Ray Donnelly Motorcycles

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Niche

Motorcycle buying advice: reliable, cheap, banned and worst bikes

Audience

Older US motorcycle riders and buyers, including cruiser, Harley and touring riders and seniors, who want reliability lists and warnings about banned, worthless or overpriced bikes (inferred from the titles, the about text and the US prices and rules in the transcripts).

Avatar

• Realistic avatar
• An older man with grey hair, a moustache and glasses, shown in a black leather jacket, a blue work jacket or a red plaid shirt, usually beside a motorcycle and pointing at it. The avatar shows him mid-speech in a motorcycle shop.

Format

A countdown list of usually 10–30 motorcycles, myths or features, about 20–27 minutes: specs, used prices and an 'honest limit' for each pick, then a comment vote that picks a future video and a teaser for the next one; no product is pitched.

Content pillars

• Banned, dangerous and worthless motorcycles
• Cheap, reliable bikes that last
• Bikes for senior riders
• Harley-Davidson best and worst
• Motorcycle myths and rule changes

Title patterns

• [N] Motorcycles BANNED From American Roads in 2027 — Here's Why.
• THESE [N] MOTORCYCLES ARE WORTHLESS IN 2026 - HERE IS WHY!
• [N] Best Old Motorcycles You Can Buy CHEAP but Keep Forever (2027)
• [N] [Type] Motorcycles Nobody Is Buying In 2027 (But You Should)
• [N] Motorcycle Myths That People Still Believe (But Are Totally Wrong)

Thumbnails

The same grey-haired, moustached older man beside a motorcycle, often pointing at it; a bold all-caps headline on a yellow, red or white band ('STOP DOING THIS', 'WORTHLESS IN 2026', 'YOUR BIKE IS BANNED'), with price tags in 2 of 10 and red arrows or circles.

Their thumbnails, most viewed first

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  74.8K views (opens on YouTube in a new tab)
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  54.2K views (opens on YouTube in a new tab)
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  34.1K views (opens on YouTube in a new tab)

Why it works

• Three list videos on bans, worthless bikes and cheap keepers (74,030, 49,058 and 33,257 views) hold about two thirds of the 229,522 total views
• Title formula: all 3 top titles pair a list count with a year (2026 or 2027); 20 of 26 long titles carry a count and 11 carry a year
• Thumbnail template: the same older rider beside a bike with a bold all-caps headline, and a pointing hand in 6 of 10 thumbnails
• High output: 26 long videos of 20–27 minutes in 27 days, 12 Sep to 8 Oct
• Topics are re-run under new titles: three videos on the same premise (the $1,800 Latin American bike), 23–25 Sep, drew 890, 7,397 and 1,192 views

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