Comments by "Uhtred" (@uhtred7860) on "Donut" channel.

  1.  @tommurphy4307  He never said the teacher told the kids that, the kids might have found out through hearing their parents gossip.
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  2. Yep, i owned a 1990 ZXR250R that had a 19,000 rev limit, it was boringly reliable despite getting the living shit thrashed out of it. The guy i sold it to still owns and rides it, never had a problem. Hondas RC148 125cc five and RC115 50cc twin from the 1960s Gran Prix years revved to 21,000 rpm on standard valve train. But "Doocahtees are Badaasss" :-)
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  3. Fun fact, thats Absolute bullshit . A simple Wikipedia search and you would have seen this "The brand was given its name because the original die-cast Matchbox toys were sold in boxes similar to those in which matches were sold."
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  4.  @RTSRAZORBACK  It was the same in the 90s with their bikes, they built amazing 250 and 400cc bikes for the domestic market that were much higher spec than the 600s the rest of the world got. we used to squeeze a few bikes in the containers bring cars back from Japan. New Zealand drives on the Left, same as Japan so JDM imports are really popular, My Father and Uncle ran a import business for 20 years, from the late 80s to early 2000s, buying Japanese 2nd hand cars in Japan and bringing them into New Zealand for the 2nd hand dealers. They were far better than the "taxi pack" ones sold new here. 80% were family cars like Corollas and Accords etc, but later, once they realised sporty cars were not only selling but made good profit, they started buying EVOs, VR4 Gallants, WRX STI's, Pulsar GTi-R's, RX-7s the odd GTR Skyline. And there was so much to choose from! You could take your pick. I bought a Nissan Pulsar GTi-R on a buying trip with my Uncle, it was one the best car ive owned, only 20,000 Km and loaded with Japanese tuning house goodies.
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  5. Corgi and Dinki toy cars were what i loved, they were a bigger scale that MB/HW about 1/43 scale, I had some real cool ones, the James Bond DB7 with working ejector seat that fired a little passenger out the roof, and revolving number plates and machine guns that popped out the grill was my favourite.
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  6. Matchbox where better quality and the cars more realistic, plus they made bigger scale ones too, (King size) then they went bust like Dinky and Corgi (2 of the best die cast toy makers EVER) and manufacturing moved out of England to China, the rest is history, compared to the Lesney made ones, todays ones are cheat crap.
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  7. Fast Honda cars just didn't appear out of nowhere, Honda started in motorcycles and racing and Honda has done some amazing engineering, In 1965, Honda unveiled an incredible machine. It demonstrated just how good Honda engineers were. Boasting five cylinders with a bore measuring a minuscule 34.0mm and a stroke of just 27.5mm, this machine had one of the smallest cylinder bores Honda had ever attempted. And it revved to an unheard-of 21,000-rpm redline. Into this 1.33 inch diameter cylinder Honda stuffed four tiny valves and a centrally located spark plug. The next year, Honda engineers made minor changes to the bore/stroke figures, raising the redline to 21,500 rpm. Then there was the RC166, Powered by a four-stroke, DOHC, 24-valve inline six-cylinder engine, the 250-class RC166 roared its way through six open megaphone exhaust pipes all the way up to its 18,000 RPM power peak in a way that wouldn't be replicated until Formula 1 engine makers began experimenting with pneumatic valve gear and equally high engine speeds in the mid-1990s. Also the NR750 road bike, built to show how clever Honda was and an offshoot of the disastrous NR500 GP bike. Soichiro Honda hated 2 strokes and tried to build a 4 stroke to beat the dominant 2 strokes in GP racing, but the rulebook at the time said it had to have 500cc and 4 cylinders, so he made a 4 cylinder V8 that revved to 21,000 rpm. It had oval bores and pistons, each piston has 2 conrods and eight valves. It was a disaster in racing, but as technology advanced they fixed the problems and made the 750cc NR750 road bike. Google these bikes, the engineering is incredible
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  8.  @jimjimmy3131  In the 60s Honda was winning GPs on the RC148 125cc five cylinder and RC115 50cc twin that revved to 21,000 RPM on standard valve springs. By the late 80s you could buy production bikes that revved to 19,000 RPM, The time (if there ever was one) of having any benefit over the much simpler spring is long passed. Its like you said, a marketing ploy.
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  9. 2:20 We got it as the GPZ (Gee Pee Zed😄) 900R, no "Ninja" tag, that was the time the U.S had the monopoly on silly names for bikes, Interceptor, Maxim, Sabre, Magna, Intruder etc.🤣
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  10. A forward-facing intake can indeed convert high air velocity into extra power, The problem for street bikes is the gain from ram air at 160 mph, (rarely attained on the street) is only around 3 percent, this indicates that for older production bikes this is more fashion than function, but it also provides cooler, denser air into the airbox which is beneficial to efficiency. Modern ram air ducts are mounted centrally, copying Moto GP practise, where the air pressure is highest, and routed through the steering head. Early twin ram air intakes like the Hayabusa's were mounted either side were the air pressure is lower, as a way to get around the issue of routing the air through the headstock.
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  11. My 2 cents for whats its worth. I loved Ducatis, My older brother had a few including a 1000 mille MHR that he still owns. So I saved and bought a 750ss in 96 after 10 years of owning riding Japanese bikes, (and one tractor...sorry, 71 Triumph Bonnie:-). Bought it brand new from the importer/dealer and after 6 months they bought it back for the purchase price due to it being a steaming pile of shit. There were many problems, but the ones i can remember the best are. It would never run correct, and would drop to one cylinder if i was caught in the rain, the bearings in the swingarm pivot were loose and installed wrong. The wiring harness was installed by an idiot (maybe the whole bike was built by one) and had to be replaced due to damage done at the factory, then, the final nail in the coffin was when i had it in to the dealer for a real bad vibration, and the mechanic had it out test riding it, the rear cylinder called enough and shat itself. The dealer called it a "Built on friday afternoon" bike. Ended up buying a Suzuki GSX-R750 with the refund, it ran faultlessly the whole time i had it, and was FAST. I know Ducati have got there shit together since the 90s, but it really put a damper on my thoughts about buying another.
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  12. How Harley riders think people react when they drive by. :-)) https://youtu.be/ylhsbfQTPDQ
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  13. @Dirk Platinum Thats 100% correct. but in this case its correct on why they were called Matchbox.
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