As a guy that grew up with a honda spree. The crash was inevitable. I watched every single one of my buddies as a kid crash on that thing. Those small tires act completely different than any other bike you've ever ridden. Every, single, one of my friends. They would ask to ride it and I'd say "you're going to crash it, but ok". I was never wrong.
That's just scooters in general, the Spree being non variated prob saved a few lives in your childhood. Riding with your knees together isn't natural to most riders who can't quickly stick a leg out for balance. The real OGs know scooters are cool but mopeds/nopeds are where it's at
even 90s man ive got tons of memories on honda ct70s and monkeys... my neighbor would collect and rebuild them and he would help all the neighborhood kids with theirs machines most of us had monkeys such fun times man.....
Sooooo true. This comment is by far the most accurate thing Ive seen on youtube in a while. Those sure was some cool times..like stairing in awe at the lambos and such. Just made you want the future to be now, now we want to run away from the future.
12:12 it's just fuel gauge. 補給 (hokyuu) meaning "supply / replenishment" as for you to refill gas, and 満 (man) meaning "full". Or simply just empty / full.
Regarding the the shifter on the Pigeon: About 65 years ago (Yeah, I'm old as dirt), we rode an old Lambretta scooter around on Nantucket Island (Before the island became overpopulated with obnoxious yuppies - when the harbor smelled of fish - and you took an actual steamship to get there) unbeknownst to the owner. (It wasn't theft - we 'borrowed' it.). The Lambretta shifted by twisting the grip just like on the Pigeon. My brother actually got it ripping in 3rd gear before he slammed it into the side of a house just after mowing down a forsythia bush. I'm still riding motorcycles. My brother 'retired' from the sport.
Pretty much the standard way to shift most of those those scoots, from the 50s all the way up to twist n go auto scoots. The Mitsubishi has a body and engine more in common with your Lambretta than the Vespa models. I'd love to try the effer out!
You should be putting pre-mix in all the 2 strokes, even when if they have oil injection. At least until you can confirm the injection is working as expected.
Should do a lot of things not done before taking a rare bike and trying to start it and ride it. Sort of makes me cringe every time they do this stuff. I like these guys but this bro just find-and-ride stuff is not great craft and practice, it must be said.
SACS- Suzuki Advanced Comical System was an in-house joke amongst Suzuki due to the it being a gag mini GSX-R. SACS on big bikes is Suzuki Advanced Cooling System. Just learned this myself.
I'm guessing they never revved it high enough to get into the powerband. That little zook should be a screamer. The tiddlers didn't come on the cam till way up in the rpm range.
This is by far THE BEST VIDEO you have put out. And I've been watching for years now... you could've got like 3 videos out of this! More containers please!
12:25 The colored bars (red and blue) and the text (possibly Japanese) indicate the fluid levels: "low" (補給) on the left, and "full" (満) on the right. The red needle points toward the current fluid level, which appears to be close to "full.
When you add a 6V rectifier/voltage regulator (I have one of a Honda MB in my MOTOCOMPO, NOT MOTOCOMPACTO!) and an good 6v battery (very VERY hard to get hold of) the buzzing goes away and the blinkers work, you also don't go trough bulbs like christmas cookies.
Hi from Japan. I’ve owned a lot of these bikes. The best bike you got in the shipment was the nsr250r. This is like in total maybe $25k max though if you bought everything privately. The condition looks as expected for auction bikes, so I think you over-paid a lot. The TZR, NSR are what’s worth the most. Most of the bikes you can get basically thrown into a deal, or for really cheap. I think you could get $85k out of it if you sold again in the US. The export, import cartel forces thin margins. It’s a lot different than the domestic market. The cbr250rr is imo one of the greatest bikes ever made though! I hope you get it running. I am riding mine in the twisties and it has no problem keeping up with larger bikes. It’s a race bike Honda made for the street
Yup that MSR LOOKS AND SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF, I would love to own one of them bikes, I personally think that it is one CHERRY MPHUUCCIN BIKE.CHEERS FROM EAST LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA TO ALL MINI BIKE RIDERS AND STONERS(420)ALL OVER THE WORLD.🏍🛵🚲🛹🍻🌮🍰🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏼😎👍🏼🤓✌🏼🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🔥🔥🔥👍🏼
@@mr.m325 That's why I mentioned it. But the condition is pretty bad so I don't think he paid that. Maybe 6. Someone outside of Japan will pay 10 for it though.
Man you're living my dream. I was station in Okinawa Japan for a total of four and a half years. I actually had a truck like the one you got. I had it painted metallic blue with red pinstriping. That was about 35 years ago. Oh to be young again and have another one! Happy holidays brother!
Mitsubishi has a long history of technical excellence. You forgot one of their most iconic creation. The Mitsubishi A6M Reisen know to WWII Aviators more commonly as a the Zero.
Clean the carbs on bikes that have em. Fuel sits in the carbs and forms deposits like varnish after sitting for a while and you almost always have to clean em to get it running right.
