The Most Important Motorcycle You Never Heard Of

Italjet's 1967 Conquistador is a forgotten moped. Yet it holds the Big Bang of our entire motorbike industry.

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[phoxrides]

This really is the content that Ryan does best! Keep doing weird/random/obscure bike history lessons!

[h]

If Ryan was my sales person when I bought my bike I'd be broke. Dude can literally pitch anything.

[EddieFly]

6:05 The few older people looking at Ryan hunched over that little Italian bike is worth smiling over.

[jacydekock]

We have a DKW RT98 (3PS) from 1938 at home. It’s such a miracle to drive and everytime you take it for a spin it just leaves you smiling ear to ear. Sometimes it’s just marvellous to drive the grandparent of all modern bikes. Great video again Ryan and I think you explained it perfectly

[rlmillr]

Probably the only channel I give every episode a thumbs up because each was well earned.

[mrdann]

How hasn’t Ryan got his own weekly show?? Too long between and too short episodes! Love the physics lessons, the humour, the history, the all round educational content that encompasses everything motorcycle. The only subscription I actively look for new episodes on YouTube. More pls!

[donaldasayers]

There is a second chapter to be told; the story of how Walter Kaaden working for MZ used exhaust resonances and expansion chambers to increase the power of said two strokes to produce more than 200bhp per Litre in 1961. His work copied by Suzuki et al, led to the dominance of Japanese two strokes in racing in the late 60s and 70s.
I had a BSA Bantam B175, the one with the central spark plug, it was well known even back then that it was a copy of a DKW. It was fun.

[krehme]

Another unbelievable piece of motorcycle history I never would have believed to be true. Thanks for the lesson! Simply fantastic.

[apoxg]

The amount of informative entertainment in your work is astonishing. That's what YouTube should be. Never stop!

[mikemerrill]

Love how Ryan rode a two stroke past a gaggle of hikers

[griller]

Anyone else notice the seamless transition into an ad and back into a video. This is how it should be done. Another incredible video as only Ryan can do.✌😃

[Fred]

That was very interesting, I learned to ride motorcycles on a BSA Bantam, and owned a couple of them. I had noticed the resemblance of the motors to various other bikes of the era but never knew the reason. Another great video Ryan.

[ChrisJones-pimh]

Always get excited when a new Fortnine notification pops up... Especially since I'm Canadian and it's the dead of winter.

[artful_dodger]

As an old man myself, this is the only video motorcycle content I can make it to the end of. Great stuff.

[PHICEN]

You are the motorcyclists next generation “Kevin Cameron”. Like his work, I never skipped reading his engineering explanations, even though I understood less than half of what he said. The thing is, like him, I always end up knowing more than when I started watching. Great work, you are the best at what you do.

[shawnhett]

Im not even a bike guy, and i love your channel. Your storytelling and analysis are fantastic

[oscartravis]

Adore this type of nerd content, full of gags, insightful science and great imagery, and F9 do it top grade as ever

[dwayneharris]

Thanks for the two stroke history lesson. It had no idea DKW was so crucial to so many early designs.

[vintagedesmo]

Ryan F9; stomping out motorcycle ignorance with every episode! Well done Fortnine and Ryan!

[marcelenduro]

I've never had so much fun learning about anything in my life. This channel is awesome