Monkeys are really valuable now days. In Finland (i think Finland had one of the biggest markets of them in Europe) good condition 1980s & 90s monkeys are between 1700-2500€ mint condition monkeys are around 3000€. 1970s models are 1500€ for tear down & unknown condition baske case monkeys. Fully restored models can cost up to 4500€-5000€
Craig is the real deal. He has seem some things. A wild pack of BMW GS riders are no joke, people, and yet he saunters off into the unknown on a sketchy Triumph!.
Hi Craig, about that finnicky airbox: i usually get some silicone spray on any rubber part. Rubber has silicones in it that tend to evaporate and make it dry and extremely stiff and stubborn. A little silicone spray every few years will keep the rubber from drying to much and will make it slip sooooo easy. my fuel tank has rubber mounts: went from needing 2 people to remove it to just a single hand.
For those looking to put pod filters on CV carbs like these. Try to find ones that don't have a lip on the inside. My Triumph 900 engine came with those exact filters on it and there's an enormous lip that seals off several orifices in the carbs that need clean air flow over them.
I've had my thunderbird for 10 years now. One of the best incarnations of the triple you'll ever come across. Make sure you check the camchain! I have just had mine replaced at 53k, and the camchain guide had broken up. The resultant repairs cost a lot of Money!
YES I Was waiting for this! Saw bikes and beards episode and ngl first thought was like "Craig will upload soon " not first but not last but I am here to stay!
absolutely love this ride it home series. & after riding the last couple years on a chopper, no mirrors and 30% braking power is all apart of the adventure ;) cheers Craig!
Hey Craig and team, just wanted to say thanks for the videos! I've never had a bike and probably never will, but i thoroughly enjoy watching you bring something old out of a garage and bringing it back to life. Thanks again and safe rides!
That was neat seeing the caboose farm, I use to live about a half mile up the road from there. (Moved away in 1992) Many of the roads you were on I recognized. Thanks for the great content and great scenery.
A sweet potato is a root. Yams tend to be more cylindrical and have scaly, bark-like skin. Sweet potatoes tend to have a more tapered shape and may be firm or soft with thinner skin. Generally, sweet potatoes taste sweeter than yams.
A few frames in and I knew exactly where you were. I know Thurmont when I see it. Grew up in Sabillasville, which you passed through. Hope you enjoyed the scenery as much as I do!
Triumph sure do make a great bike, even ones that have been sitting for years still run well. I’m a huge Triumph fan, had three and really want another soon.
It wouldn't matter what you were riding, that ride home looked epic, nice scenery with some nice twisty roads which remind me of some roads here in Australia. What more could you ask for Craig, perfect job if you ask me, totally jealous mate.
Nice work. FYI, some of those pod filters cover the intake for the vacuum-operated slides which can lead to slow throttle response, bogging, and lean conditions.
I'm a big fan of Keihin CVK carbs. Best thing this side of fuel injection and super fault tolerant. When they start going bad, you have weeks of notice. When Fuel Injection goes bad, you're screwed wherever and whenever you sit.
i live on a small island in the middle of the uk and france! sold my last bike to buy a car for my girls, am a single parent full time carer of my 26 year old daughter and parent of my mad teanager 15 year old! been a biker all my life but have given up now as kids come first, love you guys in these videos watched bikes and beards for years, keep going as these videos make my day( been there done that lol) love you guys
Anything over 40years old is test and tax free so when you find a bike there are people glad to give you cash and ship them to the UK as the price they get is many times greater .it's crazy hear now. Great to see Craig work 😃(in reference to some of the older bikes he has worked on)
@wasterdnb it will be exempt from tax payment and not need an MOT, but you still need to register it as taxed. and in order to get that exemption you gotta apply through dvla
Great video! My new favorite channel…The MABDR ends in New York at the beginning of the NEBDR (northeast BDR) which runs through the Catskills into the Berkshire’s of Mass to the Green mountains of Vermont through the white mountains of NH and ends in the western mountains of Maine It’s an amazing technical beautiful route.
Love this video, it's pretty much what it's like to take a bike on a small road trip. Lots of time on the highway to let your mind wander, taking little pit stops you come across just to take a break, wondering what could go wrong with your bike if it's sketchy lol.
I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos getting downed bikes going again - you inspire me - and I have been on a whole day video binge I am so pinkled tink. Thank you.
