You're living the dream dude. What you have achieved with a life is impressive. You inspire me so much. Making the world a beautiful place. So glad all these bikes are being treated the way they deserve. And the buildings saved.
I have the exact bike in mint condition with 1600 miles on it and everything Works started it the other day 2 kicks and took it around the block. Awesome little bike.
My m8 had 1 of those when we we're 16, 30+ years ago now! We thought we was the bee's knee's lol, the thing couldn't pull the skin off of a rice pudding 🤣. Every teenager wanted one back then 80's classic!👍 👊✊💨💨💨
Had a few dt,s over the years growing up all of them where taken up the green tracks and hammered as a young guy like you do bulletproof bikes love them
Too funny you said that about the woods. My buddy Jeff took his brand new interceptor 750 along a powerline while the mounties were looking for him on the highway. Lol , memories!
You're right, I've never seen one. Would be a great first bike for 13/14yo who's never ridden- can't get in too much trouble with 50cc's, and you'll still look cool riding that to high school.
This (but in white with red decals) was my very first bike I bought myself when I was 11yrs old, 88 DT50-LC.... I rode that thing absolutely everywhere, with a group of guys I met that had everything from a KX60 to CR500's, of course, I could barely keep up with even the KX60, but it was an absolute blast, rode it all around town, trails, dirt.... I kept that thing for 3yrs until I needed to redo the top end of my 2nd bought bike at 12, an 84 CR250R 😅 So yes, it's a fantastic bike for a beginner or even a grown man (like I am now at 41 lol) to just cruise around town or some light trails. It'll do about 60mph if I can recall, but it takes forever to get there 😂
Back in 84 I was 16 all the lads had 50cc mopeds as its the only transport a 16 year old could have or a 3 wheeler car with no reverse . The DT 50 mx and the TS 50 were popular but were restricted to 35 mph . I has a AP suzuki a 77 model unrestricted 50mph downhill ..
Nice bikes the DTLC i actually have the Yamaha dt125r iam in the middle of restoring youll see it on my video kap. It would be nice with a 80cc kit on that dt50lc nice one kap 👍
The liquid cooled de restricted 49cc bikes are good for 12hp. Very light. Would be better than a 125cc 4 stroke. The de restricted 125's are great. Friend had a kmx 125. I got a 1988 kmx200. Save finding a de restricted 125 one. Same bike really loads of fun.
Its a beauty Ken, I never knew the DT50 was liquid cooled, it has the same rear fender and speedo as the DT200L, I own a 1987 DT200L, a 1995 DT200R 3ET, and a Yamaha Blaster with a DT200L engine with RM 125 radiators and harness swap for ypvs, its a beast, all Canadian models, the US never had the DT200, we lucked out in Canada
I'm a bike guy and found this red and white one in Oregon with only 1500 original miles. Thinking it would be for my 15-year-old but it is in such great shape don't want to trash it out. I thought compression was low at 98 PSI so I rebuilt top end with piston rings and needle valve and went through carb and cleaned her up and had seat reupholstered. All original Tires and Wheels. Wondering what it is worth to someone before I cut my son loose on it LOL such a good looking bike!
I've seen hundreds of them, they can be ridden at 14 where I live so you can't go a day without seeing at least a dozen here, after a while you start to recognize them, my older brother and his friends had many... and wrecked many... there are still plenty of mint ones for sale though. Also that fuel tank, not from that bike, each model year had different colors/graphics, kind of like the banshee, pw80, etc
These are pretty common here in Europe and atleest in Finland we let 15 year olds ride em to school and so on Btw these things will handle just about anything you throw at it so you don't have to worry about it blowing up after laying it down a few times
This, if I can recall (almost 30yrs ago) was my very first bike I bought when I was like 11, it was a white and red I'm almost certain 1988 Yamaha DT50 (year I'm not certain with by seeing this blue one is an 88, unless they came in different colors)...."little"(actually as tall as a 125 motocross bike though) 50cc 2-stroke and I rode that thing absolutely everywhere for like 3yrs, I bought my next bike at 12yrs old which was an 84 CR250R....I used the 250R for dirt, the 50 I still rode absolutely everywhere else with a fake tag 🤣 Edit: since you didn't mention it....if I can recall, weren't these oil injected as well? I'm almost certain I remember mine was....then again, I had one of those Yamaha RT100's years later as my getting around town cruiser and I know that had oil injection, so I might be getting them confused being so damn long ago 😅
In 90's Sweden, the air cooled version of this bike (Yamaha DT50) and Honda MT50 were the most sold mopeds. I've never seen the liquid cooled version. Fun fact until around 2000 all mopeds in Sweden were (supossed) to be restricted to 30 km/h. Really slow 😂
The air cooled DT50 was very popular here in the UK with 16 year olds. 50cc is the limit for 16 year old riders here. Best wishes, Dean at Retromeccanica.