Hilarious episode! Good laughs on this one. Big guy in tiny van was epic. 😂
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You are not the only one in America to own and ride a Bosozoku motorcycle sir. My Japanese friend that lives down the street has one he rides all the time. It looks just like yours but is white. We live in Kona, Hawaii. He may be interested in buying it, if you decide to sell it. Aloha.
Shawn, some of my most painful motorcycle crashes have occurred on Honda CRF 50s with 88cc big bore kits. You look at it and think I can't get hurt on this and go riding without gear thinking it's a kids toy.
We made tall handlebars for our 50 so it was shaped more like a BMX. Awesome for wheelies, however 100% accurate about overconfident because it's so small.
As an 86 Ninja 1000R(American GPZ) owner I can confirm yours should have WAY more power than that. They are older bikes but they’ll still do good burnouts.
@ my father had something like a 70s Z1000 I’ve seen pictures of when he was younger.. just wish I could have a look at that thing in person beautiful bike with the maroon red paint and golden pin striping
Not sure if you've figured it out yet but the buzzing sound is the indicator module that doesn't have enough voltage going to it and then the contacts "bounce" instead of "flicker". The old-style modules all did that. The moment you revved the engine a bit you'll notice the indicator started working and the buzzing disappeared. If you switch the indicator off the buzzing should disappear as well 👍
@@starfox_wr-45e93 this video would not be one of the ones that knows what theyre looking at and talking about since they keep calling their motocompo (2 stroke) a motocompacto (an electric bike)
I'm in love with the XR. The Honda 2stroke is worth its weight in gold in Europe. They still race those. The green bike is a mix of Mel Gibsons Mad Max 2 and Princes Purple Rain movie.
I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen a channel do their adds while doing relative work (like getting gas) and not just looking into the camera in a random room on a webcam
The Yamaha 850 TRX is a 270° parallel-twin engine, not a V-twin. Same engine as the Yamaha TDM850 the "Sport Touring" bike. The TDX is more of a Cafe Racer, very cool like I owned one for a few years, very nice to ride. There are lots of roads to make the TRX tires look like that, the Hakone Turnpike for example, we would do that to our tires all the time!
Amazing collection . The Harley Monkey is one of the coolest things, but I'm pretty sure 10 year old Phil , living on a farm , would have gone for the Monkey Baja . I rode my Z50 long hours in the bush and went past dark a lot . That single headlight couldn't keep up to the bike . I remember the mini YSRs when they came out too ...being the stuff of dreams .
Well that was fun. A suggestion with the 2-stroke bikes, check the exhausts for restrictor plates at the engine end. Power profiles can be modified by adding a restriction (for noise, power, fuel consumption). The Honda 4-cyclinder 250cc goes back to when the Grand Prix classes had no cylinder number restrictions. At the time when GP bikes (covering all classes) had single, twin. triple, four, five, six and V8 engine configurations.
Kinda high jacking your comment here to explain what "Suzuki Advanced Comical System" actually means. The big Suzuki GSXR's had the same looking sticker on them saying "Suzuki Advanced Cooling System". The GSXR 50 doesn't really have a cooling system, it's air cooled. But since it's a small replica of the big bikes and they wanted it to to look the same as much as possible, they added that sticker but changed "cooling" to "comical" as a sort of in house joke.
Such a fun video. One piece of advice considering fueling, leaking petcocks and jumper boxes....I didn't see a single handy fire extinguisher. Maybe I just missed it. Just a thought.
Already knew there was no way that mc22 was gonna start up that easy but on the upside it looks more maintained than the rough examples we have here in aus haha. I used to have one myself, great bikes, that and the rvf400
02:00 I (German) didn't know that the British Brockhouse Corgi Mk2 (developed from the WWII military parachute Welbike motorcycle) was branded and sold as the Indian Papoose in the US, starting in 1947. Amazing, as the whole video is amazing, thank you!
that buzzing sounds like the mechanism that retracts the kickstarter gear is broken, what you're hearing sounds to me exactly like the kickstarter ratchet working, which it really shouldn't be. (I may of course be wrong though.)
I believe the Indian Papoose being based on the Wellbike actually makes it a British design by a chap called John Dolphin. He later adapted the Welbike design in to a civilian version called a Corgi and that is what the Indians were licensed copies of. I think. Ooh it seems like they were exported as completely built bikes from my hometown of Southport and then rebranded as Indians when they arrived on your side of the pond. ;)
the suzuki r50 should rev a lot more, we drove with those on the streets here in finland when we get moped licence at 15years old along with the suzuki pv50 that was a lot more popular and had the same engine.
I read online that the Suzuki advanced comical system is the company making a joke. The bikes name is the Gag 50. It's a parody of Suzuki advanced cooling system.
I love that kei van. Super cool. Match that with a moto conpacto and go camping Btw, google translate is your friend. It can use the mic for audible speech, or there is also an option to use the camera on your phone for text. I use it at work a lot and love it
I had a identical CBR250RR with a yoshi pipe as my learner bike here in NZ it was a awesome bike and in that color and you can fit a 4 pack of bourbons in that cool little boot too, 😎 Great bike! Sux you couldnt get it running yet
38:50 we had those 250 4 cil here in Venezuela imported from Japan. I remember those where very very fast to be a 250cc it could go around 100-120 mph easy.
