This was my first real motorcycle. I saved up $300. To buy it. Got to the dealer and they had to add sales tax of $15. I didn’t have it. I was devastated. We were leaving and they agreed to sell it for $300 out the door. I was 11 years old and it was worth it all
She's a keeper, if ya have kids teach them to ride on that. I still have my 1975 XR 75 bought new in 75 my girls learned to ride it and now grandkids are riding it.
My father bought his 74 xr75 brand new and kept it for when he had a kid. I learned to ride on it and so did my wife. Thousands of hours on that thing and it still looks brand new and starts first kick.
I love watching Vinny he is absolutely hilarious Man he's running for everything those little legs can give and cutting you off That's a sweet bike but I enjoyed watching Vinny more
Bought one brand new in 1972. I was 12 worked all year to add to my savings...I think it was about $325. Had the orange one with yellow stripes, that came with head lamp tail lamp and horn. That hot little sound brings up memories.
Thats a cool scrambler.Well done.I had one in the eighties Yamaha TY50.Had it fully bored ported larger Amal carb custom exhaust inlet sprockets.I did almost seventy.
I also did a clutch job on mine and I had just enough paper delivery money to get the plates. My grandpa said it needed a clutch pin and he made one from an aluminum gutter nail. Man was a mechanic Wizard! We also bored it out to .80 with a Wisco piston
My first bike as well (11years old)… my dad took me to the dealer, purchased it.. put it in the wagon.. I explained how it would be so effective on my paper route… The next day he took me to the bank… I had my first payment book.. $23.70/mo. I’ve had over a dozen bikes… (and surgeries) loved to race.. went from this to a cr250 husky in 74.. and graduated on a yz450f few years back..had to pay for that fun too… so nostalgic
Omg thank you for doing that one I have many fond memories with that bike sounds just like I remember ,a bunch of us kids in the hood had that bike (so cal) I don't think we could have had anything as much fun as one of these at that time and are age, peace
Man Joe… I can't even imagine being a kid and having something that cool. I grew up from the age of 10 years old with mini bikes and motorcycles but it took a few years before I had anything with what could be considered "real suspension" and stuff like that. And boy they really nailed the sound on that bike. It sounds awesome. Thanks for the content!!!
I had one of these as my first motorcycle. I loved it! I sold it to a classmate to buy my Dad's Yamaha 125 at the time. I was heartbroken to find the front fender in the scrap metal bin in welding class,
My first bike was a Yamaha 60 it was red. Get you a nail file work's great for cleaning them points brother. Also Seafoam is the best thing to add to your gas when you are first starting one that's been sitting. It also helps moistening any rubber o rings and such .Marvel's Mystery Oil is pretty good too
Sometime near 1970 Yamaha ran ads with the slogan, "someday you'll own a Yamaha". To which I would state, "no I won't". My reason being because while I had a Cat mini bike, my riding buddies all had Honda's, Mini Trail 50, CT 70, Sl 70 etc. 4-strokes all. By the 1980's I was a Yamaha Mechanic, and you are looking at a JT1, which by 1987 I never saw another one in or out of the shop. It was working for Yamaha that I determined Honda engineering must have been controlled by the marketing department, "we need an arrow pointing to the front forks, invent something". While Yamaha engineering was IMO racing. For example, reed valves, single shock, 2 stroke power valve. So yes eventually I owned a Yamaha. Although Yamaha's darkest hour when the created a BMX bike was the opposite. I believe they needed to get rid of an oversupply of JT1 forks and shocks and put that junk on an overweight BMX pig. The same forks with a spring only on 1 side and oil in both! As for the JT1, I did have one of my more exciting encounters working on a Mini Enduro. The bike was written up as a no start condition. With anything under 100cc you could check compression, or start with your hand no problem. The bike had compression, so I raised the lift and stood over it to kick start. 1st kick it started, screaming at full throttle because the carb slide was backwards. I went to the kill switch on the right handlebar and was shocked with full high rpm current. So I pulled in the right front brake and clutch and put it into first, hoping I could stall the bike with drag. No such luck, the clutch plates were 100% stuck and the front brake had zero drag. So the bike ran full speed off the lift into a cabinet, laying on it's side over revving until my fellow technician came over with a long screwdriver to pull the spark plug cap. Not sure if I was in shock or just pissed enough to let it burn down.
Vinnie says "Joe finally bought something I Can Keep Up With." Great Job turning $500 into $5K. Thank You for Making these vids for Us. I've learned A LOT.
