Dick Whistles

Dick Whistles

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Are Motorcyclists Lazy?

Are Motorcyclists Lazy?

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  • @user-pf5wl4cd6v
    @user-pf5wl4cd6v2 күн бұрын

    lot of fun/ freakin creampied puss

  • @luckyintervale
    @luckyintervale3 күн бұрын

    Dude, I’ve missed you! Please do crack on with your style and erudite banter and insights… my Oxford days have alas ended, but if ever you’re looking for a spot of SE US dual sporting, give me a shout! Til then, I for one will be tuning in 👍🙏 Ta, and Peace

  • @jmmenell
    @jmmenell6 күн бұрын

    Glad you are here. I've enjoyed your videos and thoughts over the years. I even still rewatch your old reviews just because they are often great doses of motorcycle joy. Having just revisited your XSR900 vid I'm amazed one still hasn't found a way into your garage. Thanks for all of the energy you put into these videos.

  • @Paradox0182
    @Paradox01827 күн бұрын

    I didn't get the notification for this video and just now I thought "I wonder where that dick whistles has gone?" so yeah you were missed

  • @bodziobsz
    @bodziobsz8 күн бұрын

    I just bought brand new tracer 7 as my first bike after passing yesterday mod 2. Just done little 100miles to test and check but I'm in full love with this bike. On cbt I've done around 8k miles over 7-8 months on varadero 125. Tracer make me massive smile every time when opening the throttle. Hoping for many miles on it. Also deal was spot on. Basic v in icon performance colours pre reg but with 2yrs warranty etc for 7k. For that kind of money I can't find anything better to be honest.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles8 күн бұрын

    Congratulations. You purchased a finisher’s bike as your starter! You’ll have that forever. (Seriously, if you want a new bike, get a second one!) Good deal too. Enjoy it. Ride safe.

  • @daza3620
    @daza362011 күн бұрын

    I just got an older duke 690, from this review it sounds like KTM made some bad changes between models, I have been loving the bike so far.

  • @nickattwood4258
    @nickattwood425813 күн бұрын

    At last…

  • @I_am_Thursday
    @I_am_Thursday14 күн бұрын

    Against every sensible bone in my body I'm actually considering one of these. Hopefully the head will rule and buy a XT660R....

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles14 күн бұрын

    Fock

  • @chrisbittlestone9264
    @chrisbittlestone926418 күн бұрын

    Well, I’d never noticed the tits …

  • @I_am_Thursday
    @I_am_Thursday18 күн бұрын

    That being said I defy anyone not to want the new Bonneville Elvis edition. I'll admit to being a little cynical of their collaborations in the past but that looks class. Well worth the extra lolly.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles18 күн бұрын

    £15GRAND!?! For a paint job that says, “Elvis”!?! Fock off.

  • @ariffothman6195
    @ariffothman619518 күн бұрын

    Come on Dick, I love all the rants in your bike reviews. Your review convinced me to get an SV650 over a Z650RS. No other reviewers out there mentioned how uncomfortable the Z650RS vibration is.

  • @jamesfairmind2247
    @jamesfairmind224719 күн бұрын

    Gorgeous noise. Chilled out motorcycle emotional perfection.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles18 күн бұрын

    Indeed.

  • @badbug69
    @badbug6920 күн бұрын

    Damn good to see you back

  • @ClassicRides
    @ClassicRides20 күн бұрын

    I'm here for the tight dresses and large melons - when will you be displaying them? (welcome back btw)

  • @carlofirpo3006
    @carlofirpo300621 күн бұрын

    I watched a few episodes in the beginning until I couldn't take their HACK workmanship and stupid drama any more.

  • @cdwinpc
    @cdwinpc21 күн бұрын

    The building is now a self-storage facility.

  • @DaveGeezer
    @DaveGeezer21 күн бұрын

    Refreshing!! Just subscribed. Finally real entertainment.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Thanks. Check out my other videos if so inclined.

  • @scotchpiehunters4577
    @scotchpiehunters457721 күн бұрын

    Never had a motorcycle. Never will. Never had a great sense of balance. However, I do greatly enjoy your videos and often watch them over and over again, particularly the trials and most of all the Longest Day Up videos. I do long distance classic car runs with my daughter and we video the adventures we have and post them on KZread. Not for clicks, not for likes, not for comments but to share our experiences of what we witness in that sunset days of internal combustion as a record for future viewers to enjoy. The automotive world is changing, not necessarily for the better. Videos such as yours will always be appreciated for the content and the manner in which you use words to paint a picture of your experiences, make your journeys stand out from much of the dross that plagues KZread. What you do may appeal to somewhat of a niche group but it is much appreciated for the effort and the quality of the work you put in both visually and into the script writing that encapsulates the loneliness of the open road in the middle of the night and and warm glow of satisfaction, reaching that next checkpoint. Good to have you back sir.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Your comments are greatly appreciated. What is your channel? I would love to watch some of your stuff. Thanks a million.

