FYI: A fully assembled Honda CT90 will just slide into the back of a Toyota Prius with the rear seat folded down. My wife was not nearly as happy about this discovery as I was.
I LOVE this discovery lol I also discovered a Honda CB175 will perfectly fit in the bed of a Ranger with a topper on it, but your discovery is MUCH better lol
I'm from the UK. The Square 4 was advertised as having 'armchair comfort'; they didn't tell you it rode like one too. Better with a sidecar in standard form. The later ones with 4 headers were more reliable. In the 70s the healey brothers did a limited run of square fours with a better frame and engine mods, now rare and expensive. The company making the Atom bought the name in the 90s, Ariel motorcycles became part of BSA in the 50s, last making a bike in 1970.
"i just rode it up there" disregard the 2 years of spider webs, dust & dead battery. 50 bikes & he "just rode" all of them. to much BS tangled up with his facts. He may know his sh*t & he'll be the first to tell you how smart he is.
Either this guy is the best restorer in the world working out of a barn with economic independence, or he has a bunch of bikes he can't sell because the details are suspect and real experts won't touch them.
This are pre war vintage harley , restored . very rare and very expensive . Hats off to you sir bringing up from grave yard ,sourcing of missing piece and putting back to life . great job, originality . Thank you for sharing this vedeo .
I have two of the CT90 and one CT110 . Love those bikes. I think you got a good deal on a pretty decent one. My definition of 'running' is probably fairly close to that guy. Cleaned up and a little fiddling to run- its a runner. I rode an SL90 in 1974 from Seattle to Fairbanks and back . Well, almost back . The bike took it's last breath in the middle of British Columbia. I hitch hiked the rest of the way back. Good times.
Its amazing what some have been able to keep running, and restore to original condition! These old bikes are really something else! You picked a good one to work on. That Honda trail 70 is a Go Anywhere bike, and hunters used them to haul out their deer during hunting season, besides have fun on them the rest of the year. A lot of history here for sure! You wont go wrong restoring this one to its original state. You may even run across another old bike thats worth restoration in your quest for more used bikes. The contacts you make while doing this is to your advantage and can be a great source for expertise as well as help to find parts. Great Video!
Mike Is a wealth of knowledge and a great neighbor and even better friend. I work on most of his classic cars and trucks at my shop for him now that he’s retired from it.
That 38 Knuckle is just a classic and absolutely beautiful bike. Even today 82 years later or whatever it just makes you go "frickin cool". That era of bikes the designers had such an incredible eye for true beauty. All these years later and lots of bikes have tried to mirror the "look" of those Harleys and Indians. What a collection of history this guy has accumulated. Not so sure on his prices but hey he isn't selling them so there worth whatever he thinks they are.
My brother had a Honda 90 trail and that bike was amazing!!! Go anywhere!!! Really good on the trails outside of town and also good on the roads in town. Never had a problem with it, ever!!! Cool to see it again!!! Thx for the post!!! 👍
When I run across old timers like this guy I just keep stepping you will not get a good deal on nothing just a good screwing seen the pain to many times felt once
good job with the seat! I remember sitting in the back of a work van that just had 4 milk crates as seats in the back on the floor that would slide around.
Great shop and bikes, thoughtfully maintained or restored, no clown bikes here. Not all are diamonds (polished or in the rough) but allegorically I like many other minerals better than diamonds.
When I was in the US Navy in 1971, a shipmate and friend was called Motor because he was so into motorcycles. Newport, RI, he found a newspaper ad for an old Harley for fifty bucks. It was in an old woman's attic and in boxes. She was selling her dead husbands junk. Bunch of rusty old motorcycle parts. Everything was there. It was an early Knucklehead. He was so jazzed. He was a big guy and would dig his knuckles into the top of your head and yell KNUCKLEHEAD from then on (it hurt but he was such a cool guy we endured it). He carried the handlebars around with him wherever he went as though riding for a few days. He was restoring it last I heard after he got out and bought a new Harley as daily ride. Attic find perfection.
Shawn: What do you do here? Him: Everything. I am not restoring anymore. The above is perhaps the very first one, and there were other fallacies throughout the visit.
My last two were barn finds...a 1955 Harley Davidson and a 1949 Harley Davidson. Would love to own another older, classic Harley. Never should have let go of the '55.
@@BikesandBeards That man has spent more time on motorbikes than you have been alive, maybe he embellished a few things but you can clearly see that he knows his shit, more than you do.......... or do you think you could take him on about the facts and data on ANY of his bikes and come off ahead, without resorting to the internet?
The bike guys didn't know what a steering damper was!? When you get older your definition of "the bike was running the other day" is that it ran 45-50 years ago.
Well guys, I share his definition. You cant expect a barn find for that little money to run on the first kick. That thing is what like 50 years old? Of course you have to dig in a little bit and do some basic maintenance like rebuilding the carb, new fluids and stuff. So a not seized up motor and very little rust is already a jackpot...
That means it doesn't run. They guy was asked if it would start and he said no because it doesn't have a good battery in it, not no because it's been sitting for half my life and needs rebuilt. If it's a barn find that is cheap and needs a carb rebuild, then he shouldn't have lied about its state multiple times.