I have a special place in my heart for DT’s. My first was a DT125. Joe you live in the Hot Spot area for 70’s motorcycles. There are still many left in barns, sheds, and etc.
My first bike was 1972 Yamaha Mini Enduro.... I was 12 years old and this bike was what created a life long passion for riding. I had learned how to ride from my dad when I was about 9 years old on my brothers' Yamaha. My dad, my brother myself rode enduros and other off road events for much of my life. My dad has since passed on, but my brother and I still ride our dirt bikes thanks to our long love of dirt bikes ! Thanks Yamaha for creating the Mini Enduro !
I had the same model as a 12 yr. Old Yamaha enduro 60 burnt orange . Mine had the the headlight and tail lights as well turn signals . As a kid seemed like it would out run all the Honda 50’s and most Honda 70’s. It had a 60 mph speedometer but 47 was about it .
My first ever dirt bike as a kid. Yamaha 60 JT1 (Red version). It was old and Non-Current but I rode the wheels off of that thing (not literally because it was indestructible) . Every day after Football practice, after Basketball practice, after Wrestling practice and everyday of summer I was out riding that thing. Never did a piston & ring job, it started first or 2nd kick every single time. I remember meeting Honda Factory Mini Factory Racer Rick Simmet (Google him) and him looking so crazy at my little Yamaha but we did lap after lap after lap that day. Anything that he did on his Pro Circuit Factory Honda CR80 I did on my little Yamaha 60 JT1 which now when I look back was crazy. Miss that little bike. All that I have left is the Original Owners Manual (missing the front cover) and a Photo of it in our old backyard.
I too had the JT 1, 1971 Red 60cc. My dad bought it for me in 1972 I was 7. I still have it but it sure doesn’t look like that anymore. I’m 58 and still cannot bear to part with it
Cool story what did you do with it I don't know why I want know just your story is like my childhood I had a ty80 and I sold my and I kick myself every time I think of it and just like you I have one picture in my garden but take care mate
I have just restored a 1974 Kawasaki G4 TR Agricultural bike in Australia that had the same carby choke idle setup as the Yamaha you have. But this bike had dual range gearbox so it had 10 gears all up. An amazing little bike that still ran but was a complete rusty mess. Bought it at a garage sale for $100 Australian and just sold it for $1600.00, pretty much what I put into but it was the process of restoring the bike that I really enjoyed.
When we were kids, we were out riding in the woods. My buddy's bike quit and it didn't look like he was getting spark but it was hard to tell in the midday summer sun. He had the bright idea to hold the plug while I kicked it over. It didn't take me long to realize that it was getting good spark. He made up new curse words.
Brings back memories of my youth, a friend had a gt80 the bigger brother to the jt60 another an xr80 and I had an elsinore 125 and there were a couple mx's. We road forestry roads every where. Not uncommon to put a couple hundred miles on in a weekend. Those older bikes were very reliable and fun as heck for a group of 12yr olds.
My brother bought one as a 13 year old kid, that was in bad shape in 1971, with its 60cc 2 stroke rotary valve engine. I was learning how to built and fix small engines and was able to help him get it running. We took it apart, including the engine. Had to have the engine cylinder bored 20 over, and I was already experimenting with porting engines. We cleaned it up, rebuilt the engine, changed the engine gear to the chain drive, rebuilt and upgraded the clutch springs, and that thing ran very well. Beat a few bikes with bigger engines.😊
In the early 70s my grandfather bought one of these used for my brother and I to learn how to ride with a clutch. We had the old pull cord minibikes before and I was just too small, and that minibike would not run very well. I put more than a few miles on that Yamaha motorcycle. That was my first lessons in learning how to work on a motorcycle. I lived in the hills in Tennessee and would get stuck back on the power lines on that bike. Staring at a hill between me and home. I had to keep a spark plug wrench and tools inside the tool kit. Oh yeah, I always had a problem with the chain coming off . Many smiles and many tears.
My exact fist bike. 1971 jt1 mini enduro. Most came with lights, just like the bigger dt enduros. These were the mx versions. I can hear the baffle is gone, it is a substantial powergain, just being gone. Thanks, brought back alot of memories. You see they are bulletproof, still going strong. Probably the original piston and all. Hope you go on and restore it though. These were the first minibike that were a real motorcycle.
