We really appreciate the interest in the video and all the comments and likes. If you are thumbing the vid down, why not drop a comment in the reply and let us know why so we can do better next time? Best wishes, Richard and carol
@graemebowyer4901
25 минут бұрын
Very enjoyable, liked the commentary-no dreadful music, well done. Brought back many memories, Fizzy, RD 250 LC etc. Thank you.
@flatcapcaferacer
4 сағат бұрын
These bikes bring back a lot of good memories and smiles. I heard the CX 650 got the nickname because the fairing was made from ABS plastiic instead of GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) sometimes referring as fiberglass. Great video and very popular too.
@Banditmanuk
2 сағат бұрын
Quite a few theories on the CX650 & 500's nickname, I actually like the bike and the unusual engine configuration. I think many older riders feel connected to many of the 70s to 90s machines, hence the popularity and views here on KZitem. I still find it very difficult to understand why some videos like this take off in views??
@flatcapcaferacer
2 сағат бұрын
@@Banditmanuk You both do a great job, teamwork 👍 My buddy Roy has 1983 CX650 fitted with a new shock and if the weather holds he promised I could ride it.
@eddiehowarth8123
22 сағат бұрын
This brings back some happy memories this was when biking changed from using a bike for transport to pleasure and enjoyment a great video thank you
@Banditmanuk
22 сағат бұрын
@eddiehowarth8123 Thanks for watching. The bikes from the 70s onwards mean so much to ourselves (me being 60). The bikes we lusted after as teenagers, the bikes we got to work on, and now later in life can afford to own again.
@johnbellamy6449
11 сағат бұрын
enjoyed the walk round with you , instant memories from the start , had a kawasaki A R 80 ,a black one . a Suzuki G T 750 same colour , orange , fitted a used Watsonian G P Sports sidecar to it . thanks for the excellent coverage .
@Banditmanuk
10 сағат бұрын
@johnbellamy6449 That's brilliant, John. The guy on the AR stand was so friendly and such a talent. You've had a chance to ride some brilliant bikes over the years
@mum-0217
18 сағат бұрын
It was a blast from the past with some great iconic examples of bikes restored to stunning condition. An absolute credit to the owners for spending so much time and attention to detail, also a big thanks to you both of you for a great video and day out.
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
It's a little overwhelming, all the comments for our little channel. We do appreciate all the kind words on the video. The praise should really be heaped on the owners and restorers of these beautiful bikes. They certainly take many of us of a certain age down memory lane
@mototoki
12 сағат бұрын
Looks like a grand day out!!! I've always fancied the RE5, for no other reason than I've never ridder a rotary bike and I do love driving the RX8!
@Banditmanuk
10 сағат бұрын
@mototoki I've always thought the same about the RE5. I've met and chatted on this channel to motorcycle rotary engine guru Brian Crighton. He was the guy who developed the Norton racing engine. He's still building his own super light race bikes using the tiny but powerful Wankel engine. Suzuki ploughed massive resources into developing this engine, only for it to be ultimately a sales disaster.
@TheWurks
18 сағат бұрын
Great video, you edited quick! Ours will be out next week. Thanks for the shoutout and showing our channel. It was awesome to catch up with you both. I can recommend the custard pastry from that cake stall! Hope you had a good time at the show.
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
Great to meet and chat. I did think we had serious competition when we saw you both with cameras in hand. I stayed up to midnight to edit and uploaded the huge 4k file overnight. We skipped buying the pastry, watching our waistlines 🤣🤣 Yep we enjoyed the show and we are hoping to have a vid out next Saturday on the Bonhams auction. £10 each extra to get in there! The video better make numbers
@05gt99
20 сағат бұрын
Richard is such a smooth talker , with lines to Carol including ‘do you want to see the air cooled or liquid cooled 2 strokes?’. Great video , thanks for sharing.
