It always breaks my heart that so many good parts and machines went to waste like this. And you just wonder how many of these machines made their way here long before their time.
So sad to seeing that. I live in Cuba and you don't known how hard is to get a decent bike here. I bet that the 70% of that bikes Cubans can rescue them and use them. It's incredible.
Motorcycle junkyards like that i bet they are kicking them selves today for not pulling parts and shelving them with the massive demand for vintage motorcycles today
Picked up my first bike in Co off some Mennonites property, they left it to the waste and the original owner let me get it. Every part replaced using the old Dennis Kirk catalogs. Best bike ever. Now I ride a brand new mt03 and I'm so happy to be back on two's. God bless America.
something spiritual about these sites. I keep picturing riding or seeing friends riding these bikes and a strong desire to restore them all......I know you can feel it Ken!
I wonder how many happy young guys took these down the train tracks . gravel roads, and trails with out a worry in the world in the (best years) 70s & 80s !!!!
As a rider myself, this was heartbreaking to watch. Could only imagine how many laughs, smiles have been generated on all those bikes. Most looked that could be salvaged for parts. Would be a project person’s paradise too. I could be wrong but I think this place is in Georgia
@@ГеоргийБестаев-л8эI bet he meant Georgia in USA. In eastern countries people don‘t buy, use and scrap to buy something newer. As to my perception things, that work are continued to be used. They also get more often repaired. Other than western modular component swap, they get REPAIRED and reinstalled.
I sense a sadness in Ken's voice. I am sad too. Those were all wonderful bikes, and the stories they could tell from their years on the road, track, or trail. It's a shame that owners neglect, fail to repair or replace a part, and eventually send the bikes off to this permanent home. For any true two wheel enthusiast, this is a hard video to watch. Pride of ownership goes a long way....and in many cases, keeps bikes like these on the road and running.
I totally agree, but, I suppose manufacturers are also to blame to some extend; they stop support, parts become harder to get, they come up with new models and me buying a new one instead of repairing is often attractive, heaving the banks support with cheap money... its sad though, and I hope some can partly live on as replacement part on another one still in use, or else as reused metals in new bikes....
@@TheSillybits same goes for muscle cars . Who would of ever thought they would ever bring over a million dollars at an auction today ..and i just happen to know a man who visits my local watering hole who now owns one of three of the rarest the most valuable muscle cars ever to exist and he doesnt have a clue of what hes really got only that his father bought it brand new in 1970 and told the kid to never sell her...so he paid a professional $27,000 to restore his dads car back to factory with the original paint it still has on it from the factory shinning like the day it was made 53 years ago, besides he aint no ordinary bar fly as he is the boss of a demolition crew who is the only ones who know how to blast through mountains of rock for natural gas companies to lay pipe ..so hes already a multi millionaire and wouldnt part with his dad's car for anything and everything there is in the world ! But i would in a hot new york minute ...they made a lot of hemis and they made a lot of cudas ...but they never made over three 1970 hemi cuda rag tops with a four speed on the floor and two four barrel carburators on a 426 Chrysler hemi as it is the most powerful muscle car ever produced and documented ...don " big daddy" garlits about 30 years ago on his cable tv show feature a museum curator sell one to a japanese man who was contracted by japanese white collar business men to buy up all the rarest american muscle cars there is no matter what the cost ..and on big daddy don's show 30 + - years ago i sat in front of my tube with tears in my eyes as one of the three ever made went for $6,000,000 dollars with big daddy bragging about it that was my first time ever hearing about it as big daddy himself admitted there were only three 1970 cudas made with a hemi , equiped with two fours a four speed on the floor and a rag top ...if you ever seen the movie " fantasium " you saw the hero in #2 ..chasing the " tall man " the ghoul from other planet ...and now you and me are the only two people in the entire world who know were #3 is ...and dont you feel special ,,,,,ba ha ha ha ha ....lol
Maybe a lot of them bikes were stolen or crashed . Another thought , if they were all still on the road the manufacturer's wouldn't be selling new bikes.
Wow. That's got me quiet. I've visited many scrap yards growing up, but seeing so many bikes, each with their own stories, left to die. makes you go quiet.
