@@angrytater2456 actually I was pumping gas in 3rd grade and my dad loaned me the money for a brand new one. Evidently I did get it paid off. My dad was an amazing man. Later on he took me to get my first Yamaha MX, the YZ’s we’re just too much at that time. Times we will all never forget who lived in those wonderful times.
Talk about a blast from the past my first motorcycle I ever owned I'm 59 now when I was 14 my dad bought me I believe it was a 75 or 76 XL70 drove the wheels off that thing. It was a totally different world back then would ride it around in the street everywhere without ever getting in trouble. But that started the whole love of motorcycles which still enjoy to this day.
Nice little piece. I got a 78 XL 100 as soon as I turned fifteen to ride to my after school job... you could get a 100cc license at 15 in TX. Rode that little sucker all over. Earlier I learned to ride on my Dad's 73 CB 175 when I was 12. I thought it was a rocket. Godspeed!
We all had 50 when this bike came out. We all had to wait and then all the kids got 90s or 100s. All the little brother got XR 75 then. I lived in the country and everybody had a dirt bike. After the 100s we all go MX bikes. Most of us became successful racers. My neighbors were Jeff Glass, Gene Naumec, Jeff Leisk, Brian Swink and many racers stopping in for a few week. We had clothing and goggle reps with many sitting around the campfires at night. We had a track behind the houses. They were good times.
All my friends had SL 70's, my Dad bought me a '74 XR 75 !! They all hated me, I love these bikes! This was my dreams for sure too ! Still riding just about everyday Peace
I loved my red SL70, rode trails in the woods at the end of our street. I took the lights, mirrors, and front fender off to look more racey. My next bike was the Elsinore 125 in 74.
She's a diamond! Looks cool. Like the 350 scrambler. This is back when I was first into bikes. Always makes me smile to see a bike from this era. Great color too.
Coming up to Xmas , hopefully someone with deep pockets sees this vlog , and buys this little beauty for there child, if I had the coin , I would, it's hens teeth , Kaplan cycles is at the top of the game 👏👍✌
Kaplan cycles always has the best classic mini dirt bikes every time sir you melt my brain 1971 it looks brand new amazing Maniac Manny amazing man! Holy cow. Lots of work😮😮 Best in the business and the greatest people in the world
If not !?!?! 5:54 just for the marketing values and I don't know what , BUT I THINK THIS IS A COMMERCIAL FOR THE SHOP IN A WAY THAT IS NOT A NEGATIVE VALUED WORK ORDER 7:56 AND I ALSO KNOW THE SIZE OF THE SHOP ITS COMING OUT OF !!! LOVE THE PASSION OF THE COMPANY!!!!!! 9:03 THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!
I want that bike so much! I paid $200 for my 72 ..It was the first bike with a clutch I owned..I was 9 years old...about 75or80 lbs..I jumped that bike 4 gear tapped 65ft..flat landing it day after day Lol😁 Ran like a top!
Looove this bike and paintjob. This little bike would be alot of fun to ride, although it looks too good to ride on the street or dirt. I'd keep it in a mancave instead. Manic Mechanic did an amazing job restoring this little beauty from the frame up.
My first motorcycle my dad bought me when I was 10 back in 1972. Mine was inmint condition. I rode that constantly for almost 3 years. I remember my friend bought a Kawasaki MC 90 2 stroke and my 1971 SL 70 would literally smoke him. Lol
Wow Mr Kaplan you put a lot of time and money into that bike but I remember them from my childhood a lot of guys had them when they were kids God bless you and hey man I noticed you're starting to get a little gray in the hair
All due respect the best in the West/World is Woody @ Virtuoso Racing Hayward CA.People Fly in Bikes or engines from all over the world He lives in Oakland Hills I think you can't recruit him though. He built a million dollar carburetor once formula One .