Harley-Davidson makes it very, very easy to know if your bike is original or not. Archives are amazing, parts books abound. 54 with badges, damn... dude has some good stuff.
A friend of mine back in the 70s had a camper and he built a rack on the back so he could take his trail 90 with him camping. It was a fun bike to ride. I started my riding life on a Honda 50 scooter that my brother had when I was 12 years old, back in the 60s. I am still riding and have ridden many different makes and models, (presently a Yamaha 1100 and Harley Fat boy) but I still have fond memories of thos little bikes in the 60s and 70s. 😀
Summer of 72 I was 12 and worked my butt off 7 days a week at my step-dads resort. Pumping gas, cleaning boats, hauling trash and a zillion other jobs. End of summer and he takes me 150 miles to Spokane (city nearest us with a Honda dealer) and buys me a new Trail 70. Loved that bike, I could hit 51 mph on it, packed sand beach that ran for miles at the resort and it was the perfect drag strip. Speedo went to 60 but even at 90 lbs I couldn't ever break 51. That thing was awesome for riding in the desert and sagebrush hills of Eastern Washington.
In 1966-1968 I had a 250cc Aermacchi Harley Davidson sprint. I drove it to High School for 3 years. I loved that motorcycle. The HD sprints can sometimes still be found on Crags list.
You got a good deal on the trail 90, even tho you're gonna have to work a bit to get it going. It's in very good shape for it's age. Add a little more work to it, you can actually get 3 or 4 grand for it. I would want it as you guys got it for that kind of money, since I don't have a lot of money, but I can see why people will pay pretty good money for one that's really in good shape. Way back in the olden days, I learned to ride on one of these, it wasn't even mine, a neighbor's but every kid in the neighborhood rode it. Tough as hell. Took a hell of a lot of misuse and crashes and such, it always faired better than we did. Even though I"m an old man and much larger than I was back then, I'd still love to have one. They're just fun, and you actually can use it to get around town on, tho I really wouldn't want to try it on a freeway, around town they're great. They'll do enough to go down secondary highways at least. Frankly I'd rather have that bike than any of the Harleys he had. I'm not a Harley guy. tho some of the old ones are cool, the modern ones suck, big as they are, most don't fit me. I deplore low riders and cafe racers both... so what I usually wind up with is a street legal dirt bike because they're tall enough to fit me and my long legs. I like a straight up riding position like was the usual when I was riding in the early days, lowriders and cafe racers came along and ruined the motorcycle industry so far as I'm concerned. My next fave is a Honda 350 twin in the CL configuration. Lots of memories there too. Then comes a 650 Honda, and a 750. Wound up riding a 500 Enduro Yamaha for a lot of years as my only vehicle. Rode it year round, even in the Colorado winters with snow on the ground.
$850 is way too much for a Non-Runner. Mine cost me $400. My buddy got his delivered for $375. You gotta look around a little more if your having trouble finding one. It's about $1250 for a Titled Runner with no issues, $2500 for a quality bike. Those $4000-$5000 ones you see pop up in California never sale. One of the nicest ones I've seen, took quite a while to sale, and it was $2500.
I can't believe I just seen the bike again my dad and my grandfather use to take me for rides when 20-22 yrs ago around my grandfathers 69 acres..I can't believe it. Wow trail damn 90
“Easier to keep running than anything you own”you only gotta deal with the fact it’s a flathead you gotta re torque the head as regular maintenance and gotta dig around just to find parts to rebuild a motor that will probably only go up to 80 thousand miles maybeee 😂 I don’t think he’s discovered the LS yet
Better yet, I bet he doesn't daily drive a 70 year old vehicle. Don't know why he wouldn't considering it's the easiest to maintain thing they would own.
Enjoying this video and then "Bam" I see my 1st motorcycle. A HD 350. Mine was called a 350 Sprint. I bought it from a co-worker when I was in college in 1982 for $100. Wow... Thank you.
Bikes and beards you have to take a ride out to Nicks cycle salvage in Williamstown NJ. His bikes will blow your mind. I live close to there shop. He has any part or bike you can think of.
I like how the dude just blows off any hint of humor with a quick no, or an awkward answer as if Sean didn't intend it to be funny. He was like a robot vintage engineer that someone forgot to upload important human programming to.
I have seen this guy before from your channel, but also on American Pickers TV show. He has some totally cool things! Thanks again it is always nice to have a reminder of something as great as this collection.
Wow, a. Norton 750, what I took my motorcycle riding test on. I had never ridden a motorcycle before. Borrowed the bike from another mechanic in the shop to take the riding test. Experimented a bit on the ride to DMV. Took the riding test: figure 8,..riding the line...etc. I thought the test was too easy. Got the motorcycle endorsement added to my driver license, and returned the bike to my fellow mechanic. That was back in 1970. Owned many motorcycles since then. Also owned a Honda CT-110 trail bike which was great for going up into the mountains. In low range 1st gear, top speed was about 7mph. 4th gear high range was about 45mph. Couldn't go too fast on 7hp. Besides a Harley Tour Glide, and a Honda Goldwing, also owned a couple of Cushman motor scooters. I used the. Goldwing for serious long distance travel, but the Cushman scooters for fun local riding
I had the non-street legal version of the Yamaha Mini-Enduro... It was the bike that got me started with motorcycles back in the 70's.... Great memories.
