@Wyrmjello
The scary thing is that I’ve owned a number of these motorcycles. If I remember correctly, the TDM had two springs on its mono shock. One was in constant use, but the other was only engaged by a lever to increase spring preload when you were carrying a passenger. The Yamaha vision had a heater, ducting, hot air from the radiator onto your lower legs. And do you remember the Suzuki Tempter? It had a variable mass flywheel! Maybe you could do a video on obscure motorcycle features that fell by the wayside.
@JohnJohnson-ML574
I had a Yamaha seca 650 turbo back in the day. The engine ran strong, I could cruise around as long as i didn't get crazy with the throttle. If I let the rpm's get to high the bike would dump the oil out of the case right throught the turbo and out the exhaust. 😢
@katanamaki9015
One of my favorite bikes I owned was a 1986 VFR750 Interceptor with the gear driven cams.
@mikehester9902
That gold and black fully faired Vision was my first bike. I am hella impressed that you even know about it, nobody else does! 1983 and it had a monoshock in the rear, air adjusted forks, shaft drive (but it had a pronounced nose dive on decel), it had 18" rims front and back, and I used a set of Pirelli Phantoms complete with tubes, (damn thing would turn on a dime), liquid cooled, and the most quirky, it had heater vents on the lower front fairings for the legs. Had a very unique exhaust note. I wish I still had that bike, I'll bet there's less than 100 running in the USA now.
@EaastonCams
I have a 2003 kawasaki Zr7S, not turbo at all but its built off those models and has that retro look, easy to work on, take apart, neutral finder and more. Very glad it was my first bike ❤
@thagingerninjer5391
Honda has always been the king of v4’s. Why they didn’t put one in the triple r is beyond me. That bike with v4 sounds and Honda reliability would DECIMATE everyone else on sales.
@thejalderman
I had a Transalp for a few years. Sold it 5 years ago. I can attest it is one of the greatest motorcycles ever built. It’s amazing!
@p.k.862
Yamaha TDM 850 is THE bike I made my riding licence on 🙂. Amazing bike.
@josephrockey2000
Wahoo! Cool dude, racing fool, Yammie Noob! A brand new one, and fresh! Pushed me to a VTX1300 last summer. Thank you! I owe you one!
@nonyabusiness4151
The VFR is the greatest bike ever made. Yammie really should do a 5th or 4th gen as a giveaway. The TL1000R is competing with the Ducati Streetfighter as the prettiest bike of all time.
@stefanilie3122
Haha the TL1000 engine, suuuper cool engine with huge torque and nice sound, I have a Cagiva Raptor 1000 which uses the TL engine and it’s a lot of fun, reliable and smooth gearshifts
@bluevalkyrie2517
0:27 The Yamaha ZV550 Vision was half a VMAX, or maybe the VMAX was a DOUBLE VISION ! 🤣 Also honorable mention to HONDA RC51.
@84gssteve
Yup, yup, yup! Now you are speaking my language. I'd take (or already have!) ANY of these bikes. The Transalp (and PC800) are both bikes I've hunted for a long time. Anybody with one, will rarely sell it. Same goes for the TDM, I've had mine for 15 years. While heavy it's a capable ADV bike that also tours well. Many have asked to buy it, but I'm not selling. GPZ turbos are almost unobtanium, but VF750's are still out there and make for a great retro sportbike, if not a bit complex to work on.
@JeepsCafe
Glad to see the TransAlp, always wanted one back in the day. Now seeing it again has sparked a flame. Going to check out some adventure bikes this weekend. Excellent video!
@Perry_dAccard
Fun fact: The BMW K100 engine came from a French econobox (Peugeot 104, if I remember correctly). BMW was under pressure from Japan and wanted to be able to compete in the four cylinder segment. Budget and time was tight at the time and the little Peugeot engine was light and compact enough to squeeze it into a bike, although in a slightly awkward configuration. The Germans being German, they modified it with a dry sump and a slightly too powerful EFI from the 3-series. It would pump around too much fuel, causing the fuel to get warm in the tank, which was a bit of an inconvenience on a hot day. But it worked, those bikes are bulletproof, comfy and still fast enough.
@juanmurillo33
I love my k75s ❤ I love that more people are talking about the k series bikes now
@photographerjonathan
My 1984 Ninja 900 was the first Ninja Kawasaki ever put out with that name. and it was a great bike. people everywhere were drooling over it. and after that bike came out. all the other companies were trying to put out something to compete with it's looks and performance. I wish Kawasaki would make a modern day copy in 2025. instead of there Z900 and Z900 retro. I really loved that bike.
@101pathfinder
First street bike I ever owned, a 1983 Honda Interceptor 750, $3695 OTD.
@YAMR1M
Your comments about the Honda VF750F and the later VFR750 are way off when describing the actual bikes. The VF750F was the first superbike 750 and won more races than almost any other single model in AMA Superbike racing. Honda built a specific race kit and even sold a specific race kitted bike which was the VF750RK (RaceKit) which used parts from the Honda RS500 and NS500 GP bike as well as HRC built exhaust system which was so complex that if you damaged one section you had to replace the whole system. The bike was ridden by the likes of Freddie Spencer, Mike Baldwin and Fred Merkle. Even Wayne Rainey raced on the later fully faired VFR750F which was so good that Ron Haslam took one from the showroom at the Transatlantic match races and raced the showroom bike with stock exhaust at a wet Donnington Park and was leading much of the race. The VF750 was the superbike to have until the Yamaha FZ750 and GSXR750 first came out. The VF was the bike that lead to the Honda domination with the RC30 being the ultimate Honda V4. The RVF750 was the start of the end for the Honda V4's. Please do your homework....
@Schenevey2