looking back on 2023 for me

a little rundown of what i did in 2023 the most time i spent fixing bikes
good year i got to meet up with quite a few people.

the videos that i think you should checkout here (skip the rest there trash)

Grand Challange

A good days ride offroad

1 day 5 castles

Dartmoor camping and saddlebags ride

east anglia Honda Cub Rally

Henry the Honda Cub part 1

Cub Fest 2023

Matlock Cub Rally

Henry Honda Cub Reveal

Kent loop

Police Project Bike

and here is the video where i rickrolled alot of people the comments are so funny

also got to meet up and ride with quite a few people this year including
@KIWIMEDIA @HippoDrones @Phil480 @MotoWolfYT @CuriousGooseMoto @CuriousGoose
and more but i cant remeber everyone :S

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Okay hello welcome to the end of the year the end of the year recap so I’m going to go through all the things that did this year relatively quickly hopefully and yeah okay so we started this year with finishing off my Honda c65 finished that all off got the seat

Redone got it on the road that was very good and of course as soon as I finish that like all wise decisions we start another one first we get a bike then we get another bike and that came into the Grand Challenge the Grand Challenge

Which eh went up and down but I finished my bike I got on the road unfortunately James got busy with work and stuff and something happened at work he got very busy it’s been an up and down year and unfortunately it never got finished yeah it’s a shame would have

Been good to finish that but we still had a bit of fun unfortunately the KTM did not get finished and the C250 RS well we’ll touch back on that later so we’re doing the C50 RS went on some nice off-road trails with Andy with his K

500 um and yeah the first few months of this build this uh channel was literally just cb250 RS content and loads of people watched it loads of people loved it um I didn’t like working on the bike in the end I got fed up because it

Started going a bit wrong um had a good off-road day with uh them lot which is good so I had a little rides peppered throughout um I really did enjoy doing the one day five castles video uh that one I really recommend checking out uh

The ace CF went up to Ace CF uh this year met up with uh Nathan Milwood of course who runs the um uh the the Grand Challenge buying a bike for a th000 or under and doing it up um and I’ve got the whole series of that um

I’ve did some little videos here and there not as many review videos as I thought I’d do this year not very many review videos I should have done more review videos on little things here and there maybe maybe next year I’ll do uh them as well um then of course was the

Beginning of season Meetup quite nice to see a few fellow fans or subscribers or whatever um so they can meet me in person realize that um I’m nothing like I come across in the videos I’m absolutely fake this is all CGI I don’t actually look at this good in person um

That the usual thing um I don’t know how to ride a bike at all and yeah uh funny thing though meeting up with a couple of people this year they they had to take a second second look they’re like hang on I worked out where you were uh one person in

Particular uh but yeah it’s quite funny that was uh yeah Salsbury plane went to Salsbury plane with Phil 480 and Andrew unfortunately Hipp drones couldn’t join us again that’s like the second year in a row he’s uh missed on the ssy trip that’s a shame uh but that was a good

Little weekend away then of course mwash mustash much must watch video the dart Mo camping trip video absolutely you have to go and check that one out if you haven’t seen it already uh that is the saddle bags ride as well so I took my 250 RS and went down there camping with

Curious goose and uh Paulie and lone Wally whatever his name is Chris Wallace um very wet weekend camping I don’t think I’ll ever go to that campsite again or I don’t know uh very wet weekend but it was great fun loved it maybe I’ll go somewhere else next time I don’t know if

I’ll go to the sadle bags next year or not we’ll see but anyway fantastic video you have to check it out um we did the then a little while later we did the MCN camping cold very cold weekend and was a bit me I mean it’s the last time they

Were doing it the showr so I don’t know it just felt like a bit everything was stripped down everything was stripped back it was a mess uh it’s not as comfy as previous years or the last the year before um but for 25 quid and that

Includes the event fee and you’re in so it’s still pretty good deal I think it was still a good deal as long as you didn’t buy any food and drink there cuz it very expensive defensive um and then after that Cub rally East Anglia another