My first bike was a 1941 45 cubic inch sports Solo. I rebuilt a 1948 pan for an attorney in Florida. It was a very clean bike with all the frame tabs and original sheet metal.
You could say that about my dad's one single bike. But he just never cleans it. Looks like it has been sitting for forever, but really he rides it almost every day when it is above 45 degrees.
Old bikes always need work to start and to keep them running. Old bikes is one of the reasons they invented cellphones. You're going to break down from time to time. Ride on. VAUGHN
to start it , take the carb out, disasemble it compleatly, spray wd40 down all holes and use compressed air to blow it all out.(if the carb has a membrane, take it out or you will blow it up with compressed air). once assembeled and back on the bike, try to start the bike and spay a bit of petrol into the carb as you are starting it ( a window cleaner bottle is good for that) , it will fire right up. the thing is you need a bitz of vacum to pull the fuel into the carb, especialy if its full of old fuel...
I'm not a huge fan of a guy who has a barn load of motorcycles and recites their value. Yet, i like collectors who have a barn full of cool old bikes, because they are cool.
I had a Trail 90 and a CT 70 back in the late 1970's. They were considered a cheap disposable bike then . Amazing how many of them survived, which is a testament to Honda's build quality-John in Texas
when I was a kid I saved and bought a Honda Mini Trail 70. I rode the ish outta that thing, but changed the oil etc religiously. It was one tough little bike. Never missed a beat. However I did discover that running into a cinder block in a field of tall grass at 30mph with my cousin on the back would make it come to a complete stop *very* quickly. LOL
My Dad bought us a brand new CT-90 in the early 70's. That thing was awesome, alot of fun. We used it for herding the cattle to the barn from the fields.
Interesting shop...although I noticed everyone was coughing from the dust...you needed to wipe your feet when you left the building with all due respect for his point if view...that '38 is restored and 150k?..I saw one of the 38s that sold he mentioned and his with the pitted chrome and other rough pieces wasnt close...and that trial 90 with a inch of dust..cobwebs hanging off it and a flat rear tire.."yea..I just drove it up there..it runs"...lol
My brothers and I bought a 66 Harley Davidson 50cc. Hand clutch/shifter with reg tank. When I found one at an independent Harley repair shop just down the street from Pomona Drag Strip I was shocked at the $3,000 price tag!! Full restored of course!
I had an Ariel Square Four in 1967. Carburettor jammed open when I road it home from the garden it had been stored under a pile of carpets and tarpaulins. It had been fitted with Jet Igniter plugs but they were as dead as dodos and I kicked it for hours but no joy so I put Champions in and it started first kick. It wasn't for wealthy riders but for poorer ones who could not afford a car but could put a sidecar on and take the family to seaside.
He's a guy with a lot of knowledge who spends a lot of time alone. He's being very generous with his time and his bikes. Self reflect more instead of judging everyone
There is also a "What fits what-Harley Davidson". written by Kurt Heinrichs.( If I spelled his last name right... it's been since 1982) If I remember correctly he wrote a sequel as well
Man. This video really ROCKS. A great bikes and beards production! I thought of buying one of those Norton 750 being in England. Love the guy with all the HD info. Very informative. Nice one guys ;)
I sold a trail 90 with 12 original miles, I installed a brand new carburetor and battery then oil and cleaned the tank out , with a wash it looked absolutely immaculate. Sold it for 1500$, the day I put it on Craigslist my phone rang all day. The responce was overwhelming. I could have sold it 10 times.
@@jackrichards1863 what’s that supposed to mean boomer? Half these bikes wouldn’t be so “rare” to old timers if they learned that autotrader isn’t everything and learned how to use google.
@@michaelpatton4593 You're still wet behind the ears kid. And don't call me names. Admin will remove you if ya keep using facist slurs that go against the dignity of my culture. People no longer have to endure those insults. And I'm pretty sure autotrader shut down in the 90's after the internet took over? .
I bought a 1965 Yamaha Big Bear Scrambler that “runs” . Well it does now after a new clutch, repairs to the kickstarter, carburetor work, airbox repair, plugs, wires, and a lot of head scratching. It still has piston slap though. I will have that fixed someday. “That bike runs”. Trust but verify.
Here in UK we call them bikes that u bought a peddle and pop or a stepper and I guarantee they run without battery unless the ones in America are different some how.... We used to ride them off road for a bit of fun as kids... And the battery would always go flat half of the time so we would just use them without the battery and just use the kick start or just bump start them... They are great bikes and great fun off road....
People who are tricking old people out of vintage stuff is pretty low though. but that was a fair buy.. I got three Hondas for 500, but they had been under a collapsed barn. rusty and damaged. and I made sure they knew what they had. and still ok with price.
