I remember seeing this bike in seaside heights NJ back then when we rode down there. I certainly miss seeing all the bikes from back then. This one is very clean.
Like I said yesterday, this black chrome was all the rage about this time. I still like the regular chrome.These were good bikes for the shorter ,smaller rider.Still trying to picture Ken in high school.. 😂
@@timtimdixon4979 yes, I'd still have had mine, but there wasnt musch left of it after that stupid 18 year old girl pulled onto the highway without looking both ways and me and my beautiful 82 maxim 750 cut the engine compartment off her P.O.S. Chevrolet! Now I did love the body parts I'm missing now, and I unfortunately did love the wife that left me afterwards, and I loved my career I lost due to the wreck and my disfigurement, but that bike is a wound that will never heal. And most reading bbn this cant ever understand, but not owning that bike and not being able to ride anymore tears my heart open EVERY DAMN DAY from the first minute I open my eyes until I close them at night. Especially now that my movement is so restricted, I miss the freedom I felt riding through the mojave desert with the air so hot it literally not burnt the hair off my arms! The bad weather and good as I rode that bike from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic in a week, onlybstopping for gas and to sleep. I kiss it so bad I cant stand it. And for those wondering, no I got no big settlement from insurance. All I got was 10k from her insurance. But bbn I did get 1.2 MILLION in medical bills! ....a bike isnt just a bike to us, it is freedom in its purest form. Sorry to be gloomy, but it's the truth. And the word "miss" doesnt even come close to the pain of the yearning I feel all the time. And I had my wreck in 1998. That's all I have yall....God bless America! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@fredtracy1673 I hear ya bro! The only gripe I ever had about my yamaha was the shaft drive. It lost alot of torque compared to other chain drive bikes I had. It was my first and last shaft drive bike. God knows I loved everything else about it though! I still say it was the most beautiful bike ever made!
Hi seen so many videos about the starter it's a easy fix 1981 to 1983 for some reason viragos came with a different starter assembly but after 83 they put and up dated parts 84to the end of the 1996 all have the up dated starter systems so 81 82 83 have a cover for the stator and 84 85 has the same cover with the updated parts but 86 has a different cover put on will but it get more complicated but all thoughts part will work to but has the newer cover I have a 81 xv 920 rh with all the updated part from a 84 virago there's a silanoid the move the gear out and that wire connects to the silanoid that came on the bike the starter starts the bike prefect for 10 years
Question for you please, On the 1987 Yamaha 700cc, the starting system is a solenoid type operation, is that true or not ? And does it have a starting problem ? Grinding gears ? Please respond, thank you.
There is a yellow 1983 Maxim 750 4 cylinder for sale locally. It has a single piston front, and the same wheels as that Virago. I'm confused as to what that model is? The poster also said it was a midnight but it's yellow.
Man it’s gorgeous! My 1994 Virago is still running like a top!
I remember seeing this bike in seaside heights NJ back then when we rode down there. I certainly miss seeing all the bikes from back then. This one is very clean.
It’s cool hearing that bike again. My dad drove a Virago 750 for probably 20 years straight.
No one in my family ever rode ,save for my brother in law. I will always love american bikes but man theres just something special about yamahas!!!
These Midnight Yamaha's are beautiful....
I had the Spectre.
Very nice Classic , I was waiting and you proved that horn worked perfectly at the end , Thank you .
Absolutely love Midnight Special color combo and those signature Yamaha wheels.
❤ the Midnight Specials, Viragos, Kawasaki Spectres, and the black Maduras.
Like I said yesterday, this black chrome was all the rage about this time. I still like the regular chrome.These were good bikes for the shorter ,smaller rider.Still trying to picture Ken in high school.. 😂
I had one exactly like that! What a nice bike!!
Nice to hear one without the starter issue
Beautiful clasic ❤❤❤
I sure miss my 82 maxim 750. 😣
Miss mine also
It was a beast, hard to find one today
@@timtimdixon4979 yes, I'd still have had mine, but there wasnt musch left of it after that stupid 18 year old girl pulled onto the highway without looking both ways and me and my beautiful 82 maxim 750 cut the engine compartment off her P.O.S. Chevrolet! Now I did love the body parts I'm missing now, and I unfortunately did love the wife that left me afterwards, and I loved my career I lost due to the wreck and my disfigurement, but that bike is a wound that will never heal. And most reading bbn this cant ever understand, but not owning that bike and not being able to ride anymore tears my heart open EVERY DAMN DAY from the first minute I open my eyes until I close them at night. Especially now that my movement is so restricted, I miss the freedom I felt riding through the mojave desert with the air so hot it literally not burnt the hair off my arms! The bad weather and good as I rode that bike from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic in a week, onlybstopping for gas and to sleep. I kiss it so bad I cant stand it. And for those wondering, no I got no big settlement from insurance. All I got was 10k from her insurance. But bbn I did get 1.2 MILLION in medical bills! ....a bike isnt just a bike to us, it is freedom in its purest form. Sorry to be gloomy, but it's the truth. And the word "miss" doesnt even come close to the pain of the yearning I feel all the time. And I had my wreck in 1998. That's all I have yall....God bless America! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I like the non V-twin Japanese cruisers too, I had a Maxim 400, and Vulcan 500 LTD.
@@fredtracy1673 I hear ya bro! The only gripe I ever had about my yamaha was the shaft drive. It lost alot of torque compared to other chain drive bikes I had. It was my first and last shaft drive bike. God knows I loved everything else about it though! I still say it was the most beautiful bike ever made!
Magnificent
Dear Kaplan Cycles, Can you please tell me how your mechanic fixed the starting problem on the bike you advertised in this video ? Thank you.
I had a red 84 lots of tourq
Not a lot 80 to 1oo but what can you expect I guess thanks for posting
I had this bike in 1983! I loved and miss her very much. Is it still available by any chance?
Its your colors Sr! Just needs the white letters painted with gold paint marker
I did that on mine
Gold letters was the touch
Wish I still had
Hi seen so many videos about the starter it's a easy fix 1981 to 1983 for some reason viragos came with a different starter assembly but after 83 they put and up dated parts 84to the end of the 1996 all have the up dated starter systems so 81 82 83 have a cover for the stator and 84 85 has the same cover with the updated parts but 86 has a different cover put on will but it get more complicated but all thoughts part will work to but has the newer cover I have a 81 xv 920 rh with all the updated part from a 84 virago there's a silanoid the move the gear out and that wire connects to the silanoid that came on the bike the starter starts the bike prefect for 10 years
Question for you please, On the 1987 Yamaha 700cc, the starting system is a solenoid type operation, is that true or not ? And does it have a starting problem ? Grinding gears ? Please respond, thank you.
That's awesome
You still have ?
Old but good like me:))))))
There is a yellow 1983 Maxim 750 4 cylinder for sale locally. It has a single piston front, and the same wheels as that Virago. I'm confused as to what that model is? The poster also said it was a midnight but it's yellow.
Is it still available ?
@@timtimdixon4979 From last I seen yeah
I had one used but once I realized how big and heavy it was for my skinny 19 year old self I decided to trade it for my first manual car 😂
No lo pueden pasar en español?
How much ? $ ?
Nice bike but very inefficient...
4890
Cut your hair. Stop trying to look like Wolverine. LOL
F.u cut your own hair and keep short and never exceed past the top of your ears Christian boy