Allen reminds me so much of a metal work teacher I had when I was at secondary school, I learnt so much from that man and respected him immensely. Allen would make a fantastic teacher at a technical college if they have such places nowadays. Really looking forward to the next episode.
I could watch Mr. Milyard do these repairs and builds all day if I had the time. He is Very Intelligent and very skilled on these mechanical issues, as well as Mrs. Milyards cooking skills
Allen. You’re a genius! Not just at fixing bikes though. Your video making and editing skills are as ‘on point’ as your mechanical skills. Watching your videos is just the best ‘comfort-food’ for the brain after the everyday stresses of the daily routine. As you would say; ‘Just perfect!’
I don’t think most people appreciate how much time it takes to set the camera angles from component to component and operation to operation making this rebuild much more time consuming and tedious. As a result it’s a wonderful instructional/learning tool which is very valuable to all who view this content. Thank you Mr. Millyard, well done and produced for current and future generations.
It’s actually something I think about constantly. Just putting parts in the barbecue then coming back from a different angle and carrying it away is more involved than most people realize (I assume)
Hi Mr Millyard I really enjoy watching your channel as it puts me in comfortable mood and takes my mind away from all the woes we have to face on a daily basis. Regards Charles
I really enjoy to watch your videos with repair skills, filming skills, your wife's cupcakes, a nice cup of tea and the hedgehog rescue. Looking forward to the next and thank you for sharing. Greetings from Norway.
Absolutely fascinating watching the engine slowly come together. We're all in awe of your engineering abilities but I should also point out the filming, camera set up and editing are also top notch. Love the close up cup cake shots.
I so very much appreciate and am thankful for the high level of detail of what you're doing, and the careful explanation of each component and what to watch out for. Thank you so much Mr. Millyard!
Alun is definitely the master of all masters when it comes to bike engines and the internal workings it amazes me cutting engines in half and altering everything to work is mind-blowing 😂
I’ve said this before but “You are the son my father always wanted as you are exactly like him” he was always building engines & rebuilding motor bikes & cars drawing this designing that he like you was an absolute genius!
Museum quality, as ever. Just ridiculously flawless. The one thing that surprises me about this engine is the single-row cam chain, as distinct from a dual-row (as found on many high-performance/high-revving Italian car engines of the time) or a hy-vo (inverted tooth), but Kawasaki evidently knew exactly what they were doing given their legendary solidity.
Yet another fascinating video! I was taking a sip of coffee when the bit with the cat jumping came on...I nearly choked! Hope the hedgehog will be ok, too! 👍
How good it is to see a man who DOESN'T use lashings of assembly lube everywhere! That stuff is just so overdone by many engine builders, in my opinion... whereas what you simply need for most reassembly is good ol' engine oil. I've always suspected that the overuse of assembly lube does no favours for the running-in process. What do others think?
Hi Allen and Greetings from Sydney Australia . As with other people I could watch your videos all day. I was noticing that you didn't use a tension wrench when tightening the cylinder head. I guess when one is really good you can do it by feel, sadly I was never that good. Merry Christmas to and Tracey 😀
There is a place for the tension wrench, usually in the bottom of the tool box, unless you’re a bit new at this type of thing. I believe a correct tightening sequence is important though.
Exceptional build Allen. I'm still waiting in hope for my 'Millyard Moment', when a cup of tea and a cake appear at my workshop door. Best wishes, Dean.
That engine looks extremely well made and engineered. Japanese quality! Look at the head bolts threaded to just the correct depth, intricate clean castings etc. Completely different to the horrible Chinese lawn mower engine I’ve been trying to fix today.
Mower engines are always a tad rough round the edges. They've just got to work well enough I suppose. A while ago I fixed up an old 1980s vertical shaft briggs and stratton from my grandfather's garden shredder. It was clearly built down to a price. No cylinder liner (piston is chrome plated and runs directly on the aluminium cylinder casting), no valve guides (just holes drilled in the block), compression release is implemented by simply having a second bump on the exhaust cam that opens the valve slightly on the compression stroke... I gather there is no bigend bearing either, just a hole bored straight into the aluminium conrod. Pretty rough.
It’s like that ASMR thing but much more interesting than listening to some idiot whispering or grass blowing in the wind. Love it keep it coming Mr Millyard.
Love how the engine miraculously found its way back into the frame. Wish it worked like that for me ! Great video, something really satisfying in the close ups of those super clean parts going together.
Z900 rebuild progressing well.👍😎 Hopefully Tracey will keep practicing the Christmas cupcake recipe(s) for your sake.👍😄 Glad to see the cat🐈being taught, "This here is Hedgehog Country, boy."😁 ✝️🕊️
As usual allen, an excellent video, it. takes me back to much happier times, when I rebuilt my z1000 motor for my Harris framed race bike, what memories. Thank you. 😊
A delight as always. Can't quite believe that a torque wrench was nowhere to be seen on an engine rebuilt, if only for the delight of doing everything by the book. However, if you have feel to do it all by hand thats one more impressive skill. Plus, I have now commenced annealing my copper washers via the Millyard method.