Big BS'r at 16:18 point when Sean mentions the Trail 90- "That one runs great, I just drove it up here and parked it" SKR- "Cool, can I start it up?" Big BS'r- "No, that battery is totally dead and you can't kick start it". What a hot air bag. Should have walked right then and there.
I learned to ride on a Honda Trail-80 in the mid-80's. Good times, good times. Now, I'm up to 12 bikes but still have my 1st; a blue '81 Yamaha 400 Special II with 9999.7mi. ✌
My first bike was a '78 CB400T. I gave it to my brother nearly 30 years ago, and it's sitting in pieces in my Dad's shed. Maybe when I retire in a few years I'll fix it up and relive some of the days of my youth.
One thing to know that younger people probably don't is that the 1974 registration is probably the only time it was registered. People in the 70's and 80's didn't bother registering some little bike after they declared it their ownership. They just rode them. Especially if they didn't live in a city (Which most didn't) They were usually ridden by young people that didn't have a drivers licence yet because they could ride these without one. (Canada and some states). But even so they were for having fun or the only way a 12 year old could get to his friends place 30 miles away or to town 50 miles away. No new registration needed. Or not bothered with as most of the people knew each other in their communities from school and church etc.
you'd be surprised what the really old Harleys go for, especially if they are all original/as was.. depends what part of the country and who has it too of course.Watch American Pickers. That guy paid $25,000 for a complete knucklehead Harley IIRC.
FYI: A fully assembled Honda CT90 will just slide into the back of a Toyota Prius with the rear seat folded down. My wife was not nearly as happy about this discovery as I was.
Finally a practical use for a Prius.
Love it.
LOL, they never are.
I LOVE this discovery lol I also discovered a Honda CB175 will perfectly fit in the bed of a Ranger with a topper on it, but your discovery is MUCH better lol
I found out i can take my Sparta bike into my bed.
I sleep in the car now after it left oil spots and my wife kicked me out.
I'm from the UK. The Square 4 was advertised as having 'armchair comfort'; they didn't tell you it rode like one too. Better with a sidecar in standard form. The later ones with 4 headers were more reliable.
In the 70s the healey brothers did a limited run of square fours with a better frame and engine mods, now rare and expensive. The company making the Atom bought the name in the 90s, Ariel motorcycles became part of BSA in the 50s, last making a bike in 1970.
Don't give this guy such a hard time, not all people are social, remember it is not the action but the intent that matters.
playing dumb like they don't know what a steering damper is...uh huh ya sure fella.
"i just rode it up there" disregard the 2 years of spider webs, dust & dead battery. 50 bikes & he "just rode" all of them. to much BS tangled up with his facts. He may know his sh*t & he'll be the first to tell you how smart he is.
Either this guy is the best restorer in the world working out of a barn with economic independence, or he has a bunch of bikes he can't sell because the details are suspect and real experts won't touch them.
That was a different Cub, Srk bought the one that was in the corner covered in crap with a buddy seat and aux tank.
To someone his age, "just the other day" could be 5 years ago.
@@BHShamanor none of them are worth anywhere close to what he thinks they are.
Man I could sit and watch you guys go through the barn all day. Love all the nostalgic bikes and that old car. Great stuff.
"Tony stark?" "No" he didn't sound too amused by the joke lol
Lol
I could only imagine how many times he’s heard that same joke 😂
This is just one of those guys that you can’t stand to have to be around to long he’s the “never wrong” guy
Oh I picked that up quickly too!
Yup, I already hate him seconds in
A "my dog is blacker than your dog" kind of guy, as my dad used to say.
100% right on with that analogy.
The kind of guy you want so bad to prove wrong.
Judge much?
1954 Pontiac Super Cheiftan was my first car! I saw that engine & that dash, oh man brings back 50 year old good times.
This are pre war vintage harley , restored . very rare and very expensive . Hats off to you sir bringing up from grave yard ,sourcing of missing piece and putting back to life . great job, originality . Thank you for sharing this vedeo .
that was like watching jay leno's garage...on a bad acid trip
Ha ha
The honesty and transparency you guys have... it blows my mind!
Much respect!
I can tell this guy in the “barn” has never lost a single argument.
100%
Shitty attitude.
@@CommentingTheTruth yeah. He likes to make people feel stupid.
Yup, he’s a dick.
Aidan McKean he’s your grandpa, huh
SRK: " so is this a Harley? "
Fella: " NO, that's a Harley Davidson "
“Which one is your favourite to drive... they’re all my favourites” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Perfect
I have two of the CT90 and one CT110 . Love those bikes. I think you got a good deal on a pretty decent one. My definition of 'running' is probably fairly close to that guy. Cleaned up and a little fiddling to run- its a runner. I rode an SL90 in 1974 from Seattle to Fairbanks and back . Well, almost back . The bike took it's last breath in the middle of British Columbia. I hitch hiked the rest of the way back. Good times.
Its amazing what some have been able to keep running, and restore to original condition! These old bikes are really something else! You picked a good one to work on. That Honda trail 70 is a Go Anywhere bike, and hunters used them to haul out their deer during hunting season, besides have fun on them the rest of the year. A lot of history here for sure! You wont go wrong restoring this one to its original state. You may even run across another old bike thats worth restoration in your quest for more used bikes. The contacts you make while doing this is to your advantage and can be a great source for expertise as well as help to find parts. Great Video!