@Banditmanuk
20 сағат бұрын
She's gradually understanding motorcycles, it is an ongoing education. I've been trying to explain the difference between a wankle engine and a piston engine. Think she's just about got it now. 😉😉
@IanTed
22 сағат бұрын
Brings back some memories, some really rare kit in there, my late brother in law had a ‘kettle’😀
@Banditmanuk
22 сағат бұрын
@IanTed To be honest, I just focused on the bikes I personally love. It's such a shame that emissions did for the two-strokes.
@anythingoldmechanical
15 сағат бұрын
I were there, as usual- poured down all morning. Ive never been there yet, when the weather is pleasant.
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
Yep. As we got out the car it wasn't raining. Carol of course said I'm putting me coat on. Me, no it's stopped raining I'll be fine! 20mins queuing in the rain!!!!! We still enjoyed the day and met plenty of folks to talk rubbish about bikes to.
@Peakwanderer
23 сағат бұрын
Phil Holme works full time restoring AR's for a living, his attention to detail is incredible, I had a red AR80 which I wish I'd never sold, I've got no chance of ever finding it though because I can't for the life of me remember the reg and I've no photos of it. To me very pretty super light bikes. A tad on the small side for you Richard 😊
@Banditmanuk
23 сағат бұрын
@Peakwanderer He was a good sport talking to us. Interesting guy and his AR50 looked immaculate up close up. Sadly I'm too big for lots of bikes 😳
@crumblymal8479
22 сағат бұрын
What a day guys queued in the wet and cold seen some fabulous bikes found no spares for my project so a bit disappointed there . Probably the first and last time and left just as it was starting to dry up I think maybe move it to earlier in the year 😉I'll just watch your coverage in future although if you want a project to play with there were some good examples there to buy .all I bought was a small oil can not even a drink or a bite to eat 😂 with those road works near bye I'll bet getting out would perhaps have been painful later too I did think that to just look around the auction would cost a minimum of £10 was a bit rich so didn't bother with that .😏👍
@RichardASK
22 сағат бұрын
There is an earlier show in April!
@Banditmanuk
22 сағат бұрын
@crumblymal8479 Yep, we got wet waiting to go in. Carol, being sensible, had her jacket, I didn't! Food & drink were really expensive there, and the coffee in the restaurant upstairs tasted b/awful! Sorry we didn't spot you walking around. We were a bit shocked at the cost to enter the auction. It was £5.00 for both of us last time. We did pay the £10.00 each to enter. We will have a separate vid next weekend of that. We are hoping we will get enough views through Google ad revenue to pay us back.
@emamotorbiker
18 сағат бұрын
Back to the seventies. I see many models that I have owned. Sweet memories, but to be honest: modern bikes ride better.
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
I do agree. I had an XS250 back in 81 that I spent more time push starting than electric starting. Both Carol and myself run modern bikes, street Triple and MT10 that are over 8 years old and at 40,000 miles both still reliable both handle great. Tyre tech has moved on making things less scary as well.
@ayugaleri
21 сағат бұрын
Hello 👋 it's Great sharing 👌👍 have a nice day 👍
@Banditmanuk
20 сағат бұрын
Hello. Every day is a nice day on a motorcycle
@MrBeracah
17 сағат бұрын
I owned that metallic green 1973 Honda cb350, great wee bike.
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
It must be great seeing it again. It certainly caught our eye and is a credit to it's owner and former owners. Thanks for watching our vid
@bally632
19 сағат бұрын
Always like your show videos, nice clear footage and relaxing to watch 👏👏
@Banditmanuk
19 сағат бұрын
Thanks. It's just us wandering around the show chatting. Pleased you enjoyed it
@theoldman9709
21 сағат бұрын
Great video again on the show. Thank you for sharing
@Banditmanuk
21 сағат бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍
@2wheelsrbest327
20 сағат бұрын
Thank you both so much for another excellent video. If the Stafford Show has a problem , its that there are so many great bikes to see and as I believe you said how on earth are they all so immaculate. Its probably never going to happen but the Barber bike museum USA is on my bucket list to visit as they have so many bikes but the Stafford Show must be a smaller version of it. Thanks again.
