

00:37:34no

00:37:35need

00:37:35to

00:37:35worry

00:37:36about

00:37:36a

00:37:36fuel

00:37:36tax

00:37:37or

00:37:37where

00:37:39am

00:37:39I

00:37:39going

00:37:39to

00:37:39get

00:37:39my

00:37:39next

00:37:40gallon

00:37:40gasoline

00:37:41was

00:37:41as

00:37:41cheap

00:37:42as

00:37:4210

00:37:42cents

00:37:43a

00:37:43gallon

00:37:44in

00:37:45those

00:37:45days

00:37:46so

00:37:47what

00:37:49are

00:37:49we

00:37:49going

00:37:49to

00:37:49do

00:37:50for

00:37:50the

00:37:50people

00:37:50who

00:37:51are

00:37:51not

00:37:51athletic

00:37:51enough

00:37:52to

00:37:52ride

00:37:52those

00:37:53great

00:37:53big

00:37:53all

00:37:54American

00:37:55V-twin

00:37:56motorcycles

00:37:57why

00:37:58don't

00:37:59why

00:38:00don't

00:38:00we

00:38:00take

00:38:00note

00:38:01of

00:38:01the

00:38:01fact

00:38:01that

00:38:01engines

00:38:02are

00:38:03turning

00:38:03faster

00:38:04they're

00:38:05breathing

00:38:05better

00:38:06we

00:38:07could

00:38:07make

00:38:07a

00:38:07lightweight

00:38:08motorcycle

00:38:08that

00:38:09has

00:38:09the

00:38:11same

00:38:11performance

00:38:12as

00:38:12the

00:38:12big

00:38:13incher

00:38:13think

00:38:15that

00:38:15would

00:38:15sell

00:38:15it

00:38:17sold

00:38:18and

00:38:19Indian

00:38:20made

00:38:20a

00:38:20killing

00:38:20with

00:38:21it

00:38:21with

00:38:22that

00:38:22101

00:38:24scout

00:38:25they

00:38:26had

00:38:27a

00:38:27cradle

00:38:28frame

00:38:29tubes

00:38:30on both

00:38:30sides

00:38:31of the

00:38:31engine

00:38:31underneath

00:38:32the

00:38:32crankcase

00:38:33all the

00:38:33way back

00:38:34to the

00:38:34rear

00:38:34axle

00:38:35so

00:38:36it

00:38:36was

00:38:36stable

00:38:37it

00:38:38had

00:38:38a

00:38:39fairly

00:38:39long

00:38:39wheel

00:38:40base

00:38:40and

00:38:41it

00:38:42was

00:38:42notable

00:38:43for

00:38:43its

00:38:44stability

00:38:44and

00:38:45was

00:38:45the

00:38:45choice

00:38:46of

00:38:46people

00:38:47who

00:38:47rode

00:38:48the

00:38:49wall

00:38:49of

00:38:50death

00:38:50at

00:38:51the

00:38:51county

00:38:51fair

00:38:51I

00:38:52went

00:38:53to

00:38:53the

00:38:53wall

00:38:53of

00:38:53death

00:38:54and

00:38:55I

00:38:57saw

00:38:57this

00:38:57ancient

00:38:58motorcycles

00:38:59but

00:39:00they

00:39:01trusted

00:39:01it

00:39:03had

00:39:03always

00:39:03worked

00:39:04in

00:39:04that

00:39:04application

00:39:05they

00:39:06trusted

00:39:06it

00:39:06they

00:39:07kept

00:39:07it

00:39:07moving

00:39:08kept

00:39:08it

00:39:09working

00:39:09so

00:39:10this

00:39:11was

00:39:12a

00:39:14tremendous

00:39:14advantage

00:39:15for

00:39:15them

00:39:15well

00:39:17Harley

00:39:18Davidson

00:39:19saw

00:39:20that

00:39:21oh

00:39:21Excelsior

00:39:22was doing

00:39:23the same

00:39:23they had

00:39:24a little

00:39:24motor

00:39:24little

00:39:25motor

00:39:26bike

00:39:26and

00:39:27the

00:39:28AMA

00:39:28was making

00:39:29noises

00:39:29about

00:39:30a

00:39:31750

00:39:32class

00:39:32well

00:39:36Harley

00:39:36had to

00:39:37get in

00:39:37on that

00:39:37so

00:39:39they

00:39:40built

00:39:40the

00:39:41D

00:39:41model

00:39:41flathead

00:39:42they

00:39:43built

00:39:43a

00:39:43bunch

00:39:44of

00:39:44overhead

00:39:44racers

00:39:45but

00:39:46when

00:39:46class

00:39:47C

00:39:47racing

00:39:47became

00:39:48the

00:39:48thing

00:39:49class

00:39:50C

00:39:50was

00:39:50production

00:39:51based

00:39:52ride

00:39:52it

00:39:53to

00:39:53the

00:39:53racetrack

00:39:53remove

00:39:54lights

00:39:56and horn

00:39:56and go

00:39:57racing

00:39:57that was

00:39:59the concept

00:39:59which

00:40:00lasted

00:40:00about

00:40:0140

00:40:02seconds

00:40:03because

00:40:04that's

00:40:07the

00:40:07nature

00:40:07of

00:40:07racing

00:40:08and

00:40:09cheap

00:40:10racing

00:40:10class

00:40:11yeah

00:40:11how long

00:40:12does that

00:40:12last

00:40:13cheap

00:40:13so

00:40:15the

00:40:17101

00:40:17scout

00:40:18is

00:40:19revered

00:40:19among

00:40:20Indian

00:40:20enthusiasts

00:40:21as

00:40:22the

00:40:23best

00:40:23of all

00:40:24the

00:40:24scouts

00:40:24because

00:40:25against

00:40:26this

00:40:26background

00:40:27of

00:40:27rational

00:40:28market

00:40:29choices

00:40:30which

00:40:31created

00:40:31the

00:40:32scout

00:40:32was

00:40:34Indian

00:40:36management's

00:40:36complete

00:40:37irresponsibility

00:40:39with money

00:40:39now

00:40:42we have

00:40:42to admit

00:40:43that they

00:40:43faced

00:40:44some

00:40:44challenges

00:40:45no sooner

00:40:46had they

00:40:46built

00:40:46an enormous

00:40:47brick

00:40:48factory

00:40:49in

00:40:49Springfield

00:40:50Massachusetts

00:40:51which was

00:40:52a manufacturing

00:40:53town

00:40:54Henry Ford

00:40:56came along

00:40:57with

00:40:58mass production

00:40:59and interchangeable

00:41:00parts

00:41:01and

00:41:02in

00:41:031914

00:41:04his

00:41:06plants

00:41:07produced

00:41:08308,000

00:41:11Model T

00:41:12Fords

00:41:12at

00:41:13low prices

00:41:15that made

00:41:15a motorcycle

00:41:16look like

00:41:17well

00:41:18we don't

00:41:19actually need

00:41:20a motorcycle

00:41:20what we need

00:41:21is one of

00:41:22these cars

00:41:22people

00:41:24switched

00:41:24from

00:41:25motorcycles

00:41:25to cars

00:41:26because they

00:41:26could afford

00:41:27it

00:41:27and

00:41:29Henry Ford

00:41:32kept

00:41:32coming up

00:41:33with

00:41:33and his

00:41:34merry men

00:41:35kept coming up

00:41:36with

00:41:36methods

00:41:37of

00:41:38reducing

00:41:39the manufacturing

00:41:40costs

00:41:41and they

00:41:41passed them

00:41:42along

00:41:42to the

00:41:43market

00:41:43so the

00:41:44car that

00:41:44started out

00:41:45at $850

00:41:46which was

00:41:48cheap

00:41:49in 1914

00:41:49for a car

00:41:51with four

00:41:51wheels

00:41:51that actually

00:41:53went

00:41:53they got

00:41:56it down

00:41:56to just

00:41:58under $300

00:41:59at the end

00:41:59not bad

00:42:02mass production

00:42:04is wonderful

00:42:05lots of people

00:42:06like to make

00:42:07fun of it

00:42:07and hearken

00:42:08back to the

00:42:08days of

00:42:09old world

00:42:09craftsmanship

00:42:10but what

00:42:11old world

00:42:12craftsmanship

00:42:13assured was

00:42:14that you

00:42:14couldn't

00:42:14afford it

00:42:15because

00:42:18to have

00:42:19elderly

00:42:19gentlemen

00:42:20with

00:42:20micrometers

00:42:22making each

00:42:23part

00:42:23you had

00:42:24to buy

00:42:25their

00:42:25dinner

00:42:25for

00:42:26a year

00:42:27to get

00:42:27an engine

00:42:28built

00:42:28well

00:42:29hand filing

00:42:30you know

00:42:30what you

00:42:31want

00:42:31is something

00:42:31not to

00:42:32need

00:42:32hand filing

00:42:33it just

00:42:33comes out

00:42:33of the

00:42:35mold