Cold not too wet but just a cold cold cold I mean it was during the daytime glorious Sunshine glorious but during the night it was like 0 degrees and we were sleeping on a river but good video 20 minute video definitely check it out um then I couple of weeks later was the

Big pezza Patron camping trip a thing that I’ve held I think two years in a row now maybe there’ll be a third um but usually I see who’s up for it on the patron take everyone’s rough area and then I say this is a place and I’ll put

Together a little route and stuff and so far they’ve been quite successful and people have enjoyed the road rides um there’s been no off-roading um on these patreon camping trips so don’t worry about that they probably won’t be be ever uh off-roading for the pat cuz I

Just feel like it would put people into position where they’re not comfortable going off-road and I’d rather just keep it as a road as a road thing maybe I’ll do an off-road thing later I don’t know but at the moment I do one of these patreon meetups a year which tends to

Just be me and Phil and hip drones I think the most we had was five four or five of us once which is pretty good um we had a good time with that so we’ll see again what happens next year I sold the VFR this year that was a shame and I don’t

Know if I’m going to regret that because I’m regretting it I I missed that bike oh my goodness I missed that bike such such a I I’ve I’ve done some road trips on the 650 this year and at some points I was like oh man if I had the 750

That’d be great great because it’s just it just chews up mileage so much so much more comfortable in the road oh but then you get stuck in traffic and you’re like ah 100 brake horsepower and I can’t go anywhere you know and so then the BMW is

Better for that um or you hit pots and stuff like that so oh you can never win but yeah I do I do miss my VFR um then I went down to Plymouth it was the ab weekend I actually went down to Plymouth instead of going to the ab uh

Adventure bike ride Festival instead of going to there uh I went down to Plymouth to do a load of work on a Chinese bike um and another thing but we’ll catch that later maybe we’ll touch on that later but I thought yep I’ll uh go and help

Out one of my patrons who’s been a patron for a good couple of years curious Goose I said yeah put me up for a night I’ll come down and change your tires and do some other little bits we did a lot on on that bike and he did a

Lot on that bike unfortunately he hasn’t got I don’t think he’s posted a video from what he did but we’ll we’ll touch on it later but he did so much on that bike this year I’m surprised the engine hasn’t like the valve hasn’t left or the engine hasn’t destroyed itself I mean

It’s a bit rough it’s a Chinese bike so expect to do lots of things like fork seals and all this sort of thing starts to go um but yeah you either learn to do it yourself or whatever anyway BMW broke down on me on the way back from Plymouth

Which is always fun wasn’t it it’s always good and worked out what it was SWAT plug just came undone there you go that was the mystery you don’t need to watch that video saved yourself 8 minutes um then when I got back started work on Henry the Honda Cub so I

Definitely think you should check out the first and the last video in this series but yeah Henry the Honda Cub kept me busy through through uh the summer months just doing and restoring that Honda Cub that was stuffed in the lake um then of course I started went to

Cubfest um cubfest video probably should watch pretty good video 30 minutes long check it out I do recommend that video um then there’s some Honda Cub videos in between uh before we get to m lock now curious Goose showed up all the way from Plymouth to Matlock on a 125 not too bad

I think it was about 8 n hours or whatever uh I did it on the CT it took a long time 46 minute video definitely watch it a lot of um fun was had very wet weekend so even at comest 20123 we had rain uh not too bad but just a just

A bit um um but yeah the Matlock one was Heavy Rain all the time the inside of my tent remained relatively fine I was a few drips but considering how much came down other people’s tents were soaked through um where they just they don’t if you don’t weatherproof them you know but

I luckily I weatherproof my tent literally just before we went sort of thing on that trip uh Cub reveal that’s the like the semifinal video of Henry the Honda cup I think it was about a month and a half to to get him to anot and everything like that was about just

Under two months um and I think you should watch the first and the last I don’t care who you are first and last and if you were into Cubs and into me working on bikes then you watched the whole series then after that I was off to or around the same

Time the small bike Big Adventures the Kent uh loop or flying Loop uh yeah short video 20 odd minutes probably should watch it I took the c200 that’s probably the most of the c200 you’re going to see this year uh I did take it to the Japanese vintage day only watch

