WE BOUGHT A VIRGINIA BARN FULL OF 33 VINTAGE BIKES

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  • Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2024

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  • @shawnbruce6934
    @shawnbruce6934 7 месяцев назад +5

    This is My Childhood right here. Great Video! Things were better back in the 70's and 80's. Life Was Great!

  • @0222ie
    @0222ie Год назад +36

    You don't know how lucky you are, with the museum you have , the bikes you find, where you live, you are living the dream

    • @deborahchesser7375
      @deborahchesser7375 Год назад +7

      No shit, can you imagine owning literally every bike you ever wanted ? Vintage, rare, and in cherry riding condition? I’d ride a different bike every day just because I could. You nailed it, he’s living a dream life, at least for a lot of us. 🐾✌️🇺🇸

    • @joelgalangrobles8247
      @joelgalangrobles8247 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@deborahchesser7375lol llp)

    • @dangulley6638
      @dangulley6638 7 месяцев назад +1

      It is down right inspiring.

    • @dangulley6638
      @dangulley6638 7 месяцев назад +1

      I saw that '83 RM 125 and brought me back to being 13-14 begging my mom to buy one brand new in Prescott, AZ. I was such a huge fan of Suzuki at that time.

  • @rt2255
    @rt2255 Год назад +12

    My childhood in a garage, great bikes great memories, these are bikes that hooked me into bikes

  • @RUSTY-A-L
    @RUSTY-A-L Год назад +16

    You guys find the most awesome vintage dirt bikes!

  • @EarthSurferUSA
    @EarthSurferUSA Год назад +4

    Pipe Fix. I have worked on a lot of stuff in my life and I learned that it you do something new the first time, and it comes out good, it is probably a pretty good process.
    For pipes that are not chromed. I sealed the ends of the pipe and with a tire pump, pumped about 30psi of air into the pipe. Then I simply used a propane torch in one hand, (it was hot enough to move the thin metal, but some may not be.), and a wet rag, neatly folded in the other hand. Heat up the dent. When it starts turning red, it will start to move out, (blow out), but it should be fairly slow. Slow enough to easily stop the movement in it's tracks by wiping the wet rag over it. Just repaint the pipe when you are done. It amazed me how well it turned out the first time I did it, (as a kid), and the only time I did it.

  • @markb7067
    @markb7067 Год назад +9

    Great looking bikes! Well preserved and pretty clean. Awesome.

  • @Luscombe47x
    @Luscombe47x Год назад +3

    Wow, that is a barnful of real gems. Nice score.

  • @leemaharg3788
    @leemaharg3788 11 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely awesome seeing all those old bikes coming out of that barn me and the guys when we were younger used to ride around on most of these 😂😊

  • @y4s563
    @y4s563 Год назад +1

    Like Christmas ... every barn find . I personally never rode a bike I never enjoyed smile every time . Honda 50 or A zx14 doesn't matter smile every time . Hundreds of bike's later I wait for the next smile . Kaplan keeping the dream alive ..... Nice find

  • @michaelferik8060
    @michaelferik8060 Год назад +3

    That Yamaha IT125 is a very rare bike. I bought a new 1977 IT175 back in the day from Ray Fine Yamaha in Chickasha OK. The whole IT series is just a blast to ride!

    • @marcialquinones5683
      @marcialquinones5683 2 месяца назад

      Yes self my favorite bike IT 175, 250, 465 and 490 in back days i have all size most 82 and 83

  • @tellkampf1
    @tellkampf1 Год назад +21

    I'm a Brit living in Newfoundland, Canada, there's a guy here selling an IT465 for $1500CAD, I wish I could afford to buy it and fix it up. Great work Ken, family and friends. Love you guys and God bless you all. Mark

    • @donkeyballs3307
      @donkeyballs3307 Год назад +2

      Good luck finding parts ,that's the hardest part about trying to fix up old bikes in Canada 🇨🇦, alotta hours searching the interweb

    • @donkeyballs3307
      @donkeyballs3307 Год назад +3

      20 years & older ,they stop making new parts ,so a 35-40 year old bike is an adventure just to find good used parts, there's only 30 million people in Canada 🇨🇦, not 300 + million like our neighbors

    • @laurentianvmx1692
      @laurentianvmx1692 Год назад +2

      @@donkeyballs3307 Totally agree, vintage bike hobby is expensive up here. Can-Am's and Yamaha are the easiest to rebuild in Ontario and Québec it seems.