I often wondered about some of these bikes because we don't really see them before the restorations how much work goes into something like this. New this bike was probably retailing at 900$ back in the day. So what does a new 70cc or 80cc scooter cost today? 4,000$ 5,000$? Even at that your not breaking even I see your prices on some bikes and I wonder how you can offord to sell them at those prices? I've restored some dirtbikes and quads in my time of ridding and I know it's not cheap! By the time your done with a frame up your close too or over what a new one costs! For me it's the experience and looking at something I did then reap the rewards by ridding it and showing it off! Anyway love the videos! Love the bike!
Add 1 year and 30cc I spent alot of time on that bike. lol. I do really love the horizontal honda 70 90 110 and think atv had 125? They are bullet proof engine and so simple to get going again if sat for a decade. Not super fast but with h/l on us90 atc110 had enough power to go anywhere and with the horizontal design had awesome ground clearance and the atc200s stuck and they would still be able to just drive circles around it. light weight and clearance. lol Oh sorry I jumped gears and went atc but that sl70 engine will last forever im sure!
That must be what that motor was used for before that one piece body they had with that motor in in 1976ish. I've never seen that before, cool. Street legal! You didn't have to have insurance in most states.
It would have been quicker to say what parts were reused - everything sounds like it was replaced!!! Im surprised you can get parts like head and barrel for it.. Looks stunning.. Sometimes you just have to hang the expense..
What’s the difference between 30 mph on an SL 70 and a Harley, or that Kawi 1000. Answer : nothing You get the same brain damage when your head hits the pavement without a helmet
If it was a 350 or a 450 SL you wouldn’t have to make this video. It did already be sold that little SL 70 is the perfect under the Christmas tree gift for some rich kid 😂
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Big guy on a little bike! 😂
Love those Honda 70’s we grew up on.
Yep! My first bike was a beat up Honda 70. I'm not sure the exact model. That engine would probably be still running if I kept it.
@@angrytater2456 actually I was pumping gas in 3rd grade and my dad loaned me the money for a brand new one. Evidently I did get it paid off. My dad was an amazing man. Later on he took me to get my first Yamaha MX, the YZ’s we’re just too much at that time. Times we will all never forget who lived in those wonderful times.
@@bps7209 Special times, indeed.
Talk about a blast from the past my first motorcycle I ever owned I'm 59 now when I was 14 my dad bought me I believe it was a 75 or 76 XL70 drove the wheels off that thing. It was a totally different world back then would ride it around in the street everywhere without ever getting in trouble. But that started the whole love of motorcycles which still enjoy to this day.
Simple bike thats easy to maintain and runs forever with proper care!
Another childhood 'gem' brought back to new. Thanks again Dave 😊
What a nice motorcycle. I have never seen it before. Congratulations for those who restored ❤
Awesome ! We had a red one on the farm ! Kudos on the top sales dealership!
Great bike, loved riding after school in the 70 s. Saved enough cutting lawns. $500. Amazing memory..
I had an ST-90.
Oh man that blue paint is just ultra fresh ❤
Nice little piece. I got a 78 XL 100 as soon as I turned fifteen to ride to my after school job... you could get a 100cc license at 15 in TX. Rode that little sucker all over. Earlier I learned to ride on my Dad's 73 CB 175 when I was 12. I thought it was a rocket. Godspeed!
My Dad and Uncle raced these when they were teenagers. They’d fukn Love this!!! 😍💪🏼👊🏼🎨✨🤤
Wow does this go down memory lane back in the day. LOOKS GREAT 👍🏻
I have two blue sl70’s my favorite little bikes, used to tie the lawnmower to mine in middle school mow parents yard
We all had 50 when this bike came out. We all had to wait and then all the kids got 90s or 100s. All the little brother got XR 75 then. I lived in the country and everybody had a dirt bike. After the 100s we all go MX bikes. Most of us became successful racers. My neighbors were Jeff Glass, Gene Naumec, Jeff Leisk, Brian Swink and many racers stopping in for a few week. We had clothing and goggle reps with many sitting around the campfires at night. We had a track behind the houses. They were good times.
Hopefully, the Manic-Mechanic is in a safe part of Florida.
Hats off to you guys. Another one saved.
