"Crossthreading is just another form of loctite... Change my mind" - Craig.😂

Losing a 10mm is a rite of passage for any mechanic.

Someone please give this man his own Netflix show! Like this needs to be seen by the masses! His brand of humor and knowledge are so on point!

My favorite new channel. Craig, your ability to just start on these abandoned projects is amazing.

You should get a big magnetic mat to put on your tailgate. Then if you drop anything magnetic, it can’t roll away.

"If i cant get the angry pixies to the sparkplugs" Using the choke cable for a throttle cable is the most bobber thing ive seen and im all for it. Terminology is top notch. Love it. 😂

BEST new channel on KZfaq! I'm a car guy, dont own a motorcycle, but can't get enough of Craigs work, knowledge, humor and adventures! Every episode seriousely gets me closer to purchasing an ole bike and starting my own adventure! 🏍 Thank you my friend!

Your channel is so much better that bikes and beards. Just getting to the point and doing more of the mechanics that we enjoy watching

I just disassembled and cleaned up the mikuni carb on my vstar250, and the engine now starts faster. And idles( wouldn't before w/o choke) thanks to your videos: gave me the confidence. Thanks, Craig!

The trick is... carry a tube of silicon grease (brake grease) with you! I've got a kilo of the stuff in the garage in tubes and any time a rubber or plastic component won't slide back together, out with the silicon grease. The good thing about it is twofold: it doesn't react with the rubber or plastic and it does eventually soak into rubber surfaces leaving them slightly more flexible and just as grippy as they were without the grease.

Note to Craig. Get your own canopy if you keep doing these types of videos outside in the sun 😂

I have a great idea! Since Dan watches you so much and assists you once in a while, I think it will be a fun video if Dan tries fixing a bike to make it start! You can watch over him. You can even give him lifelines lol. I’m curious to see how much he has learned from just watching you.

with you all the way on this one....ive resurrected many of those model triumphs ( factory tech 20 years ) dont claw it over to much , the sprag clutch will let go....carbs out air box in , get some one to hold it back and fit the carbs , then choke cable . fuel taps can leak , original coils can let go ..... ill be watching .....

I always love to see the joy and happiness that Craig emotes when things go right and it fires up. Though I enjoyed your collaborations with Sean, this channel has become one of my new favorites.

Your patience is legendary!! Especially in that heat. I was feeling your pain/sweat fiddling with that airbox!!!

Love the ave references. "Engage safety squints". "Angry pixies"

It's Friday, I got coffee, and you drop a Triumph video. Life is good.

Dude-your smile and excitement when they finally turn over-priceless. Reminds me of an old outboard motor I got started a few years back. Hadn’t run in over 20 years. Feel ya man!

Wish I had a friend like you to counter those days when I feel like just pushing the bike out to the street with a "Free to good home" sign on it out of frustration. And it generally starts out running, even. Your videos are such a joy to watch, and inspire me to go ahead and go tear that thing apart (again) to see if I can get it working right. Now if only I could figure out how to get the neighbors to give me their derelict bikes... Keep it up. 👍

It’s so awesome hearing that bike run again. Jeremy you’re the man for donating this bike. There’s a lot of sentimental value and memories to that bike. My first street bike ride with Jeremy was with him on that bike and me on my Yamaha Bolt

I sympathize so much with the sweat on the glasses. Miserable air humidity! Great job!

All day, every day I want to watch Craig and Dan do motorcycle rescue and recoveries!! The BEST!

No better sound to a mechanic, than that first start after a major repair!

Great Job Craig and Dan. You really cracked me up when you said, Cross Threading is a form of Loctite. Once it was put back together, it is a really nice Bike. I think you can anything Running again Craig. Thanks for another Great Video, and can’t wait for the next one. Also Thank You to the Viewer who gave that to you.👍👍

Inspiring to watch you breath life back in these neglected bikes.

Why even compare them, just enjoy them both. They are friends, and I'm sure wish each other the best future. They both have already proven they can do videos separately well, and I personally will love when they can do a video now and then together how ever often. They both have a lot to offer, I'm looking forward to seeing more from both of them. The more they create the better. Neither of them can make enough videos for me. I just wish them both all the luck with there channels. ❤🙏

Craig is officially the world's greatest mechanic 😅😂👏🏽👌🏾✅️

Wish I could just follow Craig around and watch/learn/help him on these old bikes. What a job

Really look forward to your videos, Craig. I get excited every time I see a new one pop up and I can’t to see what the future holds for this channel I love your humility just a genuine guy 🤙🏻

Nice job . You guys are having so much fun. I am getting excited to see it start.

New favorite channel! Grew up watching OCC and its like... nostalgic watching you guys. Crack me up lol. Tons of old bikes near me just begging to be saved.. Got me itching.. Half no titles though ...🤣

Street mechanic extraordinaire. Keep them coming Craig.