Really enjoy these videos. I hope that you do genuinely do enjoy finding, riding these bikes and making these videos as the passion and enjoyment is what makes such great content. If not you are a great actor. So Respect either way. 🇬🇧
I've owned a Triumph tiger 900 and a speedmaster 900, both were 2005. 2 of the best bikes that i ever had as far as reliability and comfort. Although they were 2nd generation triples from what you have that design was solid.. I'm looking for a cheap Bonneville currently. Hopefully you will give that bike some love and bring it back to as close to spec as possible.
Awesome!!!! Now you need to build a Rally Fighter type bike and go cross country only taking the back roads. Yes!!! This is stuff I love doing. I'm not a mechanic but I love the exploring of the back roads
Very nice bike. Lots of bike people love Triumphs like that in a big way. Basic retro style and functional too. Give me one like that over any massive boat anchor HD cruiser anyday.
I had no patience for anything to do with working on both my bikes till I started to watch your channel. Thank you so much!I've learned a few things too!
Thanks so much for doing this video. I honestly think adv bikes are the future. This is my next adventure. The off road capabilities open up so much more fun.
@@Saertyhg lol, I was 9 when that bike came out. I remember the joke about those bikes being "the _REAL_ Triumph was getting it to run for any amount of time." -Dad. *TL;DR* I'm 34, I don't feel old, I feel blessed. Sometimes you just have to push your limits and go places you haven't gone before to really appreciate life... like riding a neglected Triumph down a exploratory gravel trail with significantly reduced brakes. Craig gets it. I daily'd a motorcycle for 7 years, but life got complicated and the 600cc bikes (01 Suzuki Bandit 600s, 07 Yamaha FZ6) had to get sold, so now I take advantage of the abundance of e-bike parts suppliers to build my own. I completed my longest ride (42 mile round trip) yesterday. During the ride, I had one chain hop (I had to re-tension chain on the side of the road), had to swap batteries once, had 1 near-wipeout with an uncovered drainage gutter (locked up both wheels), and got caught in a surprise severe-thunderstorm. At one point, I took refuge under a bridge due to the high winds, rain and lightning, but had to leave in a hurry when a flash-flood raised water levels over 4ft in a matter on minutes. Luckily I moved my bike a few feet forward to the opposite side of the bridge when I did... I climbed up the embankment to shield myself from the wind, and by the time I realized the water level had risen so much down below, the path was already fully underwater, with my 10" wheels half-way submerged (touching the bottom of the deck), and the spot I had been previously about 1ft deep, meaning full deck submersion and fried electrics since it's only weather-resistant (not waterproof). With no place left to stick around, I sent it through the storm (which with my wheelbase is only about 25MPH, I don't dare do 40MPH top speed in the wet) with lightning flashing all around, until I arrived at the next overpass where the path was elevated and the river widened, so there I was able to wait out the storm and continue my ride fully dry and in peace after. I still drive for work (company vehicle), and I've been driving for 19 years with 0 collisions or speeding tickets (even when I had my CDL for a 30ft bus) so it's not like I'm bad at it, but I don't have to deal with the road-ragers and unsafe drivers and stop and go traffic and all that in my free time... life's too short to put up with that.
WOW! No way! I can't wait for the day someone offers me a Triumph Thunderbird/Legend/Adventurer like that! That's such an awesome bike with an awesome engine. I hope to own a Hinckley Triple one day
Over the years, I've learned one very important lesson the hard way......there's nothing more expensive than a free vehicle.
haha or a free horse
Or a cheap Ferrari.
You got this for free. The other day in the UK i saw a honda monkey with no engine and broken forks listed for £500
Monkeys are really valuable now days. In Finland (i think Finland had one of the biggest markets of them in Europe) good condition 1980s & 90s monkeys are between 1700-2500€ mint condition monkeys are around 3000€.
1970s models are 1500€ for tear down & unknown condition baske case monkeys. Fully restored models can cost up to 4500€-5000€
Sorry. 1960s &1970s models...
@@oddis188 for these prices I can buy an actual gorilla to carry me around 😂
I just bought a 250cc vespa 2005 for £350
Price for old scrap is going through the roof ! £1000 for a Puch moped absolutely insane 🤔
Gotta say Craig this channel is really coming together. The editing, content, and just everything is amazing!
Had leftover pizza for breakfast, had just enough creamer for the coffee, and now another Craig video? This is just a great day already.
It's midnight, hopefully you remembered to pick up creamer for tomorrow😂. Maybe some eggs too (if you can afford em)
pizza not have breakfast or lunch, only little ewening snacks.
creamer? I barely even know her *Knee Slap*
What, no half empty beer sitting on the coffee table to go with the pizza?
