The best motor travelling channel, videos on whole youtube. Raw, clean, smooth, you get what you see! Not a luxurious sponsored channel full of advertisements, just a hard working honest guy who enjoys what he does! Keep up going Perdo!!
You got me hooked with "Make Alp great again" some years back. This vid showed how far you came since then in regards of videography, cutting, crafting, riding, storytelling. I think, I might pop a can of Tuna and revisit some of your older rides. Oh, I just loved how Alp and all its dents and repairs where like a diary of your travels. Keep the rubber side down!
One way to hold two thin sheets of aluminium together is to use small coach bolts as rivets. All you need is a solid lump of steel or a lump of hard wood (end grain is best), and a heavy hammer. The trick with soft material is to cut the bolts to the optimum length, file flat, and use tight fitting washers on the end that you’re riveting over. It’s better than having those nuts sticking out. They will snag ant tear the plate.
Just woke up my PD10 from her hibernation, this will be my first summer with her. What a bike! Pedro, thank you for all the inspiration and you have all my respect for not letting these odd times keep you from living the dream. Keep going bro. Best wishes from Germany.
I've always enjoyed "craftsmanship" with a minimum of tools... old antiques, primitive arts, hand built machines, blacksmith work...this was no exception, very nice job Pedro. In exploring "greater Asia" and things related to motorcycles on YT, I've discovered a relatively new "motorcycle culture" in Russia and Ukraine that, in some cases "blows me away", brilliant craftsmanship using the most basic materials and tools and in some cases, building complete engines from scrap metal and salvaged parts. Here's a couple channels that are "BEYOND AMAZING", guys that build their own engines... Мотоциклы от Виктора and MotoMetalMind, check their videos list on their channel pages and see what they do with the most basic of tools and materials. Cheers.
Pedro, with the frame tubes being round you could have used rubber lined P clips. Thankfully my XRV650 still has the aluminium bash plate, but I have dropped some fuses and small nuts and bolts and the always seem to drop and get lost inside the bash plate. You could also cut a v in it and hit it with a hammer so you can still change the oil without removing the bash plate like on the XRV Africa Twins.
🤣🤣🤣 The German Accent und what you said, is 100% absolotely correct and true. I hear that in my ears as a nightmare! I hear sometimes, especialy in the winter, people saying: "I go for a short ride to charge a bit the battery" And i answer them: "Wow!! You go wild!!! Is your charger Kaputt?"😂
I use a piece of industrial belting to block debris on the high side of the plate. Conveyor belting works great👍 You might lose some nuts or sheared off ones with them sticking out but...meh. great success 💪🤠 Those were some good tin banging techniques!
DIY ! Not the most beautiful thing, not the most efficient but really tho most satsfying !!! Now you can start your own shop and make money out of these aluminum plates !!!LOL
That's quite a masterpiece of sorts, Pedro. Actually it came out better than I thought you would end up with ... ha ha haaaaa. You could make and ship out some to order to better finance your future rides ! (But then you might lose your zeal for rides and head the other way)
You might think about using some angle iron to create slider rails on the outside of your bash plate, bolted on with the thru bolts to keep them from hanging up when sliding over an obstacle.
Keep hanging in there Pedro! Me 49 state's still need maine, 7 Countries, until I had my Forest Gump moment. The part were he is running through monument valley.
Pedro, I like your bush mechanics. While most German GS riders would order something from Touratech and such ;-) But I ride a (green) Transalp 600 PD06 as you did and do. Cheerio from Nürnberg and keep Atlas safe, Günter
Good idea, that plastic factory-protector is rubbish. Have heard of a Transalp that touched a rock on a trail in Iceland, the oil filter was crashed, and the engine lost all the oil ! I hope your new metal plate protects the oil filter ? ! 😉
Yeah. When I put that little plate on in Australia the main goal was to protect the oil filter. In the end I rode all the way to New Zealand with that plastic thing barely hanging on. Along the way I did put dents in the engine and under the header pipes but I did try to take it easy in the rough stuff, worried about catastrophic failure like I'd heard in stories like yours.
still have your friend Jim Transalp here in Canada,but i remove old tought skid plate he install and put a original one, if i know you need one, i send to you in Portugal!
Great job on the bash plate. Beat to fit, paint to match! Maybe when time and place allows have it welded and remove all catch points (hardware). Nice job!! 👍👍 Patten pending! 🤣
I wish you had a basic workbench you made my back hurt. Those bolts on the bottom are going to create snag points. Now that you have proof of concept get someone to weld part of that for you so you can take them bolts out of the bottom.