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 Год назад +2

      You have my permission to speak 🤠🇬🇧

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA Год назад +2

      YESTERDAY AND TODAY: When I was a 12 year old kid in 1976 USA, making part time $1.00/hr. I could afford that. I am sure I will never buy a new bike again, or car, never had a boat.

  • @techs1smh13
    @techs1smh13 Год назад +2

    What a collection. Got two mine in there 175 and Hannah 250. Brings back great times

  • @joechancio5177
    @joechancio5177 7 месяцев назад

    Wow!!!!! Hard to believe that these barnfinds are still out here like this. Amazing brother. Your the right person to save this history! Goodluck with them all.

  • @Utcalwr
    @Utcalwr Год назад +4

    Teleported me back to being a kid. Amazing bikes.

  • @sammylacks4937
    @sammylacks4937 Год назад

    A virtual gold mine. I m glad you found these Ken.

  • @ronchappel4812
    @ronchappel4812 Год назад

    It was great to see all these oldies. I gotta say i still to this day love the '83 YZ styling,especially the 125 with all the spaces between the parts.Awesome

  • @andywilliams4942
    @andywilliams4942 Год назад +3

    How cool is this. I would love to have a few of these old bikes.

  • @Jay-wq6nb
    @Jay-wq6nb Год назад +1

    I just got my first bike ever! I got my hands on a 93 Yamaha tt600 Belgarde for 2200 euros, can’t wait to finally take it out!
    Awesome video btw, greets from Germany!

  • @kingbee1971
    @kingbee1971 Год назад +5

    That '79 YZ250 is such a great bike. Nice find, Kap.

  • @paulmcmullen914
    @paulmcmullen914 Год назад +1

    Love that RM125. I had the ‘81. My favorite of all time.

    • @triipn
      @triipn Год назад

      I have one of those I picked up a while back. It runs but is in pretty bad shape. Hope to get it looking nice again but time will tell

  • @charlesa8136
    @charlesa8136 Год назад +1

    I had a YZ125X when I was a kid, the best bike. Have to watch what you sell this one for. Thanks for sharing

  • @tailslide5053
    @tailslide5053 Год назад +2

    Loved this video! My hand-me-down bike at age 13 was an '85 IT 200, rode that sucker til the yellow number paint came off the blue plastic!

  • @deborahchesser7375
    @deborahchesser7375 Год назад

    I see that one year only white IT465 and boy I’d love to own that, and every other bike in there wow. Day after day Ken lives my dream, I’d never tire of that life ✌️🇺🇸

  • @rfiskillingussoftly6568
    @rfiskillingussoftly6568 Год назад +3

    The IT465 is awesome! Who am I kidding...their All awesome!

  • @philc4520
    @philc4520 Год назад +1

    This collection is THE SHIT!

  • @stevemchale6363
    @stevemchale6363 9 месяцев назад

    JEEZ Captain Kap, I can't believe how Many of these
    HOARDS you keep buying!
    All of them are from my ERA
    I'm 62 &1/2
    I never raced but rode a hell of alot of dirt in my day.

  • @sissygoog9456
    @sissygoog9456 5 месяцев назад

    Kan your collection of dirt bikes is awesome Kaplan Cycles God Bless America sir

  • @robgrossen3905
    @robgrossen3905 Год назад +2

    Definitely got a bunch of great history there! Some great machines

  • @joshalger6059
    @joshalger6059 8 месяцев назад

    I’m in VA Ken and man I can’t tell you the giant smile this put on my face brother!!