@slickar2752 Where I come from there's no beer leftover 😂
Puts on pod filters then proceeds to follow a truck on dusty back roads
This is why i watch this channel!
Absolutely loving the content, Craig. Keep 'em coming!!!
Loving the direction of this channel. I'm really enjoying the wrenching on the bikes.😊
Oh yeah? That's good!
Craig is the real deal. He has seem some things. A wild pack of BMW GS riders are no joke, people, and yet he saunters off into the unknown on a sketchy Triumph!.
This definitely deserves a rebuild!
Craig, your love for bikes and your skills really shine through.
You make many people really happy and you inspire many of us to keep our bikes running and get braver about becoming shade tree mechanics.
I like the look of that bike! There is something that is just cool about it.
Thanks for taking us along for your adventure.
Hi Craig, about that finnicky airbox: i usually get some silicone spray on any rubber part. Rubber has silicones in it that tend to evaporate and make it dry and extremely stiff and stubborn. A little silicone spray every few years will keep the rubber from drying to much and will make it slip sooooo easy. my fuel tank has rubber mounts: went from needing 2 people to remove it to just a single hand.
Hey Craig that bike turned out to be a decent rider not bad from pieces to pleasure great job.
For those looking to put pod filters on CV carbs like these. Try to find ones that don't have a lip on the inside. My Triumph 900 engine came with those exact filters on it and there's an enormous lip that seals off several orifices in the carbs that need clean air flow over them.
Yo Greg, congrats on the success of your show. I never miss an episode. Cheers from California. 🍻 🤘🥸
It’s Craig, brother. His name is Craig 😭
I think we can cut folk some slack on Craig’s name as Shaun pronounces it Kreg.
I've had my thunderbird for 10 years now. One of the best incarnations of the triple you'll ever come across.
Make sure you check the camchain! I have just had mine replaced at 53k, and the camchain guide had broken up. The resultant repairs cost a lot of Money!
YES I Was waiting for this! Saw bikes and beards episode and ngl first thought was like "Craig will upload soon " not first but not last but I am here to stay!
You as a mechanic can certainly appreciate this wonderful free triumph. Bring it to it's full glory.
absolutely love this ride it home series. & after riding the last couple years on a chopper, no mirrors and 30% braking power is all apart of the adventure ;) cheers Craig!
Hey Craig and team, just wanted to say thanks for the videos! I've never had a bike and probably never will, but i thoroughly enjoy watching you bring something old out of a garage and bringing it back to life. Thanks again and safe rides!
I like that you are wearing all the gear. You're setting an excellent example for safety
Yes, Craig does it right. He did have a major wreck 2 years ago. So he knows the importance of proper gear.
I have a 2000 Triumph Adventurer. Absolutely love the bike and it is great to see it on the channel.
I'm happy to see you showing a motorcycle that is nice to look at. No front brake again; I would not even consider riding it.
That was neat seeing the caboose farm, I use to live about a half mile up the road from there. (Moved away in 1992) Many of the roads you were on I recognized. Thanks for the great content and great scenery.
Just love it!!!!!! No filler just epic content. 🤘🏻
A sweet potato is a root. Yams tend to be more cylindrical and have scaly, bark-like skin. Sweet potatoes tend to have a more tapered shape and may be firm or soft with thinner skin. Generally, sweet potatoes taste sweeter than yams.
This is what I came to the comments for. lol
A few frames in and I knew exactly where you were. I know Thurmont when I see it. Grew up in Sabillasville, which you passed through. Hope you enjoyed the scenery as much as I do!
AWESOME Adventure on your Adventurer Craig 👍👍
love to see it! bringing an old bike back to life and actually riding!
Triumph sure do make a great bike, even ones that have been sitting for years still run well. I’m a huge Triumph fan, had three and really want another soon.
I have had 2. 72 Daytona and a2003 Speed 4. Loved both. The Speed 4 was a ausome bike. Just not a reliable daily rider. Same for the Daytona.
It wouldn't matter what you were riding, that ride home looked epic, nice scenery with some nice twisty roads which remind me of some roads here in Australia. What more could you ask for Craig, perfect job if you ask me, totally jealous mate.
It's funny how the landscape looks sooooo much like the one in the area I come from in Germany
Nice work. FYI, some of those pod filters cover the intake for the vacuum-operated slides which can lead to slow throttle response, bogging, and lean conditions.
I'm a big fan of Keihin CVK carbs. Best thing this side of fuel injection and super fault tolerant. When they start going bad, you have weeks of notice. When Fuel Injection goes bad, you're screwed wherever and whenever you sit.
