How To Restore a $1,000 Motorcycle - Ep. 2
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- How To Restore a $1,000 Motorcycle - Ep. 2
Episode 1 - rvz.la/2KP2Rtd
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Lemmy and Joe are back at work on their sweet Suzuki Intruder. Now that the bike is on the lift at RevZilla HQ, it's time to tear into the task of refreshing and fixing this Craigslist special. When buying a bike for a grand, you're going to have a few issues to iron out, and that's exactly what the guys find under the road grime. And what do you do with your cheap bike after it's all fixed up? Head out for a ride with the previous owner. You don't need an expensive motorcycle to have a good time. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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Very Awesome video, both of them. Since you are looking for suggestions from the peanut gallery. My vote is for an old beamer or a pre-evo harley.
lemmy has lost alot of WEIGHT , good job!
I would like to see you guys work on a Can-Am Spyder that will be cool
Honda shadow build lol!
Can we get a total cost estimation? I’m interested to know how much you guys actually put into the bike. It came out really nice! 🙌🏾. Great series. The next bike has to be a sport bike or a dual sport. Those things get beat up more and I want to see how y’all fix that. 😏
Find the saddest barn find and get it sparkling again. And go into more detail/make the episodes longer
Outblade a secondary revzilla garage channel would be awesome. I’d love to hang out in the garage with these guys. This was kind of more ye olde OCC with the interviews.
Definitely more tinkering than this is needed.
That would be so rad.
I agree I think maybe taking an Classic Indian or Harley or even a foreign bike from a barn that’s the saddest thing to the Badest thing would be fun to watch!
Agree with this, find something older and classic and restore it as much as possible to its original look, and feel free to go into greater detail!
I love the "all bikes are pretty cool" sentiment. There are so many channels chopping up these relics and turning them into something they weren't meant to be; not to say there isn't a place for that. Not a lot just focused on maintaining the original cool for longer. I hope this turns into a series.
I can relate to this sentiment so much. I used to love things like cafe racers back when Triumph first introduced the Thruxton, and Ducati had the Sport Classic range. I appreciate the history behind that stuff. But now, years later, everyone is bobbing/cafe-ing every old bike to death. Just try and research the BMW K100. It's a wicked cool sport-touring bike in it's own right, but you'll find more pictures of them bastardized with brat seats and knobby tires than you will pictures of them in stock configuration. Custom bikes have their place, but sometimes the "good idea" fairy gets ahold of the wrong people.
This is more of a simple repair isn't it... just cleaned it up a little
I would love to see an actual cost breakdown and the potential profitability of flipping it.
That's what I though we were going to get.
Me2
Thought so to
How about restoring somethings that isn’t running!?
He needed a bike that gonna be cheap and reliable
Nick Vetter that was this time. I’m talking about next time. He asked what they should do next.
@@StupidTeenageVideos oh ok I thought you were saying like this isn't restoring a bike or something
If isn t running maybe there s a problem with the engines that costs soooo much money.
It doesn t make sense. Better like they have done.
Retarded Dog no, it’s not expensive at all! It can be really expensive to have a mechanic fix it, but it’s actually VERY cheap to fix it yourself! Most people don’t know that though. That’s why a video would be interesting.
Props to Lemmy when @5:27 he acknowledges the fellow biker while he's talking and riding. Way cool.
Lemmy has lost ALOT OF WEIGHT, congrats buddy!
I'd like to see ya'll find someone interested in learning to ride, find a good first bike with them, and then help them bring it back to life. Get another rider on the road and teach them how to maintain their bike.
love this idea
You guys knocked it out of the park of this restoration project. I loved the way you filmed it as well. Can't wait for the next one!
When are you going to rebuild a classic metric bike? A triumph Bonneville kawasaki z1 or Honda cb750 would be cool. It would be interesting to see brains take on the restoration of a classic bike.
A TH-cam series that doesn't take 25 episodes to finish? WHAT IS HAPPENING!?
i would have preferred at least one more, maybe two. i would hvae liked a lot more detail.
there aren't many really good channels that do this kind of content, so i definitely don't mind if they try to stretch things out.
This is the best lol
Episode 24: "We need to do a brake fluid flush"
Episode 25: *Goes to buy brake fluid*
Episode 26: *Comes back home, talking about a new project*
Episode 27: "We spilled some brake fluid, will we be able to save the fairings?"
I would love to see a bit more "how to," walking through the steps of finding and fixing problems.