And the kickstarting hedgehogs of England have their very own 'Tracey Island', an oasis of care & compassion, all driven by cup-cakes, & such machines the original designers could only dream of! : )x
Sounds a bit like you have a cold in this one. Hope it wasn't too bad. The magnet for removing cam shims was a good tip for me. I always struggled with a screwdriver and needle nose pliers. Thanks for that. Great video.
Was there a slight hint of 10W-30 in your cup cake? 🤣 I Love Your Channel, Allen! This project is a walk in the park, for you! The custom engines you make look better than most people's straightforward rebuilds!! I have a special place in my heart for this engine. I had the 1977 KZ1000. I had a poster of a 900 before I got the KZ. Love these bikes. 😄😛
Dear Allan Millyard. 👍👌👏 Aaaand another fascinating episode. Extremely well done again and as always (video and work). Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all involved life forms (humans, animals and plants).
Absolutely tremendous! The sound of the ticking clock in the background fills me with nostalgia as well, really enjoyed this video, top man Mr Millyard
Proper old-school mechanic. Makes such a great change from the usual “load up the new parts cannon” refurbs. Well done on another great video Allen, always look forward in earnest to you next one. Regards and Best Wishes.
Allen reminds me so much of a metal work teacher I had when I was at secondary school, I learnt so much from that man and respected him immensely. Allen would make a fantastic teacher at a technical college if they have such places nowadays. Really looking forward to the next episode.
All this and a cup of tea ,,, the world is in perfect harmony this evening.
I'm having a slice of maderia cake too. 😊
@@tobymcnicol922 totally decadent , but why not indeed.
Haha, I was drinking a cup of tea watching this video and reading your remark.
The transition from cooking kitchen skewer to workshop pointing scribe was pure genius.
I could watch Mr. Milyard do these repairs and builds all day if I had the time. He is Very Intelligent and very skilled on these mechanical issues, as well as Mrs. Milyards cooking skills
If you enjoy watching him so much, maybe you could be respectful enough to correctly spell his name?
So I missed 1 L 😒
I spend more time watching and listening and learning than I do scoping out his name's correct spelling
Allen. You’re a genius! Not just at fixing bikes though. Your video making and editing skills are as ‘on point’ as your mechanical skills.
Watching your videos is just the best ‘comfort-food’ for the brain after the everyday stresses of the daily routine.
As you would say; ‘Just perfect!’
I don’t think most people appreciate how much time it takes to set the camera angles from component to component and operation to operation making this rebuild much more time consuming and tedious. As a result it’s a wonderful instructional/learning tool which is very valuable to all who view this content. Thank you Mr. Millyard, well done and produced for current and future generations.
Thankyou I enjoy making my videos
It’s actually something I think about constantly. Just putting parts in the barbecue then coming back from a different angle and carrying it away is more involved than most people realize (I assume)
2:25 before we got a sniff of a cake ??? come on Allen !!!
It's not often Allen stips and rebuilds an engine without it growing a few extra cylinders.....it looks great!
It’s nice sometimes to be standard 🙂
@@AllenMillyard Nice is too small a word for it. I remember as a boy drooling over one these in Better Bikes up The Pleasnce in Edinburgh
Just got in bed and checked my phone , bedtime viewing needed 😊
So beautifully done! Can't wait to se it running finally! 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Mr Millyard I really enjoy watching your channel as it puts me in comfortable mood and takes my mind away from all the woes we have to face on a daily basis. Regards Charles
Always an absolute pleasure to watch Al at work.
In my early teenage years my family stayed with an English family. I still remember the cakes we eat, watching your kitchen visits.
Timing is wonderful. My wife is baking in the kitchen as I watch this. A cookie and a cuppa should arrive shortly. Just perfect.
great as always. editing and filming and setup is just perfect too.
Annealing those washers is also a great way to heat up a cup of tea that has got cold. Win win !
I could watch Allen work all day long!
Another joyous Millyard episode to enjoy. My favourite person on UA-cam and a joy on the TV with Henry and the gang.
Here we are again , and what a Marvellous day for a lesson from Mr. Millyard...
A pleasure to watch you work Allen. You could eat a cupcake off those engine internals 😉👍
I really enjoy to watch your videos with repair skills, filming skills, your wife's cupcakes, a nice cup of tea and the hedgehog rescue. Looking forward to the next and thank you for sharing. Greetings from Norway.
Those engines are works of art, beautifully engineered. So therapeutic to watch Allen restoring this one.
