“Sometimes your dreams are dumb.” Truer words have never been spoken.

"That is all life is: making newer, better mistakes" I identify so much.

"Cutting corners always makes the car slower or less safe and nobody wants to go slower." Amazing.

Matt - I have just printed this on a banner and hung it up in my shop - "Life is all about making newer and better mistakes". It joins my father's, "Real engineering is not what you can put in - it's what you can take out". Thanks for all the hours of enjoyment!

I have to say, the sit on special construction looked absolutely insane. So much so that I can't allow it to be called a mistake 🤣

Wow! What a journey! Glad you documented so much of it and shared it with us, four times! =D

OMG, I have never simultaneously laughed so hard, and felt so personally attacked by one of your videos before.

F'ups are the joys of engineering! Hat's off mate for being honest and owning up on mistakes. We're all human!

Excellent as ever Matt 😂 The street legal iteration made me snort with laughter, as did the 🐙 in a blender analogy. Keep adolescent Matt in charge of project planning. Algorithm hailed…👍

The 3rd version (the sit-down bike) looked pretty badass.

Great story. You’ve inspired me to make worse, more expensive, and even more consequential mistakes.

Being an engineering student in FSAE right now and having a number of motorcycle related projects which are not progressing how I would have liked it’s cool to see where some of your practical experience has come from. It builds my confidence I’ll be able to make this half this cool one day.

Okay, so I've gotta know. The chassis on the first iteration of the bike: the upper-most horizontal members are different diameters. The left hand side tube is bigger than all of the others. Was there a purpose to this? Or just the result of available material? I'm assuming this was to run something through the chassis on one side?

Your delivery of anecdotes and jokes, along with the stories behind them are just absolutely, astonishingly, unbelievably... ok. and I love it. ❤️

"sometimes your dreams are dumb" Best line ever!!!!!

What happened to the gigantic scooter?

I've mostly resigned to finish my automotive mistakes after the kids are grown and out of the house. My current checklist looks a lot like your old one, but with the motivation line item dangerously close to being crossed off too.

Love your videos. You dropped some wisdom in this one, "Life is making newer, better mistakes"

Your worst engineering work has resulted in your best philosophical work. The lines "That's what life is: Making newer, better mistakes" And "You don't always have to follow your dreams, because sometimes your dreams are dumb" put this video in the best of Matt tier.

Absolutely brilliant episode! Thank-you!

As a guy who has been working on a human powered streamliner for…longer than I wish to admit… (4 years) I know EXACTLY how you feel!

Love the humor as always, and I would like to think the failed experiences only make your current project car that much better than it would have been had you not had these 4 learning experiences.

Thank you for documenting a successfully failed project. That story was glorious. And your finishing notes were perfect.

I had to stop for a bit at ; 'Cutting corners always makes the car either slower or less safe, and nobody wants to go slower' I guess no one really cares if it's less safe 😁 Also, the 'making newer, better mistakes' I'm constantly chuckling, and sometimes almost laughing out loud watching your videos. The whole 'I resolved to decide' part coming up again is as hilarious as it is terrifying to think could happen to any of us. You should get yourself a YT channel where you can talk about your projects, because this is all gold. I mean, you already have, but if you didn't already do it you should have done it. (my superpower is hindsight) Edit; I scrapped the shell for my project car a few years, and have sold some of the parts I was meaning to use for it lately , and I think I felt bad about it until now. Life may just have gotten in the way to try and save me from it.🤔

Great story, Matt, thank you from all of us who have projects that were better left pushed into the ocean.

I love following all your builds!

Love motorcycles. They're all insane. And things that are dangerous are fun!

Hey Matt, thanks for showing off the parts you get from Send Cut Send! I was struggling to figure out how to mount some garden tractor wheels on a pedal-powered machine I’m working on, until I remembered you showing off some custom parts you had them make for one of your projects. It only took me a few minutes to use their online parts builder to design and order some flanges to mate the wheels to my bicycle axles. I just got the parts in the mail, and they are awesome!

0:58 a man after my own heart

Wow, I think this is the most well packaged content and messaging you've done yet Matt! Thanks for the insights!