I had a Triumph 96 Thunderbird, which is basically same family as this bike. I've had a lot of bikes, but I loved that bike the most. That triple engine and that bike you have there, are basically going to be classics, and cult classics. Restore it, keep it, its gonna be golden.

Craig is a nice guy . To bad the World hasn’t more like him. I’m Blessed my Son does all my mechanical work on my bikes or cars . Nice to having a Son that is a great mechanic and man, father now himself . Celebrate Life ! That’s what living is all about !

Great video. You are very talented. I am a hack garage mechanic. Most of what I do is routine maintenance. If not, it is usually my first time trying something. I would love to get to even half of your level of knowledge. I doubt that will happen without years of full-time mechanic work. Congrats on all of your well-deserved success.

Mt 97 TBird 900 is coming up to 30k miles and is still going strong. Pretty easy work on as long as you don't mind the PITA airbox and the very specific tool needed to get spark plugs out. But otherwise perfect. Head turner bike for £3k. Great round town and big enough engine for the motorway. Just finished a tour around France and Belgium (Dart marlin screen with the little extender thingies made 80mph cruising fine). I could pay 10k for a new speed twin but who wants to spend that money on a bike. I could get a Blackbird but too tempting to go too fast for me and sounds like an inline honda (no offence guys). I could get a 10k adventure bike, but again, who wants to spend that. My Triumph runs great, will zip through the traffic at Hampton Court or take me to the Vosges mountains. It's probably worth about 2k, but still going strong. If you are thinking of getting one, and own a socket set, do it! If something does go wrong they are fairly basic tech that can be wrangled with a Haynes manual and a few KZfaq videos.

Great video Craig - another bike rides again. Amazing that the Hinckley Triumphs are now called classics in their own right.

Like others have said, I'm a car guy, but your content is great. I'm very grateful to have found your channel, and I look forward to catching up on all your content. Be safe out there!

A good mechanic can do this in less time with working (new) parts. You know Craig isn't just a 'good' mechanic because he put 3 carbs together, got the angry pixies to show up, jerryrig an incompatible battery and MacGyver the rest with a £5 multitool all in one rainy afternoon and went his merry way without air-filters.

I would rather disassemble and repair over building from boxes. You are an amazing mechanic.

Im so thankful I found this channel. It reminds me of an old friend that just wants to help.

Thanks for the fun video. I was having flashbacks to the late 1980's when my friends and I did the same thing with Yamaha RD's and my Kawasaki H1.

"Alright, we're gonna pull off those carburetors now like I had suggested earlier". haha love it.

I'm so crazy, I work as a motorcycle technician I love watching your videos Craig and also love 3 cyl engine motorcycles, nowadays there's a lack of carburated tech's and also 2 stroke tech's, anyway Iove that triumph if I can find one for sale in Mexico I'm totally on to it. Please put a sponge oil soak filter or put the air cleaner element on that motorcycle, I always precharge with fresh fuel the carbs, check for no leaks, always change the oil, and check the compression at the start that will keep you from scratching your scalp, your the man

i am getting one of these in the following weeks, and need to do a service, you guys make me hopeful, this rocks

Man you are becoming my favorite guy to watch, you’re like the Vice Grip Garage of motorcycles! Keep it up and ride on!

5:27 You're funny, talking about Mikuni's while working on Keihin's 😁

Awesome work as usual Craig! Lol I had an ‘01 Legend and I will say, getting the throttle cable connected to the carbs and getting the air box/carbs back on was the biggest pain/test of one’s patience 😂. Also, those bikes are notoriously hard getting started when they’re cold/haven’t been run!

Cross threading is a form of lock tight!!! 😂 love you, Craig. Those carbs are a smoking hot setup. Pretty awesome bike to.

What a guy. What a guy? He can make 'em run. Great channel Craig.

Dude you will never have to apologize for the sounds of nature to me. I live it everyday and love it

I find these so therapeutic! I could watch them non stop

That was great! You're making a tough project look easy and tough at the same time.

🔥🔥🔥”We know we have spark !” That made me laugh out loud 😆!

Craig this is fast becoming my absolute favorite channel your energy and excitement is absolutely fantastic keep it up

im here for the step by step description on how to make a choke cable to a throttle cable. Great stuff

Always great videos. Craig does a great job getting them running. This is the Roadkill for motorcycles.

Gotta be so satisfying when you get it running. Nice work!

I have an idea, mechanic gloves with a small 1 inch by 1 inch magnet plate on them to temporarily hold nuts, screws, bolts, and 10mms

I enjoyed this episode, fantastic experience 👍🏻👏🏻 Thanks alot for Sharing this 🙂💐🇸🇦🌴

Now, I’m convinced that there is not a bike in this world that you can’t fix!! You have awesome skills brother!

I am impressed with how hard you work on something like this outdoors and in summer heat. Is because how much your videographer encourages you?

