@@Crosshatch1212 it´s easy to import in the UK and much easier to register and get MOT'd 'em. Ive done it few times while I was living in the UK importing bikes from Italy and re-exporting them to Spain.
My first scrambler a Honda CR 250m green and silver 74 model it was a Canadian model with the aluminium tank and those hotdog mufflers brings back some amazing memories just can't wait to get on the road again
Hi from UK. As an old motocross boy from 75 - 82, this was great to see. I can completely agree with you on the smell & sound of two stroke. Still to do this day there is nothing makes me smile more than a two stroke "on song" moto x bike that is in fine form.
Awesome! Even though I'm 40 years old and the bikes of the 90s are what brings back memories of my youth I still have mad respect and appreciation for bikes as far back as the 70s. It's cool to see the technology and designs progress through time! Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
I absolutely loved every minute of this! What a great find! Thank you so much for your enthusiasm! I look forward to tracking down and purchasing my first real motocross bike, a 1980 CR250. Seeing this gives me hope.
Reminds me of the day 45years ago Jimmy Ellis came to town [Millville, N.J.} He ran the 250 expert class and gave the whole pack a 3/4 lap head start & won by a longshot. Word was he was training coming off a broken leg injury. He made everyone look like they were standing still.
Ken can close his eyes and smell and tell you what the part belongs to . This guys amazing passion for bikes. I like the side arm. Wise man to bear arms
Your spot on just by getting a frame tank wheel's and a seat can give you memories of your father or family giving you something like these bike's pushing them up a hill and sitting on them pretending your the king or queen of the neighbourhood whilst others were building Billy carts keep on keeping on mate cheers from Australia 🦘🌏
The good ole days, old Yamaha 80s I've seen on here. Had a early 175 2 stroke, then a 79 zy250. cagiva 125. buddy rode an ole TT thumper. Then once the honda 110 big red came out, it was a Takate 250 2 wheeler, we all switched from 3 to 4 wheels with tekate 250, quad racer, Tried the 4 stroke game, but it gets real expensive real fast.
Wow...bet he was an interesting guy. He is definitely smiling from heaven knowing team Kaplan is taking care of his prized possessions. Cant wait to see the xr75s brought to life. Thank you and God bless America sir.
Thanks for sharing.Awesome Find.The XR75 brings back childhood memories of a crazy kid in our neighborhood who had a 1980 XR75.He was going over jumps with no shoes, socks or shirt on.We had a 1978 YZ80. and of course i was biased towards the YZs over the XRs.Great childhood memories.
C’mon!! You guys are killing it! This freaking never happens to me. Unfortunately Honda did not manufacture a ‘77 cr250. After the ‘76 they went back to the drawing board and and came out with the ‘78 cr250. Good stuff boys!
Wheelsmith Maico brings back memories! Morris Malone used to fly on those bikes back in the 70s. Gaylon Mosier rode for them, awesome rider! We had many great riders from So Cal back then.
I love these old CR’s I spent all my money and borrowed some to buy my son a CR80 big wheel it was the shop owners sons used for racing for one season he was so excited to ride it the first weekend the following weekend it was gone we had it for One and a half weeks and someone stole it with a year left to pay we only got one good picture of him on it in all his motocross clothes, it would have been perfect for my youngest son now.
Hey that can am probably had air forks. I remember they would run them without springs . Ther was alot of experimenting and innovation back then. Love the maico front forks gave it away.
Your videos always turn back the clock about 40 yrs for me. Alot of us grew up on a big red machine!l For me, it was a '74 MR50 Elsinore. I still need to come by your shop next time I'm in the area - if you don't mind me drooling on your shop floor!
Just like the rooms of sobriety say, don't give up until the miracle happens. Sadly, many do and don't make it, because very few people these days, are willing to put in hard work to better themselves. For the lucky, hardworking people like myself, the end result in life, is so much better and worth it. According to my doctor's and nurses, I shouldn't be alive, because of so many years of Cocaine use, but I Thank God and Jesus Christ, that they gave me a second shot at redemption! Great video Ken Sr and Jr. I just worry about Y'all alot, riding bikes on the street, without helmets. Y'all's safety is always in my daily and nightly prayers though. Much love and respect from Louisiana (Sportsman's Paradise).
@@KaplanCycles Thanks Brother Ditto. Excited about talking to your son tomorrow about the 2 stroke GasGas 300EC tomorrow. If things go as planned, I will be buying one from y'all in the next few months. God Bless.