Imagine how much of those bikes could’ve been salvaged if they weren’t left out in the environment. That’s not a motorcycle graveyard, that’s motorcycle purgatory.
You should see the junkyard that was on Michael Sabo’s Basket case garage . It’s twice the size of this yard with modern bikes and ATVs and UTVs . They literally walked up to several bikes that was being junked and fired them up and they might have smoked or needed something but not junked. It was almost sickening to see running and rideable bikes being junked and some had parts sold off of them and still ran fine
Nossa isso aqui no Brasil vale mais que Ouro.meu sonho trabalhar em um lugar como este .eu já tinha restaurado um monte e desmontado o resto é colocado na prateleiras todas peças recuperável catalogadas e com certeza venderia tudo com milhões de lucro .jamais deixaria se perder assim .muito triste .se eu fosse o dono desse lugar me contrataria pra fazer esse serviço ele não iria se arrepender e os colecionadores menos ainda
I used to work at a place similar looking to that as a teen in the late 80s 90 s Called Joes Used Cycle in N Dartmouth Massachusetts . I learned so much working there .
Hey Mr Kaplan everything big in Texas man the good stuff that can be be fixed and made road worthy with the right tools time and mechanical knowledge WOW
I just Googled Bob's Used cycle parts to see if they are still in business here in Phoenix, and it shows that they still are in business with a website with pictures, looks like they have a lot of bikes and parts that is well-organized , I remember that place being around for many years.
Is that the same place that had ads in Dirt Bike and Dirt Rider in the 80's and 90's? Back then my favorite thing was Stick Em Up stickers, 50 cents each👍. Good ole days.
Da blutet einem das Herz! Ich hätte gerne einen Tag Zeit um mir ein bike zu bauen und dann mit nach Hause zu nehmen! Sowas habe ich noch nie gesehen, echt unglaublich aber auch unglaublich traurig für einen Menschen der Motorräder liebt!
Yall should should see the inside of the buildings. The entire building is loaded with motorcycles. There is motorcycles on the service counter that is no longer used. This place is amazing to say the least and only one man works there. Bridges cycle salvage in Washington GA they got anything you will ever need for 2 wheels. Ken needs to buy this place. I was up there a few years ago and the man said he wanted to sell all of it.
these are the videos i love i could sit thier allday n just look at bikes id wanna fix n ride n not restore ride them the way they are sweaty but then again id be happy with any bike to ride
I know all of those bikes, at one time or another, had beautiful stories to tell. Shame that their owners didn't take better care of them, and that they gave up on them. Very sad, because I'm quite sure that there is alot of potential in many of those bikes, for a beautiful restoration, which would need to be done by your business, since Y'all are the best of the best in my honest opinion. The proof is in all of yall's videos, and should Never be questioned.
Dang Kap ! I was hoping you would stop at them vintage CR’s …I seen a CR60 not long after you walked in ! What a damn shame seeing them old dirt bikes. GOD BLESS AMERICA ‼️LORD KNOWS WERE IN DEEP DOO
Think of all the old bikes those parts can bring back to life.... Be a pal and grab me the ignition off one of those 70s rt360's for my Ice racing project!! Awesome Video just awesome.
What an amazing/terrible waste! If it was India or Pakistan - all these machines would still be running and would travel the next kilometers to please their owners. And here - they die in silence. For a car fan, it's like visiting a cemetery of former heroes. 😥
Absolute dream I come from Germany and that would be my dream motorcycles without end I would restore and drive as many as possible. that's sad on the one hand, but as said, it's a dream to restore . Greetings from Germany
Hi new sub here love this kind of content. We don't get these kind of places in the UK. Would be a dream come true if we did. Would like to see you bringing a couple of those back to life.👍🏻
1987 I worked Buds Cycle Austin tx - it had similar amount of old bikes = ALL were melted down for scrap using portable melting pot rig - was before the internet so were mostly worthless at the time -except for aluminum scrap price -
at one time those bikes were someone's pride and joy, many road trips many memories, and many stories to last a generation to come, look at them now nothing more than a pile of junk, I wish was living near a place like this junkyard..so many rebuilds
Shame most old timers have closed, recycling yards in Ohio, an dealers now a days, are ready to sell you a new one, but not give any help with recycling yards they might know of. Did see quite a few things I could use. Thanks for the memories of Saturday rummaging.
