I started riding 1969 which was a magical time for motorcycles sales and tons of riders on the streets and tracks. I saw the first big drop of riders in 1980s but it is the safety nannies and control freaks who want to decide what is good for you. At 70 years old I'm closer to the end than the middle of my riding career, however I'll go out with my boots on twisting the throttle. I'm still do drag and land speed racing as well street riding and touring.

Alistair, Angus, Arsehole... Yeah that works! 😂😂😂

Oh I was fucked alright 😅 I don't understand why anyone was watching that shit either but hey it was a lot of fun. I guess it's like watching a train wreck ya don't wanna see it but ya gotta find out what happens aye. Thanks again for the tenner Marko, can tell ya now that won't be going towards more Fireball I was power hurling the next morning, poor Danny had to listen to it hahah 😅 Cheers

From the US, after a little over 50 years riding, the trend went from little to bigger, bigger, bigger since the 1970s to now getting smaller, smaller, and smaller. I have loved my full dress Electriglide, but the actual majority of riding is around town.....errands. I find that my Vespa 150 gets the most of my riding time, and the Harley sits unless heading for the horizon. Around town, a 300-pound bike is a lot more fun to run around on rather than the 900-pound one. $6,000 vs $25,000, 90mpg vs 40mpg, and when it's 90 degrees out, all that big, v-twin heat shoots up to your nads while the step through is cooling. As far as the horizon goes, my 33 year old daughter just got her cycle license, and we are heading for a week on the back roads with a pair of 150 scooters (Vespa and a Lance). Sturgis went from a rally to a fashion show. Things like the Small Bore festival, Scooter Cannonball, Amerivespa Rallies are just bringing it back closer to the roots. The thing that seems to be pretty much gone is a tarp, sleeping bag, and a old, cheap bike travel. My daughter's and my upcoming trip will be that. Not that I can't afford a nice hotel, but there is something about that simplicity that makes it a true experience.

I was one of the first generation in the 60's to start 'adventure bike riding' hope I'm not the last😮. ( in nz)

You guys get double the watch time with me. I fall asleep to you on Friday night and watch on Saturday morning

@keithward2521

11 ай бұрын

Me too 😁

@BlakesPipes

11 ай бұрын

@@keithward2521 I get about 20 min and don't remember after that.

Love your views on safety and I absolutely agree. For example, does it really matter if I do 120 on the freeway/highway on a nice sunny day. Should I not pass a truck/caravan/car as quickly as possible if overtaking!? So, in my mind, I have to do what is safe for e first!!!

I think there was a small bump in the downward trend helped by the hipster-with-classic-bikes-especially-Japanese 60s, 70s, and Kawasaki W650/Bonneville boom..Cafe bikes, built on KZread 'etc., but other than that, I see a decline everywhere. Same for a whole bunch of things teens did in the 70s, from playing guitars to DIY electronics, sailing boats, hotting up old cars etc., etc. Drinking beer, playing footy etc. etc. but Angus&s story is very powerful..about the way people approach things now. If there is any possibility that they leave window of vulnerability exposed, they&d rather tear the whole building down. I sold one of my precious two bikes last week.^just in case^...*insurance complications...and also, pollution rules are spoiling a lot of nice bikes. And punishing classic little bikes ..it is OK to drive a huge 4WD diesel or EV with a giant battery that will go to the tip, but it isnot profitable for bike makers to make a lot of cool bikes anymore.

Thanks Mark and Angus, another great podcast. In reference to us been the last generation of riders, I don't believe that we are, I work in logistics and many of the guys and girls I work with are a lot younger then myself. Been an older rider with back issues, I would highly recommend the KLE 500 from Kawasaki, or a Ural 2WD. The Ural is a real people's bike. Keep on riding guy's

Great series guys well done. 🎉👍we watched every one 😊

I think you boys should do another one of them videos where you had all the bikes on cards and stuck them on the board explaining wot category they really enjoyed that years ago bikes options have changed massively since just think it would be good

On point subjects fellas, I really enjoyed this one! Keep up the real talk, no time for heads in the sand..

@maxflight777

11 ай бұрын

Exactly ✅

If everyone stopped speeding and using their phones for a week the country would go broke..

Hi Mark, have you ever thought of upgrading your stock carby to a Mikuni TM40 or TM42 Pumper Carb. Any idea what’s the difference between the both and which one would be better for DR650?