00:42:35you skim

00:42:36the mating

00:42:37service

00:42:37and you

00:42:37bolt it

00:42:38up

00:42:38you know

00:42:38you thread

00:42:39your holes

00:42:39or whatever

00:42:40and away

00:42:40you go

00:42:41308,000

00:42:43yeah

00:42:44it's amazing

00:42:45so the

00:42:4629 Indian

00:42:46101 Scout

00:42:47is a lot

00:42:48N387

00:42:50it's the

00:42:51classic

00:42:51kind of

00:42:52very brick

00:42:52red

00:42:53Indian

00:42:54color

00:42:54with the

00:42:54brown

00:42:55seed

00:42:55it's

00:42:56very

00:42:561929

00:42:57they were

00:42:57kind of

00:42:57sticking

00:42:58the

00:42:58headlights

00:42:58up

00:42:59sort of

00:42:59periscopey

00:43:00a little

00:43:00bit in

00:43:00the front

00:43:00and in

00:43:01fact the

00:43:01D models

00:43:02and the

00:43:02JDs

00:43:03and JDHs

00:43:04in 29

00:43:04most of

00:43:05them were

00:43:05twin

00:43:06headlamp

00:43:07which is

00:43:08short lived

00:43:09one year

00:43:10my grandfather

00:43:10had a

00:43:1129

00:43:12I think

00:43:13it was

00:43:14a 45

00:43:15the interesting

00:43:16thing with

00:43:16the 45

00:43:17is the

00:43:17early bikes

00:43:18were built

00:43:19on the

00:43:19single frame

00:43:20and then

00:43:20they put

00:43:21this twin

00:43:21into it

00:43:22and they

00:43:22had a few

00:43:22problems

00:43:22with it

00:43:23they finally

00:43:24sorted it out

00:43:25made it a

00:43:25pretty decent

00:43:25motorcycle there

00:43:26but the

00:43:27scout right

00:43:28out of the

00:43:28gate

00:43:28kind of

00:43:29defined

00:43:30what this

00:43:30class should

00:43:32be

00:43:32and it's

00:43:33really

00:43:33started out

00:43:35at 37

00:43:36cubic inches

00:43:37and it

00:43:37went to

00:43:3745

00:43:38and that

00:43:38big step

00:43:40yeah

00:43:4145

00:43:42well the

00:43:49next one

00:43:49so we're

00:43:49going to go

00:43:50even farther

00:43:50back in time

00:43:51and this

00:43:51was really

00:43:51interesting

00:43:51another bike

00:43:52Kevin has

00:43:53brought to

00:43:53my attention

00:43:54and Mecham

00:43:55of course

00:43:55by having

00:43:56it listed

00:43:57for sale

00:43:57lot

00:43:57508

00:43:59is a

00:44:001914

00:44:00Jefferson

00:44:0161 inch

00:44:02racer

00:44:02wonderful

00:44:04it

00:44:05it really

00:44:06is

00:44:06I mean

00:44:07it's a

00:44:07beautiful

00:44:07color

00:44:08and it

00:44:09has that

00:44:10it's you

00:44:12know it's a

00:44:12bicycle

00:44:13it really

00:44:13is a

00:44:14motor

00:44:14bicycle

00:44:14it's got

00:44:15pedals

00:44:15but it

00:44:16has that

00:44:16spindly

00:44:17elegance

00:44:18that little

00:44:18leading link

00:44:19fork

00:44:19those droopy

00:44:20bars that

00:44:21they had

00:44:21at the

00:44:22time

00:44:22and

00:44:22and kind

00:44:23of that

00:44:23dipped

00:44:24seat

00:44:24that's

00:44:24sort of

00:44:25like a

00:44:25crooked

00:44:25hat

00:44:26you know

00:44:26it's

00:44:26like

00:44:26it's

00:44:27just

00:44:27what's

00:44:29going on

00:44:30here

00:44:30yeah

00:44:31is

00:44:32overhead

00:44:32valves

00:44:33because

00:44:34the

00:44:36first

00:44:37little

00:44:38tiny

00:44:40engines

00:44:4025,000

00:44:42of them

00:44:43were sold

00:44:43around the

00:44:44world

00:44:44in what

00:44:451899

00:44:47or something

00:44:48like that

00:44:48and they

00:44:49just

00:44:49they parachuted

00:44:50into shops

00:44:51everywhere

00:44:52around the

00:44:53world

00:44:53and people

00:44:54were copying

00:44:55them

00:44:55and it

00:44:56had a

00:44:56side

00:44:57exhaust

00:44:57valve

00:44:57with its

00:44:58stem

00:44:58pointing

00:44:58down

00:44:59and on

00:45:00the same

00:45:00axis

00:45:01overhead

00:45:03intake

00:45:04and the

00:45:04big

00:45:05advantage

00:45:05of this

00:45:06that they

00:45:06told us

00:45:06was

00:45:07the

00:45:08intake

00:45:08flow

00:45:09comes in

00:45:09and cools

00:45:10the exhaust

00:45:10valve

00:45:11that's

00:45:12good design

00:45:12right there

00:45:13well how

00:45:14could you

00:45:14get any

00:45:14air

00:45:15through that

00:45:15this

00:45:16little

00:45:17piddly

00:45:18little

00:45:18intake

00:45:19valve

00:45:19and

00:45:20before

00:45:221900

00:45:23there

00:45:24was

00:45:24this

00:45:24Russian

00:45:25Boris

00:45:26Lutsky

00:45:27and he

00:45:29wrote

00:45:30about

00:45:30overhead

00:45:31valve

00:45:31and he

00:45:32described

00:45:33its

00:45:33advantages

00:45:33he said

00:45:34the flow

00:45:35goes straight

00:45:36into the

00:45:37cylinder

00:45:37traveling in

00:45:39the same

00:45:40direction

00:45:40as the

00:45:41piston

00:45:41and in

00:45:441905

00:45:45Hans

00:45:45Ledvinca

00:45:46built a

00:45:47car

00:45:47with

00:45:48parallel

00:45:49stem

00:45:49overhead

00:45:50valves

00:45:50and

00:45:51by

00:45:521910

00:45:53Fiat

00:45:54were

00:45:55racing

00:45:56giant

00:45:58cars

00:45:59with

00:45:59huge

00:46:00engines

00:46:0116

00:46:01liters

00:46:02with

00:46:03overhead

00:46:04valves

00:46:05overhead

00:46:05valves

00:46:06were the

00:46:06coming

00:46:07thing

00:46:07beast

00:46:08of turn

00:46:08fire

00:46:09yes

00:46:10yes

00:46:12explosive

00:46:13popping

00:46:14is so

00:46:15great

00:46:16and yet

00:46:17it could

00:46:18be started

00:46:19by one

00:46:19fearless

00:46:20person

00:46:21who knew

00:46:22how

00:46:22with a

00:46:24crank

00:46:24so

00:46:26not a lot

00:46:27of compression

00:46:28there

00:46:28but in

00:46:301910

00:46:31a lot of

00:46:32stuff was

00:46:32going on

00:46:33in the

00:46:33US

00:46:33Hedstrom

00:46:35over at

00:46:36Indian

00:46:36was looking

00:46:38at overheads

00:46:38and thinking

00:46:391911

00:46:42built a

00:46:43prototype

00:46:43single

00:46:44cylinder

00:46:451912

00:46:46built the

00:46:47Indian

00:46:488 valve

00:46:488 overhead

00:46:52valves

00:46:52all with

00:46:53parallel

00:46:53stems

00:46:53and

00:46:56he went

00:46:56away on

00:46:57a trip

00:46:57and his

00:46:58underlings

00:46:59put the

00:47:00bike on

00:47:01the racetrack

00:47:02and it

00:47:03just went

00:47:03hell for

00:47:04leather

00:47:04from there

00:47:04overhead

00:47:06valve

00:47:06works

00:47:07but has

00:47:08disadvantages

00:47:09you've got

00:47:09all this

00:47:10machinery

00:47:10up here

00:47:11rocker

00:47:12arms

00:47:12pivoting

00:47:13push

00:47:14rods

00:47:14squeaking

00:47:15in the

00:47:16little

00:47:16ball

00:47:16sockets

00:47:17you had

00:47:19to

00:47:19lubricate

00:47:20this thing

00:47:21manually

00:47:21they hadn't

00:47:22yet figured

00:47:23out how

00:47:24they could

00:47:24cool the

00:47:25cylinder head

00:47:25and yet

00:47:26enclose the

00:47:27valve gear

00:47:28so it

00:47:30was racing

00:47:31only for

00:47:32a while

00:47:32it was

00:47:33radical

00:47:33stuff

00:47:34and that's

00:47:35why

00:47:35Perry E.

