Millyard - Honda SS100 V Twins, riding, maintenance and tips
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2021
- In this video I will be riding my 2nd and 3rd 99cc Honda SS100 V Twin's talk a little about how i made them, and carry out some basic maintenance with my usual wildlife and cooking and other interludes. My first SS100 is in the Barber Museum Birmingham Alabama USA and my third SS100 is in the Sammy miller Museum in the New Forrest UK
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I am now an old man, over 84 years old, who spent my younger days working for the British Navy, in industry and higher education. I covered numerous court investigations, dealt with a many people where their tool was their voice, as judges magistrates, lawyers, who thought that they could explain any situation, or university professors who thought they were masters in language use,
Mr Allen Millyard, I just found your video, as I was looking for information about my 1970 Honda C70. While I fully appreciated your engineering talents, I was utterly impressed with your capacity in how you explain what you are doing in such a stunning, sequential and such a clear and fluent manner, covering all the necessary detail.
I admired the manner in which you use your sense of humour, in that you fill the spaces between the engineering comments
with talking about the behaviour of the birds and the hedgehogs, and then, the crochet woven by your wife, describing how the Yarn comes in, and how the hook has a handle, shank between the handle and hook head, and hook head, the part that grabs the yarn. ( my wife does it too)
Last but not least, I admired your expertise in the kitchen, where you give fine detail of the recipe and how the cooking time in the oven will permit you a 30 minute spin on your wonderful, ingenious motorbike creations.
Sir, I think it is very fitting to heartily congratulate you and your wife, for your wisdom, teamwork, your intelligence, your hard work and your spirit in living a full life. The remarkable manner in which you handle engineering logic and language use, together with the human and social talents of you and your wife is absolutely remarkable. Well done and all the best, Thank you for uploading your videos which I am finding are so remarkable, of very high standards in their presentation and sense of humour. Brilliant in every manner. Thank you.
From an island on the other side of the world, 70 miles South of Sicily, in the Mediterranean.
I would love it if Tracey has a cooking channel and while the brownies were in the oven, nipped out for a spin on one of the SS100's. "I've just put the brownies in to bake and noticed Alan's been outside fettling one of the SS100's. While he's not looking, I just had a quick blat round the block."
That blowlamp would make a good creme brulee sugar crust!
"And those brownies come out so nice, I'm well pleased"
"And those brownies come out so nice, I'm well pleased"
I did notice that when Allen returned with the first bike, the keys were still swinging in the ignition on the second bike so maybe she did . . . ?
🤔
That would be utterly superb!
Mechanical masterpieces at a different level far exceeding what most folks in their sheds can achieve. Even takes time to include interesting Wildlife content and bake a cake or two .. too. One of the most enjoyable channels on the whole CZcams output.
One of the most lovable things about Allen is how he says something is, "puhfect", especially if it is something no mortal man but him can do. "I used dental floss to cut through the engine block, and it worked just puhfect."
Yes but the dental’ tools are so expensive .also the old ones
Yes
Not only are you a mechanical wizard, but also quite talented at making videos. I love your camera work! Great angles and varied shots!
Thank you
Nothing better than more millyard! Love these Hondas Allen, beautiful
Your V-twins run so smoothly that it's hard to believe that they're not factory built. Absolutely flawless and truly unique! Love your wife's cupcakes and brownies 😋. Thank you so much for your time and videos.
In spite of the mechanical genius involved in the big multi-cylinder bikes, this build is my favorite.
Wildlife, cooking brownies and two amazing Hondas. This is CZcams gold. Thanks for sharing.
Love the tight country lane riding. Looks like you're flying along.
Tracy is a champ mate, good on her for letting you put your bike stuff on her baking channel ! Love Steve from New Zealand
Perfect Sunday viewing.
Every vid you make is a classic, your workmanship, is sublime, Tracey seems to be a dab hand with the oven as well
Oh wow, when I clicked on this vid I had no idea of the journey you would take me on. 37 yrs ago I was 14 yrs old and had been daydreaming about motorcycles for years, my dad came home from work one day with a load of boxes and inside was a stripped 1976 Yamaha rs100 that he bought for 25 quid, under his instruction I put that bike together making gaskets from cardboard and making a Woodruff key from a washer that happened to be the correct thickness 😆.