Do a biker build-off! 2 $1500 commuter machines made into something special to reflect your personalities.
a build-off is a good idea, but i don't really think it's their style.
@@thinkdunson Well, it doesn't have to be too competitive, I mean, who's to judge how something reflects personality... That's just about impossible. But it would be fun to have them build two bikes that reflect them best.
Look up 44teeth. They're a couple of Brits who do that, and use their cheap bikes to tour Europe. It's awesome.
It would be sweet to see an old 4 cylinder UJM resto, like a CB650. You can show off carb rebuilds/synchronizing, updating old and dodgy wiring, etc. This was a great couple of vids!
A UJM (82 gs 850) was my first bike and the dodgy wiring your talking about was a real issue
. And Carb Synching is still magic to me lol
My thoughts too. A different style of bike and there could be a lot more gnarly detail to go into!
Since this was kind of about getting Lemmy a bike. How about you guys do a British bike now?
an old vmax would be cool, depending on the budget
Just for sheets and giggles, I'd like to see you bring back to life an old '70's era Honda 750.
I love this. I have a 92 that I bought 5 years ago for $1400. I have a 96 800 and a 90 1400 that were free and I’m going to restore them. This 800 bike is truly a sleeper and has torque and acceleration for days. Great for novice and experienced riders.
What's the story on the Triumph Joe is riding? I'd love to see a story on taking a modern Triumph twin and making it into a cool old-school-stylin' bike like that.
Me too.
It looks like he changed the seat, the bars and the pipes, not sure if he also changed the wheel, but these new Triumph Bonneville are already very close to a classic bike so it's easy to make them look even more vintage.
"Although Lemmy *did* call me old…" hah! Great to see Scott have such a sense of humor about it.
Thank you for doing a Suzuki intruder 800. This was the first bike that I ever rode. My Dad bought one and it was an old beat up piece of garbage but I saw that it had a lot of potential, I fell in love with the way it looked and sounded. I bought my own about 2 months ago and i'm in love with it. My wife loves it too! one day I came outside and saw that she had polished all the chrome and cleaned it up so we could go for a ride. The way you guys were talking about just keeping a bike like that alive for a few more years really means a lot to me. I love these bikes and love to see that people still care for them.
I've got a group of friends that do a thing called the Reliability Rally. It's exactly this. Buy a bike for less than $1000, fix it, then ride it. We do a weekend trip and ride 300 to 500 miles in a weekend. You can find us online. Most of our bikes are 30 or 40 years old. It's great to see people's reaction to 10 of us rolling into town on these beaters. Great video. Keep it up.
id love to see an old gold wing or touring bike done. sort of touring on a budget build.
A 4 cyl. Wing!
I'd say either a restore on an old Japanese bike (Honda 750four!) Or take a ratty sport bike and turn it into a streetfighter!
Actually have 4 intruders. My rider of the 4 was purchased for $1300 with 14,230 miles in excellent condition. It now sports forward controls, jardine Rumblers with the baffles out, fully adjustable custom front and rear air ride, custom paint, custom made seat, custom made skull tail light, all lights have been converted to led, and all the aluminum parts have been polished within an inch of it's life! Love to ride her and get tons of compliments where ever I go.
It's time to give love to an older Yamaha VMAX!!
An old Honda CB bike, CB750 probably.
That or just make like an original GSX-R look great!
I loved the positive approach for old bikes in general, there is nothing like a bad bike at the end of day as they said. I was gonna trade my vulcan 900 for mt10 but i think i am going to enjoy the ride for couple of more years. Vulcan have served me well so far and it deserves some love back. This video made me love my bike again. Safe ride fellas.
I can completely empathize with the sentiments regarding fixing up a bike and feeling more attached to it as a result. My Sporty was functional when I got it, but really not in proper running order. Starting off with a flawed setup on my very first bike made for a real challenge, but I've been able to truly appreciate every change: Cleaning the plugs helped it start more easily. Changing the old oil made it run more smoothly. Changing the primary fluid made shifting easier. Swapping the de-baffled mufflers with some used but unmodified one restored the low-end torque, stopped the misfires, and stopped my neighbors from complaining. And finally, ditching the 16-year-old cracked original Dunlops for brand new Metzeler Cruisetecs made it infinitely more fun to take into corners. Learning to just ride would likely have been a hell of a lot easier had the bike been in better shape when I first got on it, but boy do I appreciate what those changes did for me. Onward and upward!
You guys should do like an old 70s Honda cb750 next.