With regard to the handlebar shifter on the Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon as some have mentioned this was standard practice on all Lambrettas and 2-stroke Vespas until around 2017. If you get the chance please try out a Lambretta GP200 or even better one with a TS1 engine! Or a Rally 200/P200 from the Vespas stable, they are so much fun and absolute icons of the two wheeled world in Europe.
Good luck with the mc22. Ive got one and its sorted and its hard to start. All that wiring in yhe front isnt supposed to be there, and it shouldjt have a fuel pump whir, as it doesnt have a fuel pump
Real hard to watch. They don't pull to check for spark or replace the plugs. All of the fluids in all of those bikes should be exchanged before starting them. They put fuel in the suitcase bikes and then discovered they are two strokes ? They put fuel in the tank of the monkey bike with all of that rust around the lip of the tank Come on guys.
The CBR and NSR produce almost the same power but they both have the same top speed. The NSR will have on the straights once the power can be put down but the CBR is smooth and will carry better corner speed and will be able to put the power down better out the the corners. I reckon both bikes will lap the same times within half a second of each other. 😊
The Pigeon is the coolest of the lot. But, it's a copy of a Vespa, including the switch gear. The Trx850 was the best bike Yamaha never sold in North America, but it's not a V twin. The TRX is the parallel twin design that is now the standard out of Japan decades later. But these guys know this. Their comments are designed to trigger UA-cam comments to game the algorithm.
While watching this video, I couldn't help but think, God, why didn't they just clean the carburetors before starting these bikes? I just don't understand it. All of these bikes, except a few of them, should be screaming. None of them sounded healthy. All of them sounded like they needed the carbs cleaned out, new fuel, new fuel lines, and fuel filters. None of them were running well. I've owned a lot of these bikes, and these little things scream you twist the throttle, and those little motors rev up super fast, super easy, and they sound extremely good when they're properly running. I just wish they would've taken the extra time to clean the carburetors, put new fuel filters, new oil filters, and so on, and then did a video cranking them all up and riding them. It would've been a hell of a lot of fun, and we, the viewers, would've been able to see these bikes at their best. Other than that, it was a great video. Obviously, he has a lot of really cool bikes, and I believe that he can definitely make a profit. These things sell for really good money here in the States with lots of collectors.
You're absolutely right about the Suzuki 50: It was not meant for grown ups. In the "unboxing" video I commented that they were very popular in Puerto Rico in the 80s (when they came out) with the Teenage crowd. They were known as "mini-ninjas" even though everybody knew they were not Ninjas, they weren't even Kawasakis, and there were GSXR 750s and bigger on the streets!!, but Ninjas were, arguably, the most popular and most recognized sport bike in PR in the late 80s, so the Suzuki 50 automatically became the "Mini-Ninja"
i absolutely loved my TRX 850 , rides like it's on rails , but it has a handling quirk i could never come to terms with , if you were almost at the limit once you chose a line into the corner you could not change ,you were committed to that line , you could not tighten the line or run it wide if you were too tight , the only bike i ever had that had that trait , aside from that wow , what a bike !
The Honda CBR250RR has a side stand kill switch that turns off the ignition when the side stand is open. The side stand switch is a safety device that automatically stalls the engine if the side stand is down and the rider selects a gear. 😎 I've ridden a lot of CBR250RRs. Great fun in the city streets.
Please stop referring to your motocompo as a motocompacto. They are two completely different bikes. The one you have, a motoCOMPO, was built 40 years ago and runs on gas. The motocompacto was built a couple years ago and runs on electricity.
Only issue i had with my CBR's was regulator, correct plugs for elevation or you can hole your pistons, balance your carbs. I had mine Dyno tuned after fitting a VFR micron end can and it transformed it as standard endcan is sooo restrictive
After watching this channel for a while, it’s very clear that you don’t make great financial decisions. You have some very nice bikes and I love that you do a bible verse in the videos. Thank goodness for people like us that continue to watch your content. We help to recoup some of the money.
Here in ireland we've been buying japenese imports since the 80's and they cant be faulted,there's always the occasional bad egg like anything else but they're always like new and been well looked after and never a problem for parts if the euro versions weren't compatible then we can order direct from japan once we got the part number which was never a probkem either,some of thise imports are making big money here now up to 6k euro for 92-94 blade, i paid 3k for a 94 urban tiger in 08 n i recently seen it up for sale on a classic superbike site for 7.5k
70 cc was available everywhere in various honda models. Its not a kit. We can only assume ,you've put the fuel cock to the up position, which is reserve, taking into account the splash or so put in the tank.?
The trx 850 has a dry sump you need to run it first then check the oil, also the trx has a 270 degree crank and made more power than the ducati monster of the same time. They have real following.