Keep up the great work Ken.
Kap we could hear it screaming for mercy coming up the hill!! 🤣
WOW!! What a beauty!! 😎👍
It's a little jewel.
great little bikes and Street Legal
Beautiful little Honda SL70 ! Perfection! 👍
I had an SL70, it was a real motorcycle ..............for a youngster !!
I love these SL70s. I'm glad you put new knobby tires instead of the trials tires. Awesome pit bike!
Same engine as the step through frame bikes, and ATCs, looks great.
Some kid is going to have a great time riding this bike well done Ken you provide motorcycles for the whole family.
I need to restore my Ct70 after watching this...
I wonder what ever happened to mine. I can’t even remember getting rid of it. Amazing bike to learn on. I had a million hours on mine. lol
@@bps7209 lol
Had a 73 SL 70 that I bought new in 73 great times!
Wow, no words. Ok, when I was 10 years old, this WAS MY BRAIN. 😎✌🏻👍🏻
All my friends had SL 70's, my Dad bought me a '74 XR 75 !! They all hated me, I love these bikes! This was my dreams for sure too ! Still riding just about everyday
Peace
Spectacular SL70!
wow what a cool little bike!
You guys keep finding all these beauties 😍 nice work 👏
🐝🏁 This SL 70 came out beautifully 😍 👌 Ken 👍👍👍great job
Классная игрушка! У нас в СССР подобные байки не больше 50cc были. Дэйву привет из России.
Love the sound of a small old Honda! it reminds me of my childhood….
Cousin had one of these in the mid 1970s. Great times. Great memories.
I loved my red SL70, rode trails in the woods at the end of our street. I took the lights, mirrors, and front fender off to look more racey. My next bike was the Elsinore 125 in 74.
She's a diamond! Looks cool. Like the 350 scrambler. This is back when I was first into bikes. Always makes me smile to see a bike from this era. Great color too.
My neighborhood was full of them 👍
Coming up to Xmas , hopefully someone with deep pockets sees this vlog , and buys this little beauty for there child, if I had the coin , I would, it's hens teeth , Kaplan cycles is at the top of the game 👏👍✌
Kaplan cycles always has the best classic mini dirt bikes every time sir you melt my brain 1971 it looks brand new amazing Maniac Manny amazing man! Holy cow. Lots of work😮😮 Best in the business and the greatest people in the world
If not !?!?! 5:54 just for the marketing values and I don't know what , BUT I THINK THIS IS A COMMERCIAL FOR THE SHOP IN A WAY THAT IS NOT A NEGATIVE VALUED WORK ORDER 7:56 AND I ALSO KNOW THE SIZE OF THE SHOP ITS COMING OUT OF !!! LOVE THE PASSION OF THE COMPANY!!!!!! 9:03 THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!
Very nice, clean!
Salut Kaplan america magnifique quel talent David le français ❤❤❤
I want that bike so much! I paid $200 for my 72 ..It was the first bike with a clutch I owned..I was 9 years old...about 75or80 lbs..I jumped that bike 4 gear tapped 65ft..flat landing it day after day Lol😁 Ran like a top!
SWEET! My first bike! Was a 73 Sl70 Candy blue!
Equal visibility for all motorcycles,, nice...
Man that thing is beautiful, very nice ..bout 14 grand nice huh Ken lol ..sweet...
It sure is
Super good job 👍🤘!!!!
Looove this bike and paintjob. This little bike would be alot of fun to ride, although it looks too good to ride on the street or dirt. I'd keep it in a mancave instead. Manic Mechanic did an amazing job restoring this little beauty from the frame up.
Dude that bike is beautiful! Makes me wish I had my old XL and XR 75's. I'd give both of those for that one though!
My first bike !!!!! I also had a rupp roadster mini bike too .