OMG, I have driven by Mr. Ed's SO many times and have yet to stop! You made my day by stopping there! You are doing a great job with your channel!
Always liked the unique sound of the Triumph Triples. Would love to see a "restoration" on that bike :)
i live on a small island in the middle of the uk and france! sold my last bike to buy a car for my girls, am a single parent full time carer of my 26 year old daughter and parent of my mad teanager 15 year old! been a biker all my life but have given up now as kids come first, love you guys in these videos watched bikes and beards for years, keep going as these videos make my day( been there done that lol) love you guys
Bean or donkey?
Great job man. Loving the channel so happy you done it. Miss you and Sean being together put your doing an amazing job. Stay safe and keep having fun.
Thanks for sharing Mr Ed's
Love the characteristic whine of the 3 pot motors.
Anything over 40years old is test and tax free so when you find a bike there are people glad to give you cash and ship them to the UK as the price they get is many times greater .it's crazy hear now. Great to see Craig work 😃(in reference to some of the older bikes he has worked on)
When road tax is £111 if you can get a bike that doesn't need tax or mot and has classic insurance it's almost free to ride.
Wait my 83 gs450 doesn't need mot or tax???
@@wasterdnb are you in the UK?
@chrishart8548 yes mate,new forest.
You?
@wasterdnb it will be exempt from tax payment and not need an MOT, but you still need to register it as taxed. and in order to get that exemption you gotta apply through dvla
Great video! My new favorite channel…The MABDR ends in New York at the beginning of the NEBDR (northeast BDR) which runs through the Catskills into the Berkshire’s of Mass to the Green mountains of Vermont through the white mountains of NH and ends in the western mountains of Maine
It’s an amazing technical beautiful route.
Hope you can do a proper tear-down and fix-up of this in a future video. I would watch it :)
i recently found your channel man...god bless you. I will make sure to watch your content and enjoy it as long as it takes.
Great job. Enjoyable to watch. Nothing but support and blessings for you. So happy you have your own show.
Sweet bike for free. We all don't get that lucky 😂 love to see what ya do with it next.
Great video, loved the running commentary! Yams and sweet potatoes are not the same thing. Y'all can Wikipedia it yourselves,
Love this video, it's pretty much what it's like to take a bike on a small road trip. Lots of time on the highway to let your mind wander, taking little pit stops you come across just to take a break, wondering what could go wrong with your bike if it's sketchy lol.
I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos getting downed bikes going again - you inspire me - and I have been on a whole day video binge I am so pinkled tink.
Thank you.
Yay!!! a new video! good way to start the weekend :D Thank you!
Really enjoy these videos. I hope that you do genuinely do enjoy finding, riding these bikes and making these videos as the passion and enjoyment is what makes such great content. If not you are a great actor. So Respect either way. 🇬🇧
I've owned a Triumph tiger 900 and a speedmaster 900, both were 2005. 2 of the best bikes that i ever had as far as reliability and comfort. Although they were 2nd generation triples from what you have that design was solid.. I'm looking for a cheap Bonneville currently. Hopefully you will give that bike some love and bring it back to as close to spec as possible.
On a 2001 Bonneville--it's been bullet proof--with a lithium battery it's even cold started in sub zero weather.
Awesome!!!! Now you need to build a Rally Fighter type bike and go cross country only taking the back roads. Yes!!! This is stuff I love doing. I'm not a mechanic but I love the exploring of the back roads
I like these ride home videos. Always entertaining 👍
I think you come up to Alaska next summer and buy a bike,get it running and ride up Dalton Hwy up to the Arctic.
I would love to do that! Definitely a bucket list ride for me
Loving the videos Craig! Great work, fantastic content. Thank you.
Lovely bike, and a great ride through the scenic roads and countryside is always the best, thanks for all this!
Very nice bike.
Lots of bike people love Triumphs like that in a big way.
Basic retro style and functional too. Give me one like that over any massive boat anchor HD cruiser anyday.
Great video and as an owner myself of a triumph thunderbird 900 1995 here in the UK 🇬🇧 you did good fella. 👍
I had no patience for anything to do with working on both my bikes till I started to watch your channel. Thank you so much!I've learned a few things too!
Very fun video good job. Wheels on the bus music was a good touch. Thanks
141k subs... Good Job Craig... this channels doing really good. 250k in no time.
How to install a Triumph Adventurer airbox: Step 1.) remove engine and transmission
I was afraid of that.
Step 2.) Prepare dynamite and firing cap.