A Damn fine channel. Good Podcast boyz. 👍👍

Golden square. Lol. That would have been me. I thought midnight Wednesday was the cutoff. 😂

well done guys..i stayed watching it..miracle

Jordan Peterson, describes it as ‘doing dangerous things carefully’. He’s a treasure of our time. True Gen Xers sticking it to the woke. 😊

@maxflight777

11 ай бұрын

Brenden… I’m excited to find someone else here who admires him. Best wishes ✅

@CRFLAus

11 ай бұрын

@@maxflight777 I hope you guys have clean rooms!

Mark and Alistair aka Angus; THANKS! You both made me laugh so much about what you said about me...bloody funny The Honda CB500X is a bloody tall seat for short me....I am not in a rush to change bikes; At present I am simply going thru my Tiger removing some things and even charing the batter to a lighter Lithium battery to reduce more weight; Yes we are the last of the Petrol Bike Riders, I will never get an electric bike I want the smell and sound of a petrol engine and modern fuel bikes are now so very efficient. Thanks so much. Love the pod cast....David...Adelaide...Tiger 900GT & Scrambler.

@CRFLAus

11 ай бұрын

Lithium batteries are crazy light weight. I got one for my DRZ and it feels like a packet of cigarettes compared to a 6 pack of beer. Not even joking. Not cheap but worth it.

@davidcauchi2837

11 ай бұрын

@@CRFLAus Thanks I will be doing this, all the little changes help...

Hey Archi look at floating discs,,,Lyndon poskitt kits are available .

Mark, you just have to reach out to the manufacturers social media/marketung departments. As they throw bikes at @HerTwoWheels like panties at a Aerosmith concert.

Nailed it

Hi fellas. I think you hit every topic tonight. On the, are we the last generation of motorcycle riders I think you would find there are still plenty of early riders like we used to. It is just we no longer mix in those circles especially as we get into grand kid zone. Cheers

Harley-Davidson is having a huge problem here is the States because there are a few young riders buying Harleys, but most of their base is aging out of riding. In my area ,3 large dealerships have closed recently.

As a copper who also happens to ride bikes including dirt bikes with 3 kids who also ride. Not all of us just want to rape and pillage the good people. Being in a town in the middle of nowhere, I encourage the kids and adults to ride sensibly along the shoulder and just walk their bike over the road and once out of the town so out of everyone’s way and risk, let it rip! I think it’s bullshit that the govt can’t let kids ride bikes in the bush away from houses etc in the local forest or national park… Perhaps Alistair who now identifies as Angus needs to remember not all cops are c&@ts haha!

@maxflight777

11 ай бұрын

I’m in Portugal .. the police are really understanding wrt dirt bike riders! We are lucky.

@CRFLAus

11 ай бұрын

I think it's great that you use discretion. It's lost on the young coppers, or trained out of them. Profession aside, people who live and work outside of the cities are pretty much better rounded people. Thumbs up fella!

@blackers10

11 ай бұрын

@@CRFLAus its not trained out of them. Just a perspective and way of thinking. I would certainly agree that many coppers who are in outer areas have a different outlook on many things as you aren’t dealing with strangers every day. You are dealing with your community and people you know or see around town.

Would Angus have a go at riding my racv insured KLR650 2022 Adventure bike?

At least we share our sheep 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻lol ...bloody Aussies 👍👍👍

In archery circles we say "All the gear, No idea" hence i shoot all styles of bows and divisions. Not bragging but I'm generally in first place. Apparently i have The Gift. Hope it transfers to motocycling coz im just a Learner 😂

@Dave. Vstrom 650 xt?

Older riders looking to switch to lighter bikes ? Fuck yeah ! I’m 60 and love my CRF450RX ! Road legal and 57HP 107Kg ! It’s changed my life 12:00

G`Day Mark and Angus, I can highly recommend the Honda CB500x for older riders, I am 60 (ish) and only 5ft 8, yes I suffer with ducks syndrome, my ass is too close to the ground, the CB500x is a good light bike, even I can pop it on its centre stand easily, gives great MPG/KPG and is very comfortable for long rides either on or off road.

Loving the new little Honda XR150L now here in USA

Are we the last generation! *Yes* A fascinating chat guys. I have two boys 15 and 19. Despite buying them lessons (MX) they simply aren’t interested in bikes ! It’s weird.

I grew up riding in the bush with my dad in the late 90’s early 2000’s never on a long weekend and always wrapped up before 10am to beat the police. So true about less and less people getting into motorbikes being early 30’s I feel like we are some of the last guys in the sport

Great chat guys, since you're running on empty, grab a bottle of Ratu signature rum. Good to have straight, mixed and farken awesome in coffee. Got a question, what bike (that you own) would you take to speed week, Lake Gairdner South Australia to ring it's neck for a bit of fun? Cheers.