Some of the things you mentioned reminded me of the SV Seeker metal boat building project that was built in the yard of an ex-IT, database administrator who fancies himself a bit of an engineer. Through out the course of the project he would take the 'cheap out' route when selecting parts and methods for doing the building an only arguing with the more experienced people who volunteered on the project. Once the boat hit the water and testing the systems began, a lot of the poor choices have bubbled to the surface requiring that they be modified, and the more expensive parts purchased and installed when doing the work of course is harder. Your reminded me of him when you talked about paying more money in the end due to buying the wrong things first, and then having to replace them later. I do admire your honesty. I mean no offense to the SV Seeker project owner, but his ego will never let him admit to making these kinds of mistakes, at least he doesn't admit it in his video presentations.

Some of the best story-telling ever. The successes may make for epic experiences, but the failures make for *epic* stories. Best. Motorcycle. Ever.

A splendid story. I feel so much better now. Thank you. Keep up the great work. 😊

What a great story! And very well told.

Excellent format and brilliant story! The deadpan is perfection! 👍

7:51 I honestly can’t tell if your humor is so far above average, or just decent humor with life-experiences that are so far above average. Either way I’m here for it! All hail the algorithm!

SuperfastMatt, story teller of the century.

Your sense of humour is so dry it leaves us Brits in the dust, as always excellent, thanks Matt.

The best, most fun I've had on KZfaq in a long while. Keep up the "Good work" matt. All hail the algorithm.

Flushing a brilliant John Barnard interview to see SuperfastMatt... bravo you made it!

First, Thomas Edison's response to the question about the 1,000 unsuccessful attempts to make a functioning lightbulb was actually "Fuck off". Not a lot of people know that. Second, your experience building and rebuilding that thing is the same sad tale as my homemade Lotus 7 hillclimb/dragcar/autocross/dailydriver project. It's going to be AWESOME this time! My inner 12yr old assures me of it. When I start to get discouraged 12yr old Jon shows up in his smelly Van's and threadbare AC/DC t-shirt and reminds me that quitters never score and to stop screwing around trying to make a 12A rotary streetable and just put a smallblock Mopar w a tunnelram in the frikken' thing and go waste some fools. Third, it's unfortunate you gave up on that streamliner before you did the obvious thing to get the project back on track and add a second engine. I thought you were a carguy

This video encapsulates the spirit of mankind, doing things, learning from mistakes, doing it again, with new mistakes, looking back, thinking it's dumb, but sometime after, realizing, it was great. amazing!

I subbed for this, good job guy! Can't wait to see the rest of your crazy shit!

You are way too honest and narration is hilarious. You have learnt so much. Fantastic . #respect

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I think that you were very successful because you always ended with a bike you could ride. 99% of Motorsports projects just end up being a basket of parts. Thanks for sharing!

Great story!! Love it! love your videos!

A+ content, thanks for sharing the journey!

Every time I’ve put off doing a major project at my house, it came out far better than if I’d done it sooner. Taking more time to iron out the details is always best.

I have 8 full ground up/tubular frame project cars, and what it keeps me motivated is the hate and negativity from everyone around.

Thank you for sharing the story of this wonder of mechanical engineering. Well done

A small part of me expected "The Final Form" to be a picture of the frame rusting away in the ocean, with burn marks all around.

Engine and transmission would have made a great go-kart. Back in the early 60's Indy 500 race winner of the 1959 Indy 500 was Jimmy Bryan. He died in a race a few years after that. In the mean time he was a Phoenix resident and built a go-kart with a 650 Triumph twin motor on it. Kart races were held in shopping center parking lots with bales of hay as borders. Back when nothing was open on Sundays. He never won a race with it because it was too powerful and would spin out on the curves. It was a novelty and everybody loved it. All the other karts were powered by chain saw motors.

The lowspeed pass on the lake sounded like George Jetson's pod with the large capacity powerplant option

Matt... I think the perfect solution would be to change out the front wheel assembly for an axle (or pair of a-arms with central shock) positioning two wheels outside the chassis, and an angled hinge... so that leaning the entire chassis one way or the other will cause the axle to rotate to match the turning radius. The handlebars should remain in play so at standstill the angle can be pulled one way or the other. Not only would this make the entire thing more stable, it would have brilliant forward visibility, while retaining that "space ship" feel of leaning it through the corners.

This made my evening Matt. So many thanks for sharing!