  • @jimbo4203
    @jimbo4203 Год назад +9

    I've had a few of those bikes myself growing up , but I loved my IT 175 like that , 6 speed , headlight , I rode that bike every day for a few years

    • @robertharing7031
      @robertharing7031 Год назад +2

      Those blue ITs were cool as hell back in the late 70s early 80s. I never owned one but I have had good fortune to have rode quite a few dirt bikes. I live in Virginia and that’s all we did growing up in the mountains

  • @rossflood2037
    @rossflood2037 6 месяцев назад

    Always enjoy your videos start to finish just your passion for bikes it’s so good to see ! X

  • @youareright5431
    @youareright5431 Год назад

    When i was a kid i loved the way the 81 kx80 had that number plate built into the rear fender!! So Cool..

    • @nolenwright3147
      @nolenwright3147 Год назад

      WOW I second that look very cool/Euro. Racing,

  • @sorrywhatgetlost
    @sorrywhatgetlost Год назад

    That '83 KX with the tail number plates, the 125 model is my favourite KX model ever !
    I have particular year models I like lol 😅 I had a Motocross book as a kid and it was there doing a Jump and the old Bell Moto 3 type helmet, #AwEsOmE !!

  • @Kicacanalong
    @Kicacanalong 3 месяца назад

    One of my biggest regrets was when on hard times I sold the love of my life, My 1983 KDX250, the previous owner had it ported and polished, I hand milled the head and after a road accident replaced the front end with 43mm forks and disc brake, it did everything I asked of her from slow tight bush tracks to out dragging a '91 CR250. Have owned many bikes but that one is the only one I was always comfortable with almost like a soul mate.

  • @markkimball1569
    @markkimball1569 Год назад +1

    Love the Tm I see ! My god some nice bikes. Ken bring me back to 80’s

  • @yordyiam
    @yordyiam Год назад +6

    Can't wait for the transformation videos to these classic bikes!
    Great finds, guys 💪👏

  • @seanhancock9860
    @seanhancock9860 Год назад +1

    I can't imagine a more fun time than what you do... That penton won't shift

  • @connorwaits6575
    @connorwaits6575 Год назад +4

    vintage bike goldmine! Glad they're all in good hands. Looking forward to some videos on these beauties

  • @skanda1832
    @skanda1832 Год назад +23

    Flashbacks to my childhood. What fun. Thank you

    • @AndrewEarl-v8g
      @AndrewEarl-v8g Год назад

      😊

    • @MatthewJohnson-o4x
      @MatthewJohnson-o4x Год назад

      I mean really , when I was a kid I remember my neighbor rolling out his KX 420 . I’d say it was a 1980 or 81 and going to the Yamaha and seeing all the YZ bikes when they was still yellow but I’ve always loved the CR’s and XR’s in the mid 80’s and a lot of those bikes I day dreamed about in elementary school I might not have ever seen again if it wasn’t for Kaplin America.
      Thanks Ken for always taking me back in time. You probably have no idea how much I appreciate seeing my youth on two wheels again because those were some of my fondest memories as a kid.Thanks Ken

  •  6 месяцев назад

    Nice haul and so many memories!

  • @sayers_repairs
    @sayers_repairs Год назад +2

    That Yz175 is awesome! Mine was basically a parts bike. I've been collecting parts for 5 years to finish it. Parts are expensive and rare, especially when it comes to the parts that only fit a yz175, like the pipe, cylinder, head and engine cases. Over $10k spent fast and its not even close to being done. Labor of love!

  • @allenstayduhar7139
    @allenstayduhar7139 Год назад

    This is awesome! Soon ill be coming to Massachusetts! I cant wait to see this museum and Drawl on myself and bug eye everything!

  • @deepbludude4697
    @deepbludude4697 Год назад +5

    Damn Kappy your killin it! My buddy just picked up a 77 TT500 we had it running in about 3hours wheelining it up my driveway! Its gonna live in my barn now for a time! Motivated me too fix my 83 XL600R just did a 35mile dirt road loop!

    • @Tonyclifton-q4f
      @Tonyclifton-q4f Год назад +1

      83 XL600 Honda ,what a awesome bike ,just bulletproof

    • @deepbludude4697
      @deepbludude4697 Год назад

      @@Tonyclifton-q4f It 83XL600 also sat for years, A kid I rent my house to bought it after riding my DR650 but could never get it running he owed me 3 months rent and gave it too me. It ended up on my Arkansas property sat for another year until I got stoked to fiddle with it! I had an 82 XL500 and at one point had an 84 XR600 bikes come n go with me but at 62 im just digging the bikes i first experienced looking for a DT250 or an XR400 now cant find em before Kaplan gets them:) I have a tagged 2008 XT250 that I use for long rides to town but after being on the XL600 i remember why I gravated to them sheer fun!

