F9 truly has no business being this good. Their previous video [1], about hub-center steering, has an absolutely fantastic oner where Ryan gets heckled by not one but two kids on scooters passing by, and still manages to finish the 3 minute take discussing path dependence and fitting a Robert Frost poem into a motorcycle review video. That segment starts around minute 7.

[1]: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JtBgv-SJEQg

▲ delichon 41 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

  "And that doesn't even count the stiffy you'll get every time you change tires on two single-sided swing arms."

I thought that this man was brave when he allowed himself to be dragged across pavement in a nylon jacket, but his script writing is even more courageous.

▲ bartvk an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I agree but every now and then, he comes with truly exhausting things. Like protectors being not worth it.

https://youtu.be/nINIJ1cAbYM

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kryogen1c an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> truly exhausting things. Like protectors being not worth it.

What do you mean? The video is very convincing, I don't see a hole in the logic.

	▲	bzz01 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This video has a bunch of cherry picking results and sound bites from already underpowered studies.

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JKCalhoun 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've seen a few of his videos — I think I am more put off by his lack of nuance. This is the RIGHT thing and all other opinions are idiotic.

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deelowe an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Many in the racing community share his opinions. All these things seem to accomplish is making you hot.

	▲	sgt an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It's partly true. I used to ride dirt bikes with full protection everywhere and it just makes you hot, I went to thinner protection and with more focus on getting the basics right: protect your feet at all costs, and protect your head. Aside from that, you're mostly fine. I still wear some light armor on knees and upper body though.

▲ ubermonkey 3 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's nuts, right? I mean, I ride, but I know plenty of folks who are subscribed to the F9 Youtube channel who don't just because so much of the content they do scratches nerdy itches.

Some of my favorites, in case anyone's interested:

* Ryan's periodic "check out this weird bike from the past" clips are always great, but I really LOVE the one about the Honda Rune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjuWiKz9zno

* Their "trilogy" of sorts about Harley, and the hows and whys of their odd and honestly self-defeating decisions, are all great, but my favorite is the one that compares an Indian Scout to its then-corresponding Harley model; the Indian made 43% more power, and it's all down to Harley's genuflection at "tradition". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ooue7i73zo

The other two are "why millions ride HD" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeuXShFIgyc), which kinda lays the background for the tradition at work in the aforementioned video; and "How HD killed itself" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwxxsPaogY), which is more about their demographic problem.

* They did a "how to deal with dealers" video that is really a thinly veiled tribute to a particularly excellent and longstanding dealership, which is just lovely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbr3JZAXDxA

* And my personal favorite is the FANTASTIC film homage built into Ryan's vid about the Ducati Desert X, which he ended up buying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcFqVIadWYo

▲ HPsquared 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also Italjet popping into the comments to say they're still around.

▲ Luc 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, those heckles are added in post IMHO. Microphones don't work that way.

	▲	slau 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It’s the same voice for both kids, so yes, but doesn’t mean he didn’t get heckled.

▲ n1b0m 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What a pro :)