Oh the memories. I was five years old and kept complaining that my Honda 50 was too slow. A family friend found me one of these and I was stoked! What a great little bike. It was the start of a life with the 2 stroke sickness.
just wanted to say thanks ...I have been watching your video's for about 2 weeks now and I have learned a lot from them. Your troubleshooting techniques are spot on
Those little bikes also had full street lighting on them. Most people took the lights off and used them for offroad use. That 60cc rotary valve 2-stroke engine is rock reliable too. Gap your points around 0.015" and it should run nicely. Sparkplug should be an NGK B8HS plug. That little bike rips! Do check the oil injection pump, should be working just fine. Those are pretty foolproof. Great find, Joe! Thanks for a great video!
Almost as good as the content, are the comments from people who had these things in their childhoods, and this brings up so many fond memories. Makes me want to go get my daughter's little pit bike out of the basement (parked 15 years ago after she crashed it into the trampoline, and would never go near it again). I gave that bike to her when she was 12. After that, I got her a little Suzuki LT80, quad, which she still rides to this day.
I had a 1975 MX80 , As you see , What a bike , hooked for life , I still ride today. In 75 there was a cool graphic on the tank . It needed a spark plug now and then , otherwise trouble free. Thanks for the memory's. I had commented on your buried bike , to check the exhaust , this one had a blockage. Great content , Thanks
Vinnie was racing even cutting ya off 😂 nice bike it's a score with the tank in perfect condition, definitely protect that tank. Can't wait to see what ya find next. 👍👍
Just shows how you can have just as much fun on a small bike as a large one… and when you come off you might survive! Good ol’ Vinnie can keep up with the little bike up to max speed in 2nd gear - not bad for those young little legs! Nice work Joe… not long before you’ll need a multi-storey garage building behind the house. Cheers!
I had a silver one, great bikes and as you found pretty quick. we won some races in the 80cc class before graduating to the first 1976 YZ80's to hit the market , love the channel stay the course.👍
Definitely a rare gem you found there. I would definitely keep that one in the collection just like you said. I personally think it's worth more in that original condition than being restored.
That was the first dirt bike I ever owned, my stepdad bought it for me for my 7th birthday, I’ve been riding and racing ever since. Four speed, all down.
My friends younger brother had one in the 70's, when my Bultaco was down I would borrow it and ride with guys on 125's, I could keep up with them in the tight stuff through the woods, the bike was a blast.
Great find! I had 3 of those bikes when I was young. (two 80's and one 60) I was decent mechanically and brought two home in my parents wheel burrow that I got off my neighbors who couldn't fix them for cheap. The reason it is so loud is it is missing the tail pipe of the exhaust.
That engine looks exactly like the FS1e engines fitted to European mopeds in the 70’s and 80’s. It’s a great design almost indestructible, with a bit of work the mopeds could to 50mph, not bad for a 50cc bike with peddles.
I had the same exact bike when I was 7yrs old it was my second dirt bike my owned, my first bike was a QA-50 pee green in color wow brings back so many memories. The rear tire on your bike was replaced the original tire was the same as the front tire that is on your bike. Thanks for sharing
Wow. That sound brings back memories. I had this same bike as a kid in the 70s. You're right, it's very fast and was a lot of fun. Don't sell this one!
I’ve been buying or finding old Japanese bikes since I was about 10. Have a love of these old school motorcycles from the 60s and 70s. Have owned and sold many. My favorite was the Yamaha DT1. Have owned 2. I’m sure I’ll have more in the future. Love watching your videos man
Love seeing you wearing gloves. You are into the solvents and gas all the time. It will pay off in the future. I rode one of these as a kid. How I learned how to shift gears. Loved it.
I had 2 of them back in the 90s! A yellow one and a white one! 3 speed trans, manual clutch, wow what fun! My friend and I used to race each other, I was heavy, he was thin and the one that had the stinger made them even if I was on that one. Im talking 60 to 80 lbs heavier I was. One had bad gears so I had them hard welded on the sides and I resized them after. Never had a problem after that. Gears were discontinued, and good luck finding used!
This was my first bike!!! Oh man this video is great Joe! I couldn’t wait to get home from school because I rode it every single day. I wish I never got rid of it.
Great find!! That caught my eye in your last video. I've always had a love for old DT Enduros. I had the GT80 and a slew of YZs and an 84 IT490, but my first bike i ever had was a 72 DT360. I'm excited to see this one!!