Moto compacto, it is the blinker relay that causes it to buzz,if you notice that when it is stationary the turn signal lights up constantly, when you drive it flashes and stops buzzing
That was so funny guys 🤣 epic! Loved the micro Harley wow! The Golden Monkey Bike!. I'm Currently in Rhodes Greece they love the Monkey and mini bikes here! The roads are so narrow and dangerous but the minibikes win! 😂
maybe you lost money maybe you didnt, what remains the same is the fact that youve still got the dream collection!! nice!
Seriously, I haven’t been this excited watching UA-cam in a while. It really felt like Christmas
collection? hes a dealer
@@imperialdra-mon5907 Also a dealer is allowed to dream, collect or run a museum for special treasures 🙂
He got a new subscriber through that video.
most of them are so ugly
As a guy that grew up with a honda spree. The crash was inevitable. I watched every single one of my buddies as a kid crash on that thing. Those small tires act completely different than any other bike you've ever ridden.
Every, single, one of my friends. They would ask to ride it and I'd say "you're going to crash it, but ok". I was never wrong.
Damn. Like deja vu over and over…
That's just scooters in general, the Spree being non variated prob saved a few lives in your childhood.
Riding with your knees together isn't natural to most riders who can't quickly stick a leg out for balance.
The real OGs know scooters are cool but mopeds/nopeds are where it's at
That's why I hate the small wheels on a vespa.
@@OnewheelordealI always loved my 81 and 83 express. I've had to correct so many people telling them it's a noped
Mini bikes are mythical machines for kids that grew up in the 70s and 80s. Rekindling that nostalgia is just awesome 👍
even 90s man ive got tons of memories on honda ct70s and monkeys... my neighbor would collect and rebuild them and he would help all the neighborhood kids with theirs machines most of us had monkeys such fun times man.....
Got my 2019 monkey for the reason alone.
Sooooo true. This comment is by far the most accurate thing Ive seen on youtube in a while. Those sure was some cool times..like stairing in awe at the lambos and such. Just made you want the future to be now, now we want to run away from the future.
They were used in the ship yards, to travel the length of the ship on deck etc, some were 1/4 mile long, it was shown on tv in the seventies
I had to check, you tube search Japan shipbuilding mega projects
12:12 it's just fuel gauge. 補給 (hokyuu) meaning "supply / replenishment" as for you to refill gas, and 満 (man) meaning "full". Or simply just empty / full.
Can confirm 👍 👌 was just about to post this haha
He was joking. It's very clearly a gas gauge, hence why he jokes "no one knows what this thing attached to the gas tank is"
Thanks for circling the spanner in the screen shot I didn't wanna get confused which was presenter ! Also it clarifies the clickbait
Regarding the the shifter on the Pigeon: About 65 years ago (Yeah, I'm old as dirt), we rode an old Lambretta scooter around on Nantucket Island (Before the island became overpopulated with obnoxious yuppies - when the harbor smelled of fish - and you took an actual steamship to get there) unbeknownst to the owner. (It wasn't theft - we 'borrowed' it.). The Lambretta shifted by twisting the grip just like on the Pigeon. My brother actually got it ripping in 3rd gear before he slammed it into the side of a house just after mowing down a forsythia bush. I'm still riding motorcycles. My brother 'retired' from the sport.
Incredible story my friend
That kind of shifter is the same of the old Vespa
Pretty much the standard way to shift most of those those scoots, from the 50s all the way up to twist n go auto scoots. The Mitsubishi has a body and engine more in common with your Lambretta than the Vespa models. I'd love to try the effer out!
You should be putting pre-mix in all the 2 strokes, even when if they have oil injection. At least until you can confirm the injection is working as expected.
❤❤ very true.
Even if the oil injection works, just disable it and use pre mix, old injection is unreliable and could fail at any time
Yep. The guaranteed way to ruin an old two stroke is to trust the original oil mixing system.
Should do a lot of things not done before taking a rare bike and trying to start it and ride it. Sort of makes me cringe every time they do this stuff. I like these guys but this bro just find-and-ride stuff is not great craft and practice, it must be said.
@@Simulera Same, crazy how little effort they put into checking all the fluids.
SACS- Suzuki Advanced Comical System was an in-house joke amongst Suzuki due to the it being a gag mini GSX-R. SACS on big bikes is Suzuki Advanced Cooling System. Just learned this myself.
SACS. Lol.
I'm guessing they never revved it high enough to get into the powerband. That little zook should be a screamer. The tiddlers didn't come on the cam till way up in the rpm range.
I was thinking it could be a typical translation “close but not quite” of Anime to comics as in animation. 😅
Why would you put an "in house" joke on the outside of a damn production bike?? That is literally the opposite of an in house joke .. 🥴
That's an aftermarket sticker guys. Not oem
I had the NSR 125 RR that was once owned by the Castrol/Campsa 1990s race team.
Got 105mph on the straight! Best 2 wheels ice ever owned 👌
This is by far THE BEST VIDEO you have put out. And I've been watching for years now... you could've got like 3 videos out of this! More containers please!
