This fan series is absolutely amazing to not only the motorcycle community but to humanity itself because of the amount that it shows what decent human interaction can and should look like! Thank you Craig & Dan.

That owner is your brother from another mother... He was matching you every step of the way. Technical, quips, banter. Great episode!

The fact that Craig is going around creating content by helping viewers with their projects is nothing short of inspiring. Quality content from a quality dude. Thanks Craig 👍👍

How has no one commented on how awesome that shop is. Yellow brick, steel windows, awesome space.

Everytime I WATCH I end up split screening and looking at old bikes on marketplace while watching and listening. Now I understand how people have 6,7,8,9+ bikes!

Wow, that is a beautiful bike! Owner seems like a cool guy.

I like the way that sean the owner's confidence soared the more you got into it till he basically became a partner well done all...😅 Cheesy grins all round 👍👍😁😁😁😁😁

The editing doesn’t get old :) Great work Dan

I like that the owner of the bike was way more involved than the last one! That way when Craig leaves, he can have an idea of what to do when the bearded mechanic is gone!

I love how interested the studio audience is.

The two of you seemed to have a lot of fun. Plus he had a fantastic shop.

Craig is such a a great guy!! Everytime he works with a fan you can tell that they get comfortable with Craig really quickly to the point that it seems like they have known each other for years.. Love your Channel keep making bangers!

In our sonic cleaner.We used dawn soap with ammonia added,to remove polish from jewelry. Rinse,no residue.

I was a huge Nicky Hayden fan back in that era of AMA

You need to have this guy on the channel more! He’s a riot!

Just watching a couple of DIYers methodically work through a common repair such as a carb rebuild is actually very educating.....of course Dan's solid recording and editing skills combine for a pretty awesome entertaining, interactive experience ty The Bearded Mechanic

Such a great looking bike

That dude's little shop is badass!!!!!!

Your fan series is the best thing going right now for automotive KZfaq channels, it's awesome seeing these bikes come back to life while we learn a thing or two along with the owners.

90s sportbikes have such a beautiful profile. I like them way more than modern bikes.

A riding buddy of mine got one of those back in 1996. She loved riding it at Deal's Gap.

I really like the idea of having the owner be involved and help. There’s a lifetime worth of content out there with these old bikes and owners who want them to run great!

This channel is skyrocketing upwards with subscribers and views! I know people knew of Craig for a few years while he was part Bikes and Beards, but for him to have such a “heading to the stars” rise, it’s great to see the hospitality the community is providing him and his team.

I've had my SJ F3 for 12 years and it's been the main source of learning to wrench on bikes. It wasn't in the best of shape when I found it. Over 130k on the engine and still going strong! #77 of 1500.

Big fan made bigger by this series of you helping others get their bikes running. So cool!

The owner was great, really enjoyed this video

Thank you craig for the new video...

Watching someone clean the 4 inline carbs just brings back memories.... that I might not want to bring back....

This is beautiful, so many shops turn down bikes like this nowadays, it’s super inspiring to see this project come to fruition. Good luck on the project Sean!

Sooooo glad this popped up on my feed this morning. That bike is a classic, the colors, the old school SS styling, great choice and glad you helped the guy get it going.

I love the slow form of your show . Please keep them long and slow

Miguel was a super nice guy. Met him at the Charlotte Superbike race. Told him I was a big fan of his dad,he asks if I’d like to meet him,he’s in the motorhome? Great day for me!

Man what a amazing episode. I love your videos Craig. And props to Shawn, who is a very chill dude even in front of the camera. Amazing bike too. Perfect episode.

Dan! LMAO, with the sound effects when Craig played bag pipes and Spanish guitar, plus the glugging of water. Genius.I think it's super cool. Craig knows those carbs well and does steller on cleaning them. Awesome video, really cool bike! 😎

Someone is going to be one happy camper with that bike, smiles for miles

I love the fans enthusiasm for sport bikes, you can tell he's passionate about this biek, also kinda jealous of his garage setup, he manages a nice space in a relatively small shop.

It's clear today's sous chef knows what he's doing. I can see you were having fun. 🥰

I love everything about this channel, but the editing always gets me lol. Bluejay making CBR sounds, Craig playing carburetor instruments, fuel pump noises, etc. Keep up the good work Dan. You always keep it entertaining even if the work gets mundane.

Lol @ Dan "make sure you put it close to the edge of the bench" 😂

My brother had the exact same bike. I want to say late 90s early 2000’s. Not sure the number. I have always been a cruiser type of guy and he is street bike all the way. We traded bikes for the day. 3 minutes later I traded back. I knew I would get killed on that bike. It was STUPID fast! Great memories, thanks guys!!