Hey Kaplan America!!, so basically Yayaha (Yamaha), took a moped, made the engine (50cc) liquid-cooled and put it on a MX (Motocross) bike frame!!! ???, Killer!!👍👍✌✌🇺🇸🇺🇸😀
@@lehypaheroo1991 A 50cc DT similar to the video costs around €2,000 to €4,000. With all original parts. Below or put a link to a motorcycle sales website. So you can see the price range and its state of conservation.
Hahaha.... I love the revision in this video "9 out of 10 of you have never seen one of these..." I'm not sure who ended up buy my friend's DT50: ua-cam.com/video/FzkPQC8feCU/v-deo.html You guys and my family are about the only reasons I wish I lived back East again. My Mom and my Aunt were both in West Hartford, I was Boston/NH and my sister and her family are in New Rochelle. One day when I'm out visiting I will have to stop by!
I Got the same bike 1988 DT50lc, but the red and white version for my 14 year old that we take to the pits and it's awesome :) here a video of him climbing the sand mountain...ua-cam.com/video/AGrRkTX32iI/v-deo.html....love your videos...cheers.
You're living the dream dude. What you have achieved with a life is impressive. You inspire me so much. Making the world a beautiful place. So glad all these bikes are being treated the way they deserve. And the buildings saved.
I agree with your words man.
I have the exact bike in mint condition with 1600 miles on it and everything Works started it the other day 2 kicks and took it around the block. Awesome little bike.
My m8 had 1 of those when we we're 16, 30+ years ago now! We thought we was the bee's knee's lol, the thing couldn't pull the skin off of a rice pudding 🤣. Every teenager wanted one back then 80's classic!👍
👊✊💨💨💨
Had a few dt,s over the years growing up all of them where taken up the green tracks and hammered as a young guy like you do bulletproof bikes love them
Not the original Tank but still a great Bike!
Tank supposed to be blue
Too funny you said that about the woods. My buddy Jeff took his brand new interceptor 750 along a powerline while the mounties were looking for him on the highway. Lol , memories!
When the border opens i am bringing my 1989 dt200r down and ill let u rock a legend - cant wait to meet you and your team
Brilliant bikes dt200r / 125r 👍
You're right, I've never seen one. Would be a great first bike for 13/14yo who's never ridden- can't get in too much trouble with 50cc's, and you'll still look cool riding that to high school.
And in Finland we have a whole culture around mopeds like the Yamaha DT50 or Derbi senda
This (but in white with red decals) was my very first bike I bought myself when I was 11yrs old, 88 DT50-LC.... I rode that thing absolutely everywhere, with a group of guys I met that had everything from a KX60 to CR500's, of course, I could barely keep up with even the KX60, but it was an absolute blast, rode it all around town, trails, dirt.... I kept that thing for 3yrs until I needed to redo the top end of my 2nd bought bike at 12, an 84 CR250R 😅
So yes, it's a fantastic bike for a beginner or even a grown man (like I am now at 41 lol) to just cruise around town or some light trails. It'll do about 60mph if I can recall, but it takes forever to get there 😂
Here in Portugal they were in any corner!
In te 90's they where very popular here!
DT50 was my first bike when I was 16. Purple colour one. So much fun.
Back in 84 I was 16 all the lads had 50cc mopeds as its the only transport a 16 year old could have or a 3 wheeler car with no reverse . The DT 50 mx and the TS 50 were popular but were restricted to 35 mph . I has a AP suzuki a 77 model unrestricted 50mph downhill ..
Your right ken I've never even seen one of these before. What an awesome and interesting piece.
