I Bought an 80yr old WW2 Bike, but will it make it Home ?
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I Bought a very rare 80 year old WW2 Paratrooper motorcycle and some how we got this thing running but now we have to try to ride it home.
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I love the fact that everytime you speak about the bikes age, it gets 300% older. This was used by neanderthals to cross the Bering strait. One could say it's well maintained for its age.
It’s true it was lol
@Alfred Wedmore True LOL
@Alfred Wedmore the Rokon was what God rode down from His high places to the Garden of Eden
@@brahtrumpwonbigly7309 but God's dad gave it to him for his 10th birthday. God's dad used to ride it to high school and that's how he met God's mom. 😂🤣
I've told him a million times not to exaggerate too.....lol
This is the post war civilian version. The wartime version is The Excelsior Well Bike and was used by the British Airborne troops. It was slightly smaller and had two smaller fuel tanks either side of the frame just above the engine.
They had to be kept pressurised via a hand pump to keep the fuel flowing into the carburettor. They were painted in a Matt army brown colour.
Shhh it’s more dramatic the other way lol
Yes it is, these bikes are not dropped from an airplane but its used as an civil foldable motorcycle.
Actually, the RAF and U.S. Army used the Corgi version as base runners for flight crews. I own one like that it’s olive drab. They weren’t dropped though like the Welbike
I feel your pain. I cut my teeth on a 1947 HD with a suicide clutch/shifter. I rode big Harleys most of my life, but in the late 1960's I needed to get my daughters red Honda 160 Dream from Cincinnati, Ohio to near Chicago. So, of course, I decided to ride it. It was the most "buzziest", underpowered, uncomfortable, swervy bike I ever rode. But, the worst part was when it broke down in Indiana, a mechanic from Kersting's Cycle Center came to get me. Kersting's is still in business today and is an old fashioned Harley biker's utopia. We put the Honda in the truck and took it to the shop. I took a lot of good-natured ribbing, ate some free donuts and they got me back on the road. I did make it, but my rear end hurt for a week. Thanks for a great video and better luck next time.
I can’t remember, but, is that Harley dealer on the southside? I live in Indianapolis and I used to live near the brig Harley center next to I believe it was I-70
@@OversteerAllDay Nope. I was well North of Indie when the Honda broke down. Kerstings is in Winimac. I was probably on US 421 headed to US 30. If you're a biker of any magnitude, I can highly recommend a ride up there. I understand the old man passed away, but they took his collection and opened a museum just down the road from the dealer.
Oh you had such cojones to ride a Dream on the highway!
They weren’t sold in WW2! That ‘Indian Papoose’ was an exported version of the Brockhouse Corgi, made in Southport, England, from 1947. It was a civilianised version of the ‘Welbike’ which was a British folding motorcycle designed to be dropped in containers, alongside British paratroops, but it only saw limited service.
Yes smaller tires are more difficult to change until you get into really big tires then the dynamic reverses again .
I suspect that you could find the nessary equipment at a bicycle shop to run those tires tubeless. They have value stems , rim and spok sealer that will solve your tire problems. Throttle cables are easy to make. When I was young cable breaking was extremely common. That is the reason old guys carry spair throttle and clutch cables on long trips. The invention of Teflon lined cable housings and Barrel inserts for the grip and alloy levers solved those issues . A good bicycle mechanic could have fixed you up in a short time .
Yeah I was thinking something similar. A lot of those E scooters have similar sizes tires
There's an old trick I've used on bicycle tires so I don't pop the tubes. You can use screwdrivers to remove junk tires and tubes but never use them to install the new ones. Instead use the box ends of box end wrenches.
Got to say that these cross-country trips on dubious machinery are my some of my favorites!
ANYBODY can just jump on a good running motorcycle and rack up some miles. It takes a real ADVENTURER to take on a long trip on a short bike!!!
Please Carry On!!!!
The bike was based on a WW2 paratrooper bike, BUT your bike was actually made after the war and marketed to children. 😄 Love your vids btw, always a joy.