What a beautiful bike. Love the content, glad you have your own channel now BnB has moved to Tennessee
Thanks so much for doing this video. I honestly think adv bikes are the future. This is my next adventure. The off road capabilities open up so much more fun.
I bet in time they let all the roads just turn back to rubble and dirt. And we will all need adventure bikes.
You sir earned the like and subscribe, keep it up , big fan
Great video. I always liked the Adventurer and come close to buying one a few times.
That’s what is all about mate, the reason we all do it.
Watching the bearded mechanic is always an adventure
I love it! you're knocking it out of the park man!
Thanks for making this video Craig. Please keep em comin!
It does a burnout!!!! SEND IT!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYE BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP
Love your videos, always look forward to the next one.
Amazing content, I really enjoyed that, some of the best rides I have had were fraught with problems, but you over come it
"24 year old bike"
"This 1999 Triumph"
It hurts
I feel old.
@@Saertyhg lol, I was 9 when that bike came out. I remember the joke about those bikes being "the _REAL_ Triumph was getting it to run for any amount of time." -Dad.
*TL;DR* I'm 34, I don't feel old, I feel blessed. Sometimes you just have to push your limits and go places you haven't gone before to really appreciate life... like riding a neglected Triumph down a exploratory gravel trail with significantly reduced brakes. Craig gets it.
I daily'd a motorcycle for 7 years, but life got complicated and the 600cc bikes (01 Suzuki Bandit 600s, 07 Yamaha FZ6) had to get sold, so now I take advantage of the abundance of e-bike parts suppliers to build my own.
I completed my longest ride (42 mile round trip) yesterday. During the ride, I had one chain hop (I had to re-tension chain on the side of the road), had to swap batteries once, had 1 near-wipeout with an uncovered drainage gutter (locked up both wheels), and got caught in a surprise severe-thunderstorm.
At one point, I took refuge under a bridge due to the high winds, rain and lightning, but had to leave in a hurry when a flash-flood raised water levels over 4ft in a matter on minutes.
Luckily I moved my bike a few feet forward to the opposite side of the bridge when I did... I climbed up the embankment to shield myself from the wind, and by the time I realized the water level had risen so much down below, the path was already fully underwater, with my 10" wheels half-way submerged (touching the bottom of the deck), and the spot I had been previously about 1ft deep, meaning full deck submersion and fried electrics since it's only weather-resistant (not waterproof).
With no place left to stick around, I sent it through the storm (which with my wheelbase is only about 25MPH, I don't dare do 40MPH top speed in the wet) with lightning flashing all around, until I arrived at the next overpass where the path was elevated and the river widened, so there I was able to wait out the storm and continue my ride fully dry and in peace after.
I still drive for work (company vehicle), and I've been driving for 19 years with 0 collisions or speeding tickets (even when I had my CDL for a 30ft bus) so it's not like I'm bad at it, but I don't have to deal with the road-ragers and unsafe drivers and stop and go traffic and all that in my free time... life's too short to put up with that.
Really loving this channel. 👍👍👍👍👍
That was fantastic,thanks guys 👍😃
1:20 Yeah. That is exactly what I need to hear right now, when I'm going to buy a Triumph. Thanks for the heads up Craig. :D
I’ve been following since your first dirt bike video. I love what you do and how you do it! Keep following your passion! I was an instant fan!
I'm glad you ride with full gear
Brilliant. Brave to say the least.
Great bike even better that you got it back on the road
Probably the coolest video I have ever seen you do.
It's pretty cool watching you cruise the same roads I cruise. I think we live basically next to each other! Love your videos, man!
Yeah Craig!!!
Another great video. Keep them coming.
If i had the budget and the knowledge like you do i would love doing this as well! Keep up the good content Craig!
First love the videos Craig keep it up man ❤❤❤
beautiful bike, what a steal.
That's a nice bike..keep up the good work stay safe and healthy
Loving this content, pure gold
WOW! No way! I can't wait for the day someone offers me a Triumph Thunderbird/Legend/Adventurer like that! That's such an awesome bike with an awesome engine. I hope to own a Hinckley Triple one day
I’ve been to that museum it’s pretty cool and awesome to see
Just gets better each video
so glad you made your own channel, fun and interesting vidz ✔
Love the video brother it would be cool too see more dritbike video as much an motorcycle videos too heck yeah
WOOOOOOOOOO, Go Craig!
Seeing aredtsville, biglerville, east Berlin all in one motorcycle revive and drive is crazy to me
Easy pod fix, tape up the back half of the filters so it doesn't run too lean.