Pedro Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 I wonder what's the freedom of a journalist to just start fiddling with a loaner bike's wires and mechanicals? Doing "his own maintenance" isn't probably what any company is expecting people to do to their loaner bikes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 18:21, Pedro said: That would seem like they're afraid of his "journalism", they might as well easily have no free bikes for him from now on. Expand Possibly, I am sure he could crow hard about it on Youtube but to do so would not help the little credibility he has as a bike 'Journo'. I doubt any manufacturer apart from the most desperate would have a bar of him in terms of a review bike if he did. I think he should stick to the pretty pictures and happy vids as well as his foolery, it works and is entertaining on several levels. He has 120k subscribers so is doing something right I suppose. I just checked and he couldn't blame the dodgey connection of his Quadlock for a parasitic draw as they are one of his channel sponsor. Not that he even realised that that maybe the cause. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 18:25, Pedro said: I wonder what's the freedom of a journalist to just start fiddling with a loaner bike's wires and mechanicals? Doing "his own maintenance" isn't probably what any company is expecting people to do to their loaner bikes Expand Yeah not a leg to stand on but does he know that? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 i liked the video ... he was in Kent , i stop for a coffee at Westerham ... was hoping he would of got out on bike to see if i recognized any where else he went. did i miss something in the video, what caused the battery to go flat ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 18:11, XTreme said: They'd be queuing up to see @Buckster give him abuse and @Six30 stitch him up with an iffy car! Expand would start easier than his bike... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 18:11, XTreme said: They'd be queuing up to see @Buckster give him abuse and @Six30 stitch him up with an iffy car! Expand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 19:13, Six30 said: i liked the video ... he was in Kent , i stop for a coffee at Westerham ... was hoping he would of got out on bike to see if i recognized any where else he went. did i miss something in the video, what caused the battery to go flat ? Expand He wired his Qualock USB straight to the battery unswitched. Next thing he has a flat battery, I would guess he created a parasitic draw. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 19:18, Saul said: He wired his Qualock USB straight to the battery unswitched. Next thing he has a flat battery, I would guess he created a parasitic draw. Expand what a twat... and he never realized 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 19:55, Six30 said: what a twat... and he never realized Expand Nope, and watching the pitiful attempts at a bump start, Youtube gold 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 18:07, XTreme said: We could do with that twat posting on here! Expand Fuckmine , @Buckster would love it if he was on here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 21:50, boboneleg said: Fuckmine , @Buckster would love it if he was on here. Expand I think we all would. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 I think my groin would need to make a comeback! Would you believe that we're now on Day 66? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted February 9, 2024 Author Share Posted February 9, 2024 I remember in the early 1980s Bike magazine reviewed a Honda and slagged it off, justifiably, so Honda withdrew all advertising from the mag. Bike magazine wouldn't back down and carried on without the Honda advertising. Several years later Honda were back advertising in the mag again! Journalistic integrity! Unfortunately, that seems to be a little lacking these days. That's not to say that Freddie's latest mishap wasn't self-inflicted! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 9, 2024 Share Posted February 9, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 22:08, XTreme said: I think my groin would need to make a comeback! Would you believe that we're now on Day 66? Expand Post a link to it on fred dobbs youtube comments Pete. All those people are currently unaware of the progress. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted February 10, 2024 Share Posted February 10, 2024 Not defending him but I don't think 9 volts would be enough to get the injectors and sparks going with a bump. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted February 10, 2024 Share Posted February 10, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 22:08, XTreme said: I think my groin would need to make a comeback! Would you believe that we're now on Day 66? Expand time moves on 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted February 10, 2024 Share Posted February 10, 2024 On 09/02/2024 at 22:14, Tango said: I remember in the early 1980s Bike magazine reviewed a Honda and slagged it off, justifiably, so Honda withdrew all advertising from the mag. Bike magazine wouldn't back down and carried on without the Honda advertising. Several years later Honda were back advertising in the mag again! Journalistic integrity! Unfortunately, that seems to be a little lacking these days. That's not to say that Freddie's latest mishap wasn't self-inflicted! Expand do we know which model it was ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 10, 2024 Share Posted February 10, 2024 On 10/02/2024 at 19:51, skyrider said: do we know which model it was ? Expand From what I can remember it was the CX500 Turbo......cos that had quite a few issues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 10, 2024 Share Posted February 10, 2024 On 10/02/2024 at 20:12, XTreme said: From what I can remember it was the CX500 Turbo......cos that had quite a few issues. Expand A turbo charged maggot what the hell were Honda thinking, i couldn't understand why, of all the bikes they produced then they picked that pile of crap to stick a turbo on LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 10, 2024 Share Posted February 10, 2024 On 10/02/2024 at 21:46, Sir Fallsalot said: A turbo charged maggot what the hell were Honda thinking, i couldn't understand why, of all the bikes they produced then they picked that pile of crap to stick a turbo on LOL Expand Maybe it needed it the most? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 "Make it as simple as possible for the viewers", for him more like. Is there a reason for the cam timing to be so far out, I'd guess a previous owner had been in there? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 On 10/02/2024 at 21:46, Sir Fallsalot said: A turbo charged maggot what the hell were Honda thinking, i couldn't understand why, of all the bikes they produced then they picked that pile of crap to stick a turbo on LOL Expand a few dispatchers used the standard cx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 On 10/02/2024 at 21:46, Sir Fallsalot said: A turbo charged maggot what the hell were Honda thinking, i couldn't understand why, of all the bikes they produced then they picked that pile of crap to stick a turbo on LOL Expand I rode a mate's CX (the standard one) in the late 70's and it was awful! Yet they had quite a following. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 On 11/02/2024 at 11:10, XTreme said: I rode a mate's CX (the standard one) in the late 70's and it was awful! Yet they had quite a following. Expand I know they had a following that is another thing i couldn't understand LOL A mate of mine had a silverwing used to get quite annoyed when we called it a CX or a dressed maggot LOL 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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