They bought that Honda trail to get out alive, not wasting his time.
Never get tired of seeing old iron being brought back to life. Good on that guy!
Very informative..love meeting people like this guy...old biker enthusiasts of any brand area treasure!
Mike Is a wealth of knowledge and a great neighbor and even better friend. I work on most of his classic cars and trucks at my shop for him now that he’s retired from it.
That 38 Knuckle is just a classic and absolutely beautiful bike. Even today 82 years later or whatever it just makes you go "frickin cool". That era of bikes the designers had such an incredible eye for true beauty. All these years later and lots of bikes have tried to mirror the "look" of those Harleys and Indians. What a collection of history this guy has accumulated. Not so sure on his prices but hey he isn't selling them so there worth whatever he thinks they are.
My brother had a Honda 90 trail and that bike was amazing!!! Go anywhere!!! Really good on the trails outside of town and also good on the roads in town. Never had a problem with it, ever!!! Cool to see it again!!! Thx for the post!!! 👍
When I run across old timers like this guy I just keep stepping you will not get a good deal on nothing just a good screwing seen the pain to many times felt once
*walks up to rusty frame with no engine, “oh yeaahhh that one runs great I daily ride it”
Not to mention that most of the bikes are " someone else's"...,lol
It's a runner!
No
Doubt it’ll fire right up.
Just needs a little tlc she'll fire right up.
I’m sure it fires right up first try
I had a 55 Pontiac star Chief in HS. Was parked behind a garage. Paid $100 for it. Drove like a boat. Smother than a Caddy.
good job with the seat! I remember sitting in the back of a work van that just had 4 milk crates as seats in the back on the floor that would slide around.
Great shop and bikes, thoughtfully maintained or restored, no clown bikes here. Not all are diamonds (polished or in the rough) but allegorically I like many other minerals better than diamonds.
When I was in the US Navy in 1971, a shipmate and friend was called Motor because he was so into motorcycles. Newport, RI, he found a newspaper ad for an old Harley for fifty bucks. It was in an old woman's attic and in boxes. She was selling her dead husbands junk. Bunch of rusty old motorcycle parts. Everything was there. It was an early Knucklehead. He was so jazzed. He was a big guy and would dig his knuckles into the top of your head and yell KNUCKLEHEAD from then on (it hurt but he was such a cool guy we endured it). He carried the handlebars around with him wherever he went as though riding for a few days. He was restoring it last I heard after he got out and bought a new Harley as daily ride. Attic find perfection.
Shawn: What do you do here?
Him: Everything. I am not restoring anymore.
The above is perhaps the very first one, and there were other fallacies throughout the visit.
My last two were barn finds...a 1955 Harley Davidson and a 1949 Harley Davidson. Would love to own another older, classic Harley. Never should have let go of the '55.
17:56 "really hard to find" *finds four on eBay*
And expensive as balls.
This guys passive aggressive skills are top notch
"Yeah, that runs, I just rode it in here" the man says about a bike with an inch of dust all over it. LOL
That guy was full of shit half the time.
Haha I know right
ego is size of the moon. but hey. im sure he knows more than myself.
@ebib
So,..... he is only half full of shit???!!!
@@BikesandBeards
That man has spent more time on motorbikes than you have been alive, maybe he embellished a few things but you can clearly see that he knows his shit, more than you do.......... or do you think you could take him on about the facts and data on ANY of his bikes and come off ahead, without resorting to the internet?
This guy is full of himself and his outlandish stories, as well as his top of the "heap" prices!
The bike guys didn't know what a steering damper was!? When you get older your definition of "the bike was running the other day" is that it ran 45-50 years ago.
Yep my grandpa was the worst, "just the other day" could be several years ago and "after 'while" could be weeks or months from now.
Well guys, I share his definition. You cant expect a barn find for that little money to run on the first kick. That thing is what like 50 years old? Of course you have to dig in a little bit and do some basic maintenance like rebuilding the carb, new fluids and stuff.
So a not seized up motor and very little rust is already a jackpot...
That means it doesn't run. They guy was asked if it would start and he said no because it doesn't have a good battery in it, not no because it's been sitting for half my life and needs rebuilt. If it's a barn find that is cheap and needs a carb rebuild, then he shouldn't have lied about its state multiple times.
If he "just drove it up there" it shouldn't have been hard to start.
Harley-Davidson makes it very, very easy to know if your bike is original or not. Archives are amazing, parts books abound. 54 with badges, damn... dude has some good stuff.
A friend of mine back in the 70s had a camper and he built a rack on the back so he could take his trail 90 with him camping. It was a fun bike to ride. I started my riding life on a Honda 50 scooter that my brother had when I was 12 years old, back in the 60s. I am still riding and have ridden many different makes and models, (presently a Yamaha 1100 and Harley Fat boy) but I still have fond memories of thos little bikes in the 60s and 70s. 😀
"i don't do restorations anymore. i only do resurrections."
blank stare
Aha exactly
Means he doesn't fix the part that could be fix to make the bike better,"he just made a bike run,good or bad condition."