Watching you work took me right back to that time in the council garage with my dad, cheers and all the best. 👍😁❤️🇬🇧
Yep, reminded me of my brother bringing home a 50cc Ital Jet: bread loaf tank, clip ons, silver with red stripes- felt like riding a miniature MV Augusta! All for $50 and new piston rings!
@@jeffzekas memories can be awesome sometimes 👍
I have little to no knowledge or experience with these machines but i could listen and watch you show us about them all day
"...just perfect" as are all your delightful and informative vids.
I've found meself enjoying your stuff more and more
w/ each viewing. Thanx so very much, Allen and
Cheerios (not the breakfast cereal ug)
I had a burgundy-ish colour ss50 when I was 16, HEP 613N reg plate, my mates knicknamed it "the Heap" I loved that little bike
Allen, as usual, you demonstrate to us mere humans your mechanical wizardry… top engineer my friend! Bravo and thanks for sharing your unbelievable creations.
Can't say enough great things about Allen and his work, and, genuinely, I'm so glad he's taken to CZcams to share all of this. I'll have to check out that Barber Museum someday to see some of his creations in the flesh!
There are 4 bikes my V12 V8 and five cyl Kawasaki’s and the first SS100
@@AllenMillyard Allen, I'm confused as to why you put a v 12 motorcycle in a museum. I'd use it as a daily rider.
I must ask Allen why in an American museum 👍
@@andrewjames7616 they love ther gas guzzlers over there don't they. The bigger the better? I'd certainly stair at it endlessly just thinking about how absurd a v12 in a motorcycle actually is. Its crazy! Just think with the right gearing, that thing would be literaly flying!
I live in Montreal, Canada, and plan to travel there this summer to visit the museum and see Allen’s bikes…if COVID allows.
I just think small motorcycles are so much fun! I sometimes think people feel I am silly liking these motorcycles so much, so Allen Millard liking these bicycles as well gives me so much pride! Allen aren’t those small Honda motorcycle engines so wonderfulI? So simple but so reliable, I can’t get enough of them!
We love millyard!
I have said before, these are my favourite Millyards, they look like they rolled out of the factory like this.
I love them too, but my fave is his Velo v twin.
Another excellent video Allen. An eclectic mix of wildlife, cooking and motorbikes, all edited together nicely.
Wow - bikes, birds, brownies and booze (Charlie). Just perfect Allen! 😁
As a teen I thought out the idea, to tune a moped, so it couldn't be seen by the police. In Denmark they were only allowed to 1 hp and 30 kmh. The idea was to make blade valve under the motor, and hide the extra carb in the frame. The intake would be long, but since it wasn't designed to run on that carb alone, I didn't think, the length would be a problem.
Converting to 90cc would make it fly Borge (if it was an SS50)
@@bsimpson6204 True (even though it didn't have the disc intake - or wtf it was called) right into the cop car, resulting in modification fines and tax fines, and confiscated parts, and it wouldn't be fun(cool) to befaster than all the other mopeds, being a motorcycle and that being like comiting a Lance Armstrong. Back then there were rumors of 60 cc cylinders, but nobody ever saw one irl.
Both my brother and a school friend had Gilera 50cc mopeds, at the time Gilera made a very similar motorcycle. They changed the barrel and piston from the motorcycle to their mopeds. More or less doubled the power.
Sir Allen! You are my perfect happy retired life. Perfect with the bikes & the pets around.
I love these gentle, happy little films. Thank you for sharing.
Magic.....I could watch these videos all day,much appreciated Allen.
Wonderful little machines, great to see and hear. Work of an absolute genius, and thanks for sharing.
Your work is amazing, mechanically and artistically. Absolutely beautiful.
