Yammie Noob is the Scotty Kilmer of motorcycles

I said it.

They both know just enough to sound authoritative, but not enough to stop spreading oversimplified, out-of-context “advice” that gets parroted across the internet like gospel.

Scotty tells you every car is junk unless it’s a Corolla. Yammie tells you every bike is unreliable unless it’s a Yamaha R7. And when either one mentions mechanical issues, it’s usually without context—no riding style, no maintenance habits, no deeper look into the engineering decisions behind the part.

Case in point: the whole KTM “camshaft wear” narrative. Instead of diving into why wear might happen (tight tolerances, aggressive cam profiles, performance-first design), it gets boiled down to, “KTM bad, Japanese good.”

It’s frustrating because that kind of content shapes public perception, and not in a helpful way. Tons of new riders take it at face value and repeat it like it’s fact—meanwhile, people who actually maintain their bikes and understand the trade-offs of high-performance engineering know there’s more to the story.

Anyway, just had to get that off my chest. Respect to anyone out there wrenching, learning, and not just chasing clicks.