@BikerBits

11 ай бұрын

G'day Heath, Holy crap... thanks heaps man! Will go and pickup a bottle for the next podcast! Cheers... Mark

Did you hear about CTP insurance increase in QLD…up 67%!!

I hope not, I just got started although I am 50 already… Yikes.. RE HIMALAYAN for my first bike.

Things change, nothing stays the same. Motorcyclists will always be around. The shift I've seen in 20 years is everything used to be dirt bike or sports bikes of all capacities. Dirt bikes are still very popular (probably still top the sales charts) but I can't remember the last time I saw a Fireblade on the road. EV is lagging, it will happen but I reckon we got ages yet and I won't ride an electric bike stick that up your ought! Motorcycle culture has definitely changed. Lots of ethnicities getting into it now but seems like suburban and city riding is the go. I remember going to the Reefton Spur back in the the 2000's and there'd be a hundred or more bikes there going mental, a death every other weekend. Nowadays there's hardly anyone. Anyways, Ala...er Angus, welcome to Costco, I love you.

Archie ,Angus ,GALFER brake discs mate 5 mm thick ,last ages

@BendigoAdv

11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, will have a look

Here is some hope on Riding, I have trained Four people to ride, who never road a bike ever, all younger than me and who are now addicted to riding, David Adelaide....etc....

3 generations of bikers in my family Father since 1962 new ones started 2019-2023 ..so yeah.. 20 years per generation is about right.

The government employs large consultation agencies like PWC to research possible implementation of laws to benefit those in the bubble

A 500 twin for Dave.....Suzuki GS500....... Reliable, over 400ks to a tank, cheap parts, and will do gravel.

What’s the crusty demons pit? :)

All the insurance companies and manufacturing companies along with many public organizations pound the safety into us left and right. Due to money and liabilities when people go to court for damages. It's money that drives safety.

I'm certainly going to get my two boys (two year old plus new born) into my bikes and firearms. I'm gen X and I turn 50 in a couple of months so I'm dedicating my old school ways into my new school boys. I'm also one of the lucky ones that aren't vaccinated and I'll be instilling my beliefs onto my boys. They'll be gen X boys through and through.

@blacksheep6888

11 ай бұрын

Hope all goes well, but it all depends on us waking up to the new world order

Hello Mark & Angus. Hope you are both well. It’s Fathers Day here in the UK on 18th June. Would you mind giving my old man (Paul Croucher) a shout-out? He is a big fan of yours and we both regularly enjoy “chatting shit” after listening to each episode. Dad has a Himmy, a Cross-Tourer, and a Piaggio 125cc daily-hack. We enjoy riding together whenever we can; constrained only by living 5 hours apart. In the spirit of friendly-banter you might call out his recent habit of laying his bikes down on the driveway after a long ride … I suppose they deserve a rest too, and picking them up again keeps him fit :-). All the best to you boys. Keep on keeping on. Many thanks, from Tristan

@BikerBits

11 ай бұрын

G'day Tristan, thanks heaps mate and yes we'll give him a shout out for sure! Cheers... Mark

Make motorcycling great again!! That said, my youngest daughter at 21 is way into motorcycles, doesn’t have a problem working out what gender she is, eats meat, got tattoos and is way hard core👍 there is hope!

Where I live Its pretty easy to take the kids riding, I take my son out in the bush all the time and all the local kids ride in the bush. The actual local cop doesn’t mind kids out riding, but it’s rare to see the police or Parks officers out there, it’s not difficult to get away with here.🤟🏼

We are the last generation of fueled bikes so live it up! They won’t stop us riding but our carbon footprint, fuel and rego will..

@1:20 buying bikes for testing then flogging it off, rinse and repeat. Have a chat to BIG ROCK MOTO in the states, he is doing exactly that. Maybe you can ask him how that's going financially etc etc. He actually mentioned that the Ducati dealership in the states refuses to sell workshop manuals as they don't want people to wrench on their own bikes. That alone and the fact that they are bl**dy expensive puts me right off Ducati. Anyway, great idea about the bike, test, flick idea.