Congratulations on surpassing 300,000. You must have seen a major surge in subscribers since last week.

I almost bought a smoking Joe’s new back in the day but I ended up getting a 96’ far instead. Damn I miss those days!

I remember thinking these bikes looked kinda goofy when they came out. I was not into sport bikes back then so i didn't understand it's significance. Now I'm in my mid 50s and riding the sport bikes. This bike is definitely cool to me now.

Wow, that is awesome! I have almost exact issue; I recently inherited a 1996 Smokin' Joes bike that had been sitting for 10+ years. It is in very good condition with just under 3k miles, but will not start. I cleaned the tank and put in good fuel and can safely assume the carbs need thorough cleaning and possibly new jets, floats, etc. Unfortunately too big of a project for me. So...if you guys wanted to do a second Smokin' Joes Edition...come visit!

My first bike was a 97 F3. My buddy had one of these though.

Great looking bike, always one of my favorites. Maybe the cables need to be lubed too.

sold mine in 2004 to help pay for my house. Loved that bike. That tail section was always a pain to keep in place, even with unbroken tabs.

CBR600F2/F3 are the best all-arounders ever!! Comfortable, quick with the usual Honda quality.

Being an insomniac down under has its benefits..... I get to see when a new video is uploaded. 👍

That’s a really cool bike , great video as always Craig , your my favorite motorcycle mechanic channel 👌🤌 cheers from Louisiana 🎉

Love see what Craig viewers have for Bike's more than one bike they have?😂❤ God 💯🙏💯🤎 Blessing from Iowa, USA

Fantastic show, thank you. Craig your light and funny attitude is refreshing and thank you for helping on this superb bike... keep up the good work! (no pressure)

I love the dynamic between 2 machines

I have a 1987 Honda Hurricane f1 with relatively low miles and well taken care of, freaking love this motorcycle.

Make sure you replace the o-rings between the oil cooler and radiator. Once the cooling system is full of oil it takes hours to flush all the pudding out of the system after it overheats.

This was fun to watch. I really like the fan series. The owner is pretty cool. Seems like the choke cable always gets the bearded mechanic!

I think it's so cool that the customer is there with you learning and helping!❤😊

Saw one at Ephrata biker breakfast last year. Occasionally one will show up at Lawns biker breakfast too

I have a 1993 Honda CBR F2 I'm working on now, I'm the original owner. The bike magazines at the time said the F2 could do 11.1 seconds in the quarter mile with a 149 mph top speed. The CBR F3 had that ram air intake and the bike magazines got the thing down to 10.9 seconds in the quarter mile and 160 mph top speed with a skilled rider on board.

I worked on a friend's sons katana 600 that wasn't firing on all four. Cleaned the carbs and replaced the plugs. Still wasn't firing all four. After racking my brains for a minute I started her up and sprayed starter fluid into the two dead cylinders. That fixed it. It seems to me that the freshly rebuilt carbs just needed a boost to get flowing.

the sound effects game in this video is on point

I always loved that paint scheme

It's good to see Craig and Shawn back together. Such a class act. Shawn, it's good to see you learned how to work on bikes. 😂

you sir are a saint i think its so cool to help this feller out.

My best friend has a Smokin' Joe's. It's a beautiful bike and in mint condition.

I just need to buy another bike, and just take it to you 😆 but I’m glad I saw this while I woke up

I know sean only a fan but he fits the vibe so well in ur video, would love to see him again in a video

It’s always nice too see a guy has educated himself and cleaned the shop!

Today's a good day now 😀

I love your videos, but Saturday mornings are for Legit Street Cars. Your Friday morning videos were my reason for getting up and going to work. It's like they say "a Craig on Friday makes the work day pass...quicklay." Yeah, that rhymes.

My CBR F2 was one of the best bikes I've ever owned. Always loved the Smokin' Joe's edition.

I about peed when I saw the thumbnail, that was my first sportbike!!!! Bought one when I was in college and my parents hated me for it, but it was the best thing ever! Got it cheap because it had been hot wired and stolen at some point in its life and no one could figure out the electrical gremlins lol I worked at a bike shop and between all of us we got it running.

Whoa, i think i got lost.

Loved how the owner and Craig played off each other

what a good helper he is!

Back when i was in the service. This was the bike i wanted so bad.