That video if you’re into Japanese bikes then down to the wild Southwest rally and uh good rally good fun nice to catch up with a one uh Curious goose and all that lot showed up so yeah the wild South fres rally brings a diverse uh crowd a bit more diverse than

It has previously has been with purely just harer Davidson Riders although 95% of them are there is uh uh you know oh and also met with um Moto wolf uh brilliant little Channel I don’t know which videos you should watch of his he does upload he

Has uploaded quite a lot this year he’s done really well this year he’s done tons of videos um but the fact that he was camping with like a little teu tent was uh that he got for like7 or whatever it was it was broken by like day two or

Whatever but uh yeah good on you at least he at least he did it for like yeah it’s possible and he went to the rally he probably slept rough for a couple of nights but yeah t- camping gear don’t don’t don’t waste your money anyway um I went up to Lincoln Shar to

See a mate again uh then the that was yep end of the 250 RS I had to sell it so the RS was gone and the VFR was gone and I was I’m sad I’m sad about the RS going because I really do like that bike I think it’s a

Comfortable bike I did about 300 mes on a day on it like 280 or something like that in a day such a comfortable bike really fuel economical lovely just PLS along 50 mph all day lovely comfortable holds all the luggage I did my scores and stuff so you can see the final video

There um ah of course hit hit by a Tesla finished yep that’s all fine um then it was the end of season not long ago um met up rode down it rained quite heavily got to a calf had some food went home a nice little ride together we went

Me and Steve finally got out in the Cubs for a good long ride ran out fuel a couple at a times the off fam steam Fair Days Ride video little Vlog whatever I think that’s the video you need to watch um definitely have to watch that one

Great video then of course I did the bike reveal of my new project which I had purchased months ago but I had to wait to sell the VFR and the 250 RS for it to be out of fit and even when I got it I still waited about a month to do

The reveal be or two months to do the reveal because I wanted to get the bike imported first before I did anything and I wanted to actually have money to work on the bike and I was saving up I wanted to have at like £600 so I could just go

Here’s £600 let’s get all these parts and hopefully it doesn’t need much more now we’re near in December and I’m a grand in now on Parts only oh it’s um it’s expensive BMW parts are but it probably will be worth it when it’s done still working on it so maybe next year

It’ll be finished maybe next year we’ll have some first ride videos and stuff and I know no one’s really interested in the BMW R8 um I’ve had some mixed uh reactions to it but overall I don’t care people can watch what they want to watch um yeah

It’s it’s coming soon uh maybe I’ll be riding it around next year now in the summer I didn’t up it was for patrons only I didn’t actually make it public until recently it was back in July one of the weekends I went down to the brands hatch

Bsp and I was doing 44 teeth spaning um if you’re into that sort of thing give it a watch maybe I’ll put it up with probably should check it out actually get that a bit higher and the last video that will be coming out this year it’s not coming out

Until after this video okay so around maybe New Years or in between Christmas between the 25th and New Year I’ll be posting a new video it will be over an hour long and it features all the bikes this year pretty much on the channel that you’ve seen every single bike that I own

Is pro not every single bike I own every single bike I’ve used on the road this year you will see in this video so there’s 250 RS there’s VFR there’s BMW there’s c200 there’s uh the CT everything is apart from a couple of bikes actually but they all pretty much

Be in this video there’s camping there’s road trips there’s all sorts and it’s one over one hour long and when I mean this is the most effort I’ve ever put into one video the most time the most money the most recording the most editing the most research the most

Everything now I’ve pped it up it’s probably going to be really bad and will not meet your expectations and they’ll probably say uh and I’ll will have an average watch time of 30 seconds anyway whenever I do upload it please give it a watch please let me know what you think

Because I have spent way too long on it and I don’t know if it’s good or bad anymore I just hope that some people get it and some people find it entertaining um and that video will come out very soon and there if you’re a patreon

You’ve had it already you can see it already it’s been up for ages um well a month or two but there is a reason why I can’t post it public and I explain in the video anyway so that is my end of year recap so that’s the end of year recap so let’s