  • @scotchpiehunters4577
    @scotchpiehunters457721 күн бұрын

    @@DickWhistles Our channel is called Scotch Pie Hunters. A strange name that comes from our involvement and participation in Club Triumph's Round Britain Reliability Run that is held bi-annually. We don't have many subscibers or thousands of views but we make the videos for ourselves to promote the event and for our own enjoyment. And for a record of what Katy did with her old dad for the distant future when my long distance driving days are a thing of memory.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles18 күн бұрын

    Nice. I’ll check it out!

  • @tennyson156
    @tennyson15621 күн бұрын

    You were missed ...

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Cheers.

  • @chrishart8548
    @chrishart854821 күн бұрын

    I missed you. I've always thought your view on a motorbike was valuable information.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    I appreciate that.

  • @gcprost
    @gcprost21 күн бұрын

    Dick, I always viewed you as a casual acquaintance. I never thought of you as some kind of KZread guru. I really like the footage in this video. Make videos as you feel compelled.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Cheers.

  • @jasonjason7277
    @jasonjason727722 күн бұрын

    welcome back, and about time.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Ha. I know!

  • @bbumble4117
    @bbumble411722 күн бұрын

    In a world overpopulated with effluencers, we need more people like you providing intelligent, honest analysis and putting the joy of riding before tawdry commercialism. Welcome back.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Thanks for your comment.

  • @I_am_Thursday
    @I_am_Thursday15 күн бұрын

    I know a couple of the big hitting 'vloggers' on the south coast and at best I've found them disingenuous and at worst plain bullshitters who'd be driving saxos around an asda carpark if they couldn't ride a bike. Link pipe this, decat that, 160bhp not enough... blah blah blah

  • @oliverleifadams2003
    @oliverleifadams200322 күн бұрын

    👏🏽 bravo. Keep sharing the motorbike euphoria & zero-tolerance to the bs.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    That's the plan!

  • @TiagoRuivo
    @TiagoRuivo22 күн бұрын

    I did wonder where you were. Here you are. Welcome back!

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Never too far away. Follow your nose. Thanks for your comment.

  • @maxrider7880
    @maxrider788022 күн бұрын

    Missed you man!

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Cheers!

  • @leslieaustin151
    @leslieaustin15122 күн бұрын

    OK, I’ll join in and say I’d missed you 🥹. I wondered where you were and what doing.. I’ve been past Rhug, and up to the Ponderosa a few times lately and wondered idly if you’d be there. Been up there twice on the Innova special, which might make you laugh if you ever clap eyes on it. Anyway, glad to hear you’re not pushing up daisies and still in the hallowed land of the Welsh. You just keep doing what you do, I’ll still be here when you publish any videos.. Les in Chester

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Thanks for keeping a weather eye! Been travelling a lot lately. Will be away most of the summer, but hoping to be back Wales way end of August. Should we plan a ride/meet for then? Would love to meet up - especially to see the Innova! Maybe you’ll let me do a video on it… 😬 Thanks for the continued support.

  • @leslieaustin151
    @leslieaustin15121 күн бұрын

    @@DickWhistles a meet-up and or ride would be great! Not sure how we contact each other ‘in private’.. or perhaps we just do it on YT comment columns. I have no video on the Innova, but have an embarrassing number of photos of the process😊, but it’s still evolving. OK, enjoy your travels, hope the family is well. Catch you some time. Les

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles18 күн бұрын

    email dickwhistles at gmail dot com Feel free to drop me a line. I was suggesting that I do a video on the Innova for the channel if you’re game.

  • @nickboreham6663
    @nickboreham666322 күн бұрын

    had mine a few months now. Looks good, easy to ride, and I love the bike. I think it is good for going on from a 125, or maybe going down from a bigger bike if you want a lighter bike. There is however something strange about the gearing. I am in top at about 45mph, and have to increase the revs significantly to stay on 60, which is where the vibration starts. It is like you go to change up and you then realize your in 6th gear already. It is good if your happy to stay at about 50mph. It is certainly not built for speed.

  • @yannewton744
    @yannewton74422 күн бұрын

    You came back pretty hard, Dick!

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    That’s what she said… Thanks for the comment.

  • @AlexOnABoat
    @AlexOnABoat22 күн бұрын

    I had to watch this twice, I got sidetracked by the breasts.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Understandable

  • @user-sw2lv3zp6o
    @user-sw2lv3zp6o22 күн бұрын

    I'm glad you're back. Nick

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Cheers.

  • @AlexOnABoat
    @AlexOnABoat22 күн бұрын

    It's true, he does have both tight clothes and a fine pair of breasts. He just never shows them.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    I’m shy.

  • @GingerPiston
    @GingerPiston22 күн бұрын

    I do hope Fanny hasn't gone 100 days without Dick.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Don’t you worry about her! 🤓

  • @I_am_Thursday
    @I_am_Thursday22 күн бұрын

    I'm in the market for a couple of new bikes and what should be an exciting fun process is actually frustrating and depressing for all of the reason you mention. Sad times.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles22 күн бұрын

    Oh. Didn’t even get into cost!!!