12:25 The colored bars (red and blue) and the text (possibly Japanese) indicate the fluid levels: "low" (補給) on the left, and "full" (満) on the right. The red needle points toward the current fluid level, which appears to be close to "full.
You actually think he was serious?
Turn off your turn signal and the buzz sound goes away
$7 electronic turn signal relays remove the normal relay click sound when blinking too.
When you rewatch the video you'll see the light
The harley monkey its wild that someone made that
When you add a 6V rectifier/voltage regulator (I have one of a Honda MB in my MOTOCOMPO, NOT MOTOCOMPACTO!) and an good 6v battery (very VERY hard to get hold of) the buzzing goes away and the blinkers work, you also don't go trough bulbs like christmas cookies.
The GSXRs of the 80s had SACs Suzuki advanced cooling system , the GSXR50 was just making fun of itself with that sticker .
Hi from Japan. I’ve owned a lot of these bikes. The best bike you got in the shipment was the nsr250r.
This is like in total maybe $25k max though if you bought everything privately. The condition looks as expected for auction bikes, so I think you over-paid a lot. The TZR, NSR are what’s worth the most. Most of the bikes you can get basically thrown into a deal, or for really cheap.
I think you could get $85k out of it if you sold again in the US. The export, import cartel forces thin margins. It’s a lot different than the domestic market.
The cbr250rr is imo one of the greatest bikes ever made though! I hope you get it running. I am riding mine in the twisties and it has no problem keeping up with larger bikes. It’s a race bike Honda made for the street
Yup that MSR LOOKS AND SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF, I would love to own one of them bikes, I personally think that it is one CHERRY MPHUUCCIN BIKE.CHEERS FROM EAST LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA TO ALL MINI BIKE RIDERS AND STONERS(420)ALL OVER THE WORLD.🏍🛵🚲🛹🍻🌮🍰🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏼😎👍🏼🤓✌🏼🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🔥🔥🔥👍🏼
the nsr is worth 10K alone....so total more than 25
@@mr.m325 That's why I mentioned it. But the condition is pretty bad so I don't think he paid that. Maybe 6. Someone outside of Japan will pay 10 for it though.
@@Spuki2k agreed....my point is he should get his 40 back
Man you're living my dream. I was station in Okinawa Japan for a total of four and a half years. I actually had a truck like the one you got. I had it painted metallic blue with red pinstriping. That was about 35 years ago. Oh to be young again and have another one! Happy holidays brother!
The buzzing sound is so you don’t forget you got you’re turn signal or blinkers on! 🤪👌🏻
Mitsubishi has a long history of technical excellence. You forgot one of their most iconic creation. The Mitsubishi A6M Reisen know to WWII Aviators more commonly as a the Zero.
just like vespa. went from making planes to making scooters.
They've also produced a variant of the F-15 Eagle, specifically the F-15J.
My favourite is their air conditioning 😂
I couldn't believe he didn't mention the Lancer Evo series of cars, you know WRC champions.
I have only ever owned one Mitsubishi product and that oddly enough was a TV. And you know what, it was a damn good TV.
Clean the carbs on bikes that have em. Fuel sits in the carbs and forms deposits like varnish after sitting for a while and you almost always have to clean em to get it running right.
A lot of em will want re jetting and tuning to suit the big change in location
Hilarious episode! Good laughs on this one. Big guy in tiny van was epic. 😂
You are not the only one in America to own and ride a Bosozoku motorcycle sir. My Japanese friend that lives down the street has one he rides all the time. It looks just like yours but is white. We live in Kona, Hawaii. He may be interested in buying it, if you decide to sell it. Aloha.
Shawn, some of my most painful motorcycle crashes have occurred on Honda CRF 50s with 88cc big bore kits. You look at it and think I can't get hurt on this and go riding without gear thinking it's a kids toy.
We made tall handlebars for our 50 so it was shaped more like a BMX. Awesome for wheelies, however 100% accurate about overconfident because it's so small.
Never trust a self mix 2-stroke always pre mix had a few heat seize back in the day down to autolube failure 👍👍👍
A lot of 50cc Yamaha's seemed to suffer from that, which is odd, because usually Yamaha is very meticulous with their bikes.
@@tjroelsma Since the late '60s never had a problem with autolube in a 2 stroke. Yamaha, Suzuki, or Kawasaki. All did just fine.
As an 86 Ninja 1000R(American GPZ) owner I can confirm yours should have WAY more power than that. They are older bikes but they’ll still do good burnouts.
I had a ‘83 KZ1000R ELR and that bike ran very well when I traded it in on an ‘87 Ninja 1000. Of all the bike I want back, it’s actually the ELR😢
@ my father had something like a 70s Z1000 I’ve seen pictures of when he was younger.. just wish I could have a look at that thing in person beautiful bike with the maroon red paint and golden pin striping
Not sure if you've figured it out yet but the buzzing sound is the indicator module that doesn't have enough voltage going to it and then the contacts "bounce" instead of "flicker". The old-style modules all did that. The moment you revved the engine a bit you'll notice the indicator started working and the buzzing disappeared. If you switch the indicator off the buzzing should disappear as well 👍
3:07 predicting that a Honda is gonna be easy to start up is like predicting that tomorrow the sun will rise 😂
You could only buy the Motocompo as an add-on to the honda city. It wasn't available to purchase otherwise.