Gracias. When you mentioned the plate shearing I went all the way. I would have used washers too with the rivets on the inside if it wasn't for the closed shops over the weekend since I didn't have the correct sizes. Though the heads did pop nicely thick and short. I think it'll do.
most of the plates could just have been glued with TEC-7... less nuts that can pop of when you hit a rock but it look really nice... Gonna make one myself, to my old NTV650 Revere.
I was eying some big tubes in the sealant section but wasn't sure what was good, didn't take the chance. Used some stuff to glue plates repairing the alu panniers years ago but wasn't too happy with the the long term results. Cheers and all the best with that project.
@@iPedroMota Thank you... :-) not the easiest bike to get that kind of parts for... TEC-7 will hold, but with aluminum it is important to remove the oxidation and apply the mass immediately, before the oxidation starts again, so you glue to metal and not the coating the oxidation forms
For a non-weld, off site job, I'd have to say you filled the requirement sufficiently enough to prevent most incidents. Interesting construct procedure. Thanks for bringing us along. As a Utilitarian I have only one question; Why did you take the time to remove the paint? That seemed purely aesthetic with no viable return on time or money.
Cheers. Cut that bit of info out but not paying attention I started bending with the red side facing out and I wanted silver side out, so red had to go. Worth it it in the end for the clean look on a rough design.
@@iPedroMota No worries, sounds like a reasonable decision. Since you had something similar on Alp I suppose bare aluminum is fine, although any mechanic in the military would scold me for even suggesting such a thing. Albeit there isn't rust per se', chemical electrolysis is avoided at all cost.
Great to see a moto vlogger getting his hands dirty ;) The design looks very good but I would prefer not to have some many screws "sticking" that far below. They may catch some rocks or branches and you will be flying over the bars ;)
And walking around vaguely smelling like how metal tastes. Yeah same, though picked me flying over having them the other way around pointing towards the engine. Should be alright, we'll see during the real trials.
Thats great! Truly like workshop videos :) Ive started watching the channel right about when you started "making alp great again" :) That guard looks SOLID! Now I know who to call to make me one! "Pedro Mota Guards: as though as himself!" haha! :P
Pedro, have you heard there may be a possibility of a new TransAlp? I have grown out of buying new stuff, but this could be exciting. I’ll keep flogging my 2004 BMW Dakar for another ten years at least.
Love the bash plate. Your videos are always entertaining. I was just going to wash my 1984 Honda CB700SC Nighthawk and ended up completely rebuilding the carbs yesterday. Go big or go home right!?
Bob will get a heart attack if he see his bike again! Do you have a bullet to shoot it? It´s one thing to ruin my own bike, but a lent bike? Never... But, Bob will say "for me it´s ok". I´ll send you the bill... 🤑 Btw: Nice constuction... I´have some ideas for my own. My touring-bikes doesn´t like flying rocks and the plastic spoiler is full off impacts. ;-)
Hey Pedro Second or third time watching this one mate I wondered if you are in constant contact with the Donor of Atlas and did you suggest to him you wanted to make Mods to the bike ?. I have a 500x Honda and thinking of home made skid plate as a more personal addition to it. Just finished watching your latest adventure and already looking forward to the next
what camera did you filmed this piece on? I would be intrested in a video about your filiming and editing process and routines ;D keep up the good work man!
A project that got out of hand but it should keep Atlas safe since we should be on the fun roads again soo. Will it do or are you calling Bob?
I must revisit my opinion about this bash plate. I love it’s It fits Atlas like a glove.
It realy does :) And solid too! I bet if he remove the wheels he can do snowboard with Atlas too! (lol dont give Pedro ideias!) :D
Papa Bob has spoken, let's see if it makes it back home.
Every project starts out supposing to be simple.
Ain't that the truth. I had side projects for that afternoon too once the main project was done.
Wow thats one strong looking plate
The best motor travelling channel, videos on whole youtube. Raw, clean, smooth, you get what you see! Not a luxurious sponsored channel full of advertisements, just a hard working honest guy who enjoys what he does! Keep up going Perdo!!
You got me hooked with "Make Alp great again" some years back. This vid showed how far you came since then in regards of videography, cutting, crafting, riding, storytelling. I think, I might pop a can of Tuna and revisit some of your older rides.