@Banditmanuk
20 сағат бұрын
The great thing about the Stafford Show is it allows so many privately owned bikes to be shown together. These have been fettled and restored by individuals in their garages and sheds. It's an all consuming passion and I'm glad these bikes get shown together in public. We are lucky here in central England. we have the National Motorcycle Museum only 30 minutes away. That contains a massive treasure trove of bikes produced in this country for the last 125 years. Thanks for watching our little channel and this vid
@RichardASK
22 сағат бұрын
Lovely vid. Richard and Carol. Got there too late at 3pm Saturday, but just about to go back for a better look around today (Sunday). Quite pleased both my BSA and FB left my collection at the Bonhams auction.
@Banditmanuk
21 сағат бұрын
@RichardASK We did film your bikes and there will be an auction vid up next Saturday where hopefully we can add some sales figures too. Be interested to see what the HRD lot 297 Vincent makes.
@Stefan_trekkie
22 сағат бұрын
Tom Cruise rode GPz 900r in the movie.. I had one too. The 1000 and 1100 came out later. My first bike Kawasaki KZ 250 is nowhere to be seen, on any retro show so far .. It's been forgotten.
@Banditmanuk
21 сағат бұрын
@Stefan_trekkie I'm glad someone has given me the Tom Cruise details. Cheers. Each time I film these shows, I'm surprised by spotting a machine I didn't know even existed Thanks for watching, I'll keep a look out for a KZ250
@inverlane1939
13 сағат бұрын
Wonderful video and it looks a really good show 😊👍
@Banditmanuk
13 сағат бұрын
@@inverlane1939 Thanks for watching 👍
@michaellilley6725
17 сағат бұрын
A wonderful display of bikes, thanks for taking the time and forking out a small fortune to bring a record of it to us. There certainly were some bikes there that I didn't know about and stunning looking they were too. The bloke that spent £22,000 renovating that bike may struggle to see a return for his money, it certainly looked the Bee's knees but in a declining market will it fetch what he expects?
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
Talking about spending a fortune. It cost us another £10 each this year to get into the Bonhams auction there. I'm just editing that vid for next Saturday adding in the actual sold prices compared to the estimates. We're really hoping that video does viewing numbers to try and re-coup the entry cost.
@MotoMark55
13 сағат бұрын
Thanks for featuring the gorgeous ZXR750 for me! One of my favourite bikes of all time 🥰 I seem to remember reading recently that the shape of the CX500's rear end gave rise to its nickname. Not sure if that's true or not! One of several theories out there. Really enjoy your channel - keep up the good work 😉👍
@Banditmanuk
13 сағат бұрын
@MotoMark55 I'm just pleased we found the right bike after asking for suggestions. Plenty of theories on the plastic maggot name already in the comments. I'm not sure I can keep pace with the comments on this video!
@paulheptonstall52
12 сағат бұрын
Great video loved it 👍
@Banditmanuk
10 сағат бұрын
Cheers Paul, thanks for watching 👍
@philipashley1517
15 сағат бұрын
Omg I watched your video last year😮 where's 12 months gone😂👍👍
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
And I turned 60 this year! Our philosophy is keep doing the things you want to do while you are able. Thanks for watching, even if it's only our Stafford show videos. (we have the auction vid coming up next Saturday from the Bonhams auction at Stafford)
@stephenanderson4603
15 сағат бұрын
Great 👍
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
Thanks, appreciate you watching
@John-c1n9t
21 сағат бұрын
Burger £10 Fork Cough!
@Banditmanuk
20 сағат бұрын
😂😂👍
@rustyblade5845
20 сағат бұрын
The CX 500 was not received very favourably in 1978 and instantly gained the nickname because it was perceived to be slow unsightly and wet. But went on to sell over 300 000 units with examples achieving over 200 000 miles.
@Banditmanuk
20 сағат бұрын
Arr. Amazing isn't it that from such a poorly received bike, it goes to almost cult status. It also shows journalists aren't always correct at bike launches. I doubt we will ever see a new piston layout motorcycle engine in the modern era now. Parallel twins or nothing .....