I think maybe a bicycle shop should have had the parts you needed. modern bike tubes are pretty strong. and they have a assortment of cables that might have been able to make work.
good idea, I did not think of that. Though do they bike tubs that small?
@@pleasedontwatchthese9593 yes yes they do. toddler and baby bikes have ity bity tires. places like Walmart only go as small as 12 0r 16. but a good bike shop will have the smaller ones,
@@pleasedontwatchthese9593 there is also wheelbarrow tubs that might fit
Or maybe a ride on lawnmower tires. Those have tubes too, right?
Can’t tell by the video, but if they are 8” or 10 inch tires like a vintage Vespa tire, you can buy them all day at the big online scooter shops. Real tires and real inner tubes. Plus the Met is cool, it got me started on scooting. Then I joined a club and riding behind old 2 stroke Vespas, I was hooked. Bought a Vespa P200 and never looked back.
People going by mopeds, bicycles, and slow bikes like that commonly go over the double yellow to give you space. If they don't, and get too close to you they can make you crash, or even run you off the road. Some places even have a law that if they can't give you at least 3 foot of space in the lane they are not allowed to pass in the same lane. As a lifetime cyclist due to eye issues I have no problem with them crossing that line to give me room. In fact it often helps if YOU as the slow bike get on the hard shoulder to let them pass if the traffic is fairly heavy.
That's a motorbike and in PA it has the full right to its lane, so that was an illegal pass
@@JamesForestier I would disagree that this could be considered a motorbike by todays standards. I doubt it would even count as a scooter as a scooter goes faster than this does, but that would be for the courts to decide. Times and classifications change with time. Its like mopeds (NOT scooters) used to be seen as a bicycle with a helper motor. Now they are seen as a motor vehicle and require a license.
@@whitepawrolls In PA, where I live and this video was done, anything over 50cc is considered a motorcycle and requires a M enforcement. This little thing is 98cc which makes it a motorcycle. You don't have to agree with it, that's the law here
@@JamesForestier it may be considered a legal motorcycle but i didnt see them getting it plated and stickered and putting a working headlight and tail light on it.
For tyres look for ones from a wheelbarrow. They aren't usually speed rated but they will take a lot of weight and they are probably what was used in the first place.
I like how progressively the age of the bike keeps going up as the trip goes on.
Shout out to Harley dealership for letting you guys get bike ready to ride home. I hope all the old bikes you get get restored
Had a cable break on my 79 Yamaha qt50. I just reached down and pulled on it to get it to go. Ended up soldering it together. Still works ten yrs later 😎
The trick with these types of two stroke engines is having the right air/ fuel mixtures, too lean and you run the risk of heat seize. Better to run a bit rich and a slightly warmer plug. I have a Lambretta and the right mixture is critical for hard riding.
DUH
@@jonhohensee3258 well ruel of thumb would be to strip n clean the carby first, especially if it hasn't been started for 500 years.... just saying.
Maybe they did that off video, maybe not.
@@sgntbilco DOUBLE DUH
@@jonhohensee3258 This video is about an old WW2 bike
@@Jerry-wx3bf Hey! I noticed that too! Good for you, Jer!
Went To the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu UK and to my surprise saw one of these labelled as a "Brockhouse Corgi MKII (2)" was labelled as 1949.. pretty cool to see one in real life..
Don't forget, based on their age and the fact the old tires are a bit dry rotted, rubber tires (especially old ones) tend to shrink with time, that's why unless you want to keep them I usually get one bit of the bead above the edge of the rim and chop it with an end cutter. A bit harsh but much easier than trying to make a tire that's now a bit too small for the rim with hardened rubber come off without busting. Otherwise it sucks the rear kept going down, only if you had one of those cans of fix a flat.
I'm sure that proper tires can be found given enough time. 8 inch scooter tires are not that unusual really. It's just that they're not that usual in the states.
Nothing more fun than riding a 100 year old chainsaw with a seat and tires for a 6 hour trip home!!! So cool!!!
Your giving people ideas xDD
You are a lucky man finding a treasure like that.