Wow great video and all these cr125 and 250 and other thay have to be restored some of them I had the cr80 and cr 125 1980 red rockets when I was a kid
Great find, glad to see all these bike saved in one way or another...even if it's not a full resto hopefully parts can salvaged....hey save as many as possible. You need yourself a professional driver, you guys can focus on taking care of business in comfort, while gathering up the miles....🤔
Man what a good mine of old Honda's. Love to see the old 2 strokes. When I was 14 I had a Yamaha 1978 DT175. It was a street legal YZ. My best friend had the 125. We tore up NW Arkansas as teens riding around and even out ran the police a few times. 😆 ✌
I did the same thing about 10 years ago when my wife's family Honda business closed after her parents died I had about 70 motorcycles and four garages full of parts
Wow that's a lot of hondas there and very rare motorcycle parts, love the fact you know your stuff, identifying stripped bits, love to see what can be rebuilt. Great find.
Really miss the time my family and me spent in Sarasota County, Florida. My first ride on a "big bike" was in July 2000 and was 17 years old, had a blast on my buddy's Kawasaki GT550, lets just say I didn't come straight back, time just vanished and was happily cruising around Shamrock Boulevard in Venice for about an hour before suddenly seeing the Sheriff and thinking maybe I've pushed my luck too far on this baby with no credentials (being that I was on vacation with no licence yet too!), I took off a little too hot into a bend and was such a rookie that I felt was going too fast to make it round, when leaning over I thought there would be no grip, stupidly, so I just pulled her up straight and slapped on the anchors, only just stopped before going into the guardrail! So yes, was scared to bank her all the way over and almost ruined my friend's bike but alas escaped the situation. I do remember my calf sizzling on the exhaust pipe too, that was a bummer. Cheerio guys.
My dream is to build a 79 cr125 or 250 elsinore. Riiip your house off the foundation. If you get a long enough rope to get into the power band haha. Love the content. Always look for new videos
Ken I love your never ending positivity and enthusiasm. Living the dream!!!! Enjoy your Florida adventures because we all are enjoying watching it.
Much respect to you and your crew, Ken, for 'rescuing' many of these great classic vintage bikes! You deserve a million subscribers!
To think there's lots more of these containers just lying about America. Wish it was samehere in UK,.
@@Crosshatch1212 it´s easy to import in the UK and much easier to register and get MOT'd 'em. Ive done it few times while I was living in the UK importing bikes from Italy and re-exporting them to Spain.
My first scrambler a Honda CR 250m green and silver 74 model it was a Canadian model with the aluminium tank and those hotdog mufflers brings back some amazing memories just can't wait to get on the road again
Hi from UK. As an old motocross boy from 75 - 82, this was great to see. I can completely agree with you on the smell & sound of two stroke. Still to do this day there is nothing makes me smile more than a two stroke "on song" moto x bike that is in fine form.
Awesome! Even though I'm 40 years old and the bikes of the 90s are what brings back memories of my youth I still have mad respect and appreciation for bikes as far back as the 70s. It's cool to see the technology and designs progress through time!
Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
That is great you guys can bring these bikes back to life.
This is my dad's house! Glad these bikes made it to Kaplan's hands.
I'd love to see the before and after pics of some of these bikes when they get restored...Great video and commentary my friends. 🇺🇸👍😊
Loving all the elsinores coming out of that trailor ❤
All gems, and the spare parts are now priceless, great find.👍
Big man, you're like a walking Honda workshop manual. You and jeffs knowledge is impressive.👍🙏
The 70's are my greatest memories of the two strokes love THEM all
Being there would be a dream man, I love finding these old Gems
Man awesome find always good to find old Hondas that's all I mess with
Good things come to good people nice job you guys. Big respect to the late former owner to all those beauties, thanks for saving such mx history.
I absolutely loved every minute of this! What a great find! Thank you so much for your enthusiasm! I look forward to tracking down and purchasing my first real motocross bike, a 1980 CR250. Seeing this gives me hope.
Reminds me of the day 45years ago Jimmy Ellis came to town [Millville, N.J.} He ran the 250 expert class and gave the whole pack a 3/4 lap head start & won by a longshot. Word was he was training coming off a broken leg injury. He made everyone look like they were standing still.
Purchase my 1980 Husky CR-250 from a guy in Millville NJ !
@@tonyarsenault4256 WAS IT FROM FRANK? OR MAYBE THE GUY ON CARMEL RO$AD ? OLD HUSKY'S ARE WORTH ALOT OF $
Holy grail find. Can't wait to see the build videos 🤘
Great find. Worth all that hard work.I enjoyed the video.thanks better than watching tv.
Lol. I'd absolutely love to dig through that trailer. As a kid I owned many of those bikes. Memory lane.