Road the street legal ones for our motorcycle classes back long ago, Yamaha dealer loaned them to our school to train on in the school parking lot, Wow bringing history back to days of remembrance. Another Great Video Joe, ps. Notice the shop floor needs a shinning, the work area needs a shine, I Notice you like all things to shine, I just happen to Notice your workshop floor is missing its shine, lol of all things for me to Notice. 😊
I cannot help but keep commenting, when she fired up and you revved her. She sounded sooooo sweet. Go on restore her !!!! The petty tank would be a breeze. Find someone that can match the paint colour. Oh and using a spray gun is so eeee see . I've used one in production when was around 18 yrs old . For petrol tank. I'd use some solvent , to wash petrol residue out. Use heat gun to remove yammy badge.. so can re glue. Clean all the ole paint off. Prep for primer and mai colour coats.. then clear lacquer. Before clear lacquer. I'd use a artist paint brush for the black trim effect.. then use some real good spray glue to re fix yammy badge.... at her age and sounding so nice . Wow Treat her to a pamper !! Oh and speaking of petrol ,, yeah extinguishers are nice... but get a couple of sand buckets... !!! Great for dousing lit fluids... but also absorb the mess too pal
Not sure why I think so but this is a super cool little bike. I did not realize just how tiny it was until you went to start it and we could see how big you are next to it. You must have been the coolest kid on the block if you had one of these in the early 70’s. I wonder if this was the bike that was in the movie Bad News Bears.
I have been tuning yamaha’s FS1, 50 years ago here in the Netherlands. They where running at 120 km/h. (75 mph) But these cast iron cilinders had to be re-honed every month.
Just learned didn’t matter if jt1 or jt2 the vin is always start with jt1 I thought mine was jt1 but turned out it was 1972 jt2mx mini enduro you may have that mx that I have regardless love your videos youve taught me a lot
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This was my first real motorcycle. I saved up $300. To buy it. Got to the dealer and they had to add sales tax of $15. I didn’t have it. I was devastated. We were leaving and they agreed to sell it for $300 out the door. I was 11 years old and it was worth it all
Need more power? Wait and save a little more: "Best of all, a youngster could buy a 100cc Hodaka Super Rat for under $500. "
I saved from age 9 to age 12 to buy a 1972 Yamaha GT-80. I think it was $380.00 I think my Father actually kicked in $120.00 .
She's a keeper, if ya have kids teach them to ride on that. I still have my 1975 XR 75 bought new in 75 my girls learned to ride it and now grandkids are riding it.
My father bought his 74 xr75 brand new and kept it for when he had a kid. I learned to ride on it and so did my wife. Thousands of hours on that thing and it still looks brand new and starts first kick.
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My dad bought me an XR 75 when I was in sixth grade coolest bike ever
Joe this is probably the best bike you have gotten. What a steal $500. Nothing sounds better than hearing old dirt bikes run😊
They were $400 new in 1975.
@@franknagyvathy9192inflation here's an example $450 in 1920 is almost 7 grand today
Roughly $2,221 in today’s dollars if it was $400 in 75.
I had one. It was the GT80. Back in 1981. I was 11yrs old. I loved it. Got it for Christmas.
I love watching Vinny he is absolutely hilarious Man he's running for everything those little legs can give and cutting you off That's a sweet bike but I enjoyed watching Vinny more
Bought one brand new in 1972. I was 12 worked all year to add to my savings...I think it was about $325. Had the orange one with yellow stripes, that came with head lamp tail lamp and horn. That hot little sound brings up memories.
Thats a cool scrambler.Well done.I had one in the eighties Yamaha TY50.Had it fully bored ported larger Amal carb custom exhaust inlet sprockets.I did almost seventy.
I also did a clutch job on mine and I had just enough paper delivery money to get the plates. My grandpa said it needed a clutch pin and he made one from an aluminum gutter nail. Man was a mechanic Wizard! We also bored it out to .80 with a Wisco piston
This bike puts a big smile on my face had a red one at my grandpa’s farm
My first bike as well (11years old)… my dad took me to the dealer, purchased it.. put it in the wagon.. I explained how it would be so effective on my paper route… The next day he took me to the bank… I had my first payment book.. $23.70/mo. I’ve had over a dozen bikes… (and surgeries) loved to race.. went from this to a cr250 husky in 74.. and graduated on a yz450f few years back..had to pay for that fun too… so nostalgic
Omg thank you for doing that one I have many fond memories with that bike sounds just like I remember ,a bunch of us kids in the hood had that bike (so cal) I don't think we could have had anything as much fun as one of these at that time and are age, peace
Man Joe… I can't even imagine being a kid and having something that cool. I grew up from the age of 10 years old with mini bikes and motorcycles but it took a few years before I had anything with what could be considered "real suspension" and stuff like that. And boy they really nailed the sound on that bike. It sounds awesome. Thanks for the content!!!
i rode a bmx bike as a kid and that was it. lol
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I had one of these as my first motorcycle. I loved it!