@leeandjancruise
21 сағат бұрын
I don't visit Stafford anymore, been there, shown my bikes and been successful every visit, just seem to have lost the restoration interest but I do enjoy your tour around every year. Some of my restorations are on KZitem.
@Banditmanuk
20 сағат бұрын
I've been visiting and filming at the classic bike shows for many years. Your bikes many well be somewhere on an older vid. Restoration is extremely time consuming and rarely pays you back for the hours invested (a little like us making KZitem vids) Carol does tell me there are other things in life. Glad you've enjoyed the brief tour. I'm editing the auction room video now for next Saturday. It will be interesting to see if classics are still holding their values. I will include final sold for prices
@leeandjancruise
19 сағат бұрын
@@Banditmanuk Correct restorations are ridiculously expensive and time consuming especially with the rarer Japanese models I chose to restore, showing at Stafford and other locations around the U.K. was an expensive weekend with van hire, diesel, decent accommodation, eating out etc. The inflated parts costs from across the globe mainly from the U.S.A. with stupid shipping charges for the restorations plus the time put into a restoration isn't always appreciated by many at the shows but I did it as a hobby, loved the rewards and always rode what I restored and enjoyed the challenge. Looking forward to your next vlog to see how prices are going. Today I own just one bike, a Ducati Scrambler Sixty2, modern from what I'm used to, requires very little polishing, just a wash now and again.
@Banditmanuk
19 сағат бұрын
@@leeandjancruise Carol & I ride a Triumph Street Triple and an MT10 respectively. So far both completely reliable after 8 years and 40.000 miles. Wash them, ride them, enjoy them
@richard9444
17 сағат бұрын
Wow that was good
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
Kind of you to say. Thanks for watching
@richard9444
8 сағат бұрын
@@Banditmanuk brought me back to my youth 😂, regards Richard London..
@deancarpenter1575
9 сағат бұрын
9.15 on a saturday morning, yes its quiet at that time, but cant believe all the large gaps between the stalls, you can drive a car through there now, says it all over pricing on the stalls..
@Banditmanuk
8 сағат бұрын
@@deancarpenter1575 You may well be correct. Perhaps if any of the stall holders are viewing, they may like to comment......
@John-c1n9t
21 сағат бұрын
If only Bike shops sold this lot now!
@Banditmanuk
20 сағат бұрын
Yep. Sadly our leaders want us to go electric or public transport. I think my generation had the best of the motorcycle scene
@tojj29
22 сағат бұрын
Love these vids. Those CBX's were amazing machines. There's one sat in a garage over the road from me along with a few other old bikes. The owner died and his family are still deciding what to do with them. Honda did do a turbo in the CX500, there's one here in my video kzitem.info/news/bejne/0qp-3qh4n2eal3Y Great walk round and it brings back brilliant memories of days of old. Not sure about that Yamasaki though! Great video again guys, even serenaded at the end.🤣🤣
@Banditmanuk
21 сағат бұрын
@tojj29 Didn't realise they did the turbo in the 500. Nice place that in your vid, great breakfast 👌 Perhaps time will be kinder to the Yamasaki?? Thanks for watching
@MrBeracah
17 сағат бұрын
We here in ni called the Suzuki gt750 the water bucket.
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
I think the Americans call them water Buffalos. The sign above the stand was the Kettle Club so I'm sticking with that
@besenwieslersepp1011
18 сағат бұрын
The english word for the german name of the Honda CX modells is: "slurry pump". Because the crowd was still sceptic about watercooled bikes.
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
I told Carol the people of the comments section would know these things. thanks for watching
@kevinmurtagh3434
12 сағат бұрын
Not as busy as I expected,
@Banditmanuk
10 сағат бұрын
@kevinmurtagh3434 It's a bit of an illusion. We did the bulk of filming early before the crowds. The main hall got really packed, especially when the rain was at it's hardest late morning.