Oh, I just loved how Alp and all its dents and repairs where like a diary of your travels.
Keep the rubber side down!
Bashplate has a Mad Max aesthetic. In the best way possible, ofcourse!
Nice work! I wouldn't worry about shearing the rivets; the bash plate isn't meant for rock crawling.
Sw motech and givi have been really quiet since this video was uploaded
One way to hold two thin sheets of aluminium together is to use small coach bolts as rivets. All you need is a solid lump of steel or a lump of hard wood (end grain is best), and a heavy hammer.
The trick with soft material is to cut the bolts to the optimum length, file flat, and use tight fitting washers on the end that you’re riveting over.
It’s better than having those nuts sticking out. They will snag ant tear the plate.
You are so incredibly handy! Great, so nice to see there is someone who can make something out of just a plate of aluminum 💪👍👍
Bash plate came out really nice, it looks like that was done by a professional, congratulations, you are the man.
Now, take it to the real test.
Great project, but especially: great storytelling! Thanks for taking us along
Just woke up my PD10 from her hibernation, this will be my first summer with her. What a bike! Pedro, thank you for all the inspiration and you have all my respect for not letting these odd times keep you from living the dream. Keep going bro. Best wishes from Germany.
That's got to be one of your most amusing videos yet mate. Made my day in these shitty times. Thanks Pedro 👍
Cheers Nick. And thank you for your support
Loved the project. Cheers from India.
that's called " Fabrication" my man Fabrication
Chapeau ! You are very good mechanic. Have fun !
Woh you are a skill craftman a aluminium sheet to protect Atlas.awesome
Nice job!
I used to keep all my original components, but never did restore.
I've always enjoyed "craftsmanship" with a minimum of tools... old antiques, primitive arts, hand built machines, blacksmith work...this was no exception, very nice job Pedro. In exploring "greater Asia" and things related to motorcycles on YT, I've discovered a relatively new "motorcycle culture" in Russia and Ukraine that, in some cases "blows me away", brilliant craftsmanship using the most basic materials and tools and in some cases, building complete engines from scrap metal and salvaged parts. Here's a couple channels that are "BEYOND AMAZING", guys that build their own engines...
Мотоциклы от Виктора and MotoMetalMind, check their videos list on their channel pages and see what they do with the most basic of tools and materials. Cheers.
I love that you need something, so you just make it. And what's more: you make it well. Chapeau bas.
I am so impressed Pedro.
You are the real deal!!
Pedro, with the frame tubes being round you could have used rubber lined P clips.
Thankfully my XRV650 still has the aluminium bash plate, but I have dropped some fuses and small nuts and bolts and the always seem to drop and get lost inside the bash plate.
You could also cut a v in it and hit it with a hammer so you can still change the oil without removing the bash plate like on the XRV Africa Twins.
🤣🤣🤣 The German Accent und what you said, is 100% absolotely correct and true. I hear that in my ears as a nightmare!
I hear sometimes, especialy in the winter, people saying: "I go for a short ride to charge a bit the battery" And i answer them: "Wow!! You go wild!!! Is your charger Kaputt?"😂
Good project 🙏👌👍🤝take care bro God bless you'll 🛠️
You did a good job and I like that small saw
That is a good looking bash pan! Good job.
I use a piece of industrial belting to block debris on the high side of the plate. Conveyor belting works great👍
You might lose some nuts or sheared off ones with them sticking out but...meh. great success 💪🤠
Those were some good tin banging techniques!
your awesome!!!!!!
your getting better with age
Marvelous engineering mate
And that my friend its called TUGAtech 💪
Isso e bom meu. I should have that engraved.
Very nice work my man. That will protect the under belly.
👍
Indiana USA 🇺🇸
Damn that is heavy duty brother.
Man, that's good. You're good.
Dit is karakter zelf bedenken en maken!
A true craftsman 👍👍👍
Way to go, Pedro! 😊😊
That was pretty impressive. Limited resources make for elegant solutions, love these kind of setups. Spotted a little 14T pinion on the floor ;)
DIY ! Not the most beautiful thing, not the most efficient but really tho most satsfying !!! Now you can start your own shop and make money out of these aluminum plates !!!LOL
way too go Pedro well done
Ziet er goed uit, snel testen in ‘t wild!!
That came out really good!
Heb je goed in elkaar gemacgyverd :-)
Good job 👍👍
Hell yeah,
Awesome to watch some dirty old do it your self improvising stuff hehehe
Great video buddy!