I am enjoying your adventures with the Papoose. I have a 1952 Papoose, a 1949 Corgi, a Papoose project and a bare frame. I had a 1949 Papoose when I was a kid. There is an excellent book on these scooters, "From Welbike to Corgi" by Peter Miller. Kinda hard to find, I got mine out of England.
A quote from the book on the military version: "...at least one batch of early Corgis was purchased by the British forces, under Contract No. 6/Veh./6503, and it is understood that these were used as runabouts on Royal Navy aircraft carriers and at naval dockyards". Some of the machines were used by "The Royal Marines and The Royal Signals to provide a comic element to the stunts performed by motor cycle display teams.
He also mentions that "The American forces are understood to have purchased 400 machines from Jack Olding for use in Honolulu, but for what purpose is not known."
Stops to repair a inner tube and buys a motorcycle as well!!! Really cool!!
I’m half way in… love the riding gear. Expect to reach some high speeds with that thing??? 🤣
That was the Papoose that Hannibal rode as he crossed the Alps leading the Elephants. LOL! he got it on sale from Noah who got it from Fred Flintstone who got it from UGG who crossed the Bering Straight!
Love this type of videos please keep them coming
The flat track idea is awesome! Many years ago, I took a moped on a wet golf course (driving range) and it was flat track heaven.
You said the people behind you were still a bit confused about what a double yellow line means. I think though, if someone is going significantly below the speed limit, it's still acceptable to pass on a double yellow. It's not their fault someone was going way below speed limit in front of them lol. anyway, your vids are AWESOME. love it!
10 under I wouldn't consider well under like yeah it's under but there's no posted minimum limit but there are laws regarding double yellow. Only of them was breaking the law
Make it or not you truly are blessed. The views alone on the ride were wonderful. I live in SoCal & miss the open spaces. Even the self storage place had more land than they can use what with that huge sign & all. The big farm with those 3 silos? Beautiful.
Best way to get Slime to work is to mix it with glitter. The glitter will fill up bigger holes.
You guys are always doing something new, I like it😂
That inner tube inflated so quick 😆
I got my order of Tank Straps yesterday! Thanks guys!
Respect 🙏 love your content and your journeys man
You got that sweet honda out of the adventure so all is not lost. All is never lost..
I live in the Harrisburg area on the Hershey side. I know where he's riding, and the one road gets backed up all of the time. I hope he was pulling over when traffic got behind him, because people were probably mad if he didn't. Slow drivers a super common on that road. Sometimes it's due to farm equipment, but sometimes it's just Sunday drivers.
Bollocks to them
that was fast i was just watching the part 1 about an hour ago and can't wait to see you ride it home.
Even though you didn't make it you still picked up some cool BW's and the Indian. 👍👍
*looks for an affordable fat cat near me for years* 😭
Sean just sees a bunch at once and gets them.
The "subscribe" sign at 11:40 got me subscribing 😏
My life has been so miserable lately, the only things that get me by are watching motorcycle channels and looking at scooters like that Honda they picked up and wishing I could afford one. I desperately need transportation and that would be perfect.
Give it some time man took me years to finally get a scooter. 🫂
Misery comes before big opportunities. Yes, find something “broken” that someone will give you. Between google and TH-cam you can find out how to fix anything. And good luck.🍀
Makes me really appreciate the split rims on vespa wheels
Best channel on TH-cam! Glad to see the hellofresh sponsorship! Good job on your ad read.
Well for starters … it’s a Post WWII bike … the war ended in 1945. Also… my great great grandfather and great grandfather and his brother worked for Hendee manufacturing which became Indian later as experimental tool maker, machinist and im not sure about Great grandad’s brother . I’ve got their WWII Draft cards with place of employment list as Hendee/Indian. l live in Springfield (I’m the great grandson …I’m 35)
Valiant effort Sean ! There’s a reason you couldn’t ride the remaining distance home on the bike. You know in your heart god intervened (he kept you safe from a possible bad situation because he’s not done with you yet) so say a prayer of thanks. There’s going to be more challenging adventures coming your way! Have a blessed day my brother!