Summer of 72 I was 12 and worked my butt off 7 days a week at my step-dads resort. Pumping gas, cleaning boats, hauling trash and a zillion other jobs. End of summer and he takes me 150 miles to Spokane (city nearest us with a Honda dealer) and buys me a new Trail 70. Loved that bike, I could hit 51 mph on it, packed sand beach that ran for miles at the resort and it was the perfect drag strip. Speedo went to 60 but even at 90 lbs I couldn't ever break 51. That thing was awesome for riding in the desert and sagebrush hills of Eastern Washington.
Trail 90 has magneto ignition actually. You gotta give them a swift kick but they'll go with a dead battery.
In 1966-1968 I had a 250cc Aermacchi Harley Davidson sprint. I drove it to High School for 3 years. I loved that motorcycle. The HD sprints can sometimes still be found on Crags list.
Didn’t Jesus mention something about not click baiting?
Yeah, I was waiting to see the $850 vintage Harley they were going to be bringing home.
Pretty sure he did
Yup, lol!
Amen!🤣
Didn't Jesus say something about not judging?
You got a good deal on the trail 90, even tho you're gonna have to work a bit to get it going. It's in very good shape for it's age. Add a little more work to it, you can actually get 3 or 4 grand for it. I would want it as you guys got it for that kind of money, since I don't have a lot of money, but I can see why people will pay pretty good money for one that's really in good shape. Way back in the olden days, I learned to ride on one of these, it wasn't even mine, a neighbor's but every kid in the neighborhood rode it. Tough as hell. Took a hell of a lot of misuse and crashes and such, it always faired better than we did. Even though I"m an old man and much larger than I was back then, I'd still love to have one. They're just fun, and you actually can use it to get around town on, tho I really wouldn't want to try it on a freeway, around town they're great. They'll do enough to go down secondary highways at least. Frankly I'd rather have that bike than any of the Harleys he had. I'm not a Harley guy. tho some of the old ones are cool, the modern ones suck, big as they are, most don't fit me. I deplore low riders and cafe racers both... so what I usually wind up with is a street legal dirt bike because they're tall enough to fit me and my long legs. I like a straight up riding position like was the usual when I was riding in the early days, lowriders and cafe racers came along and ruined the motorcycle industry so far as I'm concerned. My next fave is a Honda 350 twin in the CL configuration. Lots of memories there too. Then comes a 650 Honda, and a 750. Wound up riding a 500 Enduro Yamaha for a lot of years as my only vehicle. Rode it year round, even in the Colorado winters with snow on the ground.
$850 is way too much for a Non-Runner. Mine cost me $400. My buddy got his delivered for $375. You gotta look around a little more if your having trouble finding one. It's about $1250 for a Titled Runner with no issues, $2500 for a quality bike. Those $4000-$5000 ones you see pop up in California never sale. One of the nicest ones I've seen, took quite a while to sale, and it was $2500.
@@PowerBeeEngine Thank you for the intiel. Maybe I actually can get one for a reasonable price. The ones I was referring to were in primo shape.
I think that man is part Harley. Freaking awesome shop! I bet he has forgotten more than I will ever know. LOL
I can't believe I just seen the bike again my dad and my grandfather use to take me for rides when 20-22 yrs ago around my grandfathers 69 acres..I can't believe it. Wow trail damn 90
“Easier to keep running than anything you own”you only gotta deal with the fact it’s a flathead you gotta re torque the head as regular maintenance and gotta dig around just to find parts to rebuild a motor that will probably only go up to 80 thousand miles maybeee 😂 I don’t think he’s discovered the LS yet
Not to mention lack of horsepower for the cost
Better yet, I bet he doesn't daily drive a 70 year old vehicle. Don't know why he wouldn't considering it's the easiest to maintain thing they would own.
That Ariel is the one you should have bought. Incredible motorcycle and it looks like a lot of it was there.
really cool. love guys like this and their epic garages full of history
Enjoying this video and then "Bam" I see my 1st motorcycle. A HD 350. Mine was called a 350 Sprint. I bought it from a co-worker when I was in college in 1982 for $100. Wow... Thank you.
Being as Harley-Davidsons records were largely discarded years ago their archives are far from complete.
Oh Man..that green Bronco was worth the price of admission right there! Do cool!
The Ariel square four often had a sidecar attached, sometimes a double adult version. It was the family "car" before the arrival of the Mini.
Bikes and beards you have to take a ride out to Nicks cycle salvage in Williamstown NJ. His bikes will blow your mind. I live close to there shop. He has any part or bike you can think of.
10:38 "Tony stark?" *Chuckles at own Brilliant joke, Only one amused was himself*
I like how the dude just blows off any hint of humor with a quick no, or an awkward answer as if Sean didn't intend it to be funny. He was like a robot vintage engineer that someone forgot to upload important human programming to.
Yeah thats was stupid.
@Fino Menezes 😂😂
"No."
...... *distant cough*
I have seen this guy before from your channel, but also on American Pickers TV show. He has some totally cool things! Thanks again it is always nice to have a reminder of something as great as this collection.
