8:48 I think I am recognizing my friend F.B who was bike tester and lived in Japan. He also prime tested japanese motorcycles for a french magazine for 15 years 1985-2000. Glasses, caracteristic head position and... no angle 😀 Do you have more informations about this test ?

May her name forever ring in the halls of glory my friend

What made it blow?

@@funstuff192 My Iron Butt route was between Madison, Wisconsin and Shamrock, Texas, just over 1000 miles. I set it up so that I would be running through Illinois at night, because the roads are bullet straight, and they have a law there that requires cops to use radars instead of lasers and I had a radar detector on the bike. I had the bike geared up on the rear sprocket and lowered a tooth on the front, gave the girl a lot more pep and made throttle wheelies possible, but not ideal when you're trying to break your families land speed record on some deserted Illinois highway. I really should have brought a gear change along, but in those days I used to travel for work and I was riding back home to San Francisco after a job out East. The plan was working perfectly, I had her absolutely pinned in sixth, which really only translated to about 145ish with the gearing, and held it that way for about a half an hour, off and on of course, but it was really easy to keep those speeds on that highway, and I felt invisible to cops. I wasn't concerned about keeping the engine pinned at 10,500rpm, over the course of years that engine had proven itself to be far more reliable than it had any right to be, I bought her for $2,000 with 70,000+ mi on the clock already years beforehand, and had bounced off the limiter frequently, I just had this feeling that she was immortal. Crazy little overengineered spaceship that never skipped a beat, never complained about being taken to its limits. Then pooosh... Loss of all power.... Rear wheel started to feel squirrely as it was slowing down from hyperspace so I knew it was bad bad (riding through my own engine oil). Connecting rod on the number 3 cylinder shot through the front of the engine like a bullet. I felt like I had killed my favorite horse. I cried, felt so bad for hurting her. I never cry.

​@@funstuff192A little blow and a lonely night......

Why marceline?

Yeap 954 is the sexiest.

Agreed. Had an ‘01 929, ‘02 & ‘03 954 and can attest that the 954 is one the greatest street bikes ever created followed closely by the 2k up gsxr750.

I miss my '03 954RR. I was young when I had it so I don't remember much of it, other than it being really light and fast, head shaked liked crazy though. Needed a steering dampener from the factory.

I own one... great bike...

+1. .. Agreed. .. To the power of 10. .. A case in point. .. The old '80's Porsche 944 which wasn't known for a high HP spec. .. Other than the turbo cars. .. Anyway, take a garden basket 944 coupe stripping out its interior, ditch the A/C, the sound deadening, et al. .. Think Jenny Craig Weight Watchers for 944's. .. Now, hundreds of pounds lighter,, have a day at the local track or DE with the PCA club outings. .. Less weight, more fun. .. Cheers,

@@jackallen6261 +1.. Ditto. ..The 944 Turbo's are hot stuff! .. I'd own a 89 944S2 coupe...(Stone Grey over Grey-Beige leathers) Drove that puppy for 10 years. .. The 944 dynamic is/was hard to beat. .. "Don't under estimate a Turbo 944" is what I'd say to the guys at the PCA club DE track days. .. Luv'ed that 944 S2,,, even though I'd take delivery of an ordered '98 Carrera S (993) coupe. Drive safe. .. Cheers, P.S., Have you ever run into a stroked 2.8l turbo 944 coupe? .. There out there - the poor 911's of the day had no chance. .. Game over. .. Cheers

While I love Lotus, made some of my favorite cars (especially with Toyota engines) at some point ya do have to add *some* horsepower lol

Exactly! Ask Jim Cla...... oh wait..

Add weight + a briggs & stratton engine

Now THAT is a bike that deserves a video. And a bike that deserves a resurrection

Love my 99 Blackbird

Based on the CBR1000F I’m afraid.

​​@@twozup1098It's the "successor" to the CBR1000F, but they don't really have that much in common, the Blackbird is mostly it's own thing. As for the engine, I guess you could say it's based on either of the two, I don't think there's any radical difference between them in that regard.

The Blackbird is such a well built machine, and incredibly smooth and stable well beyond any reasonable speed. Honda really knew what they were doing, even if it's a bit too easy to ride for it's own good.

All joking aside, I have a Honda push lawnmower and that thing refuses to die, and I have taken it places for jobs no push mower has the business of mowing. The best I have ever seen.

And then there's the PC800

They used to be at least. Their bikes back in the 90s-2000s were something else. CBRs, VFRs, RCs, Magmas, pretty much everything they made was at the top with the others trailing behind. Except when suzuki introduced the GSXRs in the 80s and kawasaki had the GPZ. Lets not forget the 70s CBs as well.