Things like that happen, the tires were self induced due to lack of experience of working on small tires, actually if you had a Rural King in the area they have the tubes you needed in heavy duty. Next it is a real pain in the bottom to install them without pinching the tube. Over the years being the unofficial Mr. Fix it I have worked on numerous 8" tires, they are easy as compared to those 4 and 6" ones found on go carts and such. An emergency fix I found for throttle cable is actually Electric fence wire, it functions and nothing more. A good idea for you guys would be to buy some small aircraft cable and then take a handfull of small bolts cut the head off and then the threads to bake a barrel then use a Harbor Freight hydraulic wire crimper on the barrel. Guys it works very well. For the round end style, I am a muzzle loader and cast my own balls and bullets, and it is easy to cast up some 31 cal round balls and use the same trick. If they are to big it isn't hard to file them to fit with a jewelers file. Ain't pretty, but theys works. Now if you want to get pretty look around and find a throttle cable kit, they have them where you simply stick the wire into a mold and fill it with solder. I am to thrifty to buy them but have made several sets for people.
I've had an easier time with 4" and 6" tires because they are often tubeless or split rim.
@@16driver16 sorry most competition gocarts for the past few decades have cast wheels, now the kiddy stuff some do some don't.
Pour some hot water on those old shrunken tires to pop them off! Better yet soak em! Use channel lock handles for tire irons if you dont have any. No hot water ? You can soak the old tire in gas and it will swell back up and soften in a pinch.
I don't have your Tank straps but I do the exact same thing with my ramps by securing them to the bed while using the ramps. I'm praying you made it but I'm thinking you'd been better off with the old tires. It seems that bike gets older the closer you get to home. First you said it was 250 years old putting us into the 22nd century as you realized it had a flat it became a 300 some odd year old bike moving us into duck Dodgers period 23rd and a half century. One thing I can say for vehicles made in the WWI and WWII eras most vehiclesxwere made to be reliable and if they did break down it was usually an easy fix.
One of the kids pushed her in front of the camera. Lol. Seen so close to making it back on that little bike. It's always a good day to ride.
Pretty sweet that you tried to ride that 600 year old bike from Mordor to Hobbiton.
Reminds me of an old saying, "Better to have ridden and not made it, than to have not ridden at all". Or something like that... Blessings...
You gave it all you and the little Papoose had... You did score some cool merch on the trip...
i have been waiting for this, thank you for the content all :)
This is cool normally I don't see youtubers who live in PA the state I live in.
Great bike!It had the original engine on it?
You find the coolest stuff!! This little thing is SWEEEEET!!!! Nice!!
Cushman made the ones for American troups.they put them in a tube type container with a parachute. They also put them in those glider planes some gliders also had jeep and 37 mm cannon in them.
Craig, it was so nice of Sean to help with the tyre changing. But it's unlucky you didn't make it home, it was a good try.
I watched haha
Love how it gets older every time!
Spend the $50 for the Harbor Freight mini tire changer. I made a profit on mine the first time I used it. I needed to put tubes in all 4 of my lawn tractor tires. They charge $25 to change a little tire in my area so it cots me $50 for the changer and I did $100 worth of work and saved $50. I've done many more since.
"... but the Lord determines his steps."
"OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"🤣
I used to do tires and of the fix a flat stuff on the market slime is my favorite go to it doesn't eat the rim and it seals pretty big holes possibly up to 3/8 " .
Try "Slime" for those Innertubes. It has been a Life Saver for me Numerous times over the years of riding.
If you haven't done so already, would make for a great little restoration project!
Do you guys remember the old Yamaha with one fat back tire and a normal front tire? I think they were also a 200 and quite unique back in the day.
tw200? they still made them as of recently
@@sailor81 yes thats the one, I remember them back in the 1980s, wasnt aware they were still produced.
Always a good day when b&b upload
double yellow is a suggestion where I live in Canada! The double yellow with one dashed is a sign that it's the safest spot to pass, but passing someone in a double yellow is NOT illegal, it's more of a "user discretion is advised" situation and if you DO end up causing an accident, yer screwed!