Fyi Topper scooters were made in the USA for all production years, they were not made in Italy. They were produced from 1960 to 1965.
Thanks for the Bible verses you add Matt 6:33 and Jer 29:11 means a lot to me, really needed to hear that, Thank you!!!
my gosh this place is truly heaven
Wow, a. Norton 750, what I took my motorcycle riding test on. I had never ridden a motorcycle before. Borrowed the bike from another mechanic in the shop to take the riding test. Experimented a bit on the ride to DMV. Took the riding test: figure 8,..riding the line...etc. I thought the test was too easy. Got the motorcycle endorsement added to my driver license, and returned the bike to my fellow mechanic. That was back in 1970. Owned many motorcycles since then. Also owned a Honda CT-110 trail bike which was great for going up into the mountains. In low range 1st gear, top speed was about 7mph. 4th gear high range was about 45mph. Couldn't go too fast on 7hp. Besides a Harley Tour Glide, and a Honda Goldwing, also owned a couple of Cushman motor scooters. I used the. Goldwing for serious long distance travel, but the Cushman scooters for fun local riding
I couldn't watch this one.
* clears throat * "Yea that toaster runs... rode it in here the other day" * cough *
I had the non-street legal version of the Yamaha Mini-Enduro... It was the bike that got me started with motorcycles back in the 70's.... Great memories.
I feel like I could point out the anvil and this guy would say "yeah it runs great, I rode it yesterday"
My first bike was a 1941 45 cubic inch sports Solo. I rebuilt a 1948 pan for an attorney in Florida. It was a very clean bike with all the frame tabs and original sheet metal.
Judging by the copious dust, I'm guessing maybe four bikes out of his entire collection *actually* start and run without work.
You could say that about my dad's one single bike. But he just never cleans it. Looks like it has been sitting for forever, but really he rides it almost every day when it is above 45 degrees.
Weird.. I have a bike currently parked in a barn with waayyy more dust than these... It will fire right up.
Open air shops attract dust.
Old bikes always need work to start and to keep them running. Old bikes is one of the reasons they invented cellphones. You're going to break down from time to time. Ride on. VAUGHN
Now a cripple,I MISS RIDING, with all my heart!
Keep the dreams alive boyz
The man has some sweet machines..
Respect to him driving them, enjoying them just like they were made for!
That guy was a wealth of knowledge but not very flexible. Very... fixed in his way of thinking. lol
Sometimes that’s what gets you to where your going.
Most are
@@SirFartzoLot HAHA, yup. Engineer brain. I'm right there brother.
to start it , take the carb out, disasemble it compleatly, spray wd40 down all holes and use compressed air to blow it all out.(if the carb has a membrane, take it out or you will blow it up with compressed air). once assembeled and back on the bike, try to start the bike and spay a bit of petrol into the carb as you are starting it ( a window cleaner bottle is good for that) , it will fire right up. the thing is you need a bitz of vacum to pull the fuel into the carb, especialy if its full of old fuel...
This guy's collection is amazing!
I'm not a huge fan of a guy who has a barn load of motorcycles and recites their value. Yet, i like collectors who have a barn full of cool old bikes, because they are cool.
Suzuki RG500 is a square 4 also. No, the Ariel who made the Square 4 “Squariel” is not the same company that makes the current Atom.
I had a Trail 90 and a CT 70 back in the late 1970's. They were considered a cheap disposable bike then . Amazing how many of them survived, which is a testament to Honda's build quality-John in Texas
when I was a kid I saved and bought a Honda Mini Trail 70. I rode the ish outta that thing, but changed the oil etc religiously. It was one tough little bike. Never missed a beat. However I did discover that running into a cinder block in a field of tall grass at 30mph with my cousin on the back would make it come to a complete stop *very* quickly. LOL
Very cool video. 1974 was 44 years ago.
My Dad bought us a brand new CT-90 in the early 70's. That thing was awesome, alot of fun. We used it for herding the cattle to the barn from the fields.
Interesting shop...although I noticed everyone was coughing from the dust...you needed to wipe your feet when you left the building
with all due respect for his point if view...that '38 is restored and 150k?..I saw one of the 38s that sold he mentioned and his with the pitted chrome and other rough pieces wasnt close...and that trial 90 with a inch of dust..cobwebs hanging off it and a flat rear tire.."yea..I just drove it up there..it runs"...lol
My brothers and I bought a 66 Harley Davidson 50cc. Hand clutch/shifter with reg tank. When I found one at an independent Harley repair shop just down the street from Pomona Drag Strip I was shocked at the $3,000 price tag!! Full restored of course!
so glad I didn't find that place, I would have baorrowed against the house, the wife AND the kids to leave with a load of cool stuff. Great place!!!
I had an Ariel Square Four in 1967. Carburettor jammed open when I road it home from the garden it had been stored under a pile of carpets and tarpaulins.
It had been fitted with Jet Igniter plugs but they were as dead as dodos and I kicked it for hours but no joy so I put Champions in and it started first kick.