Very interesting podcasts on this channel, I enjoy listening to Mark and Angus , they are all about no bs just stay real and enjoy the discussion about the topic. I’d love to hear your opinions on different motorcycling ways or culture in different parts of the world. Thank you 🙏

Hi Vise, I haven't ridden for a long time, a very long time. Am test riding a brand new Himi, on Monday june 5. Will be wearing hi vise on the day, will probably do the same for a while until I get fairly used to the bike and feeling comfortable on it. I am a bicycletourist, and have never stopped wearing hi vise since I came back to it in 2016. What is wrong with wearing it , other then looking like a newby rider, or looking like a dick, I actually want to survive.

@CRFLAus

11 ай бұрын

It's not about if you want to wear it or not, or if it is safer. It's about government overreach. I am for wearing bright colours when cycling, you're a sitting duck doing 20kph when people are driving doing 80.. They are proposing every vehicle to have running lights on. Why? To reduce the road toll. Imagine getting booked for not having your headlights on on a bright summers day. That's right on our doorstep, they call it clown world.

The Angus. Settler are First Nations people too. Aboriginal means "of the original". The original land claimants. 250 tribes over 5 races make up brown and black aboriginals. Settlers settled land in between and are rightfully Aboriginal and First Nations People, as others could equally claim land.

@BendigoAdv

11 ай бұрын

Angus here, I totally agree

I think Royal Enfield is leading the bike industry in product development, and promoting their brand.

Mark your same as me ,I was on Josh's live with Danny ,it's because it's unedited real time vlogg ,it's real nothing taken out ,

@CRFLAus

11 ай бұрын

Ah that was a wild Monday night!

@MVDBR

11 ай бұрын

Tuesday morning was pretty wild too haha. Thanks for hanging out fellas, looking forward to the next one 🤘

Thanks m8. Hope you won't need to go walkabout for another bottle.

@BikerBits

11 ай бұрын

LOL... thanks heaps mate! Muchly appreciated 👍👍 Cheers... Mark

I really hope we are not the last

@zerotheklr650

11 ай бұрын

I lived in Rossville south of Cooktown for a few years in the 70's.

Im 34 and have always been into bikes, but its just bloody expensive between the bike, maintenance and gear. Housing and cost of living are way up, but not wages so bikes just getting cut out honestly.

Speed and traffic infractions you get in the mail are road taxs, not tickets. Is revenue producing income for city and state. Funds don't go towards safety.

Why can't they introduce a yearly subscription to be able to ride seasonal track for the whole.. I would pay it.. it would pay for all the staff no problem at all.

@blacksheep6888

11 ай бұрын

Should not have to, if this was really a free country you could travel anywhere

@blacksheep6888

11 ай бұрын

@John Clowes free country free to traverse dose not mean free to litter your point is tyranny I am against all tyranny

The Christmas Truce has become one of the most famous and mythologised events of the First World War. But what was the real story behind the truce? Why did it happen and did British and German soldiers really play football in no-man's land? Late on Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols and patriotic songs and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted between the trenches. The following day, British and German soldiers met in no man's land and exchanged gifts, took photographs and some played impromptu games of football. They also buried casualties and repaired trenches and dugouts. After Boxing Day, meetings in no man's land dwindled out. The truce was not observed everywhere along the Western Front. Elsewhere the fighting continued and casualties did occur on Christmas Day. Some officers were unhappy at the truce and worried that it would undermine fighting spirit. After 1914, the High Commands on both sides tried to prevent any truces on a similar scale happening again. Despite this, there were some isolated incidents of soldiers holding brief truces later in the war, and not only at Christmas.

I just hope I survive 12 months riding in the garage.

15 year 😊

I don’t mind a little American Honey in my espresso first thing in the morning ☕️ Cheers guys🍺

@CRFLAus

11 ай бұрын

Makes me want to start drinking coffee!

i think you both admitted it is now impossible - shooting each other with slug guns, and saying it is ^learning-through-doing^ doing burnouts on the community footy oval and learning it bis wrong later or by having accidents *including the tragic ute story* is going to be a hard sell. People are just going top say .....That said, where are those visceral things now? People and authorities want inertia and continuity and that super-fund has to keep rolling forward..and we killed the federal pension in the name of super..so thanks it.