Absolutely fascinating watching the engine slowly come together. We're all in awe of your engineering abilities but I should also point out the filming, camera set up and editing are also top notch. Love the close up cup cake shots.
Thank you
This has incentivised me to get out my 1988 Honda XR200 for our (NZ) summer.
I so very much appreciate and am thankful for the high level of detail of what you're doing, and the careful explanation of each component and what to watch out for. Thank you so much Mr. Millyard!
Watching this man work is like Listening to Hiromi play piano.
As always Allen, just a fountain of knowledge being shared. Thank you so much. 👍
The engineering is "just perfect". The baking is "just perfect". I really do enjoy your videos, unhurried and full of gentle humour.
I could not agree more! Allen's video's are indeed "just perfect". 😉
Alun is definitely the master of all masters when it comes to bike engines and the internal workings it amazes me cutting engines in half and altering everything to work is mind-blowing 😂
Getting close to run time, and it looks wonderful Allen, take care and cheers to you, Tracy and the hedgehogs!
Thank You For Sharing Your Knowledge & Expertise. My Wife & I Appreciate Your Respect For Wildlife As Well. Can't Wait For The Next One!
I’ve said this before but “You are the son my father always wanted as you are exactly like him” he was always building engines & rebuilding motor bikes & cars drawing this designing that he like you was an absolute genius!
Love the backround sound of the old mechanical clock!!!!!!!
I love hedgehogs, but we VERY rarely see them down here in our village. Great vid Allan, you make things look so easy.
The old light bulb trick for the timing. I used to do my YDS7 with a dial gauge back in the late 1970's the same way 😊
Museum quality, as ever. Just ridiculously flawless. The one thing that surprises me about this engine is the single-row cam chain, as distinct from a dual-row (as found on many high-performance/high-revving Italian car engines of the time) or a hy-vo (inverted tooth), but Kawasaki evidently knew exactly what they were doing given their legendary solidity.
Mincemeat cupcakes, 2 Charley Weavers and a brand new Allen video, Christmas has come early 😄
I come for the bike content, even though I don't ride, but I stay for the hedgehogs and to see what Tracy's cooking up next
Thanks for demonstrating the valve adjustment.
Thanks for showing the process Allen, also for the hedgehog checkup.
You are a treasure to this nation
Yet another fascinating video! I was taking a sip of coffee when the bit with the cat jumping came on...I nearly choked! Hope the hedgehog will be ok, too! 👍
Almost time to watch it being fired up for the first time. Looking forward to that. Thank you Allen. True master class in engine building.
Will be in ep6 🙂
A picture of a cup of tea and a cup cake - and I realize it's an Allen Millyard motorcycle video... I guess I saw already many of them.
How good it is to see a man who DOESN'T use lashings of assembly lube everywhere! That stuff is just so overdone by many engine builders, in my opinion... whereas what you simply need for most reassembly is good ol' engine oil. I've always suspected that the overuse of assembly lube does no favours for the running-in process. What do others think?
its like watching a swiss watch being put back together. . . . . nice work A.
Hi Allen and Greetings from Sydney Australia . As with other people I could watch your videos all day. I was noticing that you didn't use a tension wrench when tightening the cylinder head. I guess when one is really good you can do it by feel, sadly I was never that good. Merry Christmas to and Tracey 😀
There is a place for the tension wrench, usually in the bottom of the tool box, unless you’re a bit new at this type of thing. I believe a correct tightening sequence is important though.
It's always time well spent watching your videos Allen. My favourite things. Motorbike's, engineering and cakes. Can't wait for the next video.
You are a beautiful human Alan, don't ever change!
Most enjoyable videos on UA-cam.
Exceptional build Allen. I'm still waiting in hope for my 'Millyard Moment', when a cup of tea and a cake appear at my workshop door.
Best wishes, Dean.
On these cold wet Autumnal days, this feels like therapy 👍🏻
i enjoyed your video with a cup of tea and a bakewell tart.
A video from Allen and mincemeat cup cakes,the absolute best filling of any dessert. Whats not to like?
That engine looks extremely well made and engineered. Japanese quality! Look at the head bolts threaded to just the correct depth, intricate clean castings etc. Completely different to the horrible Chinese lawn mower engine I’ve been trying to fix today.
Mower engines are always a tad rough round the edges. They've just got to work well enough I suppose.
A while ago I fixed up an old 1980s vertical shaft briggs and stratton from my grandfather's garden shredder. It was clearly built down to a price. No cylinder liner (piston is chrome plated and runs directly on the aluminium cylinder casting), no valve guides (just holes drilled in the block), compression release is implemented by simply having a second bump on the exhaust cam that opens the valve slightly on the compression stroke... I gather there is no bigend bearing either, just a hole bored straight into the aluminium conrod. Pretty rough.