Man, I wish you'd spent even more time on this project... It is yoir one project that really gets my heart racing

My hats off to you mister SuperfastMatt! From one design engineer to another, I appreciate the video and I'd like to know what CAD software you used in developing the cycle?

good job on the not dying part, I am inspired to do the same

Brilliant story Matt, "set it on fire and roll it into the ocean" had me in tears! lol

This was really well shared. Entertaining throughout.

I don't like the finishing statement "sometimes, your dreams are dumb". What a downer. I don't get discouraged whenever I make a bad decision because I tell myself "hey, now I know what not to do the next time. That's really all life is - making newer, better mistakes. And that's good.

Perfect attitude for success! Also a great story!

superfast matt: engineer, racer, philosopher.

Equal parts philosophy and machinery. Love this content, Matt!

Nice lotus general arrangement drawing over your shoulder. I have same. Thank you for the video. C

I love your philosophical and humorous way of telling your stories!! I can so identify

I have to say, this video was produced excellently. The script in particular was fantastic, not to mention the bike itself.

You may not have succeeded to become a "Has Been", but you sure as hell have become the most successful "Never Was" when it come to setting the records you aimed for, but you definately have tried with the kind of zeal that most of us can only dream about, Nothing exceeds like excess, talk about guts, I salute you. Actually, you have succeeded in the way that most of us never make the effort to even try for.

I highly enjoy your content. Thank you very much ❤️

"Cutting corners always makes you less safe or go slower. And nobody wants to go slower."

Thank you, Matt. Your thoughtful and brutally observant take on your process is a welcome acceptance. I, too have walked this path, and it is well-worn. Many gearheads will deny failure, and that denies true learning. I embrace the failure, and I am proud of you for doing the same. Forward, through the stars, my brother.

I gotta say - 80% of the time, I am watching your channel just for the comedic content. I enjoy the engineering aspect of your builds as well. Keep it up Matt. I'll keep watching. :)

ROFL!! That end part: Needing money to make mistakes. Priceless!!

Matt takes his dirt of experience, adds time & money, and creates a gem of life. A good story never begins by consulting the "Instruction Manual of Good Decision Making" Following a philosophy of sophistry is far more fun. As an observer, not a practitioner. Good thing you have "Other Matt" to blame and "Future Matt" to fix any complications that arise.

Thank you for this video, I needed it ;)

Dude, this was absolutely hilarious! You are a master of dry wit.

Good Luck with projects Matt!!

You are a funny guy who can write a great script and do some fancy engineering. I love it! 😍💪👍

I always wanted a project car, but I don't possess the money or skill to make it really happen... so I just tool around in my boring Niro EV, dreaming about what could have been. Until I watched this video, then I'm glad it never was. Thanks Matt!

So comforting to know that there are other individuals out there who I can relate to and the same struggle with insanity in my head........ Looking back on 55 years I often ask myself why didn't I just live a normal life ? But then again that wouldn't have been me. 'We make easy hard' is probably a suitable frase to best describe us ? Thanks for your courage to give people an insight. 💪🤦‍♂️👍

brilliant vid, keep up the great work

Love your work 👍

This is a life lesson in Sunk Cost Fallacy.

This video automatically earned a subscriber. Absolutely bonkers ya build these, love it.

This video is incredibly motivational and demotivational at the same time, and man, what a ride you've had (pun intended). Best of luck on your next mistakes!

very informative… and very funny too ! What sense of humor, congrats !

Brilliant as always, Matt!

I love. Great stuff, man. 😂👍

"sometimes your dreams are dumb" is the leading cause of "for sale: project car" adds in the world. Once the light-bulb comes on, it can not be turned off.

This channel deserves way more subscribers. It's a great channel.

Right there with ya, homey. This one hit home. #projectoddball. Thanks for sharing!

Brilliant as always. Thanks. :)

Thank you for those words of wisdom: "Life is: making newer, better mistakes". I wish someone had told me that as a child.

I am not involved in the car community whatsoever, so it's pretty awesome to know other people have the same problems as I find myself making. I always get in way over my head too. I resolved to rewire my imported 30 year ols Land Rover Defender after seeing your wiring video. Bought all the things that were recommended, went out to my truck and immediately found myself staring into the void and realized I was in way over my head right now. I did, however, wire up an engine bay light using almost none of the recommended materials or processes and then called it a day. I'll rewire when I get a chance to redo the frame. Anyway, your videos are great. I don't want to do patron because I'll inevitably forget to cancel it much like a hundred other subscription service I have, but if you sign up for something where I can throw you a few bucks I will. Keep it up!