That explains why they are rare... Forgot about that little fact.
Where did you get that info from? Got any links? Or sources for that info?
@@supertedogpriken Wikipedia? And every video on youtube that knows what they're looking at and talking about
@@starfox_wr-45e93 this video would not be one of the ones that knows what theyre looking at and talking about since they keep calling their motocompo (2 stroke) a motocompacto (an electric bike)
I'm in love with the XR. The Honda 2stroke is worth its weight in gold in Europe. They still race those. The green bike is a mix of Mel Gibsons Mad Max 2 and Princes Purple Rain movie.
XR’s are four stroke though .
@@allseeingotto2912 he meant the NSR probably... and he's right!
@@allseeingotto2912 yes, worded wrong. I meant the NSR. But I'm in love with the XR.
@@Chrissurfs Me too , both of them here in England are silly money.
I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen a channel do their adds while doing relative work (like getting gas) and not just looking into the camera in a random room on a webcam
First time on UA-cam?
The only issue I have with bikeandbeards is the religious bs.
The Yamaha 850 TRX is a 270° parallel-twin engine, not a V-twin.
Same engine as the Yamaha TDM850 the "Sport Touring" bike. The TDX is more of a Cafe Racer, very cool like I owned one for a few years, very nice to ride.
There are lots of roads to make the TRX tires look like that, the Hakone Turnpike for example, we would do that to our tires all the time!
This is a super cool collection most of us will never see in a lifetime. So many iconic bikes! The Pidgeon and those Yamaha minis are amazing!
Amazing collection . The Harley Monkey is one of the coolest things, but I'm pretty sure 10 year old Phil , living on a farm , would have gone for the Monkey Baja . I rode my Z50 long hours in the bush and went past dark a lot . That single headlight couldn't keep up to the bike . I remember the mini YSRs when they came out too ...being the stuff of dreams .
Those tiny 2 stroke sport bikes are a dream come true
A track day would be a blast
Cletus youtube channel need to do honda grom races
Well that was fun. A suggestion with the 2-stroke bikes, check the exhausts for restrictor plates at the engine end. Power profiles can be modified by adding a restriction (for noise, power, fuel consumption). The Honda 4-cyclinder 250cc goes back to when the Grand Prix classes had no cylinder number restrictions. At the time when GP bikes (covering all classes) had single, twin. triple, four, five, six and V8 engine configurations.
The 4 cylinder 250 has to be fun to ride. Smallest 4 I've ridden is a 400, power profile like a 2 stroke.
I love how your friends were concerned about you, and you're only concerned about the footage.
The tube bikes have their history in the Piaggio kit kat series again.
Nice to see the bikes I see in Japan in the USA. Thank you for the content.
"Suzuki Advanced Comical System" this needs to be on a t-shirt
The big question is. Did someone make that decal as a joke. Or is this just a prime exsample of Engrish?
@@maxmoller😂
Kinda high jacking your comment here to explain what "Suzuki Advanced Comical System" actually means. The big Suzuki GSXR's had the same looking sticker on them saying "Suzuki Advanced Cooling System". The GSXR 50 doesn't really have a cooling system, it's air cooled. But since it's a small replica of the big bikes and they wanted it to to look the same as much as possible, they added that sticker but changed "cooling" to "comical" as a sort of in house joke.
The Gpz is just 1/2 or 3/4 of a point. Not all cylinders working.
@@maxmoller ofcourse it's a joke...
Such a fun video. One piece of advice considering fueling, leaking petcocks and jumper boxes....I didn't see a single handy fire extinguisher. Maybe I just missed it. Just a thought.
You know what you're right. Maybe I should have one
You probably wear a helmet 24/7
@@Q-nt-Tf Are you talking to me?
@@stixx3969 Yes. I bet you bubblewrap your table corners and keep an industrial fire extinguisher by the microwave.
@@Q-nt-Tf Well....aren't you a delight. Bless your heart.
After the crash and the only thing you're concerned with is, "did you get it on camera." True professional brother.
I cannot tell a lie. I had to watch just to see the wreck. Thanks for stealing 100 mins of my time. You certainly know live life.
The old 2 stroke Vespa also having handle bar gear shifting.
Dream scoot status.
Yeah old Vespa 3 speed Twist shift had one back in Sixties.
my sachs optima 2DK also has it, 2 speed and neutral
A bunch of bikes from around europe(and japan) has this on there bikes. Kinda regular on scooters from that time(just not in the us)
The styling on that Pigeon is beautiful!
Nice the bozozuko bike fired right up! Love the wild lights on it!
Glad you didn't dump that one, imagine the embarrassment!