  • @kennethhacker3014
    @kennethhacker3014 Год назад

    Im freaking druling...oh the memories...had that PE and was so reliable..

  • @glennwoods2462
    @glennwoods2462 Год назад

    Very nice... recognised a few of my old bikes there... some great bikes indeed...
    Loved seeing the Yamaha's...👍🏼🇳🇿🙂

  • @spencerwvcmoon
    @spencerwvcmoon Год назад

    Cheers kap! Great to see those beauties again .

  • @allenstayduhar7139
    @allenstayduhar7139 Год назад +1

    I love this guy! I had that same exact Yamaha 125! Nine was water cooled 1982 or 83 cant remember

    • @jefflaliberte6911
      @jefflaliberte6911 Год назад

      The '82 had the radiator mounted to the front forks, '83 it was in front of the gas tank

  • @Tibingi84
    @Tibingi84 Год назад +1

    Only in America… man are you lucky

  • @juliojames5986
    @juliojames5986 11 месяцев назад

    Great find…..clean. Why no, or few cobwebs and 1/2 of dust…… are these museum pieces….or play ? Thx

  • @patrickbrown7491
    @patrickbrown7491 Год назад

    That 83' KX250 is clean! Still looks cool as! Pick of the bunch.

  • @MegaDog2012
    @MegaDog2012 Год назад

    Thats like Christmas morning, have fun

  • @scottwalton5888
    @scottwalton5888 Год назад +2

    Time to go vintage racing!

  • @brianwills4398
    @brianwills4398 Год назад +1

    Good lord, these videos flood my brain with memories.. I remember the first time I saw the kx with the number plate on the rear fender.. I fell in love..

  • @BradyWark-kb1qt
    @BradyWark-kb1qt Год назад

    I had an 84 RM 125 can an engine was built by Mac it was 30 over and cut the race gas when he says the bike will haul the mail he's not lying! One of the strongest bikes I've ever owned! 125 or not and I ride a CR 13:53 500af today! One thing about that RM the way my bike was set up there was no lower Med it was all upper Midland High it went ahead it was like a freight train!

  • @EarthSurferUSA
    @EarthSurferUSA Год назад +1

    Those air forks of the 76 YZ's, the big canisters on top of the fork legs, were affectionately called "The Speedo/Tach forks" by MXA, as they resembled a speedometer and tachometer on a street bike.

  • @stmboat
    @stmboat Год назад

    13:50 You can treat faded plastics with a mixture of lacquer thinner and linseed oil. Brush it on, let soak, repeat, buff/surface-treat, voila.
    Unyellowed and unfaded. The silhouettes left by the stickers will fade.

    • @stmboat
      @stmboat Год назад

      I just checked the thickness of the plastic on a clarke 4.0g xr65L tank, measured out to .167" so theres plenty of material.
      So, after the mixture exfoliates brittle, sun damaged strands of polymer, and you can you basically just scrape it off with a blade, gently of course. Then blend with high grit paper and buff.
      IMO this DOES affect the "originality" of the manufactured motorcycle, you have to have some metrics. But this is great for a bike you want to keep for yourself.

  • @jameswood8391
    @jameswood8391 Год назад +2

    You trying to sell any of them.

  • @robertprice7246
    @robertprice7246 Год назад

    Lord Those Yamaha Y zingers and Suzuki TMs bring back some very fond memories of racing Motocross and Enduro races in my Youth. Of course I'm paying the price now for the lack of suspension travel. I'd love to buy one of these bikes from You and restore it to ride again

  • @EarthSurferUSA
    @EarthSurferUSA Год назад

    On the last Suzuki PE. The main frame looked fine. That was one of the "guard" bars, (welded on the main frame)--that did it's job. :)

  • @210078
    @210078 7 месяцев назад

    That's an impressive find!!!