When rebuilding the carb... that stare was too. Make sure we were still listening!😂😂. Don't worry, i still was 🤣🤣

My riding buddy has been riding a 2001 Legend which is mostly the same. 100,000 miles and it still runs perfect. Motor has never been apart, valves adjusted once or twice. It has had electrical problems over the years. Three Triumph igniters and now it has an aftermarket igniter.

I freaking love to watch every episode such an inspiration about what it is to be a 'true good mechanic' !

great rescue. it nice to hear what the Dan camera man has to say and see him helping out, cos they're usually silent and don't interact at all.😀

I recently learned to bleed the clutches, slower is much better than pumping it like you would car brakes. I also would only do two pumps then open the breather valve until fluid seemed steady, then you tilt the bike over so you can get the air out immediately next to the master cylinder.

This is why i love wrenchin, the frustration, but then the sheer feeling of victory afterwards.

Funny watching this I just took the carbs and air box of my Trident. There's no trick to putting them back, but put the air box back loose without the rubbers then attach the carbs to the engine then fix the rubbers to the carbs, then slide the airbox on to the rubbers, I use plumbers grease on the rubbers just to help them slide on easy. now bolt air box in position.

14:29 SURPRISE! you found the engine breaker!

My dad has a 1981 bonneville 750 T140, i remmeber kickstarting it when i was like 14 and i actually got it started. I was very proud of myself.

I have a 2001 Thunderbird I've been restoring. Love the bike, but parts are either not easy to get, or incredibly expensive here in Canada. I replaced the original rotted Kehein carbs with Mikunis built for this bike. These bikes sound good and are very torquey.

I've put 100,000 miles on my 95 triumph tiger with that engine, the airbox is a Bear but needed. They barely run at all without it. Incredibly picky bikes on tuning. But really fun once running great

Another Monumental build Craig. This is why you are the Man. Pro Tip: When you put the carburetor barrels in backwards, it makes your brother go really fast but no stopping!👍

Had two Hinckley T-birds, a ‘96 & ‘99. Almost the same as this Adventurer. Great bikes!

Great guys ! .......Now, we got to get that ole stinkin' airbox in place to have it idling good again ! Trinidad & Tobago. West Indies.

Make sure you keep track of how many Motorcycles you get back on the road that never may have. Love to see how many you save, and also you should keep track of where they are in a few years from now. It will make great content in future videos. I can't wait🤙

Awesome video as always. Craig always gets me amped to work on my own stuff.

Man I love watching these style videos from you. So much fun.

Well done. You make these look easy!!

Nice to see a Triumph on the menu! Love the vids, Craig and Dan the dream team haha

I had a 650 Bonneville , 1973. Someone had put sand in the engine. I tore it apart, repaired and rode that bike for 3 summers. Great ride.

Cross threading is a form of loctite😂😂😂👍👍👍✌️

Lol the air box dilemma! I had a ‘99 Thunderbird but not the Sport. Sounded more like a tractor than a motorcycle. I remember looking at the air box when I pulled the battery for winter storage and was relieved to see how recently the air filter had been replaced. It looked like the whole induction system had to be removed to replace it. There might be a trick but I don’t know it although if I did I’d share. 😃

I was watching bikes and beards mostly to watch craig. Now so happy that you have your own channel.

youtube somehow unsubscribed me! Great content. I have an old Suzuki gs1150es that was sitting in a guys backyard for 10yrs under a tarp. My sons and I took it home, cleaned a few things up, and it fired right up. It still needs a bunch of work and a new gas tank, but anything is possible. Keep at it

That Fire moment need it's clip for YT!

That is a nice motorcycle. Amazing that people just get rid of stuff like that and don't have time to just fix things.

Great job Craig, next step for comfort is a bring along shop with AC

I felt the heat from here... mostly because its just as hot and miserable as it is there. My favorite cordless tool has become my DeWalt cordless fan. A battery lasts all day and it makes life a little better when you sweat like Elliot Richards playing for the Diablos.

Super weird that these past few days I’ve been thinking I want a triumph and now you’ve posted a video fixing one up. It’s a sign.

You're a genius buddy! Love watching you in action! wow!

Really enjoyed watching that, but im a little concerned for your heart health. Keep hydrated Craig.

Great job .... Love seeing these cast off bikes getting new life

I get so excited with you when you get them running.

awesome to watch. i can tell this is gonna be great... always love watchin ya work, fellow Craig

well done, loads of work to be done there that would take me a week to sort out! Hope you get it home OK

I kinda wished you make your own channel, so likable person. enjoying watching those projects

I had rides on a Trident 750, a Sprint 900 and a Speed Triple 900. All very characterful bikes. That 3cil sounds so special. When you rev it out it kinda sounds like a Porsche. LOL.

Craig, You're doing such a great job with your content here. I was a longtime B&B subscriber. God is good!