"Did we get it on camera?!" Made the kid in me fold over laughing. 🤣🤣
Already knew there was no way that mc22 was gonna start up that easy but on the upside it looks more maintained than the rough examples we have here in aus haha. I used to have one myself, great bikes, that and the rvf400
02:00 I (German) didn't know that the British Brockhouse Corgi Mk2 (developed from the WWII military parachute Welbike motorcycle) was branded and sold as the Indian Papoose in the US, starting in 1947. Amazing, as the whole video is amazing, thank you!
that buzzing sounds like the mechanism that retracts the kickstarter gear is broken, what you're hearing sounds to me exactly like the kickstarter ratchet working, which it really shouldn't be. (I may of course be wrong though.)
Sounded like a seized horn to me..
I believe the Indian Papoose being based on the Wellbike actually makes it a British design by a chap called John Dolphin. He later adapted the Welbike design in to a civilian version called a Corgi and that is what the Indians were licensed copies of. I think.
Ooh it seems like they were exported as completely built bikes from my hometown of Southport and then rebranded as Indians when they arrived on your side of the pond. ;)
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Crosby represent!
John Dolphin sounds like a so made up name 😂 I'm sorry for the Dolphin family but I can't think of it as a real surname
Magine throwing shade on Paul Sr when he’s the one actually making a custom bike 😂
The card reader as well as the antenna mounted above your rear view mirror is for the ETC toll system used on the highways in Japan.
the suzuki r50 should rev a lot more, we drove with those on the streets here in finland when we get moped licence at 15years old along with the suzuki pv50 that was a lot more popular and had the same engine.
I read online that the Suzuki advanced comical system is the company making a joke. The bikes name is the Gag 50. It's a parody of Suzuki advanced cooling system.
If i have this rare bikes i would even bother thinking bout money id lost, this bikes legends ! 🎉
I love that kei van. Super cool. Match that with a moto conpacto and go camping
Btw, google translate is your friend. It can use the mic for audible speech, or there is also an option to use the camera on your phone for text. I use it at work a lot and love it
That Harley Monkey probably has the renowned Screamin' Pigeon package.
850 Yamaha is sick🤟
An underrated gem it is
Brass monkey is a 40oz Old English Beer mixed with orange juice. Drink 40oz to top of “label”, then fill to top with OJ… at least where I grew up(AZ)
It's also a classic cocktail Rum, orange juice and vodka.
Brass monkey, that funky monkey?
I had a identical CBR250RR with a yoshi pipe as my learner bike here in NZ it was a awesome bike and in that color and you can fit a 4 pack of bourbons in that cool little boot too, 😎 Great bike! Sux you couldnt get it running yet
Was my learner bike too. I had the camel yellow with yellow wheels
They still hold a good price if they are running too.
That Van is so AWESOME!! Congrats!
I love the smell (and sound) of two strokes in the morning!
Cool bikes
24:21 Same gearshift as as older Vespa's and Lambretta's Shaun..😊
Literally came to say this, surely Shaun has seen vespas for sure
38:50 we had those 250 4 cil here in Venezuela imported from Japan. I remember those where very very fast to be a 250cc it could go around 100-120 mph easy.
Must be fun. Smallest 4 cyl I've ridden was a 400, it was fun, like a 2 stroke.
Not Fan of Harley’s, but that Monkey makes me want to join a club and get a vest with a patch
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"hey guys! I got my Harley from Temu, what about you?"
😂😂 the shriners?
With regard to the handlebar shifter on the Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon as some have mentioned this was standard practice on all Lambrettas and 2-stroke Vespas until around 2017.
If you get the chance please try out a Lambretta GP200 or even better one with a TS1 engine!
Or a Rally 200/P200 from the Vespas stable, they are so much fun and absolute icons of the two wheeled world in Europe.
Nothing like cold revving motorcycles.
I thought the British excelsior welbike was the first parachute bike.
Same bike
Corgi
@@GrahamA63 but British... not ''Indian''...
@@user-McGiver Yes of course - was the Indian was made under license or just rebadged?
This is fast becoming a full JDM bike and kei-truck channel, and I am here for it
The buzzing is your indicator on motocompo not enough voltage at idle
Oh ok makes sense
Awesome little bikes 😊 fun to watch! The comments on mitsubishi were dead on and also quite sad.
This was a really cool video. Loved seeing all the crazy bikes from Japan.
i think that GPZ1000 isnt firing on all cylinders
53:36 Those bikes sound like the hosts of The View.
Actually you are 100% WRONG. The first foldable bike was from the British in WW2. Called the Welbike.
11:00 I think Shawn probably broke the world record for wheelie 😮
Good luck with the mc22. Ive got one and its sorted and its hard to start. All that wiring in yhe front isnt supposed to be there, and it shouldjt have a fuel pump whir, as it doesnt have a fuel pump
Man. That's an awesome collection
That seems like a hell of a lot of miles/km on some of those little bikes
Real hard to watch. They don't pull to check for spark or replace the plugs. All of the fluids in all of those bikes should be exchanged before starting them. They put fuel in the suitcase bikes and then discovered they are two strokes ? They put fuel in the tank of the monkey bike with all of that rust around the lip of the tank Come on guys.