You should buy a bike(secondhand is fine) ride it etc, then give it away to whoever buys BikerBits merchandise. You make money back. “Dirt bike channel” does it I believe. There’s 4wd channels do the same with 4wd’s

Hi boys live in Sydney most of the time, where most of the people think it's NICE to be IMPORTANT i push the walk button 🤪 But when over the other side of the great dividing range where people think it's MORE IMPORTANT to be NICE like when i stared in 1971 and still riding NEVER EVER push the walk button SCREW SYDNEY commonsense prevails 🏍👍👍

Bike manufacturers will not let that happen

So here is a question. Let's say in the last 30 years, you have bought multiple bikes , but really developed a long term relationship with two of them. But both times, the bike the longer I owned it, the less I liked it. Both ended in horrific. Would you stop riding, as the bikes I have owned all have ended with disappointment. End of that question. Next question. The first question relates with relations with women!?. Been married twice and dated 40 plus other women. I have stopped the hobby of women, as my bikes have never let me down. Always, even in bad times, they made an experience. Maybe because I buy them new and use them till the end of there use, but some have been sold, as a woman came into my life. Sad I do that. I won't do it again. I am a motorcyclist for life till I have to ride a Honda Trail 125! Or a KLR 650! Or a Himalayan! I feel like Steve Martin in the movie " The Jerk". Keep adding other things I need in life. Lol. Women are now just a side hobby and don't invest in that hobby. Maybe guns and growing Marijuana, ooowwwwwh and playing billiards. Ya! I good for now. I like investing my time and money in hobbies that are solid return on my investment. Love motorcycles. Had to put you guys on pause and take an 80 mile ride on my Concours just now and got back and wrote this as I am commenting like a little girl talks!

Unfortunately I think you may be right, us being the last generation of bikers. Motorbikes were once a cheap form of transport but now it is not with cars being ever so more fuel efficient etc With governments making it ever more harder to get into biking as a youngster it is only the older generation that can either afford it or passed their test when it was simpler. In the uk a youngster may have to take 4 tests before they are 24 to have a full licence , all making it prohibitively expensive & enough to put anyone off. It's not even that electric bikes will be the saviour as they are so damm expensive too. The only way bikes will continue is if the government's stop screwing us over and stop making it harder and harder to make it viable.

. Guys,, this is not rocket science.. it's all about influence... and also about what sells. Young people are doing exactly what we " our generation" have influenced them to do. If riding is to continue like our generation has, it must be influenced by us.. When the manufacturers want change, change will happen. I am not a fan of efi... if people want it, people will get it. The people in the states don't have our problem ..

Reason we don't have another generation of motorcyclists , we have to much estrogen in our boys and young men today, along with the pussy men we have today. I attempted to teach my second wife's kids to ride a skate board when they were around 7 years old and all three were stating it was to dangerous. I owned a motorcycle and one child would not get on, one would only go 200 yards and want to get off and the third one was wanting me to go faster and go all around town. But he did not have the coordination to skate board and barley had enough to ride a bike. I attempted to have them on there bike do a jump with a plank of wood and a spare tire. Non would engage in that activity. We have raised our kids to be soft and take no chances. Three boys, twin 14 year Olds and a 16 year old and none have broken a bone. What does that say. Most adults would congratulate me, I am worried! I haven't seen a cast of a child for years. They take no chances. So, you are correct Mark, they are not pushed to think for themself and work trough anything anymore.

Now an adult is ticketed for allowing a child ride a bicycle with out a helmet. Crazy. I am not a fan of the way laws have gone. But go ahead a feed your child the highest addictive drug in the world every day (sugar) and there is no law. I don't want a law for that, but even parents can't make a knowledgeable decision to ration the drug. And don't get me started on the second addictive drug with anti boredom for kids.

Angus now be honest is was wankers cramp.

@maxflight777

11 ай бұрын

Isn’t it Alastair ?

@BendigoAdv

11 ай бұрын

Haha yeah well we all have needs

Too many rules, too many idiots out there, I have road bikes & dirt bikes but don't use for transportation only for fun.

I just closed a video because they were getting to political and woke talky, searched for a motorcycle video to listen to some motorcycle talk and i hear this lol im not hating just funny 😅

I’m particularly scared for the future of the TT races. Those lefty liberals are trying to close it down.

@CRFLAus

11 ай бұрын

Won't happen. It'll just go EV. Go Josh Brookes!

@maxflight777

11 ай бұрын

Funny you mention him ! I love his excitement and the way he rides ! I saw him eight or nine years ago at the TT … he was always on the back wheel ! Probably not the fastest way of racing … but fun for him (and the spectators) .

stop swearing. the next generaration will be on electric bikes. we wont have to worry about it.

S3Performance have rotors 1090 SKU: DBFFAD1113

@BendigoAdv

11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, will check it out

@Chris_Z.

11 ай бұрын

@@BendigoAdv Only 2 left