Great idea protecting the engine case with sturdy engineering! Its no fun having a rock punch a hole thru it.... happened to me once on my dual sport.
Nice job Pedro 👌💪💪😉
Ride safe ✌️✌️
That's quite a masterpiece of sorts, Pedro. Actually it came out better than I thought you would end up with ... ha ha haaaaa. You could make and ship out some to order to better finance your future rides ! (But then you might lose your zeal for rides and head the other way)
Nice job. Glad you decided to bend in the sharp edges/ sides.I was getting worried. Much better than the plastic crap which came off.
You might think about using some angle iron to create slider rails on the outside of your bash plate, bolted on with the thru bolts to keep them from hanging up when sliding over an obstacle.
Keep hanging in there Pedro! Me 49 state's still need maine, 7 Countries, until I had my Forest Gump moment. The part were he is running through monument valley.
Pedro, I like your bush mechanics. While most German GS riders would order something from Touratech and such ;-) But I ride a (green) Transalp 600 PD06 as you did and do. Cheerio from Nürnberg and keep Atlas safe, Günter
Awesome job Pedro.
Really good work Pedro 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Good idea, that plastic factory-protector is rubbish.
Have heard of a Transalp that touched a rock on a trail in Iceland, the oil filter was crashed, and the engine lost all the oil !
I hope your new metal plate protects the oil filter ? ! 😉
Yeah. When I put that little plate on in Australia the main goal was to protect the oil filter. In the end I rode all the way to New Zealand with that plastic thing barely hanging on. Along the way I did put dents in the engine and under the header pipes but I did try to take it easy in the rough stuff, worried about catastrophic failure like I'd heard in stories like yours.
still have your friend Jim Transalp here in Canada,but i remove old tought skid plate he install and put a original one, if i know you need one, i send to you in Portugal!
Can't beat a power tool for getting wood… ;)
lol at Pedro going in on the tarp users!
Impressive job !!!!
Great job on the bash plate. Beat to fit, paint to match! Maybe when time and place allows have it welded and remove all catch points (hardware). Nice job!! 👍👍 Patten pending! 🤣
I wish you had a basic workbench you made my back hurt. Those bolts on the bottom are going to create snag points. Now that you have proof of concept get someone to weld part of that for you so you can take them bolts out of the bottom.
you didi it mate!! much sturdier that ive ever imagined !!and even looks good .. cheers mate!!
Gracias. When you mentioned the plate shearing I went all the way. I would have used washers too with the rivets on the inside if it wasn't for the closed shops over the weekend since I didn't have the correct sizes. Though the heads did pop nicely thick and short. I think it'll do.
@@iPedroMota great job. No need for mentíons, hope it helps to keep that engine safe.
most of the plates could just have been glued with TEC-7... less nuts that can pop of when you hit a rock
but it look really nice...
Gonna make one myself, to my old NTV650 Revere.
I was eying some big tubes in the sealant section but wasn't sure what was good, didn't take the chance. Used some stuff to glue plates repairing the alu panniers years ago but wasn't too happy with the the long term results. Cheers and all the best with that project.
@@iPedroMota Thank you... :-)
not the easiest bike to get that kind of parts for...
TEC-7 will hold, but with aluminum it is important to remove the oxidation and apply the mass immediately, before the oxidation starts again, so you glue to metal and not the coating the oxidation forms
Wow that came out fackin awesome! Do one for me next lol!
Hi ped long time no see great voice and not forgetting your videos take care Kerala India
Nice job mate! I'd buy one
Fun project!
For a non-weld, off site job, I'd have to say you filled the requirement sufficiently enough to prevent most incidents. Interesting construct procedure. Thanks for bringing us along. As a Utilitarian I have only one question; Why did you take the time to remove the paint? That seemed purely aesthetic with no viable return on time or money.
Cheers. Cut that bit of info out but not paying attention I started bending with the red side facing out and I wanted silver side out, so red had to go. Worth it it in the end for the clean look on a rough design.
@@iPedroMota No worries, sounds like a reasonable decision. Since you had something similar on Alp I suppose bare aluminum is fine, although any mechanic in the military would scold me for even suggesting such a thing. Albeit there isn't rust per se', chemical electrolysis is avoided at all cost.
Awesome protection for Atlas !
I am sure that Bob appreciates your interest to protect Atlas' engine components. I would be if I loaned you my bike.
