Personally, i think the R1 has won already without turning a wheel... (this is Chris BTW.. 😂😂)

How weird is it that the bbb italia bikes were still the most reliable ones up to date!

Dont apologise for delays in uploads lads, most of us followers appreciate how much time and effort goes into these videos with not much reward so we are thankfull that you continue to do them f**k the ppl who moan they are not true supporters. Merry christmas

Best wishes to James @ JHS, 3rd team member!

The next BBB will be “we saved our money and didn’t bother buying bikes” 🤣

"We're not Top Gear" - no you're not, because you're better Best wishes to James also!

Let James: keep it and part it out. Cause it don't make dollar if it don't make cents?

What an unlikely duo. One is an ex-professional motorcycle racer, the other........ errrr......... looks like an ex-Boy Band member in the 90's who's career went stale and never caught that lucky break. Whatever the case, it works! Awesome channel, keep it up guys. :P

Pillion on the R1! Meant to be.

Break bike, place parts in van, drive to house of guy who sold bike, throw parts at him.

"You could ride to KFC" KFC being about 50 meters down the road haha

This upload is an early christmas gift

"How bad is your K6?" "It's made the mechanic so ill he had to go to hospital." I think going forward there should be a back up banger for these battles. Something truly dreadful like a Hyosung 125.

That repsol blade is a beauty!

Have you tried turning on and off again? Layed it down in a bowl of rice?

Ecu’s internally usually have 3 vref (reference voltage) points but come out of the connector on multiple pins, for an example map, maf, throttle position sensor and cam sensor will all have individual wires from the ecu but internally all get the reference voltage from the same point, at high rpm this could spike from vibration or whatever and cause an issue with other circuit, cam/crank correlation being a very sensitive circuit might be the one that logs the code, It would be worth checking the vref on the cam sensor and see what your getting when the fault happens voltage may increase or drop by only 0.1v but that would be a fault. Not trying to teach you how to suck eggs, I work with ecu manufactures so thought it may help?

Promised monday release, gave a monday release. Men of their wooorddd!

How's James doing? All the best mate. Top bloke.

#jazzhandsforjames :)

Get well James! Have you replaced the powerband it may have gotten stretched?

Surely it’s a correlation fault between the cam and crank sensor, I’ve had issues in the past with crank sensor wiring which has been frayed and at high rpm causes a misfire due to poor current flow, by disconnecting the cam sensor it may be allowing it to use just one sensor as an engine speed reference

Awesome episode. Amazing efforts by the JHS guys on this. I'm from the US, but if I were across the pond I'd trust their work 1000% judging from these videos. Electrical gremlins are a friggin nightmare.

I’ve seen 3 great suggestions on here from other viewers. 1. Get another engine from a working bike 2. Ask the Superbike Surgery to help out with diagnosis 3. Ask Suzuki for help. If it was my bike, I’d either have to live with it not maxxxing out and ride around that and or break it for parts.

Get well soon James!

Challenge a 44t fan to fix it with the winner being part of your next BBC. Just a thought. Great video once again chaps. Keep it up. Loving it.

James, get well soon! And on the topic of the gixxer; couldn’t you get Suzuki on board? Have them show their in-depth knowledge and expertise of their own bikes on this highly valued channel? Could be a rather good social media marketing strategy, right?

Is there something there community to do for James?

All these build-up videos are pretty great to be honest. It's awesome to live vicariously through you and not own that gixxer at the end of the day. Though as a multiple Buell owner, I'm familiar with bikes costing one dearly. Sell that Suzuki for parts or drop a piano on it.

This is one big advert for JHS racing, legends.

The best budget battle so far, laughing so much the work shop vids are the best

I love these fault finding and fixing videos!

It is great to watch a channel that you cannot wait for the next episode be uploaded. I became a member for that reason. Love the content from both 44 teeth and baron. Hope to see some reviews of the bikes from motoline in the future. Revisiting older bikes is always a laugh. Keep it up and cheers. Adz

Even though everything is going wrong, I love watching clever people trying to work it out... I am confident you will get there in the end with these guys!!!

Great content fellas! Discovering the mystery gremlins of used bikes! It makes the grey north feel like the magical forrest!

Really interesting stuff - much respect for the guys at JHS, keep it at - its going to be damn satisfying when you figure it out!

This has been the best of the BBB series in my view. I've bought and sold several motorcycles over the last decade. I've had 'issues' with every used ride...mostly minor and one major (looking at you in my avatar 2005 BMW K1200S with servo brakes!!)...and your video just reinforces that looks can kill.