I had a 1986 dt50 Mx in 1997 used to ride it to school loved that bike
had so much fun with one of those , great 50 cc bike lots of fun
Nice bikes the DTLC i actually have the Yamaha dt125r iam in the middle of restoring youll see it on my video kap. It would be nice with a 80cc kit on that dt50lc nice one kap 👍
Had a dt50 and still have a DT125RE 06 model. Absolutely love the Dt's
that thing moves, I own a 2000 DT 125 R Supermoto (make roughly arround 25 HP) and absolutely love it
The liquid cooled de restricted 49cc bikes are good for 12hp. Very light. Would be better than a 125cc 4 stroke. The de restricted 125's are great. Friend had a kmx 125. I got a 1988 kmx200. Save finding a de restricted 125 one. Same bike really loads of fun.
Its a beauty Ken, I never knew the DT50 was liquid cooled, it has the same rear fender and speedo as the DT200L, I own a 1987 DT200L, a 1995 DT200R 3ET, and a Yamaha Blaster with a DT200L engine with RM 125 radiators and harness swap for ypvs, its a beast, all Canadian models, the US never had the DT200, we lucked out in Canada
That thing screams pure fun. I love the square headlights on old enduros.
You need to find the right tank and she will be mint
Never saw one of these pretty cool
I'm a bike guy and found this red and white one in Oregon with only 1500 original miles. Thinking it would be for my 15-year-old but it is in such great shape don't want to trash it out. I thought compression was low at 98 PSI so I rebuilt top end with piston rings and needle valve and went through carb and cleaned her up and had seat reupholstered. All original Tires and Wheels. Wondering what it is worth to someone before I cut my son loose on it LOL such a good looking bike!
She’s mint brother ur videos always put a smile on my face… god bless sir
I've seen hundreds of them, they can be ridden at 14 where I live so you can't go a day without seeing at least a dozen here, after a while you start to recognize them, my older brother and his friends had many... and wrecked many... there are still plenty of mint ones for sale though. Also that fuel tank, not from that bike, each model year had different colors/graphics, kind of like the banshee, pw80, etc
That must be a US spec bike with a tank from a Canadian model. The ones here in Canada were white with red. And they looked great!
California sold several colors, the white n red was the most popular.
lmfao that was funny its amazzing how good those tiny 2 strokes rung with a gear box
These are pretty common here in Europe and atleest in Finland we let 15 year olds ride em to school and so on
Btw these things will handle just about anything you throw at it so you don't have to worry about it blowing up after laying it down a few times
I had one of these. It did everything I wanted to do, just not as fast. Yours has the wrong tank, but, it's a great bike!
This, if I can recall (almost 30yrs ago) was my very first bike I bought when I was like 11, it was a white and red I'm almost certain 1988 Yamaha DT50 (year I'm not certain with by seeing this blue one is an 88, unless they came in different colors)...."little"(actually as tall as a 125 motocross bike though) 50cc 2-stroke and I rode that thing absolutely everywhere for like 3yrs, I bought my next bike at 12yrs old which was an 84 CR250R....I used the 250R for dirt, the 50 I still rode absolutely everywhere else with a fake tag 🤣
Edit: since you didn't mention it....if I can recall, weren't these oil injected as well? I'm almost certain I remember mine was....then again, I had one of those Yamaha RT100's years later as my getting around town cruiser and I know that had oil injection, so I might be getting them confused being so damn long ago 😅
Do you guys still have it ?. I really want to find one like that. 20 years ago my first bike was one like that.
I'm selling my Yamaha DT 50 if you're interested
We're you located. How much you asking for it
@@evanwaters4716 how much you asking for it
i got so lucky i bought one from original owner with only 665 miles on it but the tank was rusted. I got it back on the road. i get it downhill 52 mph
Ya got me I’ve never seen one 👍🏻
In 90's Sweden, the air cooled version of this bike (Yamaha DT50) and Honda MT50 were the most sold mopeds. I've never seen the liquid cooled version. Fun fact until around 2000 all mopeds in Sweden were (supossed) to be restricted to 30 km/h. Really slow 😂
There not mopeds there bikes lol
@@charliewink7253 wrong. In most countries 50cc road legal bikes are usually refereed to as "mopeds". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moped
Blast from the past mate.👍
The air cooled DT50 was very popular here in the UK with 16 year olds. 50cc is the limit for 16 year old riders here.
Best wishes, Dean at Retromeccanica.