"Sport wheels" in Jordan Minnesota was the same.. until 15 years ago.. they relocated down the road.. scrapped alot.. downsized.. and have a large building for good bikes. As I was hunting parts outside for my v65.. THE owner was out there moving junk around.. he said he enjoyed the old days.. cause he rode alot of these cycles. Getting late for me to risk my life today. Magna v65 4 sale.
Absolutely mental that,full of rusty gold.Just imagine all the parts that are like you say unobtainium just lying amongst it all 😔I hope you save some Ken 👍🏻
It always breaks my heart that so many good parts and machines went to waste like this. And you just wonder how many of these machines made their way here long before their time.
So sad to seeing that. I live in Cuba and you don't known how hard is to get a decent bike here. I bet that the 70% of that bikes Cubans can rescue them and use them. It's incredible.
ок! No passaran! 😄
Capitalismo salvaje... viva Fidel
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@ Gerald
And all they would need to fix ANY. Of them is DUCT TAPE.
If a Cuban can't fix it with duct tape ,than it is not fixable.
Motorcycle junkyards like that i bet they are kicking them selves today for not pulling parts and shelving them with the massive demand for vintage motorcycles today
Imagine the miles of absolute joy & love that those machines brought so many souls.
Exactly my thoughts! Makes me feel good imagining that
I wonder how many had a car make a left?
@@michellepatrick5175 a shit load...that's y they're n the graveyard
@@ccrider00 u definitely need God on your side.....u gotta have 360 vision & stay away from high traffic
Some lives lost is possible too 😊
There should be a law against Motorcycle abandonment👍
Genereally when you abandon a vehicle the law does fine the last owner.
Picked up my first bike in Co off some Mennonites property, they left it to the waste and the original owner let me get it. Every part replaced using the old Dennis Kirk catalogs. Best bike ever. Now I ride a brand new mt03 and I'm so happy to be back on two's. God bless America.
something spiritual about these sites. I keep picturing riding or seeing friends riding these bikes and a strong desire to restore them all......I know you can feel it Ken!
I wonder how many happy young guys took these down the train tracks . gravel roads, and trails with out a worry in the world in the (best years) 70s & 80s !!!!
👍👍👍👍👍🏍👍👍👍👍👍
took the words right out of my mouth
As a rider myself, this was heartbreaking to watch. Could only imagine how many laughs, smiles have been generated on all those bikes. Most looked that could be salvaged for parts. Would be a project person’s paradise too. I could be wrong but I think this place is in Georgia
Нет не думаю что это в Грузии. Я часто бываю в Грузий, и такого я точно там не видел и не слышал. А мне как мотоциклисту друзья с Грузии сказали бы...
@@ГеоргийБестаев-л8эI bet he meant Georgia in USA.
In eastern countries people don‘t buy, use and scrap to buy something newer.
As to my perception things, that work are continued to be used.
They also get more often repaired.
Other than western modular component swap, they get REPAIRED and reinstalled.
I sense a sadness in Ken's voice. I am sad too. Those were all wonderful bikes, and the stories they could tell from their years on the road, track, or trail. It's a shame that owners neglect, fail to repair or replace a part, and eventually send the bikes off to this permanent home. For any true two wheel enthusiast, this is a hard video to watch. Pride of ownership goes a long way....and in many cases, keeps bikes like these on the road and running.
I totally agree, but, I suppose manufacturers are also to blame to some extend; they stop support, parts become harder to get, they come up with new models and me buying a new one instead of repairing is often attractive, heaving the banks support with cheap money... its sad though, and I hope some can partly live on as replacement part on another one still in use, or else as reused metals in new bikes....
This is a serious issue in America and something NEEDS to be done about it.