I owned 2 CBR Smokin' Joes Specials! A 96 and a 98! OMG I miss those bikes! I preferred the 98 (the 96 had the square tail piece and wasn't as slick looking) That bike was such an awesome bike! Turned lots of heads and the girlies loved it! I ended up turning the 96 into a street fighter and stunting it. Eventually sold it (I didn't realize they were so rare!) The 98 met its demise when I was doing a wheelie (showing off) and someone on a GSXR600 pulled out in front of me. I dropped the front end and low sided the bike, when my bike hit his back tire it crushed his rim and his turning tire threw my Joe's about 20 feet into the air. That was the end of that. The bike was a write off. I replaced it with a Suzuki TL1000R. Still have my TL today!

I feel like this is the best duo ever

Such a sweet bike. Brings back good memories. My older brother raced throughout the late 80s to late 90s. He raced for Smokin Joe's the last couple years of his racing career. I got to spend many of my teen years hanging out in his pit, admiring the beautiful purple and yellow bikes. Love em. Keep up the great work!

This is one of the most technically adept owner i have seen on youtube. An absolute joy to see

Amazing video, the energy between you two felt like you have known each other for years.

I applaud your patience

Man, this is still such a good looking bike. Even the wheels look kinda modern. Update blinker and maybe mirrors to a slicker look and you have a very sweet ride. Only thing that is missing, is an USD fork. Now switch to braided break lines, sintered pads and upgrade the suspension with oil and better springs (rider is a bit on the heavy side, so factory suspension should be to soft) and you got a sweet ride.

Love this series of helping other get the bikes back up and running. This guy was by far a fun watch while helping. Need to find the sign up list so I can try and get my old bike up and running again 😂

Back in 2000 I bought a CBR F3 as my first 600cc in red and black. It had a two Brothers exhaust and sounded amazing! I miss that bike 😢

I think Sean and Craig are long lost brothers! These two seem like fast friends.

Wow. I knew the SJ was a limited number bike, but didnt know it was THAT limited. I got one from a buddy of mine, wrecked. I rebuilt it, enjoyed it, and sold it. Mine was a 96, #75.

I still have a 93 F2 I bought brand new, and this makes me want to get it running again.

These videos should be getting millions of views!!! Love your videos I try to watch them all.

brought back so many good memories of my old CBR1000F-M (1991 - Benneton Colours - Limited Edition) - very sad I had to part with it - great episode - gave me chills when it started up.🏍

I use Pinesol in my Ultrasonic cleaner all the time. Not pure Pinesol, I fill it water and pour a cup or so of Pinesol in. This guy's work space is so clean and organized.. I'm going out to my garage after this video to clean up my space.

This guy was an absolute delight! Hope he comes back with more motorbikes some day ❤

That brings back memories! My first bike was a 1996 Erion Racing CBR 900RR. My buddy picked up a Smoking Joe F3 in 98. The 600 was more flickable and fun but the 900 had that punch of a liter bike

I’ve owned a 1995 cbr600 in the uk since 07, currently in my garage and been there a long time, I must dig it out

Ultrasonic I bought on AliExpress had it's two biggest differentiated by 2 things: biggest is about 4cm taller but most importantly had it's ultrasonic power rated as 600W as opposed by 480W. Right now there's a sale and the biggest is actually cheaper than the second biggest by about 13 euros.

I have a CBR600F2 which is basically an F3 without extra doodads like a fuel pump and emission things. It had been sitting in a garage for 19 years when I got it, the carbs looked like someone ran her on snot, the brake lines were completely rusted and the oil was just pure madness. The tank on the other side is in pristine condition and she is so happy to fire up and warm up, such a gentle giant. Looking forward to selling her and starting my next motorcycle repair journey!

My buddies CBR was stolen out of the back of his truck and recovered 3 years later. It was absolutely thrashed, so we did what we could and wrapped it in cheetah print fabric. We found a roach in one carb and meth in another. It ran great once we got the debris out of her. Of course, all the old timers would reach out and pet the fuzzy bike at stop lights. 🤣🤙🏾

After watching this video it helped me figure out how to go about fixing my Suzuki intruder. I love watching your videos I learn quite a bit from you.

In 1992 I bought a new urban tiger CBR900rr and what a bike it was! I rode the tyres off the thing for 5 years before it was stolen! Then bought a purple suzuki RF900 and that was such a fast bike for the day! Something about 900cc thars so good! My first 9 was the gpz900r and had 3 of them also a cbr900 a rf900 3 zx9rs and now the new z900rs

It would be awesome if we could see this again when its cleaned and synced!!!