I have one 1987 with original blue tank mint street legal licensed i freakin luv it...
I have a New Technigas DT 50 Pipe, But I didnt know we got those Bikes in Merica, 👽👍🏻
I have a 2009 dt50r and i gotta say this one is really cool
the 50lc came until 2000 with front disk brake, they are really unique
@@leanmiranda5 i have the newer one, the one with the minarelli am6 engine and front and back disk brakes
@@filippo384 the old one has liquid cooled japanese engine made from yamaha itself :)
Hey Kaplan America!!, so basically Yayaha (Yamaha), took a moped, made the engine (50cc) liquid-cooled and put it on a MX (Motocross) bike frame!!! ???, Killer!!👍👍✌✌🇺🇸🇺🇸😀
The dtr 125 2stroke in europe was an amazing bike
Really cool bikes. The FMF pipe for YZ 80 1986 can be installed on those bike some cutting n welding needed but it sure works.
Have one myself.
In Portugal we have a lot of those and DT125R
Dude how does it cost one of this in Portugal ?
@@lehypaheroo1991 A 50cc DT similar to the video costs around €2,000 to €4,000. With all original parts. Below or put a link to a motorcycle sales website. So you can see the price range and its state of conservation.
Man you need the dt125r 1988 start of the dtr please 🙏
I had the 1984 Yamaha DT 50. Colours were black with little red and white.
I would love to see a video of a Yamaha dt50 mx 1/2. Its the long living scandinavian classic.
I had a DT175 2stroke air cooled looked very similar
Never seen one in the UK. The 125 was popular. I had the Suzuki TS50X in 85.
Mr.Kaplan, I'm from Guyana South America, and we have a lot of Yamaha Dts, hit me up if you are interested...
860 454 7024 yes we are
Dude how much does it cost one of this ??
I'm selling my Yamaha DT 50
Getting I.T. vibes from that shade of blue
Wow that thing is realy cool
I'm selling my Yamaha DT 50 if you're interested
I've just managed to pick up a 1998 yamaha dt with 1500 miles on like brand new
My first bike
I rode the hell out of one of those in Jamaica
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 DT 125
I own two, the tanks are the largest issue with them. That and if the carbs ever break they are dead forever.
So fucking cool
Thats so popular in Portugal!
funny DT 50 👍 , my 50 derbi (catalunya )2 stroke with 50cc bidalot engine(France,) 21 bhp, i love 50cc 2 stroke 💪
I got one to just need a piston
Can you guys do some banshees!!!
is it the same in the usa as the uk where you can ride 50's at a younger age than you can drive sort of thing?
Heyy so this is a moped and can still be driven by a 16yld?
You guys have any Yamaha dt lc 50 for sale the liquid cold 6 speed engines or one with out a engine I'm trying to look for one for a long time
Missing throttle handlebar weight?
Sold immediately for 2750 on eBay
@@KaplanCycles Nice. It's was a sweet ride.
I believe I heard a First Blood reference 😎
I have two of them but they both have no compression
There were common back in the day in canada
Hahaha.... I love the revision in this video "9 out of 10 of you have never seen one of these..."
I'm not sure who ended up buy my friend's DT50:
ua-cam.com/video/FzkPQC8feCU/v-deo.html
You guys and my family are about the only reasons I wish I lived back East again. My Mom and my Aunt were both in West Hartford, I was Boston/NH and my sister and her family are in New Rochelle. One day when I'm out visiting I will have to stop by!
Sir how tall is it
Tall idk
Is probably tall as a yz85 or yz125
Kaplan🇺🇸
Local guy has one for sale for 2k. Don’t know if it’s a good deal
I have a 1987 DT180n
I had a ts 50
Looks like the gauges doesn't work 😕
Great street bike. Only 50 cc
War machine
Bultaco, Montesa..??
The tank is from another dt 50 lc. That was suposed to be blue😂
i have one but it has 27000 miles on it
I'm selling my Yamaha DT 50
I Got the same bike 1988 DT50lc, but the red and white version for my 14 year old that we take to the pits and it's awesome :) here a video of him climbing the sand mountain...ua-cam.com/video/AGrRkTX32iI/v-deo.html....love your videos...cheers.
well even the dt175 is very slow about 18 hp so a chinese made bike could beat it
😂😆