Sooooo nice
Oh how I listed after one! I did have a Yamaha 60 mini enduro.. then. YZ 80 but I loved the SLs
Beautiful bike👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My first motorcycle my dad bought me when I was 10 back in 1972. Mine was inmint condition. I rode that constantly for almost 3 years. I remember my friend bought a Kawasaki MC 90 2 stroke and my 1971 SL 70 would literally smoke him. Lol
Wow Mr Kaplan you put a lot of time and money into that bike but I remember them from my childhood a lot of guys had them when they were kids God bless you and hey man I noticed you're starting to get a little gray in the hair
my cousins had a blue and red one coolest thing at the age of 10 I had ever seen loved motorcycles from then on
Always wanted one .. never got it. Santa had no 💰🛎️🥸. lol. Classic form our time. Best running !
All due respect the best in the West/World is Woody @ Virtuoso Racing Hayward CA.People Fly in Bikes or engines from all over the world He lives in Oakland Hills I think you can't recruit him though. He built a million dollar carburetor once formula One .
It’s a beauty !
1st real bike I learned how to ride on, yellow. Great little bike when I was 8 years old.
Right on!
I know why Jeff did this bike, cause in the 70's we all cut our teeth on these which led us all into the motorcycle enthusiasts we are today.
In 1971 where I lived all the cool kids had the SL 70, my dad was a N.C.O. so I was on a CT.🤭
I often wondered about some of these bikes because we don't really see them before the restorations how much work goes into something like this. New this bike was probably retailing at 900$ back in the day. So what does a new 70cc or 80cc scooter cost today? 4,000$ 5,000$? Even at that your not breaking even I see your prices on some bikes and I wonder how you can offord to sell them at those prices? I've restored some dirtbikes and quads in my time of ridding and I know it's not cheap! By the time your done with a frame up your close too or over what a new one costs! For me it's the experience and looking at something I did then reap the rewards by ridding it and showing it off!
Anyway love the videos! Love the bike!
Add 1 year and 30cc I spent alot of time on that bike. lol. I do really love the horizontal honda 70 90 110 and think atv had 125? They are bullet proof engine and so simple to get going again if sat for a decade. Not super fast but with h/l on us90 atc110 had enough power to go anywhere and with the horizontal design had awesome ground clearance and the atc200s stuck and they would still be able to just drive circles around it. light weight and clearance. lol Oh sorry I jumped gears and went atc but that sl70 engine will last forever im sure!
What a classic.
My first bike was a sl 70. Sunset metallic yellow
Museum piece for sure I wouldn't even ride it
Nice
That must be what that motor was used for before that one piece body they had with that motor in in 1976ish. I've never seen that before, cool. Street legal! You didn't have to have insurance in most states.
When I was 12, I wanted to sell my CT70 and get that bike which is way way better in every way.
But that unit is the last one in the world
My first bike. 70 sl 70
It would have been quicker to say what parts were reused - everything sounds like it was replaced!!!
Im surprised you can get parts like head and barrel for it.. Looks stunning.. Sometimes you just have to hang the expense..
BETTER THAN 11:33
Sweet
Hey cap please tell me that's the sl you got in the 3 we made a deal on looks kick ass let me know please
Ask jr
They go for big dollars now
I have seen them go for $16,000 on bring a trailer, amazing bike
I’ve got a chain guard for it. If you are looking for one. NOS, or powder coated.
WOW
Better but that helmet on that's one powerful bike
that thing is freaking cool !!!!!! ....................just sayin ...old guy .....................:)
Road registration 👍
✨🙏
No wheelie up the driveway...😂
I built my XR75 for $750 . Not Museum Quality but a fun Rider
😳Hang that from the ceiling I guess ?
Hi,😍💪🏻🙏
i had same bike growing up and i thought i was hot shit until my friend got an xr 75 😡
Ahead of their time with that big front whery.
What’s the difference between 30 mph on an SL 70 and a Harley, or that Kawi 1000.
Answer : nothing
You get the same brain damage when your head hits the pavement without a helmet
Lol..
worry about yourself, all will be good.
they call that a loss leader
If it was a 350 or a 450 SL you wouldn’t have to make this video. It did already be sold that little SL 70 is the perfect under the Christmas tree gift for some rich kid 😂