Highly entertaining, each video a work of art, coupled with amazing bikes and subtle humour. Wonderful, thanks so much 👍
Love your videos ,shows me anything is possible with the right amount of skill and passion, the wildlife and cooking segments are a brilliant extra.
Glad you’re back been a few. Hope all is well, glad to see another top notch machine ripping down the back lanes, keep’em coming and thanks. 🎱👀🎱
What a difference in 500 miles makes to a sweet engine. The 2nd bike was a lovely plethora of smoothly moving part in sync.
Again, thanks for sharing your classic collection. All the best.
The second one seemed pretty nippy.
Allen , you are a True Engineering Magician. Your work is beyond perfection. Thank You.
Your videos are such a pleasure to watch, Allen! You make us feel like family.
Oh my word... when the green neutral light clicked on I was 16 years old again for a few seconds.
Funny, I turned 13.
me too - lime green SS50 ZB2
I say this all the time every video but I have such respect for Allen. He is a living legend honestly. I would give my right arm to be able to buy one of those 200cc bike. They are my dream bikes. The small displacement Hondas. Great video once again!
They are *SO* beautiful!! Genuine works of art. Thank you for sharing!
Stunning video snd detail. Pure joy to watch. Thanks Mr snd Mrs! A joyful experience.
Thankyou
Lovely little bikes. Great job, Allen.
Amazing! I had one of these when i whas a young lad. 70cc, standard head, special piston and a racing camshaft. That thing left any two stoke behind and never let me down.
Haha, good work. I had a 5 speed SS50 when I was 16, and I put a C70 barrel and piston on it with the carb from a CB100 and a Jock Kerr megaphone pipe. I concur, I used to ride around looking for FS1Es and AP50s, and would, as you say, leave them standing, much to their surprise 😄 It was good for 70 mph, if the speedo was to be believed! On those brakes and that frame 🤭 good times...
@@daveatkinson644 those where good bikes
No apostrophe is needed. I love these videos. The bikes are beautiful.
Lots of Love in this video… for your garden animals and that beautiful little Honda ! It made my day !!
I would feel rich with just one of those V-twins, but three: MAN!
Thanks for sharing your truly amazing work. 👍
16 years old, I parked my SS50 outside the local motorcycle dealer and looked at the Ducati 750SS in the window and looked back at my bike and thought to myself, how nice it would be if you could graft on another cylinder just like a mini Ducati
ive got a few 160cc ducati single engines in the shop, ive always thought i should carve them up into a vee twin of 320cc. with a pressed up crank, like these hondas it should be acheivable
A very similar scenario 16 years old standing outside Noel Orrs in Belfast dribbling over and licking his shop window looking at a Ducati 750SS and a Moto Guzzi V7 where I differ is the last thing on my mind was grafting a cylinder to my SS50 but how on earth was I gonna get one of those 2 bikes, there wasn't a Japanese bike on the market would've got a look in.
Me too - outside Freddie Frith's in Grimsby drooling at a yellow 750SS & a sunburst BMW R90 (I think), whilst sitting on my little SS50ZB2.
I enjoy your videos very much. I love how carefully you work and the care given to details
Allways a delight,to assist such top work from you ,Thank you Allen !
All the best from Portugal
I was beginning to think Tracy was a figment of your imagination. But I see she’s feeding the birds👍🏻
Allen Millyard, humble legend.
Thanks for all you've given us Alan. I've picked up so many pointers from you and been able to put them to use in my own CBR250RR project. I notice that beyond your mechanical genius lies an infinite reservoir of patience and perseverance.
Had to come revisit this lovely video, Allen. Brilliant bikes that Honda surely should have made back in the day. Your craftsmanship is unparalleled, even on tiny 100cc machines. Thanks again for the great work.
I have to confess, I am *totally* in love with those little jewels. I wish there was some way I could give one a "forever home" and ride it occasionally to The Guild of Automotive Restorers in Bradford, Ontario, Canada, (actually where I work!) and make everyone drool!!
Park it next to the Buggati!
@@RadioReprised Darn *right* I would!!