The CBR and NSR produce almost the same power but they both have the same top speed. The NSR will have on the straights once the power can be put down but the CBR is smooth and will carry better corner speed and will be able to put the power down better out the the corners. I reckon both bikes will lap the same times within half a second of each other. 😊
36:45 lol the funniest lines you’ve ever said, good one man
The Pigeon is the coolest of the lot. But, it's a copy of a Vespa, including the switch gear. The Trx850 was the best bike Yamaha never sold in North America, but it's not a V twin. The TRX is the parallel twin design that is now the standard out of Japan decades later.
But these guys know this. Their comments are designed to trigger UA-cam comments to game the algorithm.
We had the TRX here in the UK but they were damn expensive when they were new , so they were not very popular.
While watching this video, I couldn't help but think, God, why didn't they just clean the carburetors before starting these bikes? I just don't understand it. All of these bikes, except a few of them, should be screaming. None of them sounded healthy. All of them sounded like they needed the carbs cleaned out, new fuel, new fuel lines, and fuel filters. None of them were running well. I've owned a lot of these bikes, and these little things scream you twist the throttle, and those little motors rev up super fast, super easy, and they sound extremely good when they're properly running. I just wish they would've taken the extra time to clean the carburetors, put new fuel filters, new oil filters, and so on, and then did a video cranking them all up and riding them. It would've been a hell of a lot of fun, and we, the viewers, would've been able to see these bikes at their best. Other than that, it was a great video. Obviously, he has a lot of really cool bikes, and I believe that he can definitely make a profit. These things sell for really good money here in the States with lots of collectors.
Welbikes were British originally.
I don’t care what you spent. That’s a lifetime of smiles in that container 😂
2stroke is BEST
For under 250 cc
That NSR250 & CBR250RRR is seriously sick!!!!!!!!❤
You're absolutely right about the Suzuki 50: It was not meant for grown ups. In the "unboxing" video I commented that they were very popular in Puerto Rico in the 80s (when they came out) with the Teenage crowd. They were known as "mini-ninjas" even though everybody knew they were not Ninjas, they weren't even Kawasakis, and there were GSXR 750s and bigger on the streets!!, but Ninjas were, arguably, the most popular and most recognized sport bike in PR in the late 80s, so the Suzuki 50 automatically became the "Mini-Ninja"
Most will probably need jetting changes coming from Japan. I think they will all run 👍🏻
That green one is wicked I’d love to have that !!!
nobody talking about the crash on the honda beat. i wish you a fast recovery man🙏🏻
i absolutely loved my TRX 850 , rides like it's on rails , but it has a handling quirk i could never come to terms with , if you were almost at the limit once you chose a line into the corner you could not change ,you were committed to that line , you could not tighten the line or run it wide if you were too tight , the only bike i ever had that had that trait , aside from that wow , what a bike !
The Honda CBR250RR has a side stand kill switch that turns off the ignition when the side stand is open. The side stand switch is a safety device that automatically stalls the engine if the side stand is down and the rider selects a gear. 😎
I've ridden a lot of CBR250RRs. Great fun in the city streets.
Please stop referring to your motocompo as a motocompacto. They are two completely different bikes. The one you have, a motoCOMPO, was built 40 years ago and runs on gas. The motocompacto was built a couple years ago and runs on electricity.
Only issue i had with my CBR's was regulator, correct plugs for elevation or you can hole your pistons, balance your carbs. I had mine Dyno tuned after fitting a VFR micron end can and it transformed it as standard endcan is sooo restrictive
After watching this channel for a while, it’s very clear that you don’t make great financial decisions.
You have some very nice bikes and I love that you do a bible verse in the videos. Thank goodness for people like us that continue to watch your content. We help to recoup some of the money.
Here in ireland we've been buying japenese imports since the 80's and they cant be faulted,there's always the occasional bad egg like anything else but they're always like new and been well looked after and never a problem for parts if the euro versions weren't compatible then we can order direct from japan once we got the part number which was never a probkem either,some of thise imports are making big money here now up to 6k euro for 92-94 blade, i paid 3k for a 94 urban tiger in 08 n i recently seen it up for sale on a classic superbike site for 7.5k
70 cc was available everywhere in various honda models. Its not a kit. We can only assume ,you've put the fuel cock to the up position, which is reserve, taking into account the splash or so put in the tank.?
The trx 850 has a dry sump you need to run it first then check the oil, also the trx has a 270 degree crank and made more power than the ducati monster of the same time. They have real following.
Moto compacto, it is the blinker relay that causes it to buzz,if you notice that when it is stationary the turn signal lights up constantly, when you drive it flashes and stops buzzing
That was so funny guys 🤣 epic! Loved the micro Harley wow! The Golden Monkey Bike!. I'm Currently in Rhodes Greece they love the Monkey and mini bikes here! The roads are so narrow and dangerous but the minibikes win! 😂