The unit of measure between the legs of the center stand is called a cubit. I really like the videos and your desire to get almost anything on two wheels running again.
Some useless trivia incoming: Even though I'm German, I'd never heard of the brand - possibly because they stopped production well before I was born.. :) Reading up on the scooter on German wikipedia, it seems this one was conceived because a doctor told the eventual designer/producer that he'd love to buy an Italian scooter for his office but didn't think he'd be able to tolerate the small wheels on those things which would vanish into every pothole on the road. So the designer went about creating a scooter based around 16-inch wheels. Initially they had to produce a version with only 14-inchers because they couldn't source any larger wheels (production started in 1950, so only five years after WW2 had ended). This early one was called "Strolch" (= rascal) and used a 60cc engine, which was later upgraded to a 100, then 150 and finally to a 175cc engine. Apparently, this earlier model only had rubber bushings at the front and coil-springs at the back. When the 200cc Sachs-engine became available, they brought out an improved model called the Progress 200 (the one in the video, I guess) in 1953. The chassis was also upgraded and now included both springs and dampeners. The scooter was praised for its sophisticated suspension setup and "grown up" handling characteristics - but all the upgrades made it more expensive to produce. The Strolch was intended as a cheap scooter, an idea that couldn't be sustained with the more elaborate Progress. Cheapest version of the Progress, in 1955, was 1,765 Marks - I can't find an inflation-calculator that goes back far enough, but that amount in 1965 would be EUR ~4,400 or USD 4,700 today. So... probably more like 5,000 to 5,500 EUR in today's money.
Awesome video as always. One suggestion, if we could get more time with the completed bikes even if it's a once every few months special where we get to see the finished products that would be great. The restores are fantastic but the endings are so short. Just a tiny bit more would be great! Thanks for all the amazing videos!
You van tell Craig is a good person as when the bit flew in Dan's eye he genuinely looked concerned. Most "modern" content creators would have laughed and made fun of it
19:40 Thanks for including stuff like this. Makes me feel not so bad about all the time I spend crawling on the floor looking for small parts. It's a great reason to keep a clean shop!
I've rode all different makes and types of bikes. I don't care what anyone says,,, some of those scooters are pretty enjoyable to ride. Just for zipping around town in the summer can be lots of fun. Riding bikes is suppose to be fun right ? Never worry about what other people think. Enjoy every minute you are on two wheels.
As someone who has bought and sold motorcycles and scooters and done my own work, these videos are invaluable and hit home when you actually do this stuff, Craig is the type of guy you just want to hang out all day in the shop with, he may be the best guy I have seen on youtube and his personality matches, great channel
Craig, Dan, Max & other people involved in this channel are truly genuine people; you are charismatically honest and joyously infectious in skills & humour, and in another sort of deep divey veins to... Allen Millyard, The Illestrator, Brick House Builds and RCC Restorations
As a kid I saw these scooters around (in Austria). Sachs was kind of the 'higher end'. Us 'poorer' kids rode Puch and Kreidler mopeds and scooters. I would LOVE to have that scooter as my daily run-around! I agree, there should be a part 2 with that lovely scooter put together properly and made road-legal. Well done to Dan for his German!
Craig's knowledge of motorcycles is so vast and his troubleshooting skills are fantastic! I have learned so much about motorcycle repair from this guy. Also he is just such a likeable guy! Thank you Craig!
As a german, I could understand the numbers, but I didn´t understand, what u said for the kicks... anyway, I like ur channel and the the one of the other bearded guy. Tank you, I learned alot with ur help. Greetings from germany.