Great Vid Al, you got nature, baking, mechanics and riding, all in one vid, brilliant 👍, noticed the 800cal cook book we use that, lock down hasn't been kind in the snacking area!
I enjoy seeing the ingenious methods employed by Mr. Millyard to build and maintain his machines. He lives in a beautiful area of England, I love the scenery in his ride sequences. Finally, I enjoy the visits to Mrs. Millyard's kitchen to see what she is baking. Wonderful videos, thanks!
the Carb mounting is the coolest thing Ive ever seen on any engine !! that is thinking outside the frame... err box
Thank you Allen for this,we've missed your videos of motorcycling perfection!it's a perfect end to a Sunday evening and these little v-twins are gem's!hahaha- Charlie's back at it😂
That was just what I needed to watch after a crazy day. Your creations and videos are... just perfect!
How about a 4 cylinder radial SS200? 😁
Or maybe a V4 ?
Just when I thought this channel couldn't get any better then I get a recipe for brownies OUTSTANDING 👍🏻😁
Allen You are a true genius, great video as usual.
A great mix of bikes, birds and baking 👍
When I see what a genius Allen Millyard is & achieved I feel like an idiot.Just basic maintenance of me v-strom650 is a challenge.But his videos are inspiring.
Beautiful bikes, like they came right out of the Honda factory. I'm surprised at how they still have that destinctive sound! It takes me back to when i was a mechanic. Loved the simple tech and i'm glad i got out when Chinese 4-stroke scooters sold like hot cakes (pun intended) and are just as fragile, and motorbikes got stuffed with electronic gadgets.
Thanks for the ride :D
Another awesome Millyard video. Utterly captivating as always Allen.
Great video - I remember meeting you on one of these a few years back at a diner near Newbury. I had a SS50 when I was 16 in 1975 and I've always had a soft spot for 1970's Honda 4 strokes ever since.
Yes the dinner has closed down
forgetting not to leave thumb up is like forgetting too tighten the sump bolt :o)
I love how they look and sound. I really want one haha
Really enjoyed watching you with the SS100’s lovely bikes. And as you say they are great fun to ride.
Your bikes are so cool. A real reflection of builder. You have extraordinary creative.
Man I am so happy for another Allen vid. I'm actually planning a visit to the barber museum it's only 4 hrs away.
Hedgehogs are so sweet! (No hedgehogs here in Oregon- only chipmunks).
Yes they are nice. Ee got many here in our garden in Denmark.
We used to have hedgehogs till the badgers arrived about 10 years ago, coincidence ????
@@chrisstephens6673 Few badgers in this part of Denmark... So could be related?
@@tlmoller not sure which i would rather have, certainly badgers are easier to train to eat from your hand but hogs are very cute.
Don't worry, you can eat those, too.
Stunning little bikes,real works of art !
This guy blows my mind, his Mechanical knowledge is unprecedented. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
These are brilliant, probably my favorite of all of the incredible engines you've done. What I'd love to see is one of these engines in a lightweight high performance truss-style frame.
Yes, a miniature Ducati 😊
Where else you can get motorcycle maintenance AND cooking in one video? I found this soo Zen! Perfect for relax
As always, it is a fantastic video and lovely bikes. Thanks for sharing.
A humble super-genius ! What an inspiration to other people, ALL other people !
Wait till Tracy tries to find her tablet tray ,you will be in trouble.
Unless you blame Charley Weaver...
Excellent video.
When is the "Tracy's Treats" youtube channel going to be started?
"This recipe says it makes a dozen cupcakes, and, I swear I always make 12. However, once you set them out to cool, you will come back later and find you only made 10 or 11. Either i'm starting to go a little batty, or, Allen is up to his old tricks again." ~ 'Tracy's Treats' (first video preview)
@@UmmmmmmmWhat - I'd definitely follow cake design on this level ... briefly ft. Alan in the Shed of course
@@UmmmmmmmWhat The recipe only makes 10, but she grafts on a couple extras for a batch of 12.
you guys never heard of a Bakers Dozen?