I sold it to a classmate to buy my Dad's Yamaha 125 at the time. I was heartbroken to find the front fender in the scrap metal bin in welding class,
I had the exact same bike. It's Yamaha 80 Enduro. Brings back a lot of memories.
My first bike was a Yamaha 60 it was red. Get you a nail file work's great for cleaning them points brother. Also Seafoam is the best thing to add to your gas when you are first starting one that's been sitting. It also helps moistening any rubber o rings and such .Marvel's Mystery Oil is pretty good too
Sometime near 1970 Yamaha ran ads with the slogan, "someday you'll own a Yamaha". To which I would state, "no I won't". My reason being because while I had a Cat mini bike, my riding buddies all had Honda's, Mini Trail 50, CT 70, Sl 70 etc. 4-strokes all. By the 1980's I was a Yamaha Mechanic, and you are looking at a JT1, which by 1987 I never saw another one in or out of the shop. It was working for Yamaha that I determined Honda engineering must have been controlled by the marketing department, "we need an arrow pointing to the front forks, invent something". While Yamaha engineering was IMO racing. For example, reed valves, single shock, 2 stroke power valve. So yes eventually I owned a Yamaha. Although Yamaha's darkest hour when the created a BMX bike was the opposite. I believe they needed to get rid of an oversupply of JT1 forks and shocks and put that junk on an overweight BMX pig. The same forks with a spring only on 1 side and oil in both!
As for the JT1, I did have one of my more exciting encounters working on a Mini Enduro. The bike was written up as a no start condition. With anything under 100cc you could check compression, or start with your hand no problem. The bike had compression, so I raised the lift and stood over it to kick start. 1st kick it started, screaming at full throttle because the carb slide was backwards. I went to the kill switch on the right handlebar and was shocked with full high rpm current. So I pulled in the right front brake and clutch and put it into first, hoping I could stall the bike with drag. No such luck, the clutch plates were 100% stuck and the front brake had zero drag. So the bike ran full speed off the lift into a cabinet, laying on it's side over revving until my fellow technician came over with a long screwdriver to pull the spark plug cap. Not sure if I was in shock or just pissed enough to let it burn down.
Wow I had a 1973 or 4 maroon Enduro.Couldnt wait to get home from school to go riding.
That thing flies!!!! Holy moly!!!! And look at little Vinny GOOOOOO..... 44:08 Man he's moving out!!!
Vinnie says "Joe finally bought something I Can Keep Up With." Great Job turning $500 into $5K. Thank You for Making these vids for Us. I've learned A LOT.
My first bike. Best present ever! Thanks Dad!
Added Hooker header and a green weenie. Eventually painted it myself. Raced it and rode the prairies of Colorado from sunrise to sunset.
I have a special place in my heart for DT’s. My first was a DT125. Joe you live in the Hot Spot area for 70’s motorcycles. There are still many left in barns, sheds, and etc.
I had two of these bikes when I was a kid. An orange one and a yellow one like yours. First bikes I learned how to ride. These things are bulletproof!
My first bike was 1972 Yamaha Mini Enduro.... I was 12 years old and this bike was what created a life long passion for riding. I had learned how to ride from my dad when I was about 9 years old on my brothers' Yamaha. My dad, my brother myself rode enduros and other off road events for much of my life. My dad has since passed on, but my brother and I still ride our dirt bikes thanks to our long love of dirt bikes !
Thanks Yamaha for creating the Mini Enduro !
I had the same model as a 12 yr. Old Yamaha enduro 60 burnt orange . Mine had the the headlight and tail lights as well turn signals . As a kid seemed like it would out run all the Honda 50’s and most Honda 70’s. It had a 60 mph speedometer but 47 was about it .
My first ever dirt bike as a kid. Yamaha 60 JT1 (Red version). It was old and Non-Current but I rode the wheels off of that thing (not literally because it was indestructible) . Every day after Football practice, after Basketball practice, after Wrestling practice and everyday of summer I was out riding that thing. Never did a piston & ring job, it started first or 2nd kick every single time. I remember meeting Honda Factory Mini Factory Racer Rick Simmet (Google him) and him looking so crazy at my little Yamaha but we did lap after lap after lap that day. Anything that he did on his Pro Circuit Factory Honda CR80 I did on my little Yamaha 60 JT1 which now when I look back was crazy. Miss that little bike. All that I have left is the Original Owners Manual (missing the front cover) and a Photo of it in our old backyard.