  • @kenbrooks7794
    @kenbrooks779422 күн бұрын

    Good to see you back! More Long Distance Trials please........ Jus' sayin'..... 😉

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    On it!

  • @kenbrooks7794
    @kenbrooks779421 күн бұрын

    @@DickWhistles 👌👏👍

  • @user-ec9dh2oh5e
    @user-ec9dh2oh5e22 күн бұрын

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Well a jolly good honest rant....just upload when you feel like it sir ....atb

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Thank you kindly

  • @simonbealing
    @simonbealing22 күн бұрын

    I realised last week there'd been no good honest whistling biker action for a good while so checked in to see if I'd missed notifications which obviously i hadn't so i assumed as a high flying man of international travel you were simply far too busy for this youtube malarkey atm which is fair enough. Good to hear your voice though, you have been missed, by some of us anyway so welcome back:)

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the comment. We have been travelling a lot, but mostly the malarkey kept me away. Lots of travel planned for the summer, but hopefully won’t interfere with posting more content.

  • @michaelhayward7572
    @michaelhayward757222 күн бұрын

    Outstanding !

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Cheers.

  • @Trev350
    @Trev35022 күн бұрын

    Last!!

  • @mattwilliams9758
    @mattwilliams975822 күн бұрын

    First!

  • @wanderinggeri8477
    @wanderinggeri847723 күн бұрын

    I hate the ToolBox. I struggle to get it open.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles21 күн бұрын

    Ha. Haven’t tried. I carry a pretty comprehensive one on the rack. Thanks for the comments.

  • @wanderinggeri8477
    @wanderinggeri847723 күн бұрын

    That color is simply the best of the entire series of this bike, and frankly all of the MiniMoto production.

  • @dcfmkyn
    @dcfmkyn24 күн бұрын

    I just bought a 2024 sv650 and I notice I am not getting hammered by much wind either. Do you think that plastic fairing between the tach and the headlight (with "Suzuki" printed on it) acts as, or is, a meter visor and pushes the wind up? Let me know.

  • @bvseediermedia6
    @bvseediermedia624 күн бұрын

    The Street/Speed Twin 900 is my perfect modern retro BUT my brother bought one from new and had nothing but problems during its warranty period … which included a cracked piston pot. He was delighted the day he traded it in.

  • @frenchwm
    @frenchwm5 күн бұрын

    Happen to remember what model year? First I’ve heard of someone having more serious issues and I’m cross shopping at the moment with the 850cc Guzzi V7

  • @bvseediermedia6
    @bvseediermedia65 күн бұрын

    @@frenchwm It was a 2021 Street Twin. He had two O2 sensor replacements (and the bike was always hard to start from cold after they were changed), a cracked/porous cylinder casting then followed and finally there was some issue or other with the gear selector. The bike was bought brand new, main dealer serviced, rode sensibly and all work was carried out under warranty.

  • @frenchwm
    @frenchwm5 күн бұрын

    @@bvseediermedia6 man that’s wild! Extreme lemon it seems but good to know regardless of how rare that might be. People never mention the misses

  • @bvseediermedia6
    @bvseediermedia64 күн бұрын

    @@frenchwm Yeah he had a real lemon from the factory. It’s a shame because I loved riding it and still highly rate the bike for what it is. The 900 Twin experience has a real sense of soul about it, a beautiful stock sound and the aftermarket custom options are vast.

  • @sidneyjr1560
    @sidneyjr156025 күн бұрын

    Vibrações nesse nível pode ser rodas desalinahdas ou desbalanceadas....nao é normal. Ou piloto é muito sensível.

  • @szymonchalupka
    @szymonchalupka26 күн бұрын

    I have just bought one after years of riding other bikes full of electronics and issues like Aprilia RS660, Husky 701, KTM 790 Duke etc.

  • @DickWhistles
    @DickWhistles26 күн бұрын

    And?

  • @szymonchalupka
    @szymonchalupka26 күн бұрын

    @@DickWhistles still waiting to be delivered but I was able to do a 3 hour test ride before ordering it and I felt the pure joy of riding the motorcycle that I have not felt for a long time. Can’t wait to pick it up this Saturday.

  • @japmuscle
    @japmuscle29 күн бұрын

    7:51 Having not ridden a Niken I cannot comment from experience. This low speed "listing" characteristic, are you having to steer the vehicle like its a jetski? Like the opposite of countersteering?

  • @ben9l351
    @ben9l351Ай бұрын

    1985 was the last time I rode a bike. I have been looking at a new bike for two years. Took the Z650RS out for a test ride fell in love with it immediately. In my test ride the only thing I struggled with were with roundabouts and the indicators. I had no trouble with the breaks or gearing even though its my first ride in 39 years. I took it up to 120 kiolmetres per hour. So I went straight back to the shop and brought it for my 72nd birthday. Only used to ride 400cc Hondas and purchased 3 in one year

  • @jonspinfold6555
    @jonspinfold6555Ай бұрын

    Good to see that 650 deauville at the start line...

  • @jakobkristensen2390
    @jakobkristensen2390Ай бұрын

    Hi Dick, Im Pussy