RRC Restoration buys spare headers for one tiny R1 cover

Part seven turns footpegs, a side stand and a new gold chain into the next steps of the Yamaha rebuild.

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Restoration Of An Abandoned Yamaha R1 - Genuine Barn Find! - Part 7

An entire spare set of exhaust headers, bought for one little valve cover: RRC Restoration's Yamaha R1 project has reached the stage where small missing pieces can mean surprisingly large purchases.

There were no new uploads this week, but part seven is the channel's busiest video by daily views, with roughly 243,000 views altogether. The restorer opens the garage with a teasing suggestion of a jumpscare, then gets back to the less theatrical business of removing oxidation and connecting the EXUP exhaust-valve servo cables.

The footpegs and side stand get particularly methodical treatment. Components are sorted on the bench for vapour blasting, replating or powder coating, with the stand cured in a home-built prototype oven. Cleaned hardware returns to the bike, bolts get their torque-wrench check, and a gold X-ring chain goes onto the sprockets. This is restoration at the brackets-and-fasteners level, not just a shiny-fairings reveal.

Across the channel, weekly viewing added about 166,000 views while subscribers stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is currently around a third of its usual level. Nearby motorcycle channel Srkcycles also has slower-than-usual daily viewing, while Sky Sports F1 is enjoying a much busier spell.

The Yamaha isn't the only machine keeping the archive turning. "The Ultimate Mini Bike Revival: 1980 Honda Z50R" is the next-busiest upload by daily views, offering a complete teardown-to-reassembly project rather than another chapter of the superbike build.

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The videos drawing views on RRC Restoration right now

The Ultimate Mini Bike Revival: 1980 Honda Z50R429,627 views Barn Find Yamaha YZF R1 Restoration502,518 views

The numbers

Here is how RRC Restoration's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

P1 with Matt & Tommy

5,575,480

Shred Eighty

4,490,890

Sky Sports F1

3,376,294

Srkcycles

537,519

BleepinJeep

393,620

Buttery Films

384,190

Ronny Dahl

302,226

RRC Restoration

166,411

RAFA TV

30,777

subscribers

793,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

129,659,282

views per day

9,561

typical day: 28,795

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Sky Sports F1

1,040,000

RAFA TV

1,010,000

Srkcycles

794,000

RRC Restoration

793,000

P1 with Matt & Tommy

672,000

Buttery Films

653,000

BleepinJeep

627,000

Shred Eighty

613,000

Ronny Dahl

602,000

As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.