1980’s model Honda CB650 would be awesome to see done. You could easily flip one of those bad boys, too.
Great looking bike. You have shown how a little refresh can bring another life to an old bike. Bikes seem to last forever with just some minor maintenance and replacement old parts. Great video!
I loved watching this video. I was stationed there at the Navy Yard and it was cool seeing you guys riding around and getting to see the area again. Brings back some great memories!
Really enjoyed this! Please do more! Personally, I'd love to see something like a 1970s Honda CB750. Thank you!
How about something for a fresh-off-the-MSF-course beginner--about 300cc?
Fate Descent Try a Honda Rebel. Cheap, lower CC, and small enough to whip around.
I loved this series! It was just great to see your thought process on how you shopped online, what you looked at in person, what were your red flags, and what were things you noticed but weren’t worried about, and your priority list for fixing things up. I’d end with a final breakdown in cost, $bike + $parts.
Restore a 2001 Gilroy Indian Scout! It took me 5 patient years to restore mine. I had all sorts of gremlins that took time to figure out. These bikes were assembled quickly & had poor quality control. They had about 7 safety recalls altogether & some design flaws. It was a labor of love, but more like a love hate relationship. Also, I’m a purist when it comes to motos. I wanted mine stock so finding replacement parts was still feasible.
Awesome video, goes to show ya it doesnt cost a fortune to get on two wheels
Wow this was sweet! Attack an old honda like a cb750 from the 70s
My first Street bike was a Suzuki Madura 700 back in 86...
The intruder was the next name.
Great job guys. Showing live for a old bike and not spending much money on it. Y'all are true bikers as far as I'm concerned cause it's about the live of two wheels and not a dang Logo.
Look forward to another fast easy inexpensive build.
Liking the pipes, I think a bike looks so much more balanced with a pipe each side.
Great job. Thanks for sharing.
A dual sport refresh would be great. Lot of potential upgrades to be done as well. Thanks for the great video, I really enjoyed it.
Maybe convert it to a SM?
You have literally a full warehouse of awesome gear, and still decide to in a shirt
I just purchased a agv k1 after watching your review of it on you website and it is a perfect fit thanks guy😁🙏
Loved these two episodes! Would love to see more content like this in the future from you guys.
German Bike, Like a Classic BMW
A Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster would be cool.
Good job Joe and Lem! Really like your approach to keeping the bike OEM as possible 👍 I owned several UJM's as a young man...maybe a GPZ550? One of my favorites!
Loved these videos!!
Can’t wait to watch more!
Love that you worked on a bike in a normal persons price range and not just some custom Harley!
Hmm... so what happened to the clutch replacement? Was it just an adjustment or worn out plates? Did the video crew know anything about motorcycles Or hipsters with art institute degree? I'm a RevZilla's customer, but I am not sure why TH-camr's project video from his/her apartment is almost always better than videos out of cooperates.
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Watch the video closer, instead of trying to estimate the lives of the people behind the camera, and maybe you'll notice the clutch replacement in the video before someone has to link it to you.
Dude, is Lemmy slimming down?!
Lemmy is shrinking!
@@MikeBifulco big lem to little lem
Great video guys! Was curious to see how much everything was to bring back to life. I can’t wait to see more.
Yes keeping old bikes on the road. I got a 95 klr I'm trying to get up to snuff. It'll never be perfect but it'll will always put a smile on my face.
A couple of great videos, fellas. Make this a new series! Any older bike would be perfect for the next resto - the $1000 purchase limit really makes this interesting.
Glad you went all in depth with the clutch problem and fix. We did get to see some plates so there is that.
Each time I buy a bike the first thing I do when I get it home is to wash it. Try to get as much of the dirt and grime off it as I can. Then I can see what I'm working with. Great episode and series. I too share the sentiment of going into a little more detail on the work and stretch it out a bit, like maybe 4 or 6 episodes.
Great video. Fun to watch the beginning to end transformation of an older bike. Probably a lot of people who are on a shoestring budget who'd enjoy seeing more videos just like this. Well done.
More of these. This was fantastic!
Great video with a great subject matter. Always enjoy watching old bikes get repaired & brought back to life . Also liked seeing you guys work together... Really Love Joe’s old school Toyota stock pick up truck!! ... Great stuff!😁👍🏻🏍
Great series gents! I also appreciate the sentiment of having love for all types of bikes. It’s been commented, and I second, doing a rehab on a 70s CB or 80 GXR. Another cool path would be stripping down a beat up sport bike to a street fighter! Keep up Zilla team!