My current mistake in progress is a minibike...Sort of... I took a really fun, functional Baja Warrior MB 200 minibike with a Predator 212cc engine and "Torque converter " drive that at 48 mph was 24 mph faster than stock and would easily pull vertical wheels tanks, and put in a 479cc 16hp Briggs and stratton Vanguard Vtwin that I then modified with a governor delete, 34mm dirtbike roundslide carburetor and valve springs with enough seat pressure to allow around 7k RPM before valve float along with some machined steel retainers. I also did a mild port and polish on the heads since I have done cylinder head porting and polishing along with flowbench testing as part of my job for a long time. I also had to modify the frame, raising the backbone by 3.5 inches to fit the engine in and have enough room to work on it. Due to the larger diameter crankshaft the "Torque Converter " was no longer going to fit but in all likelihood it would've disintegrated anyway as it was rated for up to about 9 hp maximum and I am probably putting out around 24hp. That may not sound like much hp, in fact it's not difficult to put out that much with a 212cc single if you've got about $2.5k to throw at it, but the Torque output of a modified 479cc Vtwin vs a modified 212cc single is quite a lot, and with a vehicle weight of around 150lbs I found the original 50 tooth sprocket on the rear wheel (19×8×7 wheels/tire combination) was almost unrideable. It would wheelie pure vertical while spinning the tire on asphalt using a centrifugal clutch with a jackshaft on a launch from a dead stop. A 25 mph rolling start pulled the front wheel about 2 feet off the ground and about jerked my shoulders out of socket,but it topped out at about 52 mph. I worked my way down to a 32 tooth rear sprocket. My acceleration from a 20mph rolling start is still shockingly fast but the centrifugal clutch can't withstand over 1/4 throttle at any slower speeds and it will in fact glow red if I try to do so. It will still pull the front wheel up about 6 inches at 25mph if I snap the throttle open. With top speed around 78 mph I think I have surpassed the maximum safe speed for the Chinese 19×8×7 dirt knobby tires, although they do feel remarkably stable after airing them up to 20psi vs the 10 psi maximum pinted on the sidewall. Well at least remarkably stable for tires that shipped from China with a factory egg shape and 15 oz out of balance. The centrifugal growth rate is almost comical and may be contributing to my top speed. So now I'm looking at sourcing an appropriate set of wheels and tires, as well as brakes (single 4 inch rear drum is not really doing the job) and using an old XL125 lower end and transmission with clutch to make it safely past the 100 mph mark and not have to baby it until over 20 mph. So essentially I will possibly end up with a rigid framed, telescopic front-end minibike that performs a bit better than an 883 Sportster but is no longer as simple and reliable as a minibike (or even an 883 Sportster) that is not street legal and tries to break my spine everytime I ride it. It does currently get about 44 mpg at a steady 50 mph, I have ridden it to a buddies house 12 miles away numerous times, and so far I have less than $500 wrapped up in it including the price of the used minibike so I guess it's not as bad of a decision as a land speed bike lol. But at 52 years old, in relatively beat up condition and living on a fixed income (VA disability) one would think I would be making better choices by now.

Great story Matt! I have a Locost that will never be built……..since I finally sold the Donor after 15 yrs of storage😳……..but I’ve got a new shiny object in its place…….Model 3 power unit…….not sure what I’m going to stick it in yet😎❤️………as a retired Dyno Dynamics owner/tuner here in SoCal………everyone claims being “ poor” when they get to the penultimate crucial mod😆

haha!!! Great video. Good narration style. Love the dry humour. Very entertaining.

I was just minding my business and goofing off on KZfaq and I didn’t expect to find a video so excellently interesting and entertaining.

“Life is all about making newer and better mistakes.” I’m going to do a lot of mindless scrolling on insta and KZfaq today, and I will see a lot of life advice and life summations in the form of pithy statements. Your pithy statements are among the most honest and clever. Superfast Matt is my favorite engineer. The s600 is the greatest car ever. It is truly my favorite car ever. Your car. Your s600. Not Jay Leno’s or anyone else’s.

Excellent words of advice at the end there 🙏