It’s like that ASMR thing but much more interesting than listening to some idiot whispering or grass blowing in the wind. Love it keep it coming Mr Millyard.
Lovely work and lovely work on the the hedgehog 🦔 hospital 👏
I would like to see Alan running the country, things would then be done in a proper manner. Thank you Alan.
Love how the engine miraculously found its way back into the frame. Wish it worked like that for me ! Great video, something really satisfying in the close ups of those super clean parts going together.
The cleanliness !!
Trinidad & Tobago.
West Indies.
Z900 rebuild progressing well.👍😎
Hopefully Tracey will keep practicing the Christmas cupcake recipe(s) for your sake.👍😄
Glad to see the cat🐈being taught,
"This here is Hedgehog Country, boy."😁
✝️🕊️
Bacon sarnie, mug of tea, Allen Millyard video. The perfect way to start the day
As usual allen, an excellent video, it. takes me back to much happier times, when I rebuilt my z1000 motor for my Harris framed race bike, what memories. Thank you. 😊
Nicely done Allen & the Cakes look good too Tracy 👍👍👍
Old Kawasaki engines always look well engineered .🦔🦔🦔
So relaxing to see nice and calm engine rebuild, and the most beautiful engine for the most beautiful motorbike ever designed
Just binge watching this series so interesting and well made, what brilliant engine rebuilding.
Hey! Cap-heads and cup-cakes again. Time to join Allen in the garage, wonderful stuff. Thanks. Les
A delight as always. Can't quite believe that a torque wrench was nowhere to be seen on an engine rebuilt, if only for the delight of doing everything by the book. However, if you have feel to do it all by hand thats one more impressive skill. Plus, I have now commenced annealing my copper washers via the Millyard method.
I don't know what it is about it, but I just *love* seeing a zero-hour, freshly cleaned engine being put back together.
Having watched Allen building his Super 6 earlier today this engine looks so small. Haha. Perfection as usual.
And the kickstarting hedgehogs of England have their very own 'Tracey Island', an oasis of care & compassion, all driven by cup-cakes, & such machines the original designers could only dream of!
: )x
Nothing beats the sound of a z9 or a 750_4
Lovely to watch you work Allen, a nice calming experience.
Sounds a bit like you have a cold in this one. Hope it wasn't too bad. The magnet for removing cam shims was a good tip for me. I always struggled with a screwdriver and needle nose pliers. Thanks for that. Great video.
Yes I was suffering a bit 😞
Was there a slight hint of 10W-30 in your cup cake? 🤣 I Love Your Channel, Allen! This project is a walk in the park, for you! The custom engines you make look better than most people's straightforward rebuilds!! I have a special place in my heart for this engine. I had the 1977 KZ1000. I had a poster of a 900 before I got the KZ. Love these bikes. 😄😛
Another superb video Allen complete with the ubiquitous cup cakes.....Just Perfect
Many thanks,Kimbo
Dear Allan Millyard.
👍👌👏 Aaaand another fascinating episode. Extremely well done again and as always (video and work). Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all involved life forms (humans, animals and plants).
As long as Allen gets a cuppa and a cake, we know all will be well 🙂
Youre still the best Mechanic of the World Alan . Tracy's cupcakes looks delicious ❤
How enjoyable these videos are. His relaxed style helps greatly too.
This guys a national treasure awesome build brotha 🏍🏍🏍
I often wondered how to adjust valve clearance, always learning something new Al👍
most modern engines have the shims under the bucket making it more difficult to adjust and usually require the cams to be removed
Such a well designed engine - straightforward to put it back together!
Great work Allen, the engine looks fantastic.
Absolutely tremendous! The sound of the ticking clock in the background fills me with nostalgia as well, really enjoyed this video, top man Mr Millyard
Fabulous Allen.. love watching yr vids .. so precise .. what a skill you have . Cheers 👍
Time just flies when watching you videos, Allen. Nice work and another great video.
One cannot overstate how therapeutic and idyllic these videos are.
Brilliant video and great mini hedgehog 🦔 story at the end❤
Thanks Allen. Another great video...keep them coming please.
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Interesting as usual Allen,the motors looking mint. Thanks for the video.👍👍
good on you for looking after the wee hedgehog. positive thoughts for a full recovery.
Love your posts Allen. Cant wait for the start up. 👍👍
Nice video good to see it in a frame thought you only had the engine be good to see the finished bike.
Great you looking out for the hedgehogs...
Thanks...
That engine looks better than new !
What an engaging yet relaxing video!
Proper old-school mechanic. Makes such a great change from the usual “load up the new parts cannon” refurbs. Well done on another great video Allen, always look forward in earnest to you next one. Regards and Best Wishes.
Nice to see mrs. Millyard back so you have something nice with your tea. God bless and lots of love from Norway.