Love the 929! It was my second bike too

@@OlsonsGarage I have 2! I love the 929

08 cbr was so much like 900rr in spirit.

Had buy a baby blade 600 08 because I'm priced out of another RGV250P(shouldn't of sold it) got the same colours blue/white. Best bike I've had for handleing. The RG500 sounded great and was quick, but was just lacking in handleing and stopping power, did have a few scares on it. But the 250 was just so planted and the brakes were great. Had the most fun on the RD's tho 250/350's and the LC2 YPVS. Cheap to run back in the day.

@@ReCheck_WotTheFluck Everybody should experience an LC2 YPVS, they were a special flavor of fun…

I remember riding my friend's RD350 and having my mind blown with the acceleration on that thing!

You really going to bust his balls over a single detail like that? Yamaha was so close that year it was crazy. change any single outcome for the better and they’d have had it

@@MarissaTheMuse it’s a big detail , he said they never won a title on the blade , and it was a privateer team , and as u say that year was one of the best seasons in history for ups and downs and some crazy racing 😎🤘

​@@MarissaTheMusethey still won the championship though.

Nitro Nori was my guy. This memory hurts!!

@@commentaryking5165 still can't beleive they banned him for losing weight with diet pills....he was never the same after that

Simply, then add lightness!

I loved my Suzuki 750ES and that 16 front.

I believe they were also putting the smaller front wheels on the Magna's.

Totally disagree, we're seeing it now, but instead of top end beasts, it low-end mid range begginer bikes. Just look at how everyone is making new beginners full of tech for low low prices.

Totally agree. That's why I currently own ten '90's era sportbikes. Golden age of sportbikes

I also agree. 90s- early 2000s was the era. No fancy tech at all but maybe primitive fuel injection. It was all about who can create the best motor, chassis, and suspension. No thrills. Everything comes standard with saftey precautions now. Back then it was all up to the rider. I have both, a '23 and a 03. I ride the 03 more. Engine is more brutal and fun. If you learn how to ride without rider aids, it makes a better rider out of you.

I had one also, it was smooth, fast, and comfortable. My first bike was a FZR600 88'. Now I've got a fully restored (by me)TL1000S 97' \m/

I started riding in '78 on a stock RD250 then about a year later picked up an RD350 that was basically a race bike with a head and tail light. It smoked all Honda 750-4's stop light to stop light until the VFR-750 Interceptor came out. My 1st new bike was an '86 FZ600 that I raced at Willow Springs and once at Riverside before it was torn down. The best handling bike I ever owned was my '05 XB12 SCG. I really have no need for triple digit HP bike any more so I currently have my '76 RD400 and could not resist getting a '23 XR150L after seeing many YT videos of it. Such a fun little bike to ride.

I will be looking for one of those eventually. Anywhere from a 92 to 94. I like the flat nose with dual headlights. I think in 95 they changed it a little. Or maybe 96 I don't remember.

Stock is the way to do it. Do some tasteful mods but keep the bike looking stock. Stock blinkers, stock rear fender, even keep the reflectors on it. A bike that old deserves to be unmolested. Like my 2003 TLR, I kept it stock looking, except for pipes, but underneath I have done a lot to make it perform and run the way it should. A lot of wiring mods that can be done, hotter coils, modifying the airbox, ect. Runs strong.

my old 2003 954rr was a serious tank slapper. NEVER understood why there wasn't a dampener on it. Didn't make any sense and it was a liability for Honda.

@@rm25088 That's arrogant, stubborn, know-it-all Honda for ya

@@Emily-ou6lq yeah some of those Japanese men are very stubborn.

Love my 99 XX

Love my 99 as well. 😁

I bought a wrecked CBR900 1994 and built it back up my self. It would do 175 mph. I could brake so hard the brakes would fade. It never had a twitch ! I never understood why others were complaining that there's twitched when mine was rock solid. I guess I just didn't ride hard enough. Now I believe that that frame came from MotoGP and was pretty much a copy from the two-stroke 500 machines. And that those machines were running the 16-in front wheels. To this point I have had many CBRs . They're very capable road machine they're not a tract machine. My Aprilia was much better suited to the track especially when it was all outfitted to ride on the track.

RC 30 4 me

@@gcrain464Crain-rd6hf For sure. I've seen a couple of them in the wild, they just look like pure sex. I've also wanted to go for a long spin on that 400cc version, I've heard it's one of the best 'small bore' sportbikes ever made.

Why the ZZR1400 when there are also the Concourse 1400 and ZX1400 models. All the same once you take the clothes off basically

Why is she always asleep? You can do better dude.

Why is this commented on every single video?