You guys take me back....good feeling , thank you
Ken can close his eyes and smell and tell you what the part belongs to . This guys amazing passion for bikes. I like the side arm. Wise man to bear arms
Your spot on just by getting a frame tank wheel's and a seat can give you memories of your father or family giving you something like these bike's pushing them up a hill and sitting on them pretending your the king or queen of the neighbourhood whilst others were building Billy carts keep on keeping on mate cheers from Australia 🦘🌏
It makes me feel alot better about my bike hoarding, somebody has to save these gems. Thanks guys.
Brings me back to school days!waiting to get out of school to ride!
Nice find so glad you’re saving them ken
wow you found the honey hole of bikes, heaven wow
The good ole days, old Yamaha 80s I've seen on here. Had a early 175 2 stroke, then a 79 zy250. cagiva 125. buddy rode an ole TT thumper. Then once the honda 110 big red came out, it was a Takate 250 2 wheeler, we all switched from 3 to 4 wheels with tekate 250, quad racer, Tried the 4 stroke game, but it gets real expensive real fast.
Wow...bet he was an interesting guy. He is definitely smiling from heaven knowing team Kaplan is taking care of his prized possessions. Cant wait to see the xr75s brought to life. Thank you and God bless America sir.
Thanks for sharing.Awesome Find.The XR75 brings back childhood memories of a crazy kid in our neighborhood who had a 1980 XR75.He was going over jumps with no shoes, socks or shirt on.We had a 1978 YZ80. and of course i was biased towards the YZs over the XRs.Great childhood memories.
Great find. I know the excitement when you find something like this. I've saved this video to my motorcycle collection.
2:42 '77 Honda XR 75. My dream bike back in the day when I was 12.
Love see some these when done ✅
Dude u you have some of the nicest bikes I've ever seen and it one of the coolest channels
What a dream it would be to get all these bikes.
C’mon!! You guys are killing it! This freaking never happens to me. Unfortunately Honda did not manufacture a ‘77 cr250. After the ‘76 they went back to the drawing board and and came out with the ‘78 cr250. Good stuff boys!
Ken your a legend m8 love your videos. All the best from matt from South Wales UK 🇬🇧 👍 RESPECT
Man this channel just takes me back to the day keep up the good work you guys are amazing you and your crew God bless you all stay strong warriors.
That's a great find wow lots of good bikes to bring back to life awesome!
Amazing find. I'm sure your team can make the most of it. I look forward to the rebuilds.
God bless tru Americans like you brotha!
thanks for bringing us along. .... i live on the cape. hoping to ride down and check out the museum soon!
Wheelsmith Maico brings back memories! Morris Malone used to fly on those bikes back in the 70s. Gaylon Mosier rode for them, awesome rider! We had many great riders from So Cal back then.
I remember when they were experimenting with long travel suspension and had Maico forks on the back of the bike. Crazy times!
You are truly impressive Ken with your knowledge.
Love your channel!!!
I appreciate that!
Such a great pick! Thanks for sharing. My first bike after my 1981 pw50 was a 1979 can am qualifier. They are great bikes!
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AND ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SET OF GRAPHICS FOR ANOTHER CR 500
Thanks for sharing all of this motocross treasure with us.
No reason to be constipated after that run love see the big wheel cr 125 fix love e your excitement Ken
Most likely forks off a CR125 on that Jeff Ward XR75! Definitely period correct!
I love these old CR’s I spent all my money and borrowed some to buy my son a CR80 big wheel it was the shop owners sons used for racing for one season he was so excited to ride it the first weekend the following weekend it was gone we had it for One and a half weeks and someone stole it with a year left to pay we only got one good picture of him on it in all his motocross clothes, it would have been perfect for my youngest son now.
Wow that sucks poor kid carma will get those guys if it already hasn't 😮
Amazing Ken what a haul of vintage bikes & parts lovely to see them get a second life or use..👍🏻
Glad you said “bomb bar dee eh” correctly and not “bomb ba deer” 🇨🇦
Hey that can am probably had air forks. I remember they would run them without springs . Ther was alot of experimenting and innovation back then. Love the maico front forks gave it away.
Awesome video ⚡️
Cool video, so much old bikes. , great
You fix em big bro yr best this hustle I think you literally hustle Mr motorcycle,s ever rock on still want work for you !
In 1980 I took a CR250 motocross bike and built a 250 dirt track bike with the Knight frame. I also had a Can-Am 250 dirt track bike
The lord's work 🔥🔥💲💲🏍️🏍️🏍️
Your videos always turn back the clock about 40 yrs for me. Alot of us grew up on a big red machine!l For me, it was a '74 MR50 Elsinore. I still need to come by your shop next time I'm in the area - if you don't mind me drooling on your shop floor!