Just we’re going to say skip check it out if you’re into that sort of thing that’s offroading uh me must watch bike reveal oh that’s that’s the special must watch that skip cuz it’s a view skip because I just basically saying that me there’s no camping bike reveal skip I told you what

It was it was the BMW uh police bike I think you should see the bike that I’m working on at the moment at least just see the first part and then it’s up to you what you want to do at the end sort of thing um meeting up with some fellow

Subscribers skip that one uh if you’re into that sort of thing I think watch episode one then if you’re into that sort of thing you can watch the rest of the series of the 250 RS first ride maybe check it out one day and five castles must watch check it out

Definitely the trail bike videos check it out sbur plane camping trip maybe check it out classic trail ride if you’re into that sort of thing I’m going to say ne cuz it was very cold uh skip that uh the VFR patreon Camp uh camping trip I’d say check it out it’s an okay

Video uh not the best one um check out the Curious Goose thing the the Honda Cub first part must watch that one uh cubfest yeah definitely um definitely give that a watch uh if you’re into that sort of thing you can see the rest of the build

Series bikes uh skip that uh me it’s just me riding to London that was horrible uh if you’re into that sort of thing skip the motor vlogger meetups they’re quite everything’s quite boring with them anyway uh if you’re into that sort of thing that one skip uh um I

Think that’s the best off-road video I did this year D more of course skip that BMW breakdown me me although people do like the drama Matlock rally absolutely you have to watch it if you’re into that sort of that’s a thing the wild sa rally must watch um rip oh that’s the BMW

Thing so we’ll put that there if you’re into that sort of thing if you’re into that sort of thing cuup reveal cuup reveal where’s that that has got to be a mustat of course as I previously said and we’ve got the uh yeah check out the 44 teeth video

If you’re into that sort of thing mustat that video that’s a mustat that’s a mustat that’s a me hit by Tesla you can skip I can take explain to it now I got hit by a Tesla I’ve repaired the bike the bike’s fine I’m fine there you go

That’s the entire video somehow I managed to milk that to like 8 minutes or 7 minutes or whatever it was so yep welcome to this Channel and the last thing which I’ve not posted is the greatest video I posted this year it’s a long story and here it is 12 years ago okay

So I used to have a gaming channel I still have a gaming channel a gaming channel YouTube gaming channel I posted a video about 11 years 12 years ago called GTA 5 reaction video reaction to the trailer GTA 5 trailer reaction video um that video kind of got a lot of views

Overnight I woke up with like a thousand new subscribers people just messaging me constantly saying you have to react to the new GTA that’s that this video here probably must watch so basically I had to react I had to react to the new GTA video but instead of

Reacting to the GTA video straight away I did react to the GTA 6 trailer but before I did that I released a video where I’m singing Rick Ashley Never Going To Give You Up by Rick Ashley whatever and I’ll link that Below in the re in my recommended videos that you

Should watch this year by me and it’s one of those silly videos that I made it’s me singing and 35,000 people as of now but about 32,000 people or whatever literally when I put it out in a day I rick rolled about 16,000 people in a day and then 32,000

People or whatever uh over the course of the week and the the funny thing is it has a 95% approval rating of people who liked it anyway I’ll link it in the video below if you want to see me sing Rick Ashley Never but they came here

Expecting to see a reaction they got rick rolled and the comments it’s this is the greatest anime betrayal of all time top 10 anime betrayals of all time stuff like that so funny yes it was very mean thing to do very mean thing to do anyway

That’s it for this year um thanks for watching there’s one video to come it’s over an hour Long please check it out anyway that’s it thanks for watching thanks for the support this year guys I went I think I started this new year on 2,300 subscribers 2300 subscribers is and I got to 2,500 subscribers and now I’m just over 3,000 so yeah we end this year out about

3,200 subscribers so not bad not bad people watch me work on rubbish bikes anyway thanks for the support guys thank you to the patrons this year and I’ll catch you in whatever next time okay that’s it thanks for watching uh goodbye