Aye man I'm new to this channel. I just want to thank you for getting thru my rough break up. I have a Harley sitting at my parents for 3 years. Not once I've gotten the chance to repair it. I put my kids and their mother first. Right now I'm going thru it. After a harsh break up. Your channel reminded me what used to make me happy. Is to ride and repair. Thank you for your channel to give me the courage to go back to what I love doing and getting my sportster back on the road
At 4:00 in the video ya called this engine a Rebel, all the 250 Rebels that I know of were twin cylinders. I do enjoy watching you do what I used to do like 30 years ago when I still had money and a non arthritic body, now 64 years old all I do is tinker with my scooter every once in a while and ride it. I'm just being a clown and not being critical of ya! Well, gotta go for a scooter ride.😁
This is actually a Progress 200 that had a Sachs engine in it and was produced in West Germany. The IWL Berlin looks similar but was produced in the GDR. I am happy to see some German kontent on this channel. 😄
Hi! I've watched all your content since you've created your own channel. I've fallen in love with wrenching on bikes myself and fixed up a bunch including a few vintage ones like a Kawasaki F11 and Suzuki TS125. Your videos act as inspiration not only to keep folks like me interested in the hobby and learning new tricks, but also getting newcomers interested and excited about 2 wheel machinery. Keep doing what your doing, I absolutely love when I see a new video from you on my feed! PS - I'm a PA native living in western PA, if you ever do a fan event i'll be sure to be there!
Love the Art Dco aesthetic and design. Seems to me it's really a motorcycle at it's core, as it's got a fair size engine, big wheels, sprockets and chain, and geared transmission. The main scooter-like thing is the convenient step through floor. Hope you blokes turn this into a project 👍🏻
Top tip: Modify side cutters (aka dikes) to keep what has been cut from flying across the shop and potentially into an eye. Clean side cutter jaws with alcohol. On hollow cutting side with jaws closed, fill with rtv sealant. Let it dry overnight, then slice with a razor blade along (beside, parallel) the cutting edge. Now you have rubber jaws that hold onto what was cut. Old aircraft mechanic trick. Cannot have small chunks of steel, etc floating around in an aircraft.
I love your channel and your videos man. I enjoy how you look into every tiny aspect that might cause a failure and solve the issue no matter what (you even soldered some today) and that's OG. I love bikes but I've never felt that way with mechanics until I ran into you; just keep it that way, it's amazingly interesting.
Great scooter! Thank you for bringing it back to life! Wonderfully entertaining video, Love the adventure, knowledge and just great fun! Happy New Year Craig and Dan, hope to see lots more in 2024!🍻
I love the smell of the engine warming up after working on it. All the different fluids (Oil, WD40, antifreeze, etc) heating and evaporating..... The smell of success!
What a beaut ,reminds me a bit of a Zundapp Bella or Simson KR? Check out what the guys in Germany are still doing to these kinda bikes!! ...Quickly becoming my favorite yt channel here👍 shoutout from the Irish in Portugal 😎👍
I hope this episode generated plenty of income because from where I’m watching in Australia there was an ad every four minutes. Still well worth watching.
Dan's German is really good! The engine is from a '72 Honda XL250. In it's original configuration it had a magneto ignition, that doesn't need a battery.
What a heap! But this was fun to watch, and I love the look of that engine - like a small racing engine from the 50s. The frame looks beefy too (well, German!) but I’m not sure they belong together, TBH… Happy New Year Craig! Les in UK 🇬🇧
Excellent content mate loving the bikes and scooters you repair, by far the best channel around at the minute, All the best lads, Chris from the UK 🇬🇧 ❤❤
Craig: What could possibly go wrong? Scooter: Proceeds to show us. :) Glad Dan's eye is ok - that was a good shot! It is a really cool scooter- hoping to see more of it!
I have a 1984 honda elite 250. It runs awesome, but something broke in the safety switch for electric start...and now it won't start. I'm braindead when it comes to engines, so it sits in my living room as an ornament. I need a buddy that knows engines. lol
My old fella had a German scooter back in the late 50s he was riding it through a local mountain range we call THE HORSESHOE PASS, and the scooter started shaking realy badly and the front half of the frame had detached from the back half along a weld line, he jumped off and the scooter is still at the bottom of the mountain to this day! 1256 ft about sea level lol
We know you always did all the actual work but the videos are much better with you and Sean. Y’all’s back and forth banter made those videos what they were.
You know I really got to say this was probably one of your best videos I really enjoyed this one for some reason something about that bike I don't know about that whole 70 mph thing on that piece of s*** but more power to you bro
Now that I'm motivated, I'll go work on my 1966 Puch Allstate and hope it's first test drive will be a touch more successful....tires need changed first, perfect.
