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Is Buying a Cheap, Broken Dirt Bike For Your Kids a Good Idea? Yes, Maybe

One of the best things about moto-YouTube is that there are so many different flavors of channels out there. You want a timelapse series of an expert doing a really nice, ground-up restoration of a bike? Cool. You want a mad engineering genius who builds a crossplane scooter engine out…

RideApart · Apr 18, 2025

You Sure That's How You Take a Motorcycle's Seat Off? Paul Sr's Bike Build-Off Gets Going

The divide between metric and imperial bikes is more than just different tool sets and measurement standards, as you're probably well aware. Still, this video from Paul Sr. and his crew at Orange County Choppers, as they get stuck into working on their build-off bike, makes the differences painfully clear.

RideApart · Nov 20, 2024

This Triumph Is So Crispy, So Can It Be Rebuilt?

This Triumph has undoubtedly seen better days, but it fit the bill for a European bike under $3,000. Is it a lost cause, or can it be saved by a non-mechanic?

RideApart · Oct 19, 2024