How nice!!! Looking forward to the rest! JHS is amazing

Thanks for the honesty and staying real gentlemen. Representing the true traps of budget bikes.

Good to see you are getting on top with the gsxr...fingers crossed... thanks for the help loading the bike Al much appreciated...

That Repsol Bade is lovely... And the fairing fits properly too! Love the vid, again.

Been so anxious waiting for this little nugget, thanks guys, finally can get the ball rolling hahaha the drama and gry hairs, for those of us with hair ;->

Good luck guys. Get well soon James., you’re a legend!

Much love lads

Checked for voltage leak to ground? Could be messing up signals to the ecu

Hi guys,another great video, get well soon James. Merry Christmas to everyone involved with you guys

Hope the k5 works out. Keep making great videos lads, always great to watch. Get well James!

Made my night watching this

Get well soon, best wishes James. I hope the bike comes good or it's on the blade with ya! Looking forward to the next instalment guys.

Was feeling shit with man flu...feel much better now watching this ...cheers lads 👍

When the camshaft position signal has failed during running, the ECM determines the cylinder positions as # to be the same as before occurrence of such a failure. So when your disconnecting the CMP it goes to a default mode so to speak. This suggests the fault is occurring due to a timing issue. Based on the information I would be looking at timing chain stretch, timing alignment, chain tension or possibly CKP.

Do your thing and screw the haters. You guys have been churning out great content.

The amount of work put in by JHS is nothing short of amazing. Wish there were a shop like that for every bike nut 😃👍🏻 Can’t wait for the trip but almost as anxious for the fix on the K5.

Get well soon James! Loving the 44t content.

Actually what makes this so interesting is the fault is so hard to trace and resolve. Love a good technical challenge! 🙂

As always guys you’re all amazing and I for one love the BBB episodes, best wishes to James hope he’s on the mend

1) Great work/channel lads 2) Get well soon James 3) I was up for the 1st K5 into space until the last few mins of the vid. I think you've come some far with it you have to see it through now! Seems there are some wise heads with possible fixes in the comments. Good luck, and Merry Christmas.

Crash it through the front room of the guy you bought it from! He must have known it ran shitty when he was selling it...?

How about setting up a donation thing for JHS????

For me, the drama of it all is part of the story and entertainment. I watch the BBB series for the hope that the GSXargh is working, but if it's not, it means some sort of juicy etail discussing some other part that could be changed. Merry christmas gentlemen.

Simply something that happens when you’re dealing with budget bikes! Completely understandable that you’d have a slower upload time! Keep up the crazy good work and who knows maybe you’ll become the new top gear!

Keep going lads..... I cant wait for this series ending.

Hey Guy love you're stuff keep the faith and continue the entertainment

JHS are going to get a lot of work from these videos, and rightly so. I’m in Swindon but will be taking my K5 to them if I ever have to. Should be K5/K6 gurus by the end of this 😂

Getting close to being fixed fingers crossed! When I see the clip of it on the dyno it sounded just like my K9 thankfully mine was only a clutch switch, put momentary switch on which solved it, shame its not that easy on this one!

Great video guys as always can see Statham riding a horse to benidorm at this rate

The much awaited!!

Excellent channel. Get well soon James

i love your whole series on budget bikes its so great to watch and really informative. I have an idea for the next budget bike series...hyperbikes?? The most famous and iconic motorbike of all time is the one and only Suzuki Hayabusa and the next best thing that beat the top speed of the Busa ..zx14 or the ZZR14. Chris could find a 2006-2008 first series Kawasaki as he likes these bikes and Fagan could find a 2nd generation, Busa. The views would go through the roof with these to bikes and you could settle the score once and for all which overall after a 3-4 day test is the best bike

Special Lady Jazz hands from me to James 🤣. Hope you feel better soon xxx

Find the guy who sold you the dog of a bike. Line the bike up with his door. Put it up on a paddock stand. Get it revving flat out in 6th. Push it forward off the stand👍👍 Get well soon James

Go to a quarry and mount it to a rocket powered sled on a track like a V1 rocket launcher! Send into the quarry! Love the red Suzuki behind you guys, I drooled over my screen checking it out on Motoline.

Shoutout to the Holland's & co who have made this saga so interesting & best wishes to James.