I've never heard of a SS300 V6 but don't think Alan is going there past the tea and cakes, the illusion of speed v's the reality of Tracey's Treats, it's tough call unless you have both.
What an absolutely brilliant idea. I'm sure you could put a whisk in hubby's milling machine & make a massive batch of them Tracey.😍😅
Occasionally, on the dirge that is CZcams you come across a real gem of a channel that is really appealing and totally absorbing. Thank you Allen for great no fuss entertainment.
You sir are nothing short of an engineering genius thanks for the video 👍
Came here to see motorbicycles, and I learnt how to bake cookies :)
Beautiful motorcycles ✅👍🏾💯
I own a honda ss50 for 27yrs.its a very good bike and i love to ride it but yours is very best looking that I've seen until now.keep it up😍
Thanks Alan you're a true genius and your wife is a heck of a Baker
It's strange that bikes are an exciting machine but this is chill out tv , like a bikers version of jack Hargreaves
Jack Hargreaves and Out of Town, now there's a flashback in time. I agree
Those narrow roads and blind corners give me anxiety!
Lens angle and camera position often make it look faster then it is, and have a more obscured view of the corner than the driver has.
Low camera positions dramatically reduce how far you can look in to a corner.
As Allan has a lot of years driving experience, I am sure he is aware of idiots in (but not limited to) oncoming traffic.
That snd all the gravel / rough patches were pushing my blood pressure up. 😅😅
@@zorktxandnand3774 you don't drive a bike, you ride it
@@andyb7963 potato tomato.
I have an old 600 Bandit. I am a pensioner, living in an agricultural area in the West Country. As you get older you become more aware of your mortality. I rarely exceed 50mph. As a teenager I delighted in screwing every last bit out of my Tiger 100. Having survived various serious illnesses, causing my wife's hair to turn white, it doesn't seem like such a good idea these days.
Excellent. Love all your engineering videos, making it all look very straightforward but really it's all the planning and preparation and your skills. Love the mix of bikes and wildlife and cooking. Have just started filming using a trail camera.
I got my Charlie Weaver back in 1965 as a birthday present. He's old! Smoke came out of his ears, his face turned red, and his lips puckered up during his routine. My dad bought a 1965 Honda Trail 90 and It was soon my favorite vehicle and I put on 900 miles on it in our driveway and front yard.
These little Honda's are jewels, absolute jewels Allen. P.S I get a very naughty Sparrow Hawk in my garden hanging around the communal bird bath looking for a snack.
Yes, our songbird population is also predated by a Sparrowhawk. It killed a Swift last year. I fitted two inch weldmesh around our table, that stopped it.
@@6brman10 Well my sparrows are very naughty and are always squabbling in my garden so the hawk was welcome visitor. There is always utter silence when he visits the communal bath 🛁 plus he doesn't poo in it like the sparrows do. He's welcome. The noisy Jackdaws in my neighbours chimney are not though. Do you get pheasants in your garden?? Let's have a bird off 🤗
some of the cleanest oil I've seen, drained.
yeah because it's done 40 miles...
There's probably another 60 hours use in that oil .
Those are gems of machines! I have seen your bikes at Barber Museum, quite the treat.
Cripes, what a delicious ride-about, and a great sounding pair of jewels (me favorites)
Thanx again and cheers again
You have a great Chaneel 👍🤝
I prefer the corner piece or at least an edge piece, sir
Was so excited to see a video! Kitchen looks Awesome! Another great video thanks for sharing!
A perfect end to a great week another Millyard video better than anything on netflix, it fits perfect.
I'll have to look back on older videos to see the engine build again. 🤔
So you have cylinders offset by the width of the big end but have a one piece cam chain drive? Yet everything looks to line up perfectly!
I'm puzzled in how it all goes together.
Greta will be on the 'phone to you to check that the eggs in the brownie, were "Free Range" and the chickens gave their permission for them to be used in the video!
I do love these bikes they sound great and are unique I remember years ago reading about the first one you made.
Fantastic!
Excellent video on your SS100's, Allen! Awaiting the next video.......keep up the great content!