Just like the rooms of sobriety say, don't give up until the miracle happens. Sadly, many do and don't make it, because very few people these days, are willing to put in hard work to better themselves. For the lucky, hardworking people like myself, the end result in life, is so much better and worth it. According to my doctor's and nurses, I shouldn't be alive, because of so many years of Cocaine use, but I Thank God and Jesus Christ, that they gave me a second shot at redemption! Great video Ken Sr and Jr. I just worry about Y'all alot, riding bikes on the street, without helmets. Y'all's safety is always in my daily and nightly prayers though. Much love and respect from Louisiana (Sportsman's Paradise).
Thank you brother I appreciate that I'm glad you're doing well one day at a time a ML&R
@@KaplanCycles Thanks Brother Ditto. Excited about talking to your son tomorrow about the 2 stroke GasGas 300EC tomorrow. If things go as planned, I will be buying one from y'all in the next few months. God Bless.
Good job Ken!!! Save them bad boys!!
Wow great video and all these cr125 and 250 and other thay have to be restored some of them I had the cr80 and cr 125 1980 red rockets when I was a kid
Hola 👋 muy buen vídeo . Ken es muy bueno tiene un corazón grande .
Ken Can Fix It 🎶
That's a dream 2 strokes are so rare over here
your deffetnetly the man kaplan :) keep makin these vids love seeing the bikes you get or got
I would definitely love to be there great barn find
Great find, glad to see all these bike saved in one way or another...even if it's not a full resto hopefully parts can salvaged....hey save as many as possible. You need yourself a professional driver, you guys can focus on taking care of business in comfort, while gathering up the miles....🤔
Looks like a sunburst head on one of them I loved the CR125 hi boy
The 79 with Kessler Pro Suspension 👍😁
Sweet. That green looking airtank in the junk pile is an oxygen bottle for WW2 B52 bomber!! Love ❤ those old Hondas
I love watching sh*t like this. Thank ya Mr. Kaplan!!
I'd love to go picking with you just rooting around other people's properties 😉👍
More power to you guys I hope to buy one off you guys 👍
Aladdin’s cave , cracking find 👍 wish I could find something like that in the uk 🇬🇧
Man what a good mine of old Honda's. Love to see the old 2 strokes. When I was 14 I had a Yamaha 1978 DT175. It was a street legal YZ. My best friend had the 125. We tore up NW Arkansas as teens riding around and even out ran the police a few times. 😆 ✌
That would be a dream to come across
I'm from Queensland Australia I still have my first dirt bike 1983 HONDA CR80R
What a dream it would be to find all those
I did the same thing about 10 years ago when my wife's family Honda business closed after her parents died I had about 70 motorcycles and four garages full of parts
One person's junk is another man's treasure...
That can am at 11:38 has 2 cylinders?
Wow that's a lot of hondas there and very rare motorcycle parts, love the fact you know your stuff, identifying stripped bits, love to see what can be rebuilt. Great find.
What an awesome life for a dude that loves motorcycles. Thanks for posting!
Thank you Mike!
I would like to find such hideouts as well!
Yes memories of thr smell of blendzall and castor bean
A Honda pickers dream
Great video
Really miss the time my family and me spent in Sarasota County, Florida.
My first ride on a "big bike" was in July 2000 and was 17 years old, had a blast on my buddy's Kawasaki GT550, lets just say I didn't come straight back, time just vanished and was happily cruising around Shamrock Boulevard in Venice for about an hour before suddenly seeing the Sheriff and thinking maybe I've pushed my luck too far on this baby with no credentials (being that I was on vacation with no licence yet too!), I took off a little too hot into a bend and was such a rookie that I felt was going too fast to make it round, when leaning over I thought there would be no grip, stupidly, so I just pulled her up straight and slapped on the anchors, only just stopped before going into the guardrail!
So yes, was scared to bank her all the way over and almost ruined my friend's bike but alas escaped the situation.
I do remember my calf sizzling on the exhaust pipe too, that was a bummer.
Cheerio guys.
Glad you can save some of these classic 2 stroke gems! Sad that they sat for so long!
You definitely reap what you sew brother nice find great work Kaplan
My dream is to build a 79 cr125 or 250 elsinore. Riiip your house off the foundation. If you get a long enough rope to get into the power band haha. Love the content. Always look for new videos
WOW , LOVE THIS CHANNEL 😀 ❤
No fork springs probably means Goki air fork caps. That was a fad for a few years back then.
Just Unbelievable You guys! The Memories come back thick.
Red rocket sweet shop. Cool 😎
It's a load of 2stroke Hoover vacuum cleaners 🤣👍👍
Sweet finds mate 🤘
I've got 1 love to see someone with time and funds to bring it back to its wicked maico's glory
Nice score Ken
To find all that!!! Man congrats. So glad someone is saving em