  • @adriantowe278
    @adriantowe278 9 месяцев назад

    I am jealous but in a good way you are brilliant at finding bikes love and respect from England

  • @jonathonmacleod8670
    @jonathonmacleod8670 Год назад

    I'm 58 now raced an IT 465 in national enduro in the nineties here in south africa couldnt hang on to one now though the thing was a beast

  • @EarthSurferUSA
    @EarthSurferUSA Год назад

    I don't think that porcupine head is stock on that 1976 YZ125. If not stock, I don't know who made it though. DG maybe?

  • @Col-Hogan
    @Col-Hogan Год назад

    My first dirt bike was a 1974 Suzuki TM 400. What a screamer!

  • @robertrishel3685
    @robertrishel3685 Год назад +3

    Oh man that ‘83 YZ125😍😍😍 I had two of them that year and it was one of my all time favorite bikes.

  • @twobeer3316
    @twobeer3316 Год назад +1

    # 6 is a beauty! Whoever stole my 78 YZ100 in OKC in 1982, you Suck! Lol...

  • @dlw6323
    @dlw6323 Год назад

    Love the kawis with the rear number plate memory's of some Texas pros flying high

  • @attilapetrovics1281
    @attilapetrovics1281 Год назад +1

    I'm drooling😢

  • @yournotmymaster8492
    @yournotmymaster8492 9 месяцев назад

    That 83 YZ 125 brings back memories😊

  • @noco6799
    @noco6799 Год назад +3

    Kaplain great vid ..ill take that 83 yz125 #6. let me a know when it's available

  • @johanchastain
    @johanchastain Год назад +1

    I'm looking for a kawasaki K.D. 175 I had one new in 1977 I was 14 I'm 59 now would love to have another one to tool around on.

    • @johanchastain
      @johanchastain Год назад

      Let me know if you run across a k.d. 175 kawasaki

  • @andrevernon1932
    @andrevernon1932 Месяц назад

    You have the coolest business in the entire world. I hope that someday I'll get to visit your museum. I was born in 1968, and I remember the pleasure of riding dirt bikes, and reading Dirt Bike and Motocross Action magazines when I wasn't riding. I could never get enough of it. Me, my cousin, and our neighbor rode together, and always enjoyed sitting and talking about the bikes we read about in the magazines, etc. Over the years, me and my buddies had some cool bikes, some of the bikes you show on your videos. The two coolest bikes I owned was first a 1981 YZ125, and my last bike was what I considered the ultimate, a 1992 CR500R. My cousin had either a '78, or '79 Elsinore 250 for a little while. That was definitely one of the most awesome bikes I ever rode, even though I did not get to ride a large number of bikes. When I had the CR500 I was doing quite a bit of hill climbing in the mountains of NC, and Virginia, close to home. My friend Jamie had a KDX420, Melvin had a '89 YZ250 (he was a very skillful hill climber), and Tim had a brand-new 1992 Yamaha WR500. I remember one day when we ran into 4 or 5 other guy's with CR480's at a hill climb. We literally turned that entire hill into powder! I don't mean mostly powder, I mean 100% powder.
    One dude showed up with a brand-new Honda quad without a scratch on it. He attempted the hill and did not make it. His four wheeler tumbled all the way down the hill, sometimes doing a couple of complete flips when airborne until crashing into a large tree. Tore it all to pieces. Felt bad for that you guy, but he did not get hurt. Man, I'd love to come up there sometime and talk about this stuff with other dirt bike enthusiasts. Dirt bikes is, and always will be my favorite hobby, even though it has been many years since I rode one. Nothing else compares.

    • @KaplanCycles
      @KaplanCycles  29 дней назад

      That's a great story, thanks for sharing! We definitely have a lot to talk about.

  • @camarov5456
    @camarov5456 Год назад

    Thank god for people that save these bikes all those years

  • @jasonshepherd978
    @jasonshepherd978 Год назад

    How much for the 83 YZ 125? I had one as a kid. I worked and paid for it myself at 12-13yo. Unfortunately, it was stolen out of my garage. Most likely by someone I knew and they knew it was fast. Never found it! I had several brands of 125's from that era. The YZ was my absolute favorite. I would love to have another one. Sir, you hit the jackpot!