00:47:38Mack

00:47:38the designer

00:47:39of the

00:47:40Jefferson

00:47:41and several

00:47:42other bikes

00:47:43with

00:47:43related

00:47:46design

00:47:47was

00:47:49giving his

00:47:50all to

00:47:51make overhead

00:47:51valves happen

00:47:52in the USA

00:47:53and at

00:47:55a point

00:47:56he felt

00:47:57like

00:47:57I gotta

00:47:59make some

00:48:00money here

00:48:00and he

00:48:01went to

00:48:01work for

00:48:01Briggs

00:48:02and Stratton

00:48:02and he

00:48:03retired from

00:48:03there in

00:48:041949

00:48:04and died

00:48:05two years

00:48:06later

00:48:06but he

00:48:09was pushing

00:48:09hard for

00:48:11overhead

00:48:11valves

00:48:12and as

00:48:14we know

00:48:15one of the

00:48:16bikes that

00:48:17in the show

00:48:19in the auction

00:48:20is a

00:48:21knucklehead

00:48:22the original

00:48:23of which

00:48:23was 1936

00:48:2561E

00:48:26which had

00:48:27partially

00:48:28enclosed

00:48:29overhead valves

00:48:30it was such

00:48:31a disaster

00:48:32they had to

00:48:33redesign it

00:48:34very quickly

00:48:35but

00:48:36civilization

00:48:37at Harley

00:48:39Davidson

00:48:40with overhead

00:48:43valves

00:48:43began from

00:48:44that moment

00:48:44when they

00:48:46enclosed them

00:48:46and made

00:48:47this

00:48:47it essentially

00:48:49doubled the

00:48:50horsepower

00:48:50available to

00:48:51somebody

00:48:52riding a

00:48:53big twin

00:48:53in the

00:48:54USA

00:48:54the

00:48:56business of

00:48:57air

00:48:58trying to

00:48:58get into

00:48:59a flathead

00:48:59has to

00:49:00come up

00:49:00to the

00:49:01valve

00:49:01go out

00:49:02of the

00:49:02valve

00:49:02go across

00:49:03the shelf

00:49:03down into

00:49:05the cylinder

00:49:05no

00:49:07it loses

00:49:09its way

00:49:09it swirls

00:49:11about

00:49:11it creates

00:49:12obstacles to

00:49:13its own

00:49:14motion

00:49:14overhead

00:49:16valves

00:49:17down to

00:49:18the valve

00:49:18down to

00:49:19the piston

00:49:20yeah

00:49:21great big

00:49:21chamber

00:49:21too

00:49:22yeah

00:49:23so

00:49:24this

00:49:27Perry Mac

00:49:28and the

00:49:30overhead

00:49:34valve

00:49:35engine

00:49:35were a

00:49:36big thing

00:49:37happening

00:49:38and

00:49:39over at

00:49:40Indian

00:49:41Headstrom

00:49:42was working

00:49:43on the

00:49:43same stuff

00:49:44there were

00:49:45lots of

00:49:46people doing

00:49:46this because

00:49:47we think

00:49:49of today

00:49:50as being

00:49:51that we're

00:49:51all connected

00:49:52worldwide

00:49:53and it is

00:49:53possible

00:49:54it's

00:49:55we are

00:49:56connected

00:49:57very well

00:49:57but

00:49:58those

00:49:59people

00:50:00more than

00:50:01a hundred

00:50:02years ago

00:50:02had

00:50:03international

00:50:05expositions

00:50:06that they

00:50:07could attend

00:50:08and they

00:50:08would see

00:50:09all the

00:50:09latest stuff

00:50:10from overseas

00:50:11there were

00:50:12wonderful

00:50:13magazines

00:50:13which were

00:50:14published

00:50:14frequently

00:50:15because

00:50:15people were

00:50:16so interested

00:50:17in this

00:50:18stuff

00:50:18so the

00:50:19idea of

00:50:20overhead

00:50:20valves

00:50:21took root

00:50:24quickly here

00:50:25just as

00:50:27the internal

00:50:27combustion

00:50:28engine

00:50:28did

00:50:29when

00:50:29all those

00:50:29little

00:50:31singles

00:50:32arrived

00:50:33in the

00:50:33mail

00:50:33Curtis

00:50:35Glenn

00:50:36Curtis

00:50:36and his

00:50:37friend

00:50:37Charlie

00:50:38Kirkham

00:50:38bought a

00:50:39casting

00:50:40set

00:50:40they went

00:50:41to the

00:50:41machine

00:50:42shop

00:50:42they made

00:50:43the parts

00:50:44into an

00:50:44engine

00:50:44they

00:50:46built

00:50:47it into

00:50:47a motorcycle

00:50:48suddenly

00:50:49Curtis

00:50:49was in

00:50:50the

00:50:50motorcycle

00:50:51business

00:50:51that's

00:50:52how it

00:50:52went

00:50:52lots

00:50:53of

00:50:53places

00:50:54so

00:50:56that's

00:50:57the

00:50:57Jefferson

00:50:57story

00:50:58pretty

00:50:59interesting

00:50:59you know

00:51:00ancient

00:51:00history

00:51:01but

00:51:01foundation

00:51:02for

00:51:03all of

00:51:03us

00:51:03and

00:51:04what

00:51:04an

00:51:05era

00:51:05to be

00:51:05buying

00:51:06casting

00:51:06kits

00:51:07and

00:51:07just

00:51:09building

00:51:10your own

00:51:10engine

00:51:11it was

00:51:12like home

00:51:12computers

00:51:13you know

00:51:13this

00:51:14it was

00:51:15it was

00:51:16the hot

00:51:16technology

00:51:17of the

00:51:18moment

00:51:18and

00:51:19we

00:51:20see

00:51:20the

00:51:20pictures

00:51:21of

00:51:21Gottlieb

00:51:22Daimler

00:51:23looking like

00:51:23he's

00:51:24about

00:51:24100

00:51:24years

00:51:25old

00:51:25he

00:51:25wasn't

00:51:26100

00:51:26years

00:51:26old

00:51:27when he

00:51:27was

00:51:27doing

00:51:27his

00:51:28original

00:51:28work

00:51:29these

00:51:30were

00:51:30hot

00:51:30young

00:51:31dudes

00:51:31making

00:51:31it

00:51:32happen

00:51:32I love

00:51:35it

00:51:35yeah

00:51:36it's

00:51:36lot

00:51:36R508

00:51:37and

00:51:38it

00:51:38runs

00:51:39across

00:51:39Friday

00:51:40January

00:51:4030th

00:51:41at

00:51:41Mecham

00:51:41it's

00:51:42a

00:51:42beautiful

00:51:42color

00:51:43and

00:51:43it's

00:51:43a

00:51:43beautiful

00:51:43bike

00:51:44the

00:51:44elegant

00:51:45V

00:51:46and

00:51:46it's

00:51:46the

00:51:47stubby

00:51:47little

00:51:48exhaust

00:51:48pipe

00:51:48shotgunning

00:51:49down

00:51:49to

00:51:49the

00:51:50earth

00:51:50with

00:51:50the

00:51:50slash

00:51:51cut

00:51:51you

00:51:52gotta

00:51:52check

00:51:52it

00:51:53out

00:51:53it's

00:51:53definitely

00:51:54a

00:51:54star

00:51:54of

00:51:55the

00:51:55show

00:51:55as

00:51:55they

00:51:56say

00:51:56the

00:51:56next

00:51:57one

00:51:57is

00:51:57a

00:51:57lot

00:51:58N

00:51:58282

00:51:59it's

00:52:00a

00:52:001981

00:52:00BMW

00:52:01R80

00:52:02G

00:52:02slash

00:52:03S

00:52:03and

00:52:05near and

00:52:09dear to

00:52:09my heart

00:52:09and of

00:52:11course

00:52:11the bike

00:52:12that

00:52:12launched

00:52:12a

00:52:13million

00:52:13adventure

00:52:14dreams

00:52:14it was

00:52:14confusing

00:52:15when it

00:52:16came out

00:52:16people

00:52:16had no

00:52:17idea

00:52:17what it

00:52:18was

00:52:18or what

00:52:18it was

00:52:19for

00:52:19even

00:52:20in the

00:52:21magazine

00:52:21business

00:52:22where you

00:52:22have a lot

00:52:23of people

00:52:23with a lot

00:52:24of experience

00:52:24and seeing

00:52:25many things

00:52:26it

00:52:27what was

00:52:28this

00:52:28no one

00:52:28knew

00:52:29what it

00:52:29was

00:52:30and here's

00:52:31this thing

00:52:31with this

00:52:31orange seat

00:52:32and you

00:52:33know the

00:52:33shaft drive

00:52:35shock

00:52:35on the

00:52:35side

00:52:35this

00:52:37particular

00:52:37bike

00:52:39has

00:52:391000 cc

00:52:40cylinders

00:52:40on it

00:52:41which is

00:52:41not a

00:52:42dramatic

00:52:42or difficult

00:52:43change

00:52:44and also

00:52:44has an

00:52:44Olin

00:52:44shock

00:52:45but it

00:52:45purports

00:52:46to have

00:52:46original

00:52:47paint

00:52:47and it

00:52:49looks

00:52:49great

00:52:49and it's

00:52:50very evocative

00:52:50to see

00:52:51this now

00:52:52and also

00:52:52with the