@paullee6663
7 сағат бұрын
Err...nope..... Tom Cruise in Top Gun rode the iconic GPZ900R ..... Hard to get our heads around, but back then a 17 year old could ride a Kawasaki KH250 or a Yamaha RD250 that would do a standing quarter of a mile in 15 seconds or so....😲 Which I think was Porsche Carrera type speeds....My mate had a KH250 ....I had a Yamaha RS100 🤣
@Banditmanuk
2 сағат бұрын
@paullee6663 I know, I've already been put right on Tom Cruise 😳👍 I was about the last of the lads allowed a 250 on Ls. I briefly had an XS250 (junk) then a mighty RD250LC. This was 81. Think they went to 125 max soon after.
@grahamparker9470
13 сағат бұрын
The white Kawasaki is not a KH....they were gutless compared to the 72 range ,i rode them all from new,,the white one was an S1 250,in pearlescent white,the 72 350 was known as the S2 was 45hp ,early one it was detuned after 72. They are completely different animals to the KH range..all detuned sadly
@Banditmanuk
13 сағат бұрын
@@grahamparker9470 I'm always happy to stand corrected. Thanks for the info and for watching
@cliveomahoney4096
8 сағат бұрын
What on Earth is that triple engine doing in a RD frame??!!!? It's the most perverse thing I've ever seen. I had a KH 250 back in the day. My pals had RDs. Their bikes were much better than mine; I went for the looks.
@Banditmanuk
8 сағат бұрын
@cliveomahoney4096 You may well have picked up on my shock in seeing that unholy matrimony. I guess the owner can do what they like, but not everyone is going to like it. Especially as the original RD engine would have been better than the older Kwak unit. I do love the looks of the original complete Kawasaki air-cooled triples
@timmytackle9181
14 сағат бұрын
I had to wait years to afford my Honda 6 It was in very good condition cost many thousands and whilst it didn’t have any problems it was a complete disaster ! It didn’t stop it couldn’t corner and wouldn’t go ! Don’t meat your hero’s you’ll be disappointed!
@Banditmanuk
14 сағат бұрын
We often look through rose tinted glasses. I'm sure my RD250LC I had in 81 wouldn't feel as magnificent now as I thought it did then. I keep thinking about getting a CBX1000. Carol reminds me my MT10 has been trouble free for 8 years. Thanks for watching
@timmytackle9181
14 сағат бұрын
@@Banditmanuk mmm I see your point …….. but I’ve had my trophy 1200 since 91 and it’s never failed to put a smile on my face and my 93 Daytona still scares the world out of me
@grahamparker9470
13 сағат бұрын
It was obviously junk..watch 1978 castrol 6 hour at amaroo Park...standard bikes or you've been spoilt riding modern bikes , got 2 cbx1000 and I've ridden them since 1978...and get the pimples on the edge of the tyres worn off...most people scared of the size, OR dropping it so never ride it properly ,plastic swing arm bushes usually worn out ,and engine mounting bolts not tight.. they handle like shit then 😅
@timmytackle9181
13 сағат бұрын
@@grahamparker9470 no they all handle like shit due to frames made out of spaghetti mine was a good bike and I had it checked at the dealers and was told that they are all the same and that my expectations were to high as they were considered to be poor even when new
@chr11sf
10 сағат бұрын
👍
@stevenharris7788
15 сағат бұрын
I e just got back from the show a bit disappointed not as good as the last one
@Banditmanuk
15 сағат бұрын
Maybe not the amount of stuff there as last time. At least they got the folks arriving by bikes onto hard tarmac standing. The slick grass in previous years has been a nightmare. Last year £5.00 got two people into the auction side. This year £10 each!
@stevenharris7788
14 сағат бұрын
@@Banditmanuk yes absolutely I was glad off the hard standing and I could put the things I bought on my bike so I didn’t have to carry them all day yes I liked that but in my opinion it needs more variety on the stalls it’s great for tools but that’s it really and I do enjoy seeing the old bikes and clubs
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