Craig, get yourself an iv stand for that fuel bottle, their like $20, they roll around, go pretty high and store away nicely My great uncle used that set up on his old bsa flat tracker, his stand had an asset tag from the local hospital, I never asked questions, haha
My favorite part about craig is that 1st thing he wants to do is ride.. safety 3rd on a good day.. most youtube channels show people sorting out all systems.. sure they start on a bottle, but thy get brakes, starting, lights, tanks seats.. etc..everything fixed.. all new parts installed then ride... not craig.. he's like all of are in real life.. i can't begin to recall how many times i've test ridden bikes with no seat, no tank, no brakes.. whatever it takes to go around the block.. or more...
crawling around on the floor looking for what you've just dropped. THE most realistic workshop footage on youtube!
Mind your head, as you stand back up😅
@@chrisprobert6 Hit my head off a pillion peg more than once searching for washers that fell
Came complete with 1950’s computer fans too…🥹
Then finding lost stuff like the knife!
I would rather watch this guy at work then that stupid vintage idiot that can wear out a throttle cable in 10 seconds
YAAY! Well my riding exam is this wednesday, I wanna pass and buy a motorcycle and go riding. Wish me luck :D
Good luck. You got this !
@@grahamsmith6474 Thanks you :3
You will pass, go slow on roads at first
You are encapsulating everything that is fun with old bikes, keep it up!
Pro tip- just breathe
The channel is relatively new but Craig is killing in this videos, a lot of knowledge and entertainment. Greatings from Brazil Craig 🇧🇷
Absolutely! Greetings from USA :-)
@@postersm7141 And the U.K. greetings too.
Craig. You need to do a cameraman challenge. Switch places with Dan and see if he can get a bike started. He’s learned a lot.
The unit of measure between the legs of the center stand is called a cubit. I really like the videos and your desire to get almost anything on two wheels running again.
Beat me to it!
Technically correct, but I usually refer to it as a yar. As in, "How long is it?" "Righ bout yar."
I thought a cubit was the distance from middle finger tip to rear side of elbow?
I like the way Craig and Dan do business. Great job to you both.
Some useless trivia incoming: Even though I'm German, I'd never heard of the brand - possibly because they stopped production well before I was born.. :) Reading up on the scooter on German wikipedia, it seems this one was conceived because a doctor told the eventual designer/producer that he'd love to buy an Italian scooter for his office but didn't think he'd be able to tolerate the small wheels on those things which would vanish into every pothole on the road. So the designer went about creating a scooter based around 16-inch wheels. Initially they had to produce a version with only 14-inchers because they couldn't source any larger wheels (production started in 1950, so only five years after WW2 had ended). This early one was called "Strolch" (= rascal) and used a 60cc engine, which was later upgraded to a 100, then 150 and finally to a 175cc engine. Apparently, this earlier model only had rubber bushings at the front and coil-springs at the back. When the 200cc Sachs-engine became available, they brought out an improved model called the Progress 200 (the one in the video, I guess) in 1953. The chassis was also upgraded and now included both springs and dampeners. The scooter was praised for its sophisticated suspension setup and "grown up" handling characteristics - but all the upgrades made it more expensive to produce. The Strolch was intended as a cheap scooter, an idea that couldn't be sustained with the more elaborate Progress.
Cheapest version of the Progress, in 1955, was 1,765 Marks - I can't find an inflation-calculator that goes back far enough, but that amount in 1965 would be EUR ~4,400 or USD 4,700 today. So... probably more like 5,000 to 5,500 EUR in today's money.
Awesome video as always. One suggestion, if we could get more time with the completed bikes even if it's a once every few months special where we get to see the finished products that would be great. The restores are fantastic but the endings are so short. Just a tiny bit more would be great! Thanks for all the amazing videos!
I agree completely. I hope they see this suggestion.
They've turned into pretty basic , will it runs and nothing more
I needs there to be a part two of this scooter. This thing is very cool 😮
I need a part two video fixing it up and getting it road legal, then an absurd road trip video on the thing lol 😂
Just a seat pan. Forget everything else , it looked awesome riding without rear cover , waiting on pt 2
Wow that’s a cool scooter 👌
100%@@bigtrshrod
yup i 2nd that request..lol
You van tell Craig is a good person as when the bit flew in Dan's eye he genuinely looked concerned. Most "modern" content creators would have laughed and made fun of it
Real, you could hear from his voice he was really concerned
yeah that was a wholesome moment for real.