00:52:53new

00:52:53BMW

00:52:53R12

00:52:54G

00:52:55slash

00:52:55S

00:52:56which I

00:52:56had tested

00:52:57this

00:52:57last year

00:52:58and it's

00:53:00a very

00:53:00neat

00:53:01modern

00:53:01evocation

00:53:02of what

00:53:03this is

00:53:03but modern

00:53:04performance

00:53:05but

00:53:05launched

00:53:06the adventure

00:53:07world

00:53:08what did

00:53:09it do

00:53:10convinced

00:53:10us

00:53:11of its

00:53:13viability

00:53:14through

00:53:15utility

00:53:16now the

00:53:17thing was

00:53:18that

00:53:19BMW

00:53:20had

00:53:21still

00:53:22struggling

00:53:22today

00:53:23to a

00:53:23certain

00:53:23extent

00:53:24but then

00:53:25was struggling

00:53:27mightily

00:53:28to

00:53:29expand

00:53:31its sales

00:53:31when its

00:53:33reputation

00:53:33was

00:53:34for

00:53:35gentlemanly

00:53:36and very

00:53:37gradual

00:53:37performance

00:53:38forever

00:53:39and ever

00:53:41buy this

00:53:41one

00:53:42motorcycle

00:53:42and it

00:53:43will

00:53:43carry you

00:53:45throughout

00:53:45your life

00:53:46now

00:53:47that's

00:53:47not a

00:53:47recipe

00:53:48for

00:53:48sales

00:53:49well

00:53:49that's

00:53:50not

00:53:50very

00:53:50exciting

00:53:51it's

00:53:53a narrative

00:53:53for BMW

00:53:54a repeated

00:53:55narrative

00:53:55because we're

00:53:56starting

00:53:56if you

00:53:57wind back

00:53:58to

00:53:58R90

00:53:59R75

00:54:02I mean

00:54:03that was

00:54:03them trying

00:54:04to

00:54:04reborn

00:54:06in the

00:54:07early

00:54:07days

00:54:07yes

00:54:08the

00:54:08slash

00:54:09fives

00:54:09and

00:54:10they're

00:54:10looking

00:54:11to

00:54:12the

00:54:12future

00:54:12R90

00:54:13the

00:54:13Lutz

00:54:14you know

00:54:14Bob

00:54:15Lutz

00:54:15and they're

00:54:16as an

00:54:17enthusiast

00:54:17like what

00:54:18can we

00:54:18do

00:54:18let's

00:54:19hop

00:54:19this

00:54:19thing

00:54:19up

00:54:19you know

00:54:20and

00:54:20we got

00:54:21the

00:54:21R90

00:54:22and they

00:54:22were always

00:54:22looking to

00:54:23get that

00:54:25next

00:54:25audience

00:54:26because they

00:54:26think they

00:54:27had the

00:54:27loyal audience

00:54:28they had

00:54:28convinced

00:54:29those

00:54:30people

00:54:30this stuff

00:54:31works

00:54:32and then

00:54:33GS

00:54:33is like

00:54:33here's a

00:54:34new

00:54:34segment

00:54:35and just

00:54:35like with

00:54:36the

00:54:36S1000

00:54:37double

00:54:37R

00:54:37where's

00:54:38the new

00:54:39segment

00:54:39and there

00:54:40it is

00:54:40they just

00:54:40came in

00:54:41and said

00:54:41hey check

00:54:42it out

00:54:42193

00:54:43horsepower

00:54:44when

00:54:45everybody

00:54:46else was

00:54:46doing

00:54:46150

00:54:47at the

00:54:47wheel

00:54:47we were

00:54:48doing

00:54:48you know

00:54:49170

00:54:49180

00:54:50190

00:54:50on our

00:54:51dyno

00:54:51with those

00:54:52bikes

00:54:52so this

00:54:53is a

00:54:54perfect

00:54:55example

00:54:55of what

00:54:55you're

00:54:56talking

00:54:56about

00:54:56what

00:54:57had

00:54:57happened

00:54:58was

00:54:58that

00:54:58the

00:55:00answer

00:55:00to

00:55:00the

00:55:00question

00:55:01existed

00:55:02in their

00:55:03experimental

00:55:03department

00:55:04which was

00:55:04staffed

00:55:05with people

00:55:05who spent

00:55:06their

00:55:06weekends

00:55:07riding

00:55:08enduro

00:55:08and

00:55:11when

00:55:13the

00:55:14word

00:55:14came down

00:55:15do it

00:55:16they did

00:55:17it

00:55:18and

00:55:19G80

00:55:22R80

00:55:24slash

00:55:25G

00:55:26slash

00:55:26S

00:55:27was

00:55:28was the

00:55:29result

00:55:29and

00:55:31two

00:55:32years

00:55:32after

00:55:33this

00:55:33motorcycle

00:55:34came

00:55:34on the

00:55:34market

00:55:35a

00:55:37Dutch

00:55:37friend

00:55:38of

00:55:38mine

00:55:39he

00:55:41said

00:55:41BMW

00:55:43have

00:55:43done

00:55:43a

00:55:43great

00:55:44favor

00:55:44for

00:55:45the

00:55:45German

00:55:45salaryman

00:55:46he

00:55:48knows

00:55:48too

00:55:49much

00:55:49about

00:55:49his

00:55:50future

00:55:50when

00:55:51he

00:55:51will

00:55:51be

00:55:52able

00:55:52to

00:55:52afford

00:55:52a

00:55:53car

00:55:53when

00:55:54he

00:55:54will

00:55:55be

00:55:55able

00:55:55to

00:55:55afford

00:55:56a

00:55:56house

00:55:57his

00:55:58pay

00:55:59at

00:56:00the

00:56:00time

00:56:01of

00:56:01his

00:56:01retirement

00:56:02this

00:56:03is

00:56:03oppressive

00:56:04to

00:56:04know

00:56:04too

00:56:05much

00:56:05about

00:56:05your

00:56:06future

00:56:06but

00:56:08with

00:56:08this

00:56:08motorcycle

00:56:09you

00:56:09could

00:56:10imagine

00:56:10leaving

00:56:12for

00:56:14darkest

00:56:14Africa

00:56:15and

00:56:16unknowable

00:56:17adventures

00:56:18now

00:56:21none

00:56:21of

00:56:21these

00:56:22salarymen

00:56:22is

00:56:22going

00:56:23to

00:56:23break

00:56:23away

00:56:24leave

00:56:25their

00:56:25families

00:56:25high

00:56:26and

00:56:26dry

00:56:26and

00:56:27do

00:56:27this

00:56:27but

00:56:29it's

00:56:29valuable

00:56:30to

00:56:30know

00:56:30that

00:56:30you

00:56:31have

00:56:31the

00:56:31tool

00:56:32you

00:56:32could

00:56:33do

00:56:33it

00:56:33and

00:56:36up to

00:56:37that

00:56:37time

00:56:37BMWs

00:56:38had

00:56:38been

00:56:38gentlemanly

00:56:40and

00:56:41in

00:56:411969

00:56:42they

00:56:43made

00:56:43a

00:56:43big

00:56:43break

00:56:44the

00:56:44previous

00:56:44engines

00:56:45were

00:56:45roller

00:56:45motors

00:56:46they

00:56:48were

00:56:48heavy

00:56:49they

00:56:51switched

00:56:52them to

00:56:52automotive

00:56:53style

00:56:53bearings

00:56:54and

00:56:55automotive

00:56:55style

00:56:56construction

00:56:56and

00:56:58Hans

00:56:59Gunther

00:57:00von

00:57:01Marvitz

00:57:02who

00:57:03was

00:57:03one

00:57:03of

00:57:03the

00:57:03biggies

00:57:04on

00:57:04this

00:57:05project

00:57:05announced

00:57:07that

00:57:07his

00:57:08goal

00:57:08was

00:57:09to

00:57:09combine

00:57:10the

00:57:10nimble

00:57:11handling

00:57:11of the

00:57:12Manx

00:57:12Norton

00:57:13500

00:57:14racer

00:57:14with the

00:57:16comfort

00:57:16of a

00:57:17touring

00:57:17machine

00:57:18eight

00:57:19inches

00:57:19of

00:57:20travel

00:57:20so

00:57:23that

00:57:25was

00:57:25working

00:57:27very

00:57:28gradually

00:57:29and

00:57:30in

00:57:30the

00:57:30US

00:57:31Butler

00:57:32and

00:57:32Smith

00:57:33the

00:57:33East

00:57:33Coast

00:57:33importer

00:57:34went

00:57:35road

00:57:35racing

00:57:36all

00:57:37those

00:57:37stories

00:57:38about

00:57:39Kenny

00:57:41Augustine

00:57:42breathing

00:57:42on the

00:57:43cylinder

00:57:43heads

00:57:44and

00:57:44Udo

00:57:45Giedel

00:57:45as

00:57:45project

00:57:46director

00:57:47and

00:57:48Todd

00:57:48Schuster

00:57:49a

00:57:51man

00:57:52about

00:57:54whom

00:57:54everything

00:57:54was

00:57:55immense

00:57:55produced

00:57:58these

00:57:59racers

00:58:00out

00:58:01of

00:58:01these

00:58:02gentlemanly

00:58:04motorcycles

00:58:04they

00:58:05changed

00:58:07their

00:58:07personality

00:58:08by

00:58:09main

00:58:09force

00:58:10and

00:58:11this

00:58:11was

00:58:12what

00:58:12BMW

00:58:12required

00:58:13in

00:58:14order

00:58:14to

00:58:15sell

00:58:15into

00:58:16the

00:58:16new

00:58:16market

