swooshdave

Look, I fully understand the value of audio. I know you are just trying to provide constructive criticism but.. a) I'm not the owner of the channel, I just contribute. The owner will never see your comments. b) Shooting unscripted and ad hoc in a difficult environment is a massive challenge. You do the best you can. If you watch other videos on that channel you'll see that in a controlled environment more care is taken with the audio. c) In the rapid world of YouTube getting the content out far outweighs scrutinizing every edit point. No one is getting paid here, it's just a hobby. Life is short, enjoy the amateur videos for what they are. Heidenau tires have actually been feature on the channel. So yes, they are here.

Mike had no idea who Peter Egan was. I was reading Peter in Road & Track when I was in Jr. High and later in Cycle World. So for me it was awesome to get him on camera. For you non-Norton people it was equally special to get Brian Slark too. While now he is the curator for the museum back in the day he worked at Norton. And he later had a dealership in CA. One of my Nortons has his sticker on the side cover.

Here's the second (and last) installment for your enjoyment... or in some cases, a source of ire. This one has some very well known names being interviewed.

The reality is that he went there with just the idea of capturing video and it was my fault for coming up with the interviews. So we did the best with what we had. Which was not a lot. He had to massively tweak the audio to take out the excessive noise of racing bikes, etc. If you heard the raw audio you would be impressed it came out at all.

I am very fortunate to be able to go with my brother and my friends.

There is nothing wrong with the editing. You are just expressing your personal preference. And sometimes you don't have the right gear at the right time. It happens. Getting good sound at an event like that is nearly impossible for anyone but professionals and even then it would be a challenge. You should know that if you know anything about audio.

I think the HD will be at the next Mecum...

Part One: Second Part next week.

Sweet talking in French is outside my wheelhouse.

Sorry, yes, let me attempt to clarify. I went to lunch and then dropped by my friends house. I shut the bike off for 5-10 mins. Started the bike up to leave. Got about a block or so away and it sputtered. Bike was definitely warm. Pulled over and shut the bike off. Restarted the bike and it ran fine. One the way home (it's about a 15 minute ride in total) I went around a corner and caught the oil light on for a second. It went out and I noted it. Did not reappear. Have not checked oil level yet. Have not ridden it since. Mostly the post is about how people really shouldn't be like me and neglect the maintenance. Ironically I grabbed the Norton later for another ride and it had a similar sputter. Turned out to be a loose spark plug wire. It wasn't my day. Which is too bad as the weather was perfect.

I got it the first time.

I see that some of you, including Roper, have forgotten that because of my nagging there was a more recent run of plates. So yes, it has a plate. Could it be a little low on oil? I will check. Did I really forget to post the wire bracket thing?

But I don't even like BMWs...

Would the side stand cause it to sputter and then die? Or just die immediately? I didn't touch the side stand when I restarted it. I did touch the side stand switch wiring recent to clean up the routing. Relays were addressed when I got the bike. It sputtered like it was out of gas which made me think fuel pump since it had gas. But my experience with fuel pumps is they just keel over (although I've had some that you could tap with a hammer to get them to start back up).

I rode over and met some guys for lunch today. Beautiful weather. As I headed off to come back home the bike sputtered and then died. I checked and there was gas. I restarted it and it was mostly uneventful on the way home. The oil pressure light came on for a second but then immediately went out around a corner. I will admit I treat this thing like a Honda. Put gas in it and ride. There's probably a maintenance list that I'm completely ignoring. That might be catching up to me... I should probably change the oil (not because of age but miles). Or at least check to see if it has oil. I suppose my biggest fear is the original fuel pump will fail at some point. At least I think that's my biggest fear.

I definitely spotted the ethanol free pumps. I have yet to try the brisket but I hear it's great. One the guys got the brisket sandwich and they said it was as advertised.

If you haven't been it's a bucket list item. The pictures do it no justice. From Tennessee you have no excuse not to go.

When we went in 2021 we stopped at Bucee's and had no idea what it was like inside so we just sat in the car. Since then I have been fully exposed to Bucee's and made the guys go in. Minds blown. $4000 and it had about 45k miles. I thought that was... bold.

I'll post a link to the videos when they get published. They will be pretty epic if I do say so myself.