I too had the JT 1, 1971 Red 60cc. My dad bought it for me in 1972 I was 7. I still have it but it sure doesn’t look like that anymore. I’m 58 and still cannot bear to part with it
Cool story what did you do with it I don't know why I want know just your story is like my childhood I had a ty80 and I sold my and I kick myself every time I think of it and just like you I have one picture in my garden but take care mate
60cc of awesome power! This was my first bike, too!!
I have just restored a 1974 Kawasaki G4 TR Agricultural bike in Australia that had the same carby choke idle setup as the Yamaha you have. But this bike had dual range gearbox so it had 10 gears all up. An amazing little bike that still ran but was a complete rusty mess. Bought it at a garage sale for $100 Australian and just sold it for $1600.00, pretty much what I put into but it was the process of restoring the bike that I really enjoyed.
When we were kids, we were out riding in the woods. My buddy's bike quit and it didn't look like he was getting spark but it was hard to tell in the midday summer sun. He had the bright idea to hold the plug while I kicked it over. It didn't take me long to realize that it was getting good spark. He made up new curse words.
That is the exact bike I learned to ride on. Thats awesome
Brings back memories of my youth, a friend had a gt80 the bigger brother to the jt60 another an xr80 and I had an elsinore 125 and there were a couple mx's. We road forestry roads every where. Not uncommon to put a couple hundred miles on in a weekend. Those older bikes were very reliable and fun as heck for a group of 12yr olds.
You're describing my youth! I had an MX80 (1980). We were about 20 bikes and I spent my weekends riding the forestry roads north of Montreal.
My brother bought one as a 13 year old kid, that was in bad shape in 1971, with its 60cc 2 stroke rotary valve engine. I was learning how to built and fix small engines and was able to help him get it running. We took it apart, including the engine. Had to have the engine cylinder bored 20 over, and I was already experimenting with porting engines. We cleaned it up, rebuilt the engine, changed the engine gear to the chain drive, rebuilt and upgraded the clutch springs, and that thing ran very well. Beat a few bikes with bigger engines.😊
That was really cool ! My dad got me a Jt2 over fifty years ago . I loved that bike.
In the early 70s my grandfather bought one of these used for my brother and I to learn how to ride with a clutch. We had the old pull cord minibikes before and I was just too small, and that minibike would not run very well. I put more than a few miles on that Yamaha motorcycle. That was my first lessons in learning how to work on a motorcycle. I lived in the hills in Tennessee and would get stuck back on the power lines on that bike. Staring at a hill between me and home. I had to keep a spark plug wrench and tools inside the tool kit. Oh yeah, I always had a problem with the chain coming off . Many smiles and many tears.
❤ Another good time of troubleshooting. Best part of life 😊😊😊😂 I’m back into no water ground stuff.Congratulations.❤❤😊😊
My exact fist bike. 1971 jt1 mini enduro. Most came with lights, just like the bigger dt enduros. These were the mx versions. I can hear the baffle is gone, it is a substantial powergain, just being gone. Thanks, brought back alot of memories. You see they are bulletproof, still going strong. Probably the original piston and all. Hope you go on and restore it though. These were the first minibike that were a real motorcycle.
Oh the memories. I was five years old and kept complaining that my Honda 50 was too slow. A family friend found me one of these and I was stoked! What a great little bike. It was the start of a life with the 2 stroke sickness.
Vinny is like the energizer bunny !! Unstoppable!!
just wanted to say thanks ...I have been watching your video's for about 2 weeks now and I have learned a lot from them. Your troubleshooting techniques are spot on
Nice find. It’s a ‘72 JT2MX. Did not come with lights, just a white from number plate. I have a ‘72 JT2-L, orange color with lights
When I was a kid in the 70's. My best friend Jody Silva had this JT and he taught me how to ride. HMB. Still riding today. Thanks Jody
Those little bikes also had full street lighting on them. Most people took the lights off and used them for offroad use. That 60cc rotary valve 2-stroke engine is rock reliable too. Gap your points around 0.015" and it should run nicely. Sparkplug should be an NGK B8HS plug.
That little bike rips! Do check the oil injection pump, should be working just fine. Those are pretty foolproof.