@@TheSillybits same goes for muscle cars . Who would of ever thought they would ever bring over a million dollars at an auction today ..and i just happen to know a man who visits my local watering hole who now owns one of three of the rarest the most valuable muscle cars ever to exist and he doesnt have a clue of what hes really got only that his father bought it brand new in 1970 and told the kid to never sell her...so he paid a professional $27,000 to restore his dads car back to factory with the original paint it still has on it from the factory shinning like the day it was made 53 years ago, besides he aint no ordinary bar fly as he is the boss of a demolition crew who is the only ones who know how to blast through mountains of rock for natural gas companies to lay pipe ..so hes already a multi millionaire and wouldnt part with his dad's car for anything and everything there is in the world ! But i would in a hot new york minute ...they made a lot of hemis and they made a lot of cudas ...but they never made over three 1970 hemi cuda rag tops with a four speed on the floor and two four barrel carburators on a 426 Chrysler hemi as it is the most powerful muscle car ever produced and documented ...don " big daddy" garlits about 30 years ago on his cable tv show feature a museum curator sell one to a japanese man who was contracted by japanese white collar business men to buy up all the rarest american muscle cars there is no matter what the cost ..and on big daddy don's show 30 + - years ago i sat in front of my tube with tears in my eyes as one of the three ever made went for $6,000,000 dollars with big daddy bragging about it that was my first time ever hearing about it as big daddy himself admitted there were only three 1970 cudas made with a hemi , equiped with two fours a four speed on the floor and a rag top ...if you ever seen the movie " fantasium " you saw the hero in #2 ..chasing the " tall man " the ghoul from other planet ...and now you and me are the only two people in the entire world who know were #3 is ...and dont you feel special ,,,,,ba ha ha ha ha ....lol
Idk, how much time money and energy would you put into a 80s sportster to keep it going? Sometimes it just doesn't make sense
Maybe a lot of them bikes were stolen or crashed . Another thought , if they were all still on the road the manufacturer's wouldn't be selling new bikes.
Wow. That's got me quiet. I've visited many scrap yards growing up, but seeing so many bikes, each with their own stories, left to die. makes you go quiet.
So, where is this place? What's its name? Is it open for sales?
Breaks my heart to see these bikes rusting away. If it was in our place, I lot of it would have been restored.
I love that he’s talkin quietly as to not disrespect the dead
oddly enough this is the most beautiful junkyard I’ve ever seen 🤩
Mir blutet das Herz.😭Grüße aus Germany.
Imagine buliding a custom bike salvaging parts all form the yard. That would be a real apocalypse bike!
i see myself there siting on one of them bikes and crying... greetings from united kingdom! :(
Imagine how much of those bikes could’ve been salvaged if they weren’t left out in the environment. That’s not a motorcycle graveyard, that’s motorcycle purgatory.
yea I was thinking the same. I wouldn't even want parts from most of these rust buckets, most look in total disarray.
You should see the junkyard that was on Michael Sabo’s Basket case garage . It’s twice the size of this yard with modern bikes and ATVs and UTVs . They literally walked up to several bikes that was being junked and fired them up and they might have smoked or needed something but not junked. It was almost sickening to see running and rideable bikes being junked and some had parts sold off of them and still ran fine
It breaks my heart seeing all those bikes like that
I bet in all that is soms real gems
Thanks 💯✌️❤️🙏2u@yours sir 🇺🇲💪
Sport wheels in Jordan Minnesota is pretty huge, I'm positive there's over 4000 bikes there.
🤯для мотолюбителя очень интересно,просто походить посмотреть,починить 👍
The carnage is disturbing! But interesting for us motorbike fanatics.
Dust to Dust ..... all is vanity
Nossa isso aqui no Brasil vale mais que Ouro.meu sonho trabalhar em um lugar como este .eu já tinha restaurado um monte e desmontado o resto é colocado na prateleiras todas peças recuperável catalogadas e com certeza venderia tudo com milhões de lucro .jamais deixaria se perder assim .muito triste .se eu fosse o dono desse lugar me contrataria pra fazer esse serviço ele não iria se arrepender e os colecionadores menos ainda
I couId spend hours there ! Just Iooking at parts ! Thank you for sharing !
Ken are you still in Georgia? Where is this?
So many people want to save bikes but the locations of these places are always hidden
A few of those bikes around the 4 min mark looked solid and fairly easy to bring back to life. The Shadow 750, the intruder, and a couple after that
I used to work at a place similar looking to that as a teen in the late 80s 90 s Called Joes Used Cycle in N Dartmouth Massachusetts . I learned so much working there .