It wasn't for wealthy riders but for poorer ones who could not afford a car but could put a sidecar on and take the family to seaside.
this guy lives to assert his dominance
He's a pain couldn't stand him
@@boomerhgt did you meet him?
Definitely not the emasculated men of today…lol
He's a guy with a lot of knowledge who spends a lot of time alone. He's being very generous with his time and his bikes. Self reflect more instead of judging everyone
There is also a "What fits what-Harley Davidson". written by Kurt Heinrichs.( If I spelled his last name right... it's been since 1982) If I remember correctly he wrote a sequel as well
Man. This video really ROCKS. A great bikes and beards production! I thought of buying one of those Norton 750 being in England. Love the guy with all the HD info. Very informative. Nice one guys ;)
I sold a trail 90 with 12 original miles, I installed a brand new carburetor and battery then oil and cleaned the tank out , with a wash it looked absolutely immaculate.
Sold it for 1500$, the day I put it on Craigslist my phone rang all day. The responce was overwhelming. I could have sold it 10 times.
lol "really hard to find" these old school guy's haven't figured out the internet yet :D
@Motorheadmike These kids still believe what is in their brain is in the garage. Thanx to playstation.
@@jackrichards1863 what’s that supposed to mean boomer? Half these bikes wouldn’t be so “rare” to old timers if they learned that autotrader isn’t everything and learned how to use google.
@@michaelpatton4593 You're still wet behind the ears kid. And don't call me names. Admin will remove you if ya keep using facist slurs that go against the dignity of my culture. People no longer have to endure those insults. And I'm pretty sure autotrader shut down in the 90's after the internet took over? .
@@jackrichards1863
Why would you use a period after a question mark?
@@jackrichards1863 boomer.
That Aermacchi is cool.. I want an SS 350, I just finished a 73 Z90 on my channel and am working through an SS 125 currently.. cool history on them!
YOU GUYS ARE MASTERING THE CLICK BAIT ERA. GOOD JOB.
I bought a 1965 Yamaha Big Bear Scrambler that “runs” . Well it does now after a new clutch, repairs to the kickstarter, carburetor work, airbox repair, plugs, wires, and a lot of head scratching. It still has piston slap though. I will have that fixed someday. “That bike runs”. Trust but verify.
My grandfather has a 63 panhead just like that they're absolutely amazing bikes
Here in UK we call them bikes that u bought a peddle and pop or a stepper and I guarantee they run without battery unless the ones in America are different some how.... We used to ride them off road for a bit of fun as kids... And the battery would always go flat half of the time so we would just use them without the battery and just use the kick start or just bump start them... They are great bikes and great fun off road....
really enjoyed the tour of his garage, would like to have been able to talk to this man for awhile.
I love those old SL series Honda's, got a 1971 honda sl70 and a 1971 honda sl100, some of the most reliable vintage bikes I've ridden.
This dude has some of the coolest shit ever!
True but he's far from cool
my grandfather worked at indian in springfield mass. he was a tinker and he developed and patented the drive chain tensioner
“no low ballers I know what I got”
People who are tricking old people out of vintage stuff is pretty low though. but that was a fair buy.. I got three Hondas for 500, but they had been under a collapsed barn. rusty and damaged. and I made sure they knew what they had. and still ok with price.
Sean: "Yeah I'm using straps here to secure a seat in the van"
*[National Highway Safety Bureau has entered the chat]*
Big BS'r at 16:18 point when Sean mentions the Trail 90- "That one runs great, I just drove it up here and parked it" SKR- "Cool, can I start it up?" Big BS'r- "No, that battery is totally dead and you can't kick start it". What a hot air bag. Should have walked right then and there.
I learned to ride on a Honda Trail-80 in the mid-80's. Good times, good times. Now, I'm up to 12 bikes but still have my 1st; a blue '81 Yamaha 400 Special II with 9999.7mi. ✌
My first bike was a '78 CB400T. I gave it to my brother nearly 30 years ago, and it's sitting in pieces in my Dad's shed. Maybe when I retire in a few years I'll fix it up and relive some of the days of my youth.
In Aus it was the quickest point to point bike.Are we talking 2 stroke
One thing to know that younger people probably don't is that the 1974 registration is probably the only time it was registered. People in the 70's and 80's didn't bother registering some little bike after they declared it their ownership. They just rode them. Especially if they didn't live in a city (Which most didn't) They were usually ridden by young people that didn't have a drivers licence yet because they could ride these without one. (Canada and some states). But even so they were for having fun or the only way a 12 year old could get to his friends place 30 miles away or to town 50 miles away. No new registration needed. Or not bothered with as most of the people knew each other in their communities from school and church etc.
“Uh, I don’t know, $20,000? $30,000?”
This dude is literally just talking to hear himself talk.
you'd be surprised what the really old Harleys go for, especially if they are all original/as was.. depends what part of the country and who has it too of course.Watch American Pickers. That guy paid $25,000 for a complete knucklehead Harley IIRC.
Well there is no solid book on restored Harleys if it was a factory Harley that may be have some dents and dings then you could probably KBB it
I learned to ride on a Yamaha 125cc Enduro just like the one at 18:25. It's nice to see such a clean example of that bike. It was a blast.