Great find, Joe! Thanks for a great video!
Almost as good as the content, are the comments from people who had these things in their childhoods, and this brings up so many fond memories. Makes me want to go get my daughter's little pit bike out of the basement (parked 15 years ago after she crashed it into the trampoline, and would never go near it again). I gave that bike to her when she was 12. After that, I got her a little Suzuki LT80, quad, which she still rides to this day.
I had the red with white stripes version.. Jt60... love it
My first bike was the red tank jt1. 50 plus yrs of loving motorcycles started there.
Can’t believe not one seized screw and that Tank! Wow
I had a 1975 MX80 , As you see , What a bike , hooked for life , I still ride today. In 75 there was a cool graphic on the tank . It needed a spark plug now and then , otherwise trouble free. Thanks for the memory's. I had commented on your buried bike , to check the exhaust , this one had a blockage. Great content , Thanks
Wow 1971 huh. Looks really really nice glad it was kept indoors all these years
Kudos to you for being able to tear down those crazy old bikes, put them back together again, and not have any parts left over 🙂
Vinnie was racing even cutting ya off 😂 nice bike it's a score with the tank in perfect condition, definitely protect that tank. Can't wait to see what ya find next. 👍👍
Keep up the awesome videos Joe! You’ve got me into the hobby now and I’ve learned a ton from watching you work👍🏻
Brings back many great memories, never forget the feeling of my first few times riding
Just shows how you can have just as much fun on a small bike as a large one… and when you come off you might survive! Good ol’ Vinnie can keep up with the little bike up to max speed in 2nd gear - not bad for those young little legs! Nice work Joe… not long before you’ll need a multi-storey garage building behind the house. Cheers!
I had a silver one, great bikes and as you found pretty quick. we won some races in the 80cc class before graduating to the first 1976 YZ80's to hit the market , love the channel stay the course.👍
Well done my friend! Man I'm sure Vinnie slept good that night chasing you like that 😂. Awesome little bike..great job bringing it back to life.🤙🏻
Bike runs perfect. First bike I ever owned.
I love you showing old bikes I'm into and own old bikes. You get so much more enjoyment out of them.
You got a rare gem Joe! Guy up the road from has 2 JT1s very neat little bikes, powerful little buggers... great find bud!!!
WOW! That motorcycle is a classic and looking good too. 👍
Definitely a rare gem you found there. I would definitely keep that one in the collection just like you said. I personally think it's worth more in that original condition than being restored.
That exact bike I learned on. It's amazing to see this on your channel . Brings back a lot of memories. Thank u . Allen Harmon
My first motorcycle was a 71 Jt1. Dad bought it for me when I was nine, used around 1978. Great bike.
That engine sounds so good. I love two strokes.
That was the first dirt bike I ever owned, my stepdad bought it for me for my 7th birthday, I’ve been riding and racing ever since. Four speed, all down.
My friends younger brother had one in the 70's, when my Bultaco was down I would borrow it and ride with guys on 125's, I could keep up with them in the tight stuff through the woods, the bike was a blast.
Good morning all!
Good morning to you too
Great find! I had 3 of those bikes when I was young. (two 80's and one 60) I was decent mechanically and brought two home in my parents wheel burrow that I got off my neighbors who couldn't fix them for cheap. The reason it is so loud is it is missing the tail pipe of the exhaust.
Cool little bike. Glad to see it running again. Nice find.
Vinny is about the best co-star I've seen in these sorts of videos.
Joe, thats so cool! I had a brand new JT2 when I was 10! It cost my dad $365.00! Thats the bike that made me love motorcycles til this day!
Love these finds Joe,u acing it with the content!👌😃🤫🤫👍🦾🦾🦾
That engine looks exactly like the FS1e engines fitted to European mopeds in the 70’s and 80’s. It’s a great design almost indestructible, with a bit of work the mopeds could to 50mph, not bad for a 50cc bike with peddles.
I had the same exact bike when I was 7yrs old it was my second dirt bike my owned, my first bike was a QA-50 pee green in color wow brings back so many memories.
The rear tire on your bike was replaced the original tire was the same as the front tire that is on your bike. Thanks for sharing
Wow. That sound brings back memories. I had this same bike as a kid in the 70s. You're right, it's very fast and was a lot of fun. Don't sell this one!
I love the dog keeping up!