If you don't care about your friends, you're not a friend.
Yes he missed the moment completely 😁
19:40 Thanks for including stuff like this. Makes me feel not so bad about all the time I spend crawling on the floor looking for small parts. It's a great reason to keep a clean shop!
I've rode all different makes and types of bikes. I don't care what anyone says,,, some of those scooters are pretty enjoyable to ride. Just for zipping around town in the summer can be lots of fun. Riding bikes is suppose to be fun right ? Never worry about what other people think. Enjoy every minute you are on two wheels.
As someone who has bought and sold motorcycles and scooters and done my own work, these videos are invaluable and hit home when you actually do this stuff, Craig is the type of guy you just want to hang out all day in the shop with, he may be the best guy I have seen on youtube and his personality matches, great channel
Craig, Dan, Max & other people involved in this channel are truly genuine people; you are charismatically honest and joyously infectious in skills & humour, and in another sort of deep divey veins to...
Allen Millyard, The Illestrator, Brick House Builds and RCC Restorations
Craige! Bearded brother, i can hear the compassion and love you have for people and life. keep doing stuff like this. Being humble and real is gold.
As a kid I saw these scooters around (in Austria). Sachs was kind of the 'higher end'. Us 'poorer' kids rode Puch and Kreidler mopeds and scooters.
I would LOVE to have that scooter as my daily run-around! I agree, there should be a part 2 with that lovely scooter put together properly and made road-legal.
Well done to Dan for his German!
Very cool!!
I've owned so many puch
Mopeds I really love that moped it even has needle bearings in the transmission I would give anything for one
Craig's knowledge of motorcycles is so vast and his troubleshooting skills are fantastic! I have learned so much about motorcycle repair from this guy. Also he is just such a likeable guy! Thank you Craig!
Bike tipping over at the end cracked me up. It`s really cool. It needs a little restoration with paint and starting procedure.
As a german, I could understand the numbers, but I didn´t understand, what u said for the kicks... anyway, I like ur channel and the the one of the other bearded guy. Tank you, I learned alot with ur help. Greetings from germany.
Real world tech. It's great how you mention your mistakes. Great work
Aye man I'm new to this channel. I just want to thank you for getting thru my rough break up. I have a Harley sitting at my parents for 3 years. Not once I've gotten the chance to repair it. I put my kids and their mother first. Right now I'm going thru it. After a harsh break up. Your channel reminded me what used to make me happy. Is to ride and repair. Thank you for your channel to give me the courage to go back to what I love doing and getting my sportster back on the road
At 4:00 in the video ya called this engine a Rebel, all the 250 Rebels that I know of were twin cylinders. I do enjoy watching you do what I used to do like 30 years ago when I still had money and a non arthritic body, now 64 years old all I do is tinker with my scooter every once in a while and ride it. I'm just being a clown and not being critical of ya! Well, gotta go for a scooter ride.😁
This is actually a Progress 200 that had a Sachs engine in it and was produced in West Germany. The IWL Berlin looks similar but was produced in the GDR. I am happy to see some German kontent on this channel. 😄
Hi! I've watched all your content since you've created your own channel. I've fallen in love with wrenching on bikes myself and fixed up a bunch including a few vintage ones like a Kawasaki F11 and Suzuki TS125. Your videos act as inspiration not only to keep folks like me interested in the hobby and learning new tricks, but also getting newcomers interested and excited about 2 wheel machinery. Keep doing what your doing, I absolutely love when I see a new video from you on my feed! PS - I'm a PA native living in western PA, if you ever do a fan event i'll be sure to be there!
Thank you!
Love the Art Dco aesthetic and design. Seems to me it's really a motorcycle at it's core, as it's got a fair size engine, big wheels, sprockets and chain, and geared transmission. The main scooter-like thing is the convenient step through floor. Hope you blokes turn this into a project 👍🏻
Camera man/Kick starter is a hoot! He is a big part of the show. Way better than VGG.
The joy when these engines start never gets old! Love it. Greetings from New Zealand.
I am really enjoying the banter between Craig and Dan. Love Dan's comments!
