[NVDucati]

Here is the kind of stuff I like to watch on YourTub  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5NNbivFreU

Great video.
I'm a big fan of the TV series "How Its Made".
I'm even guilty of watching some processes frame by frame. 

[Stanley]

I find myself enjoying the witty banter of the more verbose Campfire threads. They often remind me of a performer I loved as a child. His motto, "Where there is death, there is hope" still charms me. He survived the Nazis but not old age.

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

[GlennF]

Some of the more recent YouTube short movies around are almost Theatre level in production quality -

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

[cyrusb]

Great video.
I'm a big fan of the TV series "How Its Made".
I'm even guilty of watching some processes frame by frame. 

[Hoiho]

The most persistent motorcycle cop chase ever recorded:  https://youtu.be/r5m-acPxntc?t=83

[NVDucati]

The most persistent motorcycle cop chase ever recorded:  https://youtu.be/r5m-acPxntc?t=83

Wow, good one Hoiho.

[Hoiho]

Wow, good one Hoiho.

It may actually have been the 2021 Brazilian MotoGP - seemed to be about the right number of laps

[zimmemr]

It may actually have been the 2021 Brazilian MotoGP - seemed to be about the right number of laps

Incredible, the bad guy was a hell of a rider, and his passenger had a pair on him. The cop bikes seemed to be a little underpowered, especially since the bad guy looked to be on a Honda Hawk or one if it's clones. I suspect he took quite a beating before it was over.

[gizzo]

The scumbag can ride...

[Bilgemaster]

Thanks Hoiho! That was bracing.

Speaking of bracing, forgive me if it's already been mentioned, but here's a looksee at one of those new Enfield twins with the Hitchcocks 865 big bore kit and sundries: https://youtu.be/TbgLQgmMmIA. Verdict's in: It's a "Commandoesque Beast." It also answers the question posed uniquely to Yankee owners owing to trademark shenanigans with Honda sitting on the "Interceptor" moniker hereabouts, "What do I do with those stupid "INT650" stickers?" Answer: Just install the big bore kit, and then add an "A" and maybe jam in an apostrophe for grammatical OCD sufferers to make it "AIN'T650".

MY question about that video is whether the Dan fellow from Hitchcocks appearing in it is the very same as our Forum Admin "Dantheman". He's the guy who actually keeps the trains running, goes mano a mano with those electro-gremlins on our behalf, and just continually improves this joint. As a Mod I deal with Dan rather a lot, so it'd be nice to pin a face to the name.

[Karl Fenn]

Well it can only be true, the man is a one off genius.

[GlennF]

Another analysis of why Harley Davidson are allegedly dying out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wlMHe2prU8

[gizzo]

An engine one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jno7q5h5hQI

[Nitrowing]

Another analysis of why Harley Davidson are allegedly dying out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wlMHe2prU8

The guy does a pretty fair analysis, not as deep as fortnine...
The simple issue is that I don't know any rider under 40 who wants a HD. I don't know anyone who wants to pay that much for a technological dinosaur either.

My 87 FXRS had a full shopping list of upgrades - carb, pipe, seat, exhaust, brakes, ignition, shocks etc and was... meh, alright I suppose.

How do you sell an expensive HD to a 29 year old that wants fast, reliable thrills
You can't.
How do you sell a HD to a 50 year old that probably already owns one and goes out for a sunny Sunday potter, maybe 4000 miles a year... a bike that may outlast them?
Target should be mid/late 30 with disposable income and what's going to entice them? Certainly not clichés...
Straight line, traffic light domination. Power. The same as Corvettes, Mustangs etc. Brutal, rubber annihilating launches.

HD need a Rocket3 beating monster.
...or just stick to selling aftershave and toilet seats.

[zimmemr]

The guy does a pretty fair analysis, not as deep as fortnine...
The simple issue is that I don't know any rider under 40 who wants a HD. I don't know anyone who wants to pay that much for a technological dinosaur either.

My 87 FXRS had a full shopping list of upgrades - carb, pipe, seat, exhaust, brakes, ignition, shocks etc and was... meh, alright I suppose.

How do you sell an expensive HD to a 29 year old that wants fast, reliable thrills
You can't.
How do you sell a HD to a 50 year old that probably already owns one and goes out for a sunny Sunday potter, maybe 4000 miles a year... a bike that may outlast them?
Target should be mid/late 30 with disposable income and what's going to entice them? Certainly not clichés...
Straight line, traffic light domination. Power. The same as Corvettes, Mustangs etc. Brutal, rubber annihilating launches.

HD need a Rocket3 beating monster.
...or just stick to selling aftershave and toilet seats.

I think you nailed it.