Do you have any youtube video which made you buy your bike?

kawashima · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 May 2005 Karma :

Do you have any youtube video you found, and made you consider/try/buy your bike? I was mostly attracted by its sound.

TDM900
because it sounded like V-twin and I liked it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB6IJAArC9w
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kawashima · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 May 2005 Karma :

After I made this topic, I noticed you can test ride most bikes in U.K. new or used(not like us). So test ride or asking in BCF may be best option, but I wanted to know if lots of you check your fav bikes on youtube beforehand.
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MCN · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Karma :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cM9S2AzU28

I would search the bike model and year with 'problems' in the search box. Smile

Sales clips won't tell you real issues. Smile

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kawashima · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 May 2005 Karma :

Teflon-Mike · tl;dr Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Karma :

I'm not entirely sure You-Tube had even been invented when I bought my bike Shocked

So think I am going to offer an unequivocal 'No' to this one!

There was a TV-Show in the UK in the '80's though called 'Kick-Start'.. half game-show half motorcycle trials, it was part of the evolution of Arena-Trials... spin-off was a show called 'Junior Kick-Start" that showed the School-Boys having a crack, and suggested that my Mum wasn't telling me the whole truth when she said I had to be 16 to have a motorbike.. there's clips of that on You-Tube now if you want a laugh! Didn't suggest any particular bike, other than a comp-trials bike to me, though.
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dydey90 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Karma :

You don't get to do test rides? What if you bought something that looked great on paper and it turned out to be crap to live with?
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Irn-Bru · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Karma :

https://youtu.be/fYu7DQn5vAI

Thumbs Up

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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5O-ZlWe9g Whistle

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karoshi · Brolly Dolly Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Karma :

https://youtu.be/fk2YRpLnmdU

Smile

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Albigularis · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Jun 2014 Karma :

No, but YouTube has definitely saved me from buying possible issue bikes - https://youtu.be/D14uIU9npaI
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monkeybiker · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Sep 2014 Karma :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Sx6nvmcXc

Not the only reason mind.

ScaredyCat · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 May 2012 Karma :

I was quite keen on the Ducati Hypermotard until I saw this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN6LNf2Zot0

That's his second one, he's had nothing but problems with it. Then I found a load of people with lots of issues.. Off my list now.
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Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pja9Y7JIJBg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjxjh9eiD5Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh9f8_SQF5E

And watching lads on the Moors going to my Grandparents.
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tactical_pancake · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 03 Nov 2012 Karma :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSFN1zn2rBI
Convinced me the WR250X would be just as fun as the DRZ400 .. and 6th gear for highway. Very Happy

I have had the fuel pump issue though in hot weather.

talkToTheHat · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Karma :

Probably this https://youtu.be/dnGAetL5kj4

I certainly watched it when considering a 535. I remember then noticing the pipes weren't standard. Motad and OEM pipes have adequate heat shielding.

And this https://youtu.be/rgNoZLI7kN0
I beleive eazyduz occasionally lurks here and moved up from a gz125 marauder, which is what i had at the time.

I dont think it was one video though. Lots of research. Didn't do enough, getting it on 33bhp required welding bits to the exhaust which was problematic. Rode pretty well on 33bhp though. It still had plenty of low end and a nice wide torque curve. I think a handful of videos put me off other bikes more than a single video sold me one. I was considering a hyosung gv650 but was scared away by hyosung build quality and parts issues.

I considered all kinds of bike though. My main criterea were easily made 33bhp, could take luggage, preferably hard luggage, and low and light enough for me to not fail at manual handling. I've got ME so my muscles dont always work properly and i wanted something that could get me most places i needed to be provided i was mobile enough to get on it. The 535 has done really well. Yeah it's not as face-melting as an r1 or as road-munching as a vfr and i shall probably one day replace her with something like a fazer, but it was the right bike for me at the right time.
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Eddie Hitler · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Karma :

Just before leaving to collect my second big bike at 19 (Yamaha FZR1000 RU), I watched a Youtube video of the bastard accelerating to 250kmph. Heres the video (short and sweet).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er2zqlsEGZk

Happy to say I wasn't dissapointed. Was my first inline 4 aswell. Boss.

recman · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Mar 2012 Karma :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBnLLYl-5SE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBsH4Xry9U

m3-paul · Spanner Monkey Joined: 03 Feb 2009 Karma :

Can't understand the voiceover as Japanese but I just liked the old school vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqLoVpHpKIw

And this one - got to love the music in this one Laughing

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U3TF3GOKbc

Wanted the bike before seeing the vids but watched them many times since.
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