And get well soon James ...top man.👍🏼

Get well soon James - My favorite part of the 44 teeth videos. :)

The CBR being a second and a half a lap slower but without the bent wheels and putting members of the team in hospital.... sounds like a great plan. K5 anybody???

Have to agree with Chris on this one, when your talking about cutting it in half with an angle grinder that is pretty serious😂😂😂

Loved my R1 5VY! Enjoy!

Yes!!! Bbb time!!!

Check / change the rectifier module, could be introducing electrical noise into the system and interfering with cam sensor signal, some conducted electrical noise will swamp the signal from these sensors

Hey Al and Chris, you two are awesome. You provide countless laughs and entertaining good fun. Im wishing you both and your families, a very merry christmas! Please part out the K5.. Dont lose extra cash!.. LongLive44Teeth! Get well soon James, were all fighting with you!

Im really enjoying watching the lads trying to fix it, that is making the series interesting in its self. But worse case I don't mind watching a video where you guys just set the bike on fire that would make a good watch..

Yey, fireblade! Finally you've come to your senses boys 😁

Keep up the good work lads. Get well soon James. Surely someone’s got a motor laying around ....

GET BETTER SOON JAMES!!!!!!!! That guy is the best.

Well there goes any notion of productivity this afternoon. Also, glad I bought a hoodie. ;)

Merry Crimble Sue n Jase x

Would really love to see you guys review those bikes at Motoline. I could never justify buying the usual stuff 44Teeth reviews.

Forgot...get well soon James. One of my favs of the 44 teeth family. Cheers from Canada.

Bright young mechanic fella. Good work

I've got a mint k5 in the garage just take that 👍😎??????????

Finally a new BBBB episode. Now I really want you guys to fix that GSXR just to know what the problem really is. I forget if you mentioned you tried it yet, but crank position sensor?

I had a k5 thou for a year or so, great bike but sometimes wouldn't start hot. Traced it to a sensor lead too close to the engine and the heat was affecting the sensor readings. Moved it and had no more issues

Just had a quick look at the workshop manual. The cam and cam sensors are both inductive. I regularly see polarity issues with the stand alone systems I use (artificial rev limits). It’s possible one of them is the wrong way around. This moves the timing out of spec depending on whether the ecu needs to see the voltage rise or fall after its ref point. I suspect this would be on the cam sensor as the crank wheel won’t have a missing tooth. If that is the case it may pull the timing out by as much as 10 degrees. But it is still worth checking the crank sensor. Swap the wires on each sensor and give it a run.

Fair amount of work on it, difficult decision to just call it a day but probably smartest one. Delays on content happen, could be worse. Get well soon James!

Great vid 44T! Bit of a dilemma with the gixer but if you break it for spares at least you will make some of your money back👍 and the show will go on.

Hi boys, When you unplug the cam sensor, the ecu probably goes into a default map which allowing it to run decent. I would not bypass the sensor because it might have different maps for each gear. I would triple check every single ground (earth) on that motorcycle. Also try running an extra auxiliary ground from the engine to the frame, and from the frame to the battery. You must also be using a known good battery and voltage regulator. Faulty gauges will also cause this cut out, especially if the rev limiter gets its signal directly from the tachometer itself. Check the connections on the back of the gauges for corrosion, as well as the connection behind the fairing near the air intake. Id also check the pick up coil and reluctor wheel under the ignition cover. I believe those bikes use a dual spark ignition. Cylinders 1&3 and 2&4 fire at the same time. One cylinder is on the compression stroke and the other is on the exhaust stroke, so the exhaust stroke spark event does not matter and has no effect. A bad pick up coil will often mask itself as a faulty stick coil at the spark plug end. This is a common K5 K6 fault. It is very unlikely to have two go bad at the same time. Especially if they are paired 1&3 or 2&4. If you only have two crank triggers on the reluctor then they are paired..You can get the fault codes from the dash if you haven't already. If the fault is on paired cylinders, I'd look there. I have even seen bad coolant temperature sensors cause weird issues if the ecu cannot sense temperature properly. Good luck!

When the cps is unplugged it will revert to a default set of metrics. Can you read the position through the obd?

Stator and Rectifier. In my admittedly limited experience, a cheap rectifier can cause all sorts of weird electrical issues. JHS might have one to test if you haven't already. Best of luck gents. Really want to see the GSXR in the series!

Jesus that fireplace looks in good nick 😳

can't believe Italian BBB went off basically without a hitch and these two Japanese workhorses are a pair of nuggets!