  • @hectormontoya5025
    @hectormontoya5025 Год назад +1

    Excelent colection.

  • @125southernnh2
    @125southernnh2 Год назад +1

    Love those Yammy ring-dings. I had my share of them in the days of my yoot.

  • @stclairjones815
    @stclairjones815 11 месяцев назад

    Wow that's a lot of bikes with a lot of potential

  • @raoulduke3770
    @raoulduke3770 Год назад +2

    I absolutely loved my MX175. Sweet sweet motor.

  • @deonhowardsr1904
    @deonhowardsr1904 7 месяцев назад

    Wow Extremely blessed 😇

  • @wileecoyote5749
    @wileecoyote5749 Год назад +1

    I have an original 2023 Honda Monkey

  • @jw8556
    @jw8556 11 месяцев назад

    Just frophen on the old bikes which were the height of technology we l raced MX in 79 and 80 how much will a reasonable tm 400 cost me and shipping to Australia

  • @RollForever88
    @RollForever88 Год назад

    Vintage bikes are bad to the bone 💪🏻

  • @mikerafonemusic6177
    @mikerafonemusic6177 Год назад

    top ten sickest collections you guy scored✊🤙

  • @RacerDood
    @RacerDood Год назад +1

    No wonder I can't find any of these bikes for sale. Kaplan America has them all!

  • @JohnDavidTrocki
    @JohnDavidTrocki Год назад

    What a barn find!!!

  • @scottewens8658
    @scottewens8658 Год назад

    THERE IS A HEAVEN!!!!🎉🎉

  • @dublion7
    @dublion7 10 месяцев назад +1

    I’m more interested in the street sport bikes.

  • @eltchavo1413
    @eltchavo1413 Год назад +1

    Que des trésors et ton musée j'en parle même pas 😮 qu'elle chance bravo

  • @RobertFairweatherMusic
    @RobertFairweatherMusic Год назад

    Oh my oh my....wowza!

  • @OkFixer
    @OkFixer Год назад

    8;40 I think that is a Why Zed 175 not an MX 175 . One year only I think. If it were a MX it would have had lights and I believe white in color.
    Yes, Kiddies Yamaha made an 80, 100,125, 175, 2-Fiddy, and 360 YZ all in one year.... I believe.

  • @Bobby8451
    @Bobby8451 11 месяцев назад

    Videos like this shows proof that these bikes are still out there...................somewhere.

  • @RagdollRacingInc
    @RagdollRacingInc Год назад +5

    Holy crap what a score 💪

  • @donbridgewater2988
    @donbridgewater2988 Год назад

    That white Yamaha you didn't talk about, by any chance is it a 75 250 mx? It has the green clover on the number plates.

  • @jimcollier8111
    @jimcollier8111 Год назад

    great old bikes brings back my times when i was growing up seen a lot of those bikes . me and a buddy of mine got a brand new off the shoe room floor 78 rm 250 that thing was fast would climb any thing if you had the BALLS to hang on to it...

  • @larrrevenga49
    @larrrevenga49 4 месяца назад

    Great video amazing bikes love those 74 TM & that penton and all those YZ My first bike was 74 mx 250 my buddy’s had the TMs

  • @OrieCipollaro
    @OrieCipollaro Год назад

    I’m literally feeling 14 years old watching this!

  • @stclairjones815
    @stclairjones815 7 месяцев назад

    That is insane . I have one motorcycle❤🎉 wow I just refurbished a 1984 Yamaha XT 600

  • @chrisgroves9829
    @chrisgroves9829 Год назад

    How Freakin COOL!Thanks for sharing guys.

  • @kingkong81icloud
    @kingkong81icloud Год назад +1

    I got offered one of the old KX but was a 125 for £600 , I wish I had bought it ,

  • @kennyrichard2971
    @kennyrichard2971 Год назад +1

    Wow just I think it’s awesome that all the people that really love and joy dirt bikes as much as I do what a collection It reminds me going to small bike owners repair shops In the 1970’s80’s