Hey Mr Kaplan everything big in Texas man the good stuff that can be be fixed and made road worthy with the right tools time and mechanical knowledge WOW
Man I’d love to go pick through that there’s some neat bikes in there man it is kinda sad to see them in that condition though
I'm just curious... Where is this place?!
Like he's gonna tell ya
Washington GA. Bridges cycle salvage I believe is the name
Wow, one of the bikes with a windjammer faring look very much like the the one I owned back in the late 70's. Where is this place at?
I just Googled Bob's Used cycle parts to see if they are still in business here in Phoenix, and it shows that they still are in business with a website with pictures, looks like they have a lot of bikes and parts that is well-organized , I remember that place being around for many years.
They are still in business
Is that the same place that had ads in Dirt Bike and Dirt Rider in the 80's and 90's? Back then my favorite thing was Stick Em Up stickers, 50 cents each👍. Good ole days.
Mind blowing.I had to watch this 2 or 3 times to take it all in.I'd happily pay money just to view a site like this.Awesome.👍
Awesome show! Thanks for sharing.
Man, just think of all the happy people that bought those bike's new off the showroom floor, where are they now !
Holy crap!..that is crazy. Some definite gems in there. Thank you for pointing out the bikes as you go through.
Where is this place located? Can anyone go there? If so can you drop by or do you need to contact the owner?
Da blutet einem das Herz! Ich hätte gerne einen Tag Zeit um mir ein bike zu bauen und dann mit nach Hause zu nehmen! Sowas habe ich noch nie gesehen, echt unglaublich aber auch unglaublich traurig für einen Menschen der Motorräder liebt!
Amazing, im sure a complete bike or two could be restored
Is this place in Connecticut?
Mind blowing just absolutely crazy .
My heart is broken.😢 I love restoring old bikes. We don't have such things. I had a heart attack.🖤 Greetings from Poland.
That was fun looking around. Great video.
The one thing you don’t see is American motorcycles. Where is this place and do they sell parts? I’m sure they must. Thanks!
Yall should should see the inside of the buildings. The entire building is loaded with motorcycles. There is motorcycles on the service counter that is no longer used. This place is amazing to say the least and only one man works there. Bridges cycle salvage in Washington GA they got anything you will ever need for 2 wheels. Ken needs to buy this place. I was up there a few years ago and the man said he wanted to sell all of it.
these are the videos i love i could sit thier allday n just look at bikes id wanna fix n ride n not restore ride them the way they are sweaty but then again id be happy with any bike to ride
Brilliant video that place is like heaven I would love to live there.
I know all of those bikes, at one time or another, had beautiful stories to tell. Shame that their owners didn't take better care of them, and that they gave up on them. Very sad, because I'm quite sure that there is alot of potential in many of those bikes, for a beautiful restoration, which would need to be done by your business, since Y'all are the best of the best in my honest opinion. The proof is in all of yall's videos, and should Never be questioned.
Dang Kap ! I was hoping you would stop at them vintage CR’s …I seen a CR60 not long after you walked in ! What a damn shame seeing them old dirt bikes. GOD BLESS AMERICA ‼️LORD KNOWS WERE IN DEEP DOO
Where is this place I would like to see it? Subscribed
Wow you walk past a classic cr250 and no mention 😢
Lotta nice machines..I’d love to get in there and get em running and looks for parts for my 93 YZ250
Think of all the old bikes those parts can bring back to life.... Be a pal and grab me the ignition off one of those 70s rt360's for my Ice racing project!! Awesome Video just awesome.
Just sad!😢
Are they for sale?
Someone needs to disassemble and properly warehouse the parts. A followup with the back story of the owner would be great content.
Remains of the golden age of motorcycling.
No HD's? Must be because People rebuild HD's... :-) Peace, Stiletto :-)
They say you can hear the sound of two strokes ripping through the trees in the dead of night when nobody is around...
What's the difference between the Yamaha XS 650 vs the Yamaha XJ650 both inline 4 cylinders both fun fast bikes for the age
XS650 is two cylinders
I am tearing up, what a mind feat of passed joy
I'd live there. beautiful video. thanks brother.