I love how you two just have fun while doing a job Keep up the great videos
I love how these mechanical shows have big tool boxes, but it Always ends up being the mighty Vice grips that does all the heavy lifting 👍
Top tip: Modify side cutters (aka dikes) to keep what has been cut from flying across the shop and potentially into an eye. Clean side cutter jaws with alcohol. On hollow cutting side with jaws closed, fill with rtv sealant. Let it dry overnight, then slice with a razor blade along (beside, parallel) the cutting edge. Now you have rubber jaws that hold onto what was cut. Old aircraft mechanic trick. Cannot have small chunks of steel, etc floating around in an aircraft.
I'm totally stealing that.
@@faryldaryl3975 No need to steal, it was a gift to those that find it and choose to use it. Have a good one!
Great video as always! It's just so much fun watching these vids. Btw great german impressions😂
Greetings from Bavaria (germany)
I love your channel and your videos man. I enjoy how you look into every tiny aspect that might cause a failure and solve the issue no matter what (you even soldered some today) and that's OG.
I love bikes but I've never felt that way with mechanics until I ran into you; just keep it that way, it's amazingly interesting.
Great scooter! Thank you for bringing it back to life! Wonderfully entertaining video, Love the adventure, knowledge and just great fun! Happy New Year Craig and Dan, hope to see lots more in 2024!🍻
I love the smell of the engine warming up after working on it. All the different fluids (Oil, WD40, antifreeze, etc) heating and evaporating..... The smell of success!
Man, that was cool. You turned it in to a one kick machine, Matt Walksler would be proud guys!!! Thumbs up as always
Starts just as well as my XL250 did. Well, the CB450 carb might not have helped starting much, but improved the peak rpm.
Air filter would probably help it not run so lean and stall. Really hope you do a part 2.
The funniest part!!! Craig gets it running, and the clutch lever and other things start falling off, lol. Love the video, cool scooter.
What an awesome little scooter! I'd love to see a follow up video where you put this together properly and get it running and riding as intended.
So glad to see this channel taking off!! One of my faves 💕
From fingertip to elbow = 1 Cubit. Great shows, keep up the great work!
I was a MC mechanic for a few years, really enjoy your videos!
What a beaut ,reminds me a bit of a Zundapp Bella or Simson KR? Check out what the guys in Germany are still doing to these kinda bikes!! ...Quickly becoming my favorite yt channel here👍 shoutout from the Irish in Portugal 😎👍
I hope this episode generated plenty of income because from where I’m watching in Australia there was an ad every four minutes. Still well worth watching.
Dan's German is really good! The engine is from a '72 Honda XL250. In it's original configuration it had a magneto ignition, that doesn't need a battery.
I truly love watching every one of your videos. Please don't ever stop
It would be badass to see it fixed up and working properly. Sweet little scoot
That motor is a 250cc side port. It came in the 72 through I believe 76 XL250 and possibly SL250 as well. They’re good motors
I have to try upsidedown soldering sometime :) Great stuff, as always!
I expect I'd have to find one of those sachs motors and restore that beautiful little scooter! Good show guys
Great watching you guys! You make make an awesome team! Dan's comments in front and from behind the camera are premium! Well done!
i feel the scooter's pain but then again - it is as old as I am. Still, chuggin' along. Thanks for getting it running.
That thing actually looks awesome. Would love to see this thing fixed up. Bore it? add a little power. A sporty exhaust maybe? Troll scooter 2024!!
Dan’s German is actually pretty decent 👍🏻 Wonder if he has any connections to the old world ?🤔
This is one of my fave channels on UA-cam now. You're helping me get my own shitty bikes up and running
Great vid! I look forward to them every week! Makes even more sense when I’ve had a few beers down the pub 👍🏼🥴
What a heap! But this was fun to watch, and I love the look of that engine - like a small racing engine from the 50s. The frame looks beefy too (well, German!) but I’m not sure they belong together, TBH… Happy New Year Craig! Les in UK 🇬🇧
This is the hardest I’ve laughed in a while in y’all’s videos I always laugh but this one got me. The safety goggles was great
Great video and the knowledge Craig possesses is outstanding. Definitely my fav motorcycle channel. Cheers from Down Under 🇦🇺 🍻
Awesome video Craig. Your a wealth of knowledge and great humour
Awesome video Craig and Dan, that's a very nice wee Sachs scooter with the sl 250 engine in it, any hope of a part 2 on it please? 😀👍👍
That scooter will be an amazing project for someone to finish and put on the road!