00:58:17because

00:58:18in

00:58:19the

00:58:19past

00:58:20when

00:58:21the

00:58:21German

00:58:21motorcycle

00:58:23market

00:58:23collapsed

00:58:24in

00:58:241955

00:58:26BMW

00:58:28was the

00:58:28only

00:58:29survivor

00:58:29and

00:58:33they

00:58:34they

00:58:35saw

00:58:36the

00:58:36British

00:58:36exporting

00:58:37Jack

00:58:41the Lad

00:58:41twins

00:58:42to

00:58:42America

00:58:43that's

00:58:43not

00:58:44for us

00:58:44that's

00:58:44not

00:58:45the

00:58:45kind

00:58:45of

00:58:45thing

00:58:46we

00:58:46do

00:58:46and

00:58:47selling

00:58:48motorcycles

00:58:49that's

00:58:49really

00:58:50not

00:58:50what

00:58:50we

00:58:51do

00:58:51but

00:58:52today

00:58:52they

00:58:53realize

00:58:53that

00:58:54the

00:58:54secret

00:58:55is

00:58:55to

00:58:56keep

00:58:56a

00:58:56steady

00:58:57flow

00:58:57of

00:58:58you

00:58:59can't

00:58:59resist

00:59:00it

00:59:00models

00:59:00coming

00:59:01that

00:59:03are

00:59:03somehow

00:59:04developed

00:59:05and

00:59:06tested

00:59:06to

00:59:07deliver

00:59:08BMW

00:59:09reliability

00:59:10with

00:59:11much

00:59:12higher

00:59:13modern

00:59:13performance

00:59:14and

00:59:15this

00:59:16G80

00:59:17was

00:59:17R80

00:59:19was

00:59:19the

00:59:20thing

00:59:20now

00:59:22Mark

00:59:23mentioned

00:59:23G

00:59:25slash

00:59:26S

00:59:27G

00:59:28stands

00:59:29for

00:59:29Galenda

00:59:30which

00:59:31is

00:59:31the

00:59:32land

00:59:33and

00:59:34S

00:59:34for

00:59:35Straße

00:59:35which

00:59:36is

00:59:36street

00:59:37so

00:59:38this

00:59:38is a

00:59:39dual

00:59:40purpose

00:59:40motorcycle

00:59:41and it

00:59:42looks

00:59:43adventuresome

00:59:44it

00:59:45doesn't

00:59:45look

00:59:46like

00:59:46you

00:59:49are

00:59:49going

00:59:50to

00:59:50ride

00:59:50in

00:59:51stately

00:59:51fashion

00:59:52to

00:59:53your

00:59:53next

00:59:53appointment

00:59:54design

00:59:55is

00:59:55important

00:59:55it

00:59:56really

00:59:56is

00:59:56it

00:59:57is

00:59:57evoking

00:59:58a

00:59:58feeling

00:59:58out

00:59:59of

00:59:59us

00:59:59and

00:59:59whatever

01:00:00the

01:00:00capability

01:00:00of

01:00:00the

01:00:00bike

01:00:01is

01:00:01if

01:00:01the

01:00:02design

01:00:02doesn't

01:00:03speak

01:00:03to

01:00:03that

01:00:03capability

01:00:04and

01:00:04make

01:00:04you

01:00:05dream

01:00:05about

01:00:05it

01:00:05forget

01:00:06it

01:00:07there

01:00:08was

01:00:08a

01:00:08time

01:00:09when

01:00:09one

01:00:10group

01:00:10within

01:00:10BMW

01:00:11management

01:00:12felt

01:00:12that

01:00:12750

01:00:13cc's

01:00:14should

01:00:15be

01:00:15the

01:00:15limit

01:00:16and

01:00:17there

01:00:17was

01:00:17another

01:00:17group

01:00:18that

01:00:18said

01:00:18no

01:00:19limits

01:00:19no

01:00:20limits

01:00:21and

01:00:22the

01:00:22low

01:00:22limits

01:00:22group

01:00:23has

01:00:23clearly

01:00:23prevailed

01:00:25because

01:00:25the

01:00:271300

01:00:27in

01:00:30its

01:00:30various

01:00:30forms

01:00:31that's

01:00:32a

01:00:32big

01:00:32engine

01:00:32and

01:00:33with

01:00:34all

01:00:34the

01:00:34poke

01:00:35that

01:00:35they've

01:00:35built

01:00:35into

01:00:36it

01:00:36with

01:00:36sophisticated

01:00:37stuff

01:00:38fierce

01:00:39and

01:00:39it's

01:00:39the

01:00:40first

01:00:40flat

01:00:40twin

01:00:40that

01:00:40I

01:00:41would

01:00:41truly

01:00:41describe

01:00:42as

01:00:42fierce

01:00:42as

01:00:43the

01:00:43new

01:00:43R1300

01:00:44it's

01:00:45basically

01:00:45the

01:00:45same

01:00:46across

01:00:46RT

01:00:47GS

01:00:48and

01:00:48then

01:00:48the

01:00:49R

01:00:50model

01:00:50and

01:00:52the

01:00:52RS

01:00:52what

01:00:52originally

01:00:53distinguished

01:00:56Talioni's

01:00:5790 degree

01:00:58V-twin

01:00:59Ducati

01:00:59was

01:01:00that it

01:01:01could

01:01:01reach

01:01:02high

01:01:02RPM

01:01:03and

01:01:03make

01:01:03astounding

01:01:04amounts

01:01:05of power

01:01:05without

01:01:06shaking

01:01:07itself

01:01:07to

01:01:07pieces

01:01:08British

01:01:09parallel

01:01:10twins

01:01:10with

01:01:11no

01:01:11center

01:01:11bearing

01:01:12their

01:01:12crankshafts

01:01:13were

01:01:13were doing

01:01:14this

01:01:15at high

01:01:15revolutions

01:01:16but Ducati

01:01:19found a

01:01:20way

01:01:20to achieve

01:01:22primary

01:01:22balance

01:01:23without a

01:01:23balance

01:01:24shaft

01:01:24BMW

01:01:25could do

01:01:26the very

01:01:27same

01:01:27thing

01:01:27so there

01:01:28was

01:01:28nothing

01:01:29in the

01:01:29form of

01:01:30vibration

01:01:30holding

01:01:31them

01:01:31back

01:01:31and

01:01:32they

01:01:32have

01:01:33not

01:01:33let

01:01:33it

01:01:33hold

01:01:34them

01:01:34back

01:01:34they

01:01:35don't

01:01:36go

01:01:36for

01:01:36extremely

01:01:37high

01:01:37revolutions

01:01:38but

01:01:39within

01:01:40the

01:01:41RPM

01:01:41band

01:01:42they

01:01:42operate

01:01:43in

01:01:43they

01:01:44are

01:01:45extraordinarily

01:01:46powerful

01:01:47so it's

01:01:49it's been

01:01:50a real

01:01:51transformation

01:01:52the nature

01:01:52of what

01:01:53is the

01:01:53BMW

01:01:54has

01:01:54changed

01:01:55and it

01:01:55was

01:01:55changed

01:01:56deliberately

01:01:57it's

01:01:58been

01:01:59repeated

01:01:59historically

01:02:00talking to

01:02:01people who

01:02:02worked at

01:02:02BMW a

01:02:03long time

01:02:03and then

01:02:04my period

01:02:05in you

01:02:05know

01:02:05journalism

01:02:06riding

01:02:07testing

01:02:08bikes

01:02:08and studying

01:02:09them

01:02:09as a

01:02:10job

01:02:11since

01:02:1194

01:02:11is

01:02:12there's

01:02:13always

01:02:13been a

01:02:14traditional

01:02:15old guard

01:02:15that says

01:02:16you can't

01:02:17that's not

01:02:18what we

01:02:18do

01:02:18and then

01:02:19there's

01:02:19like no

01:02:19we gotta

01:02:20change

01:02:20we need

01:02:21to do

01:02:21something

01:02:21else

01:02:22yes

01:02:22the idea

01:02:23in

01:02:251996

01:02:26that you

01:02:28would have

01:02:28an inline

01:02:29four-cylinder

01:02:30telescopic

01:02:30fork

01:02:31with a

01:02:31regular

01:02:32normal

01:02:33turn signal

01:02:34switch

01:02:35because the

01:02:35older BMWs

01:02:36were push

01:02:37up to the

01:02:37left to

01:02:38go left

01:02:38push up

01:02:38to the

01:02:39right

01:02:39to go

01:02:39right

01:02:40no excuse

01:02:40me

01:02:40it was

01:02:41push

01:02:41forward

01:02:42to go

01:02:42right

01:02:42push

01:02:42forward

01:02:43and then

01:02:43cancel

01:02:44by pushing

01:02:44up on the

01:02:45right

01:02:45I haven't

01:02:45messed with

01:02:46that in

01:02:46so long

01:02:46because they

01:02:47threw it

01:02:47away

01:02:47I didn't

01:02:48remember how

01:02:49it worked

01:02:49but there

01:02:50were always

01:02:50these things

01:02:51like what

01:02:52what you

01:02:52talk about

01:02:52no they're

01:02:53750s and

01:02:54that's what

01:02:54happened

01:02:54before the

01:02:56R90 like

01:02:57no we're

01:02:57not no

01:02:57900

01:02:58no not

01:02:58900

01:02:59what's this

01:03:00this G

01:03:01slash S

01:03:02thing what

01:03:02is this

01:03:03enduro

01:03:03thing a

01:03:05super bike

01:03:05what are you

01:03:06talking about

01:03:06case 16

01:03:08like the