Too bad it didn't make it, but at least it folds up small enough to be easy to stow. Can't wait to see the little bike running again.
Wouldn't have broken the tubes if you used cable ties on the tires, just pull them tight and slip the tire with inner tube inside over the rim. Also need some soapy wooder.
I recognized the landscape in one of the scenes. You may have passed my house, wish that I had seen that thing pass!
I fully support them and that guy who toiled over that tire.
How cool was this episode! Unreal
Sonofoabitch - the Jeep of the motorcycle world. I've never seen one before.
I hope you guys mix the gas oil ratio kind of rich because back in the day they just had motor oil... nothing else. The rule of thumb I've picked up on over the years for old 1960s and back two stroke stuff. Is to mix them with modern 50 to one oil at 25 to 1 or about twice as strong.
Can’t believe they brought that thing Original And swapped out the the tires and fueled it up.
2:46 you make me "jump" too 😂 done it once and hit my knuckle on my nose 😮
That smaller tire is harder is true because its diameter
That pink fat cat is so cool!
LOL! Once a salesmen always a salesmen
Cliffhanger ending! He's gonna be back though. The deal never said *when* he would ride it back, just that he would ride it back. Double or nothing, he's leaving the bike there, getting some new tires, and will be back to finish the crusade!
I had an 80cc big wheel growing up. Called it a fat cat. Seemed to blow pistons alot....or it just wasn't fixed rite the first time...but still lots of fun
Something that old it will run till the end of time...
35mph is pretty good for that most cars only did like 50, and most modern mopeds still do 35-40
I love these lol adventure and aggravation combined!
Sometimes a wheelbarrow tube will stretch out and fit on an 8inch rim if you're desperate.
I think you probably lost the bet when it first ended up in the truck, but it’s cool you kept trying 🙂.
I once rode a scooter 4-5 hours with a orange juice bottle of gas on the rack got rained on but definitely had fun.
When they say you can’t there’s always that little voice in your head saying “ sure…let’s do it!”
Not as long as they drove back to where he broke down instead of doing part of the route with just the pickup
I’m from Lancaster but live in Fort Worth now and just got back into the scene. I came across your videos and though it looked very familiar. Keep up the cool vids. Love seeing places I haven’t in years in your video.
15:51 my guy on a Helix to the right. that's a bike if you haven't already got one to ride.
If the paratroops expected these para-bikes to last 130 miles non-stop the top brass would've planned to reach Paris in a day or two ... ;)
Bikes and beards keeps it real with the actualities trying to get home on one of these old bikes :-)
Pretty sure you would have been better of with like some 8" BMX bicycle tires on it .
pretty sure they can handle up to like 40-50mph or something whitout problem.
i know i´ve gone like 60mph down a 2 mile road down a hill on a bicycle once still uses the same tires no problemo like 25 years later.
Lol what the heck kind of bmx bike runs 8" tires? They're usually 20". Little kids ones are like 16-18". That would be a clown bike.
You make it for sure. You’re a legend!
Not even disappointed. Just an awesome video again! Thank you Sean for this! Truly.
I got a good chuckle when y'all were getting the tire slimed and bought the scooter, I was like "now you got to make it all the way "😆
Don't you know you can use a 20 inch bicycle tube in anything 20 inch or smaller wheel. Food for thought.
Amen, brutha! Ride on 🏁
This is insane. It’s like the first pit bike/moped
awesome start to the day!! :)
Cool to see you guys traveling through the area I grew up in PA. I miss those roads.
Cool ! Next you need a Honda Ruckus ! :-) I love mine !
reminds me of the bike from dumb and dumber, sean and craig need to do a spoof hahahahaha
Oh man. Bested by a tire! How annoying it must be. Amazing to see that little motor with so much spunk left though, I'd still call that a win in the end.
Strangely enough, I just found out last week that the double white lines in the middle of the road here in the UK doesn't actually mean "no overtaking". It means no overtaking if you have to cross the lines to do it. Therefore, a car couldn't overtake a car but, a motorbike can. I've been driving for bloody decades and didn't know. I wonder if it's the same in the US?
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