Excellent content mate loving the bikes and scooters you repair, by far the best channel around at the minute, All the best lads, Chris from the UK 🇬🇧 ❤❤
Craig: What could possibly go wrong?
Scooter: Proceeds to show us. :)
Glad Dan's eye is ok - that was a good shot! It is a really cool scooter- hoping to see more of it!
I have a 1984 honda elite 250. It runs awesome, but something broke in the safety switch for electric start...and now it won't start. I'm braindead when it comes to engines, so it sits in my living room as an ornament. I need a buddy that knows engines. lol
That's so funny, can't believe you did it but hey gotta give to you! Thanks Ray
2:40 ... tip to elbow is one imperial cubit, the unit of measurement on Noah's work bench.
Another victory, Dr. Frankenstein! It lives. Great job guys.👍
Ich liebe die Berliner Roller,
Wunderschön und unglaublich vielseitig
Love the look when it idles. It is a proud moment!
That's a really cool looking bike, or scooter, or whatever it is. I'd love to see it sorted out!
My old fella had a German scooter back in the late 50s he was riding it through a local mountain range we call THE HORSESHOE PASS, and the scooter started shaking realy badly and the front half of the frame had detached from the back half along a weld line, he jumped off and the scooter is still at the bottom of the mountain to this day! 1256 ft about sea level lol
We know you always did all the actual work but the videos are much better with you and Sean. Y’all’s back and forth banter made those videos what they were.
I'm wondering when we will get to see Dan find a small project bike to fix.
That sounds and looks the nets. Amazing job guys 👍🏻👍🏻
Your measurement of the stand width using your forearm is called a cubit, used by the Egyptians. Fun vids guys, keep it up.
29:58.....🤣🤣 How many resons!!!? so funny!!!!
Love it
You guys are always good for a laugh and a little education
You know I really got to say this was probably one of your best videos I really enjoyed this one for some reason something about that bike I don't know about that whole 70 mph thing on that piece of s*** but more power to you bro
One of my favorite channels. Keep doing what you do! Let's go ride sometime!
Just got my Christmas giveaway shirt! Thanks again, boys! Love the content, Craig. Keep it up, dude.
Best new channel of 2023 !!!!!
"I can't find second...but it's amazing!" You go, Craig!
Keep doing what you are doing, fast becoming my favourite fix it channel
What a great little bike! I hope it gets restored by somebody!
These videos bring me so much joy....
Craig please do a pt2 on this one. Love the content and would love to see the condition these bikes are in when they move on to their next owner
Doing a Mecanical Scooter is actually a REALLLLY different thing, but similar and it really helps to learn even about a Scooter!
That thing is adorable! I don't quite understand how you shift tho. I never saw a shift lever....only a couple pedals coming thru the floor.
"lady and gentlemen" I feel seen, thanks craig love your stuff!
Now that I'm motivated, I'll go work on my 1966 Puch Allstate and hope it's first test drive will be a touch more successful....tires need changed first, perfect.
This is my new favorite channel!
Craig, get yourself an iv stand for that fuel bottle, their like $20, they roll around, go pretty high and store away nicely
My great uncle used that set up on his old bsa flat tracker, his stand had an asset tag from the local hospital, I never asked questions, haha
most enjoyable vid yet, loved every bit of it, thank you, peter from Aus.
So much fun watching u guys play this! Hilarious how fast u guys turn on each other when something goes stupidly wrong!!
I love your restoration vids but I think u should post more. Cuz i wanna see more you know
My favorite part about craig is that 1st thing he wants to do is ride.. safety 3rd on a good day.. most youtube channels show people sorting out all systems.. sure they start on a bottle, but thy get brakes, starting, lights, tanks seats.. etc..everything fixed.. all new parts installed then ride... not craig.. he's like all of are in real life.. i can't begin to recall how many times i've test ridden bikes with no seat, no tank, no brakes.. whatever it takes to go around the block.. or more...
Nothing in my eye right.... "no" from 5 feet away.... Gots to luv you guys 21:11
thank you Craig. I appreciate your work. I learn a lot.
Finally a scooter i have been waiting so long