01:03:09flying brick

01:03:10you know when

01:03:10they did the

01:03:10inline four

01:03:11cylinder

01:03:11along you

01:03:13the longitudinal

01:03:14crankshaft

01:03:15in the early

01:03:1680s

01:03:16big departure

01:03:17our twins

01:03:18going away

01:03:19case 1600

01:03:20GT and

01:03:21GTL

01:03:22launched at

01:03:23a time

01:03:24you know

01:03:26six years

01:03:26after the

01:03:27greatest

01:03:28motorcycle market

01:03:29we ever saw

01:03:30in the United

01:03:30States

01:03:302006

01:03:31and then

01:03:32the crash

01:03:32and then

01:03:33you know

01:03:342012

01:03:35here's

01:03:36this massive

01:03:37inline six

01:03:38and it

01:03:39was

01:03:40magnificent

01:03:41incredibly

01:03:42expensive

01:03:42to develop

01:03:43probably

01:03:44launched

01:03:44before the

01:03:45crash

01:03:45but not

01:03:46canceled

01:03:46and

01:03:48you were

01:03:50talking about

01:03:50motorcycles

01:03:51that trigger

01:03:52people that

01:03:53have to have

01:03:54it

01:03:54that's what

01:03:55happened

01:03:55I sat

01:03:56to von

01:03:57there was

01:03:57the von

01:03:58Kuhnheim

01:03:58who did

01:03:59the O2

01:04:00the 2002

01:04:01series

01:04:01that you

01:04:02know the

01:04:021600

01:04:03where they

01:04:03did the

01:04:03Neue

01:04:04Klasse

01:04:04and then

01:04:05his son

01:04:06was running

01:04:07motor rod

01:04:07at the

01:04:08time

01:04:08and I

01:04:08was sitting

01:04:09with him

01:04:09at dinner

01:04:09in South

01:04:10Africa

01:04:10and he

01:04:11was mad

01:04:12he's like

01:04:13how come

01:04:13the United

01:04:14States

01:04:14didn't order

01:04:15more of

01:04:15these K

01:04:15bikes

01:04:16we sold

01:04:17out

01:04:17they're all

01:04:17gone

01:04:18they want

01:04:18more

01:04:18they want

01:04:19why didn't

01:04:19they order

01:04:19more

01:04:20and I'm

01:04:20like well

01:04:20you know

01:04:21there was

01:04:21a there

01:04:22was this

01:04:22mushroom

01:04:22cloud

01:04:23in the

01:04:23world

01:04:23economic

01:04:24you know

01:04:25thing

01:04:25and people

01:04:26stopped

01:04:26buying

01:04:26for a

01:04:27little

01:04:27while

01:04:27I mean

01:04:30to be

01:04:30to the

01:04:31credit

01:04:31his credit

01:04:32is that

01:04:33there were

01:04:33a lot

01:04:33of people

01:04:34who were

01:04:34insulated

01:04:34from that

01:04:35who were

01:04:36in the

01:04:36BMW

01:04:36market

01:04:37who were

01:04:37not as

01:04:39affected

01:04:39by the

01:04:39crash

01:04:40so they

01:04:40were able

01:04:40to go

01:04:41ahead and

01:04:42buy that

01:04:42that K

01:04:4316

01:04:43but the

01:04:44GS

01:04:45means so

01:04:46much to

01:04:46BMW

01:04:46it's

01:04:47I think

01:04:49it's

01:04:49you know

01:04:49for a long

01:04:50time the

01:04:50RT

01:04:50the Turing

01:04:51the Ryza

01:04:51Turing

01:04:52motorcycle

01:04:53was a

01:04:54real anchor

01:04:55and it was

01:04:55sort of

01:04:56this soul

01:04:56of BMW

01:04:57that

01:04:57highly

01:04:59competent

01:04:59swift

01:05:00backroad

01:05:01comfortable

01:05:02take

01:05:02everything

01:05:03you know

01:05:04ride as

01:05:05a couple

01:05:05wonderful

01:05:07but the

01:05:08GS is

01:05:09A

01:05:10cannibalize

01:05:12the sales

01:05:12and B

01:05:13is a

01:05:16pretty darn

01:05:17adequate

01:05:18sport tour

01:05:18I mean

01:05:19the RT

01:05:19is I

01:05:20would pick

01:05:20an RT

01:05:20only because

01:05:21I like

01:05:21the wind

01:05:21protection

01:05:22and I

01:05:23don't

01:05:23you know

01:05:24I don't

01:05:24imagine

01:05:25riding as

01:05:26a couple

01:05:28off road

01:05:29so much

01:05:29I like

01:05:31I like

01:05:31I don't

01:05:32know

01:05:32I just

01:05:32like that

01:05:32I like

01:05:33the confidence

01:05:33and I like

01:05:34that street

01:05:35aspect of

01:05:35it but

01:05:36it's no

01:05:37longer the

01:05:37crown jewel

01:05:38of the

01:05:39lineup

01:05:39the GS

01:05:39kind of

01:05:40takes that

01:05:40and then

01:05:41the disco

01:05:41side is

01:05:42is uh

01:05:43well the

01:05:43R12 stuff

01:05:44but the

01:05:45M1000RR

01:05:46is mental

01:05:47next up

01:05:50is the

01:05:50lot R

01:05:51471

01:05:521951

01:05:53Honda

01:05:53Dream

01:05:54E-Type

01:05:55what an

01:05:56elegant

01:05:56and beautiful

01:05:58bike

01:05:58this is

01:05:59and what

01:06:01an important

01:06:01motorcycle

01:06:02yes indeed

01:06:04because it

01:06:05was Honda's

01:06:06first four

01:06:07stroke

01:06:07what uh

01:06:11has been

01:06:12largely

01:06:13washed away

01:06:14by the

01:06:16steady

01:06:16squirting

01:06:17of propaganda

01:06:18is that

01:06:19Honda began

01:06:21making

01:06:22they began

01:06:23by buying

01:06:24a lot

01:06:25of

01:06:26war

01:06:27surplus

01:06:28radio

01:06:30generators

01:06:32little

01:06:33popping

01:06:33two

01:06:34strokes

01:06:34and

01:06:35finding

01:06:36ways to

01:06:36clip them

01:06:37onto

01:06:37bicycles

01:06:38to make

01:06:38a get

01:06:39around town

01:06:40transportation

01:06:42and then

01:06:44they began

01:06:45to manufacture

01:06:46their own

01:06:46and

01:06:48after a bit

01:06:49they made

01:06:50their own

01:06:51whole

01:06:51motorcycles

01:06:52still two

01:06:54stroke

01:06:54and

01:06:56Honda's

01:06:59partner

01:06:59said

01:07:01you know

01:07:01my wife

01:07:02notices

01:07:03things

01:07:04she says

01:07:06why do

01:07:06they

01:07:07make that

01:07:08strange

01:07:08sound

01:07:09and smell

01:07:10people

01:07:11don't like

01:07:11that

01:07:12oh

01:07:13I can

01:07:14engineer

01:07:14around

01:07:15that

01:07:15I don't

01:07:17think that's

01:07:18a good

01:07:18idea

01:07:19I think

01:07:19we should

01:07:20lead

01:07:21with

01:07:23technologies

01:07:23that we

01:07:24understand

01:07:25hmm

01:07:27well this

01:07:28was this

01:07:29was a

01:07:30very important

01:07:30relationship

01:07:32Honda

01:07:32with his

01:07:33with his

01:07:34business

01:07:34manager

01:07:35because

01:07:35the business

01:07:36manager

01:07:37was attending

01:07:37to things

01:07:38that are not

01:07:39very exciting

01:07:39like

01:07:40let's create

01:07:42a Japan

01:07:43wide

01:07:44dealer network

01:07:45of dealers

01:07:47who are

01:07:47making money

01:07:48so that

01:07:50they can

01:07:50keep parts

01:07:51in stock

01:07:52and make

01:07:53money off

01:07:54of those

01:07:54parts

01:07:54let's

01:07:56create a

01:07:56transportation

01:07:57system

01:07:58meanwhile

01:07:59Mr.

01:08:00Honda

01:08:00he's a

01:08:01little

01:08:01crazy

01:08:02we know

01:08:03those

01:08:03rumors

01:08:03about him

01:08:04picking up

01:08:05waiters

01:08:06and throwing

01:08:06them through

01:08:07plate glass

01:08:07windows

01:08:08because he

01:08:09got a little

01:08:09excited

01:08:10at dinner

01:08:10passionate

01:08:11good

01:08:13engineering

01:08:14but impulsive

01:08:16and eventually

01:08:19the decision

01:08:19was made

01:08:20yes

01:08:21you're right

01:08:23let's build

01:08:24a four stroke

01:08:25dream

01:08:26e-type

01:08:27and

01:08:29this was

01:08:30really the

01:08:31beginning

01:08:32of Honda

01:08:32of the

01:08:33character

01:08:33that modern

01:08:34people are

01:08:35most familiar

01:08:36with

01:08:36which is

01:08:37four strokes

01:08:38forever

01:08:38and

01:08:40by

01:08:421954

01:08:43when Mr.