XS 750 yamaha "PORSCHE BIKE" @ 0:17; 2:27; 6:40 7:05 , xs650 3:12, RD 350 5:14 , TX 750 5:45
For all those people looking for the 10 mill socket here’s a good place to start
Süperrrrrr.Where is this place.
Were is this yard?
80s and earlier produced some quality bikes from Japan. It might look doom and gloom but Ill bet some could come back to life.
Some seriously rare bikes in the mix. I saw my old Kawi 350 2 stroker in there. The ATCs and vintage dirt bakes really get my attention. No CBXs ?
What an amazing/terrible waste!
If it was India or Pakistan - all these machines would still be running and would travel the next kilometers to please their owners.
And here - they die in silence. For a car fan, it's like visiting a cemetery of former heroes. 😥
Do they have scrap yards in India ?
@@nicholaswilliams4336 😆 I don't think so
Absolute dream I come from Germany and that would be my dream motorcycles without end I would restore and drive as many as possible. that's sad on the one hand, but as said, it's a dream to restore . Greetings from Germany
Didn't see any beamers
👍👍👍👍👍🏍👍👍👍👍👍
Ken liked that Suzuki gt380. I just sold my gt750 a couple years ago, haven’t seen one for sale in MN since.
where are the bikes located i might know someone that would buy them all
Nicest yard art I've ever seen 😍
Where is this!!
I love 70s & 80s.....that's my world...as a 15 yr old kid....I remember Suzuki GS 1100 L. were as cool as LTD KAWYS
Amazing,thanks for sharing kap!
i would love a back yard like this .one could only wish .
Hi new sub here love this kind of content. We don't get these kind of places in the UK. Would be a dream come true if we did. Would like to see you bringing a couple of those back to life.👍🏻
1987 I worked Buds Cycle Austin tx - it had similar amount of old bikes = ALL were melted down for scrap using portable melting pot rig - was before the internet so were mostly worthless at the time -except for aluminum scrap price -
I knew Bud on Ceaser Chavez st
at one time those bikes were someone's pride and joy, many road trips many memories, and many stories to last a generation to come, look at them now nothing more than a pile of junk, I wish was living near a place like this junkyard..so many rebuilds
It’s beautiful. Ripper County… literally… man…. I bet that was a fun day looking through… Amazing amount of bikes. 🤤🤤😵💫🤤🤤😍😍😍😘😘😘😘
Shame most old timers have closed, recycling yards in Ohio, an dealers now a days, are ready to sell you a new one, but not give any help with recycling yards they might know of. Did see quite a few things I could use. Thanks for the memories of Saturday rummaging.
I did not see 1 Harley....Not even a Italian Aermacchi.
The Motorcycles Graveyard 🏍🛵👺👹😱
Looking at one of my favorites right there. The Yamaha triple
It's not a graveyard. It's treasure
Crazy ! Never seen a motorcycle graveyard. I did notice the Fox body mustang haha. I would love to spend some time in there.
My heart shattered into more pieces than the graveyard has bikes.😢
"Sport wheels" in Jordan Minnesota was the same.. until 15 years ago.. they relocated down the road.. scrapped alot.. downsized.. and have a large building for good bikes. As I was hunting parts outside for my v65.. THE owner was out there moving junk around.. he said he enjoyed the old days.. cause he rode alot of these cycles.
Getting late for me to risk my life today. Magna v65 4 sale.
where are you at ? where is this junkyard located??
Woiwww. Real back again rebuild. Easy 😎👍
Not for sale, gonna do them up one day 🙃
That was awesome!
I hope that you grabbed a project bike or two 😅
MAn where is this place at I saw one or two I would love to get my hands on??????
Incredible,,,, where is it,,,
Oh my...... the states is amazing for this type of thing. I could amuse myself for hours looking at my youth.
Wow nice find a gem and do a restoration video please!
Fully restored for the low low price of 20 k lol . All jokes aside it would be cool To bring one back to life .
Absolutely mental that,full of rusty gold.Just imagine all the parts that are like you say unobtainium just lying amongst it all 😔I hope you save some Ken 👍🏻