I wouldn’t loan my bike to Pedro....
Man you have a talent hahah! keep it up Pedro !
Te quedó espectacular Pedro!!.. really good job!!
I’m calling Bob!! 😁 grande episódio Pedro, preparando a Atlas para a batalha 💪🏼
As armas!
Wow I was thinking about doing something like this for my cb500x.
Great to see a moto vlogger getting his hands dirty ;) The design looks very good but I would prefer not to have some many screws "sticking" that far below. They may catch some rocks or branches and you will be flying over the bars ;)
And walking around vaguely smelling like how metal tastes. Yeah same, though picked me flying over having them the other way around pointing towards the engine. Should be alright, we'll see during the real trials.
@@iPedroMota I'm a DYI guy every other day of the week in regards to my bikes. Would be a pleasure to show you some ADV tracks around Douro river ;)
Great project :) Special the "hammer part" at end haha :D
Ofc that now you will make Bob say/think "what have i done" hahahaha.
Cheers
Thanks for your concern Paulo. Actually I love it. I just hope to retrieve the original some day...
@@bobdemeyer6944 i know you do.
For what we talked, im aware that you are more then "happy" to see Pedro "smashing" the hell out of Atlas ;)
Very nice job m8, in portuguese it calls " desenrascar" and we portuguese are expert in that. Cheers ✌✌
E isso, the Brazilians then ran with it and it evolved into gambiarra!
@@iPedroMota 😂😂
haha yeah I still remember that sprocket :D :P
looks frickn awesome
Love this, great work! Lekker sleutelen!
Thats great! Truly like workshop videos :) Ive started watching the channel right about when you started "making alp great again" :) That guard looks SOLID! Now I know who to call to make me one! "Pedro Mota Guards: as though as himself!" haha! :P
looks good .... nice work :-)
Pedro, have you heard there may be a possibility of a new TransAlp? I have grown out of buying new stuff, but this could be exciting. I’ll keep flogging my 2004 BMW Dakar for another ten years at least.
nice bashplate mate. wanna do one for my transalp ? hehe
Congratulations! Fantastic job! Where can I order one???
Straight outa mad max
Love the bash plate. Your videos are always entertaining. I was just going to wash my 1984 Honda CB700SC Nighthawk and ended up completely rebuilding the carbs yesterday. Go big or go home right!?
hmz wel my project is actually taking apart an old Alp and making it into something completely different ;-)
Maybe some small holes for ventilation and for water to get out.
Do u have the measure??? Tienes las medidas??? Te ha quedado guay!!
I wonder what goes through Bob’s mind every time Atlas gets taken out...😬
Regrets
Bob will get a heart attack if he see his bike again!
Do you have a bullet to shoot it?
It´s one thing to ruin my own bike, but a lent bike?
Never...
But, Bob will say "for me it´s ok". I´ll send you the bill... 🤑
Btw: Nice constuction... I´have some ideas for my own. My touring-bikes doesn´t like flying rocks and the plastic spoiler is full off impacts. ;-)
It's better than that decorate plastic, and doesn't look bad.
Hey Pedro
Second or third time watching this one mate
I wondered if you are in constant contact with the Donor of Atlas and did you suggest to him you wanted to make Mods to the bike ?.
I have a 500x Honda and thinking of home made skid plate as a more personal addition to it.
Just finished watching your latest adventure and already looking forward to the next
Hi bedro
That’s a nice work.. I love it .. and I wanna ask you .. is RST a good protective clothing ؟
la Pedro, sabes donde puedo comprar el faro delantero doble con la mascara para el transalp?
Just made a phone mount out of zip ties for my Transalp. Is that bush mechanic enough?
That's proper gambiarra
good job Pedro you aint just a pretty face mate
Everytime I crash and need to make a bash plate, I just steal a stop sign. There are very few signs left in my town 😀🛑
@Pedro Mota how tall are you are? The transalp fits you well!
what camera did you filmed this piece on? I would be intrested in a video about your filiming and editing process and routines ;D keep up the good work man!
Mooi ding!
Pedro como é que posso encomendar material ao Senhor Pimmm...? Se faz favor
Aqui www.1stopmotoronderdelen.nl/motor/product/933302-aluminium-carterbeschermer-xl600v/category_pathway-29083
@@iPedroMota muito obrigado pela atenção my friend. Obrigado pelo conteúdo.