01:08:44Honda

01:08:44went to

01:08:45Europe

01:08:46and sent

01:08:48home

01:08:49a

01:08:50Mondial

01:08:51250

01:08:52and

01:08:53man

01:08:53might have

01:08:54been a

01:08:54125

01:08:54don't know

01:08:55and

01:08:57an

01:08:57NSU

01:08:57both of

01:08:58which

01:08:58makes

01:09:00of

01:09:00motorcycle

01:09:01were

01:09:01pursuing

01:09:02a new

01:09:02path

01:09:02to power

01:09:03high

01:09:04RPM

01:09:04Honda

01:09:06made their

01:09:06efforts

01:09:07to look

01:09:07like

01:09:08the

01:09:09tiny

01:09:10seed

01:09:10from which

01:09:11the

01:09:11mighty

01:09:11oak

01:09:12doth

01:09:12spring

01:09:13because

01:09:14by

01:09:151965

01:09:16Honda's

01:09:1750 cc

01:09:18twin

01:09:19designed

01:09:19by

01:09:20Shoichiro

01:09:21Irimadri

01:09:22gave

01:09:23peak

01:09:24power

01:09:24at

01:09:2421,500

01:09:26so

01:09:28they have

01:09:29they have

01:09:30got good

01:09:31value

01:09:31from that

01:09:32concept

01:09:32long way

01:09:33long way

01:09:34from a

01:09:34146 cc

01:09:36air-cooled

01:09:36four-stroke

01:09:37with a

01:09:37two-speed

01:09:37transmission

01:09:38and an

01:09:39animal

01:09:39carburetor

01:09:40yep

01:09:41but that

01:09:42that E-type

01:09:43is the

01:09:43real hinge

01:09:44of fate

01:09:44because that

01:09:45showed

01:09:46where Honda

01:09:47broke away

01:09:48from what

01:09:49had become

01:09:50the expected

01:09:51Japanese

01:09:52motorcycle

01:09:53which was a

01:09:54two-stroke

01:09:54cheap to

01:09:56build

01:09:56easy to

01:09:58fix

01:09:58seeming

01:10:01like

01:10:01it's

01:10:03well-suited

01:10:03to

01:10:04conditions

01:10:05but of

01:10:06course

01:10:07the

01:10:07knockout

01:10:08blow

01:10:08came in

01:10:091958

01:10:10when

01:10:10Honda

01:10:11created

01:10:12a

01:10:12motorcycle

01:10:13designed

01:10:14not for

01:10:15motorcyclists

01:10:16but for

01:10:16people who

01:10:17needed

01:10:17transportation

01:10:18the

01:10:19C-100

01:10:1950 cc

01:10:21step-through

01:10:21of which

01:10:22basically

01:10:25120 million

01:10:26have been

01:10:27sold

01:10:27the most

01:10:28numerously

01:10:30sold

01:10:30motor vehicle

01:10:32on the

01:10:32planet

01:10:32so

01:10:34there

01:10:37was

01:10:38a

01:10:39wonderful

01:10:41creative

01:10:41partnership

01:10:42there

01:10:42one side

01:10:45was

01:10:45imagining

01:10:46let's do

01:10:47this

01:10:48let's do

01:10:48that

01:10:49why

01:10:49we could

01:10:50do the

01:10:50other

01:10:50thing

01:10:51and the

01:10:52other

01:10:52one

01:10:52is

01:10:52sort

01:10:53of

01:10:53arranging

01:10:54things

01:10:55so

01:10:55that's

01:10:55a

01:10:55partnership

01:10:56that's

01:10:56been

01:10:57repeated

01:10:57throughout

01:10:58history

01:10:58where you

01:10:58have

01:10:59that

01:10:59fiery

01:11:00creative

01:11:00person

01:11:01who's

01:11:01easily

01:11:02distracted

01:11:02and then

01:11:03you've

01:11:03got the

01:11:03person

01:11:04in the

01:11:04background

01:11:04who's

01:11:05trying

01:11:05to

01:11:05lay

01:11:05no I'd

01:11:06really

01:11:07like to

01:11:07pour

01:11:07the

01:11:07foundation

01:11:08we don't

01:11:08want to

01:11:09we're not

01:11:10picking up

01:11:10the tan

01:11:10again

01:11:11we're going

01:11:12to pour

01:11:12foundation

01:11:12we're going

01:11:13to commit

01:11:13we're going

01:11:14to get

01:11:14out of

01:11:14the weather

01:11:14and we're

01:11:15going

01:11:15long term

01:11:16can we

01:11:16please

01:11:21a

01:11:21partner

01:11:21you know

01:11:22somebody

01:11:23who was

01:11:23working

01:11:23with him

01:11:24that

01:11:24helps

01:11:25the

01:11:26Joe

01:11:26Perkers

01:11:26is the

01:11:26founder

01:11:27of

01:11:27Cycle

01:11:27World

01:11:27and these

01:11:28are

01:11:28stories

01:11:28that

01:11:28I mean

01:11:29I knew

01:11:29Joe

01:11:29and I

01:11:29met him

01:11:30and I

01:11:30had lunch

01:11:31with him

01:11:31and we

01:11:31shared an

01:11:32office for a little

01:11:32while while he was

01:11:33writing his book

01:11:34where I was in the

01:11:34archive

01:11:35but those are

01:11:37the you know

01:11:37like oh yeah

01:11:38you know he had

01:11:39I think it was the

01:11:39Hunt fella who was

01:11:41at the time

01:11:41helping him

01:11:42stabilize his vision

01:11:44keep him on track

01:11:46because he had a lot

01:11:47of ideas

01:11:48and was very

01:11:48energetic

01:11:49well that's

01:11:51where it started

01:11:51for Honda

01:11:521951

01:11:53what a beautiful

01:11:53bike it is

01:11:54you definitely

01:11:55got to check it

01:11:55out on the

01:11:56auction site

01:11:57and I look

01:11:58forward to

01:11:58seeing it

01:11:58in person

01:11:59because I

01:12:00never have

01:12:01seen one

01:12:01in all

01:12:01these years

01:12:02actually you

01:12:02know I

01:12:02probably did

01:12:03see one

01:12:03at the

01:12:04Honda

01:12:04Museum

01:12:05but I

01:12:05was so

01:12:06distracted

01:12:06by

01:12:06Freddie

01:12:07Spencer's

01:12:08championship

01:12:08winning

01:12:09500

01:12:09that

01:12:10or whatever

01:12:12you know

01:12:13something else

01:12:14we're going

01:12:17back to the

01:12:18Maurice Candy

01:12:19Collection

01:12:20principally

01:12:21that collection

01:12:22resonates with

01:12:23me and it's

01:12:24probably because

01:12:24this is my

01:12:25era of

01:12:26British bike

01:12:27that I've

01:12:28played a lot

01:12:28with

01:12:29I do have

01:12:29take a drink

01:12:301955

01:12:31Bellissette

01:12:32MSS

01:12:33it was the

01:12:33cooking model

01:12:34it wasn't the

01:12:35sports model

01:12:35but it is a

01:12:36500 cc overhead

01:12:38valve single

01:12:39with a swinging

01:12:39arm

01:12:39this is a

01:12:401956

01:12:41BSA

01:12:42Goldstar

01:12:42lot

01:12:43R380

01:12:44it's a

01:12:45500

01:12:45single

01:12:46the

01:12:48Goldstar

01:12:49cylinder

01:12:50shape

01:12:50the sweep

01:12:52of the

01:12:52exhaust

01:12:53there's the

01:12:53Twitter

01:12:53they always

01:12:54talk about

01:12:54the Twitter

01:12:55that the

01:12:55BSA makes

01:12:56there's this

01:12:57little tweet

01:12:57that comes

01:12:58out of the

01:12:58exhaust

01:12:58if you've

01:13:01seen it

01:13:02it's in your

01:13:02mind

01:13:02if you've

01:13:03heard it

01:13:03it's in

01:13:03your mind

01:13:04and they're

01:13:04really fun

01:13:05to ride

01:13:06I found

01:13:06them

01:13:07wonderful

01:13:08to ride

01:13:09and it

01:13:10was really

01:13:10at this time

01:13:11it was the

01:13:11all-around

01:13:12bike

01:13:12it could

01:13:14do everything

01:13:15it could

01:13:16do everything

01:13:16pretty well

01:13:17BSA

01:13:20decided they

01:13:21were going

01:13:21to win

01:13:22Daytona

01:13:23in 1954

01:13:24they were

01:13:25going to

01:13:25send six

01:13:26bikes

01:13:26they were

01:13:28in the

01:13:28throes

01:13:29of

01:13:29switching

01:13:31to twins

01:13:31everything

01:13:32in the

01:13:32future

01:13:33will be

01:13:33twins

01:13:34singles

01:13:34are bad

01:13:35singles

01:13:36represent

01:13:37the dark

01:13:38past

01:13:38before

01:13:39the brilliant

01:13:40twin

01:13:41flashed

01:13:41into being

01:13:42and

01:13:43Roland

01:13:48Pike

01:13:49was the

01:13:49development

01:13:50engineer

01:13:50on the

01:13:51the 500

01:13:52single

01:13:53at that

01:13:53time

01:13:54and he

01:13:54said

01:13:55guys

01:13:55you might

01:13:56you might

01:13:57want

01:13:58to

01:13:59put some

01:14:00eggs in

01:14:01this basket

01:14:01too

01:14:02so

01:14:03when

01:14:04the

01:14:05flag

01:14:07was thrown

01:14:07the first

01:14:08two bikes

01:14:09across the

01:14:09line

01:14:09were BSA

01:14:10twins

01:14:10the third

01:14:11bike

01:14:11was a

01:14:12gold star

01:14:13single

01:14:13and

01:14:15so much

01:14:16was learned

01:14:17in the

01:14:18U.S.

01:14:18by all

01:14:19the people

01:14:19trying to

01:14:20get more

01:14:21from motorcycles

01:14:22to understand

01:14:23how they

01:14:24worked

01:14:24to even

01:14:26learn new

01:14:26things about

01:14:27how they

01:14:27work

01:14:28most

01:14:29especially

01:14:30C.R.

01:14:31C.R.