I’ve been buying or finding old Japanese bikes since I was about 10. Have a love of these old school motorcycles from the 60s and 70s. Have owned and sold many. My favorite was the Yamaha DT1. Have owned 2. I’m sure I’ll have more in the future. Love watching your videos man
Love seeing you wearing gloves. You are into the solvents and gas all the time. It will pay off in the future. I rode one of these as a kid. How I learned how to shift gears. Loved it.
I love your dog never get enough Vinny! Definitely get him out on the stand up he loves it!
Love your content bro have been watching your vids for years. keep it up! :)
I had a 1974 Yamaha 80 dirt bike when I was a kid. Not sure if it was a YZ. This video brought bike a lot of memories
Good video Joe loved it.
That was my first bike in 1974 I had a sunburst head & a stinger pipe. I loved that thing. I have a bike trader ad when I sold it for $150.00.
That’s a cool bike joe glad your keeping it the condition that is in is brilliant for how old it is ,all the best buddy 👌👍🔧🔧🔧🦴🦴
Nice bike and price Joe and agree keeping it the way it is, those minis are haulers back in the day.. Now time to find a vintage Kawasaki KX60
What an incredibly nice ride. I like the design and the quality. I have had engines like this and they are reliable and easy to tune.
I had 2 of them back in the 90s! A yellow one and a white one! 3 speed trans, manual clutch, wow what fun! My friend and I used to race each other, I was heavy, he was thin and the one that had the stinger made them even if I was on that one. Im talking 60 to 80 lbs heavier I was. One had bad gears so I had them hard welded on the sides and I resized them after. Never had a problem after that. Gears were discontinued, and good luck finding used!
This was my first bike!!! Oh man this video is great Joe! I couldn’t wait to get home from school because I rode it every single day. I wish I never got rid of it.
Great find!! That caught my eye in your last video. I've always had a love for old DT Enduros. I had the GT80 and a slew of YZs and an 84 IT490, but my first bike i ever had was a 72 DT360. I'm excited to see this one!!
That's a cool little bike. Great job joe and great video too!
These are amazing bikes I can remember 28 years ago people restoring these because they were so good as a kids bike
Watching Benny chase was the best part of this vid. 😀
Reminds me of my Yamaha GT80 I had in the late 70’s.
Road the street legal ones for our motorcycle classes back long ago, Yamaha dealer loaned them to our school to train on in the school parking lot, Wow bringing history back to days of remembrance. Another Great Video Joe, ps. Notice the shop floor needs a shinning, the work area needs a shine, I Notice you like all things to shine, I just happen to Notice your workshop floor is missing its shine, lol of all things for me to Notice. 😊
I cannot help but keep commenting, when she fired up and you revved her. She sounded sooooo sweet.
Go on restore her !!!! The petty tank would be a breeze. Find someone that can match the paint colour. Oh and using a spray gun is so eeee see . I've used one in production when was around 18 yrs old . For petrol tank. I'd use some solvent , to wash petrol residue out.
Use heat gun to remove yammy badge.. so can re glue. Clean all the ole paint off.
Prep for primer and mai colour coats.. then clear lacquer. Before clear lacquer. I'd use a artist paint brush for the black trim effect.. then use some real good spray glue to re fix yammy badge.... at her age and sounding so nice .
Wow
Treat her to a pamper !!
Oh and speaking of petrol ,, yeah extinguishers are nice... but get a couple of sand buckets... !!! Great for dousing lit fluids... but also absorb the mess too pal
Your videos are always a treat man, now time to sit back and enjoy with a cup of coffee!
That is so cool...great job
You just don’t see em for sale like that anymore. Grew up one one just like it. Excellent find man.
Not sure why I think so but this is a super cool little bike.
I did not realize just how tiny it was until you went to start it and we could see how big you are next to it.
You must have been the coolest kid on the block if you had one of these in the early 70’s. I wonder if this was the bike that was in the movie Bad News Bears.
My first bike too at 8 years old. I had the orange one too. Both hand me downs from my older brothers. Fast little bikes!
Vinnie will grow into it
I have been tuning yamaha’s FS1, 50 years ago here in the Netherlands. They where running at 120 km/h. (75 mph) But these cast iron cilinders had to be re-honed every month.
Just learned didn’t matter if jt1 or jt2 the vin is always start with jt1 I thought mine was jt1 but turned out it was 1972 jt2mx mini enduro you may have that mx that I have regardless love your videos youve taught me a lot
Super sweet lil bike. A totally mint one sold 2 yrs ago in Vegas for $6270. I wonder how these would do against a RM80 in a short race.
My money would be on the RM80. 👍