Great video guys! Keep them coming!
Great video! Love the series
Next restoration suggestion, a Honda 500 or 750 Four. Great looker. Great running bike. So many folks have owned one or wanted one.
Restoring something like joes ancient triumph! That bike excited the hell out of me when it rolled out of the parking lot
Great video, hit the mark with what a lot of us are thinking. Cheap bike, not too hard a fix for someone that's not a motorcycle mechanic. Love to see you guys continue down this theme on other bikes that are readily available at a reasonabe cost.
Enjoyed that restoration.
More of these vids please!
Whatever bike you do it'll interest me.
I had a 94 Intruder it was a great bike . Thanks for this video it brought back some great memories of me working on it.
Diggin the channel so far! Keep it up.
A Goldwing, one those amazing 1980's gorgeous machines!
Awesome video, love this series and I want to see it continue!
There is an underdog aspect to metric cruisers that is endearing. Cool choice for this restoration build. Def more realistic situation more viewers may find themselves in.
Loved this vid. Great job 👍🏼
More of this!!! please! great project!
You guys rock! Please make more!! Cheers!
This was great! Sad this one was over already. Can't wait to see the next one!
Very cool. Thanks for sharing guys!
Love this, and I'm excited to see this become a regular thing! I'd love to see an old Triumph, a ratty sportster budget build, or any cool UJM. Lots of bikes can be made cool with just a little tweaking. Show how it's done!
Great videos guys keep em coming 💯🤘🏽
I love this idea but I would also like to see more of the repairs and techniques you guys have for everything! I would not mind a super long video!! Thanks
This was an awesome video, would love to see more like this one!
I would love to do this. Well... Maybe not revising carb adjustments again but this looks totally fun. Great job!
I have a '94 intruder 800. Love it. Been with my family for 20yrs.
I've got a 1984 V65 Sabre I paid $1300 for, it's in decent condition but needed a carb cleaning and tires when I got it. I'm planning some more fixing up this fall/winter. I've seen them and Magnas going for $3000+ in top condition. The 1100 V4 is one of the coolest engines from that era in my opinion. Would be cool to see you guys fix up something like that.
Dood, I am looking for a V65 rebuild project right now. Let's keep a lid on it & keep the prices reasonable for just a little while longer. :)
You gave it a new lease on life and really dig that you did that and showed what was needed and maybe gives someone the idea they can do it.
Great series. Keep doing stuff like this
Fantastic, love the low budget repair aspect. Good work guys.
Ace video! Well done guys
Beautiful job guys!
These two videos were great. I’m excited to see more just like em.
Excellent video informative and well detailed. Also perfect timing for me as I have recently decided on a Suzuki Intruder, and as you guys did, with an older bike, overall mechanically sound, and I'll do most of the labor. New subdcriber.
Just picked one of these up as my first bike. This is a great inspiration video for me 😁.
I actually landed a rough 2005 S50 Boulevard which is essentially the same bike for only $300! Took the carbs apart bc it’s currently not running but realized that I skipped the main jet and the air jet, so it will run for only a few seconds. Another run through the carbs, new tires, and a few small parts and I should have a decent running bike with 42k miles on it. For $300 plus only a few parts and new shoes it ain’t bad!! Love these vids…keep it up!
Fun video to watch. I have brought several bikes back to life and it is exciting. Id like to see you mix it up. Restore different kinds of bikes.
Great job guys, fantastic video!
I'm not sure you could have gotten a better bike that is safe, road worthy, dependable and is good enough for everyday commute for so cheap since the 90's, almost unheard of. Great job guys!
Awesome show, great production.
Great video! Good job on the rebuild! Ride Safe!
I' hope to see more fix up like this one, you guy's are great
Very entertaining video series. Pleaee produce more of them.
I'd like to see a dual sport done up for the road. There are plenty of dual sports that great off-road and are road legal, but not many are modified for better road riding, with the capability to handle itself off the beaten path
Although it would have little relevance the RD350 someone suggested would be cool, so many of us born after the 2 stroke era know nothing about them.
More details on some repairs! Even if it's not a full how-to, just the tips & tricks. Liked how Lemmy explained how to tell the clutch was slipping and how to test it.
definitely 2nd the notion for getting a new rider into it, showing them the maintenance required and how to do it and walking through some repairs. I helped a guy change his tire last night and it was pretty fun to hand him the irons and let him figure it out with some guidance.