01:14:31Axtell

01:14:31who

01:14:33was a

01:14:35power

01:14:36up guy

01:14:37you took

01:14:37your motor

01:14:38to him

01:14:38when you

01:14:40felt you

01:14:40needed to

01:14:41when you

01:14:42felt that

01:14:43you had

01:14:43acquired the

01:14:45skill

01:14:45to use

01:14:46what he

01:14:47could give

01:14:47you

01:14:47and

01:14:49the name

01:14:51gold star

01:14:52comes from

01:14:53a gold

01:14:54star

01:14:55that was

01:14:55awarded

01:14:56to those

01:14:57persons

01:14:57who

01:14:57achieved

01:14:58a 100

01:14:59mile per

01:14:59hour lap

01:15:00at the

01:15:01great old

01:15:02Brooklyn's

01:15:03speedway

01:15:03basically

01:15:05they built

01:15:06this bank

01:15:06speedway

01:15:07by pushing

01:15:08a lot

01:15:08of sand

01:15:09up in

01:15:09the shape

01:15:10of a

01:15:11bank track

01:15:12and then

01:15:13somehow

01:15:14casting

01:15:15concrete

01:15:16plates

01:15:16on those

01:15:18slopes

01:15:19and of

01:15:20course

01:15:20gravity

01:15:21is

01:15:21constantly

01:15:22working

01:15:22everything

01:15:23we want

01:15:24to go

01:15:24back to

01:15:25being flat

01:15:25we like

01:15:26horizontal

01:15:26you know

01:15:27it's like

01:15:27sleeping

01:15:28for hundreds

01:15:29of millions

01:15:29of years

01:15:30Brooklyn's

01:15:31was horribly

01:15:32bumpy

01:15:33and

01:15:34to make

01:15:36a 100

01:15:36mile per

01:15:37hour lap

01:15:37was a

01:15:38heroic

01:15:39accomplishment

01:15:41so

01:15:42gold star

01:15:42meant

01:15:43something

01:15:43the

01:15:48gold star

01:15:49was a

01:15:50standard

01:15:50of

01:15:51US dirt

01:15:52track

01:15:53and

01:15:54road

01:15:55racing

01:15:55Jody

01:15:57Nicholas

01:15:58won

01:15:59the

01:15:59Meadowdale

01:16:00race

01:16:03road

01:16:04race

01:16:04in

01:16:06what was

01:16:08it

01:16:08I can't

01:16:09remember

01:16:09the

01:16:10year

01:16:11but

01:16:12it was

01:16:13on a

01:16:13gold star

01:16:14against

01:16:14the

01:16:14field

01:16:15of

01:16:15all

01:16:15comers

01:16:16and

01:16:17he

01:16:17said

01:16:18the

01:16:18last

01:16:19few

01:16:19laps

01:16:19I

01:16:20was

01:16:20holding

01:16:20that

01:16:21thing

01:16:21together

01:16:21with

01:16:22my

01:16:22knees

01:16:22because

01:16:24they

01:16:24were

01:16:25pretty

01:16:25hard

01:16:25working

01:16:26toward

01:16:26the

01:16:26end

01:16:26when

01:16:27they

01:16:27blew

01:16:27up

01:16:28it

01:16:29could

01:16:29be

01:16:29very

01:16:29comprehensive

01:16:30connecting

01:16:31rod

01:16:32would

01:16:32could

01:16:34break

01:16:34near

01:16:34the

01:16:35small

01:16:35end

01:16:35the

01:16:36piston

01:16:37would

01:16:37go up

01:16:37and

01:16:38close

01:16:39the

01:16:40valves

01:16:40even

01:16:40if

01:16:40the

01:16:41cam

01:16:41said

01:16:42no

01:16:42so

01:16:43the

01:16:43head

01:16:44is

01:16:44wrecked

01:16:45then

01:16:46the

01:16:47dynamics

01:16:47of the

01:16:48rest

01:16:48of the

01:16:48process

01:16:49are

01:16:49the

01:16:49crankshaft

01:16:50flywheel

01:16:51mass

01:16:51is being

01:16:52used

01:16:52to punch

01:16:53many

01:16:53holes

01:16:54in

01:16:54crankcase

01:16:55and

01:16:56so

01:16:58you

01:16:59might

01:16:59hold

01:17:00up

01:17:00the

01:17:01magneto

01:17:01after

01:17:02the

01:17:02smoke

01:17:02cleared

01:17:03and

01:17:03say

01:17:03this

01:17:04part's

01:17:04good

01:17:05well

01:17:06we'll

01:17:06try

01:17:07to

01:17:07avoid

01:17:07that

01:17:07if

01:17:08we

01:17:08win

01:17:08this

01:17:09one

01:17:09at

01:17:09auction

01:17:09but

01:17:10they're

01:17:10so

01:17:11beautiful

01:17:12like

01:17:13those

01:17:14big

01:17:14singles

01:17:14tend

01:17:15to

01:17:15be

01:17:15because

01:17:16their

01:17:18shape

01:17:19is

01:17:20the

01:17:20shape

01:17:20they

01:17:22need

01:17:22to

01:17:23do

01:17:23what

01:17:24they

01:17:24do

01:17:24so

01:17:25it

01:17:25is

01:17:26a

01:17:26kind

01:17:27of

01:17:27beauty

01:17:27that

01:17:28arises

01:17:29from

01:17:30success

01:17:31in

01:17:31function

01:17:32so

01:17:34I

01:17:35always

01:17:36wish

01:17:36that

01:17:36I'd

01:17:36had

01:17:37one

01:17:37I

01:17:37always

01:17:37wish

01:17:38that

01:17:38I'd

01:17:38had

01:17:38the

01:17:38opportunity

01:17:39to

01:17:40run

01:17:41them

01:17:41but

01:17:42I

01:17:43wasn't

01:17:43old

01:17:43enough

01:17:44there

01:17:47were

01:17:47a

01:17:47number

01:17:47of

01:17:47people

01:17:48who

01:17:48were

01:17:48gold

01:17:49star

01:17:49specialists

01:17:49in the

01:17:50US

01:17:50and

01:17:50went

01:17:51really

01:17:51well

01:17:52on

01:17:52them

01:17:52but

01:17:53of

01:17:53course

01:17:54BSA

01:17:55wasn't

01:17:56the

01:17:56only

01:17:56company

01:17:56that

01:17:57wanted

01:17:57to

01:17:57sell

01:17:57twins

01:17:58there

01:17:59was

01:18:00a

01:18:00wonderful

01:18:00story

01:18:01from

01:18:01the

01:18:01early

01:18:01days

01:18:02of

01:18:02BSA

01:18:02attempts

01:18:03to

01:18:05make

01:18:05twins

01:18:05they

01:18:06would

01:18:06send

01:18:06out

01:18:06their

01:18:07prototype

01:18:08bikes

01:18:08with

01:18:09their

01:18:09test

01:18:09riders

01:18:10each

01:18:10one

01:18:10with

01:18:10his

01:18:11lunch

01:18:11and

01:18:11a

01:18:11pail

01:18:11and

01:18:13they

01:18:13would

01:18:13ride

01:18:14and

01:18:15then

01:18:15they

01:18:15would

01:18:15come

01:18:16in

01:18:16on

01:18:17the

01:18:17truck

01:18:17with

01:18:18broken

01:18:19crankshafts

01:18:20what are

01:18:22we going

01:18:22to do

01:18:23they

01:18:24didn't

01:18:24know

01:18:24so

01:18:25they

01:18:25hired

01:18:26an

01:18:26automotive

01:18:27consultant

01:18:27oh

01:18:28yes

01:18:28I'll

01:18:29be

01:18:29right

01:18:29there

01:18:29he

01:18:31comes

01:18:32he's

01:18:33led

01:18:33to the

01:18:34conference

01:18:34room

01:18:34he has

01:18:36a

01:18:36vertical

01:18:37shake

01:18:37table

01:18:37and

01:18:39the

01:18:39electromagnetically

01:18:40driven

01:18:40table

01:18:41that

01:18:41oscillates

01:18:42up

01:18:42and

01:18:42down

01:18:43you

01:18:43have

01:18:44a

01:18:44crankshaft

01:18:44here

01:18:44oh

01:18:45yes

01:18:45thank

01:18:45you

01:18:46they

01:18:46put

01:18:47the

01:18:47crankshaft

01:18:47into

01:18:48it

01:18:48and

01:18:48it

01:18:48has

01:18:49a

01:18:49sort

01:18:49of

01:18:49chuck

01:18:49they

01:18:50fasten

01:18:50it

01:18:51into

01:18:51place

01:18:51and

01:18:52people

01:18:53are

01:18:53sort

01:18:53of

01:18:53looking

01:18:54at

01:18:54their

01:18:54watches

01:18:54like

01:18:55I've

01:18:56got

01:18:56something

01:18:57on

01:18:57for

01:18:57lunch

01:18:57gentlemen

01:18:58fear

01:18:59not

01:19:00this

01:19:00will

01:19:00take

01:19:01a

01:19:01few

01:19:01minutes

01:19:01hum

01:19:02he

01:19:04makes

01:19:04a

01:19:04frequency

01:19:05sweep

01:19:05to

01:19:06find

01:19:06the

01:19:08maximum

01:19:08in

01:19:10this

01:19:10vibration

01:19:11which

01:19:11is

01:19:11the

01:19:12elephant

01:19:13ears

01:19:13flapping

01:19:13with

01:19:14the

01:19:14fly

01:19:15wheels

01:19:15doing

01:19:15this

01:19:16hum

01:19:17it

01:19:18sits

01:19:18there

01:19:19humming

01:19:19click

01:19:20he

01:19:21turns

01:19:21off

01:19:22the

01:19:22machine

01:19:22he

01:19:22said

01:19:23picking

01:19:24up

01:19:24the

01:19:24part

01:19:25and

01:19:25pointing

01:19:25to

01:19:25where

01:19:26the

01:19:26crack

01:19:26obviously

01:19:27originated

01:19:27in

01:19:28one

01:19:28of

01:19:28the

01:19:28crank

01:19:29pin

01:19:29fillets

01:19:29where

01:19:30the

01:19:30cylindrical

01:19:31part

01:19:31smoothly

01:19:32flares

01:19:33out

01:19:33into

01:19:34the

01:19:34crank

01:19:34sheet

01:19:34only

01:19:35it

01:19:35isn't

01:19:36smooth

01:19:36the

01:19:38radius

01:19:39isn't

01:19:39big

01:19:39enough

01:19:40the

01:19:40surface

01:19:41finish

01:19:41isn't

01:19:42fine

01:19:42enough

01:19:43and

01:19:44he

01:19:44says

01:19:44here's

01:19:45your

01:19:45problem

01:19:45I've

01:19:47made a

01:19:48few

01:19:48notes

01:19:48for you

01:19:49your

01:19:49engineers

01:19:49will

01:19:50be able

01:19:51to come

01:19:51up with

01:19:52something

01:19:52that works

01:19:53and

01:19:54those

01:19:54shaker

01:19:54tables

01:19:54are still

01:19:55in use

01:19:55it's

01:19:56basically

01:19:56think of

01:19:57it as

01:19:57a giant

01:19:58speaker

01:19:58driver

01:19:59you know

01:20:00if you're

01:20:00a big

01:20:02bass speaker

01:20:02you're getting

01:20:03a frequency

01:20:04it's a

01:20:04very

01:20:04precise

01:20:05so that

01:20:05you have

01:20:05music

01:20:06but if

01:20:07you just

01:20:07want to

01:20:07shake

01:20:07the

01:20:07daylights

01:20:08out

01:20:08something

01:20:08big

01:20:09electromagnets

01:20:09and then

01:20:10adjust your

01:20:11frequency

01:20:12wait till

01:20:12it cracks

01:20:13we've talked

01:20:15about this

01:20:15for years

01:20:16about how

01:20:16you know

01:20:17there are

01:20:17natural

01:20:18frequencies

01:20:18and parts

01:20:19that will

01:20:19sing

01:20:20propeller

01:20:21blades

01:20:22that would

01:20:22get to

01:20:23a certain

01:20:23RPM

01:20:24and an

01:20:24engine

01:20:24vibration

01:20:25that the

01:20:25propeller

01:20:26blade

01:20:26would start

01:20:27to vibrate

01:20:28and fling

01:20:29off

01:20:29and that's

01:20:29a bad

01:20:30thing

01:20:30for the

01:20:31engine

01:20:31itself

01:20:33the

01:20:33crankshaft

01:20:34you know

01:20:34I've talked

01:20:35about

01:20:35Stinson

01:20:35108s

01:20:36before

01:20:37in one

01:20:38of these

01:20:38podcasts

01:20:39where

01:20:39they were

01:20:40they were

01:20:41shipped

01:20:41the Franklin

01:20:42165

01:20:43flat 6

01:20:44also used

01:20:44as a

01:20:45helicopter

01:20:45engine

01:20:46which was

01:20:47later used

01:20:47in Tucker

01:20:48automobiles

01:20:49that Stinson

01:20:50flat 6

01:20:51on the

01:20:53front of

01:20:53a Stinson

01:20:53108

01:20:54came with

01:20:54a wood

01:20:55propeller

01:20:55and you

01:20:56you know

01:20:56aircraft

01:20:56engine

01:20:57they rev

01:20:57to what

01:20:572500

01:20:58or 26

01:20:59or 2800

01:21:00and you

01:21:00just set

01:21:01them

01:21:01for cruise

01:21:02and there

01:21:02you go

01:21:03when you

01:21:04switch to

01:21:04a metal

01:21:04prop

01:21:05there's

01:21:05a band

01:21:06in the

01:21:06RPM

01:21:06range

01:21:07that's

01:21:07somewhere

01:21:08over two

01:21:08but before

01:21:09your max

01:21:10or your

01:21:11normal

01:21:11cruise power

01:21:12and you

01:21:13don't run

01:21:13there

01:21:14if you have

01:21:14a metal

01:21:14prop

01:21:15you can

01:21:16pass through

01:21:16it

01:21:16no problem

01:21:17but do

01:21:18not leave

01:21:18your engine

01:21:18cruising

01:21:19in that

01:21:20RPM band

01:21:21because it

01:21:21will set

01:21:22up a

01:21:22vibration

01:21:23that will

01:21:23lead to

01:21:24bad things

01:21:25pieces of

01:21:26propeller tip

01:21:27coming off

01:21:28it just

01:21:29happens with

01:21:30all parts

01:21:31everywhere

01:21:31I think we

01:21:32have a pretty

01:21:32good grip

01:21:33on it now

01:21:33and I

01:21:33know that

01:21:34computer

01:21:34modeling

01:21:35and CFD

01:21:36and all

01:21:37these things

01:21:37do such

01:21:38a wonderful

01:21:38job

01:21:39but no

01:21:39truth

01:21:40greater than

01:21:41parts in

01:21:41the ceiling

01:21:42of your

01:21:42dyno room

01:21:42yes

01:21:43you can get

01:21:44as close

01:21:45as you

01:21:45want

01:21:45and I

01:21:46think

01:21:46we save

01:21:47lots of

01:21:47time and

01:21:47lots of

01:21:48money

01:21:48but you

01:21:48could still

01:21:49blow

01:21:49stuff up

01:21:49and that's

01:21:50what's

01:21:50cool about

01:21:50motorcycle

01:21:51development

01:21:51well that's

01:21:54it folks

01:21:55that's

01:21:55that's it

01:21:56for this

01:21:57podcast

01:21:57January 27th

01:21:59through the

01:21:5931st

01:22:00Las Vegas

01:22:01South Point

01:22:04Hotel and

01:22:04Casino

01:22:05hope to see

01:22:06you there

01:22:06it's a

01:22:07wonderful

01:22:07auction

01:22:08we have

01:22:08covered a

01:22:09lot of

01:22:09bikes

01:22:09over two

01:22:10different

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01:22:10for this

01:22:11for this

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