1980 Suzuki RM80, Signed by Brad Lackey
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Met Lackey at a supercross race. Asked a mutual friend to introduce me to him . Seems like a great guy. I told him I was a big fan and would like his autograph. I still have it . It's on a brochure for a mx clinic. We spoke for a half hour and compared racing injuries. Thanks Brad for the moment in time.
That takes me back to my 12th bday I took all my lawn mowing$ +$200 from my Dad and bought an 82 RM 80 Full Floater so fun & fast!
Beautiful bike. I had a78 RM80 great times! Brad Lackey was definitely one of my heroes growing up.
Those bikes really are what dreams are made of, miss those days. Good times !
yes sir!
Very distinct sound Suzukis made back in those days
Wow! Just about the nicest looking little RM80 I have ever seen. That will be a nice addition to the museum.
Awesome! There is something about 80's from around that time that are that are so cool. I had a 81 YZ80 and it ripped! Thank you for sharing.
little silver Sleepy Hollow ftw!
The 80s were exciting times. The bikes changed so much every year.
Yes I too also had a Yamaha 1981 YZ 80. Mom and Dad Bought it brand new when I was 12 years old. Best bike I ever had. It Ripped!! It was incredible! Best days of my life riding that bike.
My dad bought me an '82 RM80. To me, it's that magical, nostalgic bike to which you can trace the origins of your passion. Fast forward all of these years and I just bought a Suzuki DR650... largely because of the RM80 seed that was planted when I was a kid.
Awesome bike, I worked with brad lackey back in 1999. Hell of a guy and nice dude.
My first bike was a 1984 KX 80. Beautiful bike!
Best years was in the late 70s early 80s. Motorcross was actually reasonably affordable back then
TO TRUE
I had an 1981 Cr 80 Elsinore, you've just brought many happy memories for me , love that Rm , its mint ! thanks for posting , greetings from the UK .
Dude. It still as cool as it was when it came out. What a way ahead of it's time Lil bike that was. What id give to be a kid again... So glad this is going up on the viewing status. Beautiful.
Brad was a hero of mine back in the mid 70s. It's so awesome to see him.
Awesome my first new RM 80 was from sky cycle Luneburg Massachusetts lot of memories growing up 47 now still think of that bike thanks Glenn from mass.
My second ever motorcycle!
A 10 year old kid with a deathwish.
Blast from the Past!
Love it!!! I Saved all my mowing money also, I live in Michigan and in the winter we shoveled Driveways and put that in also.first bike was a 1972 Yamaha brings back lots of memories watching you guys. Born in 1965 and I Notice it's hard to get you off the older bikes of our childhood Days!! :)
2 Stroke Life was amazing. What a gem there. Wow
You guys turn these bikes into gold literally . : specially with the Infamous gold chain you guys add on. Can’t wait to get up there and meet you guys ! You are puttin 2 strokes on the map !! This one’s beautiful 🇺🇸💪🏻🤝 another RIPA” ( love that )) - super passionate 💪🏻🙋♂️🙏
Free ticket !!! That’s awesome, love you guys
Signed sealed and delivered by thEE best / I love it , the deliveries , can’t wait to see you guys on discovery, Kaplan Cycles Passion putting the stone cold -2 strokes back on the map. You heard that he can’t wait to smell the 2 stroke mix
I'm 50 and I wanted a RM 80 so BADDD!!! I STILL look for it's new evolutions each time I go on Suzuki's page!!!
I almost got one of those in 81 took me another year of begging until I finally got an 82 yz80j I always liked the looks of the 81 rm80 especially the r&d bikes those things did well in 81.
82 yz's were and are still bad ass...
I always wanted an RM-80 as a kid-now I’m a big kid and still want one!👍🏻😀
Looks like a beautiful day in kaplanville
I have an obsession with the older 1980’s RM’s , I love the 125’s !!! 👍👍👍
Wow man that brought bk memories i had a 1979 rm 80 it was my first proper mx bike riding in schoolboys west of england Uk ran it on castrol R 30 the best smell in the world..... Great show brings 2 strokes bk 2 life!!
Suzuki had and still has some of the best looking MX bikes on the market this was the 80 to have back in the day.. love yellow!
Thanks for letting me hear the first motorcycle I owned. Racing got in my blood from it and I still race at 50. If anyone has not tried to ride a Kenda full gas sprint please try it. I'm a motocross racer for almost 40 years and it's a great change of pace. If your a motocross guy you will put the hurt on the enduro guys on the grass track.
Thanks for posting these incredible videos..Brings back great memories from my teens. I had a Hodaka 100 Dirt Squirt, 78 RM 125 and a Bultaco 250. RM and CR's were my favorite. Hope to come visit your museum some day in the future..I love the fact that you not only show the amazing bikes..But you ride them! Love it...🙂 I live in NY in upstate region would love to go to a dirtbike rental place and rent a bike for the day and do some offroad riding. It has been too long I ride a street bike these days but its not the same lol
Big Time memories! All I remember about the RM they had the softest seats! I had a 83 cr80r my buddy had one of those
You guys have the baddest bikes. I gotta get over to see the museum. We had the 1980 RM 80T. Loudest bike ever. Damn near impossible to get it in neutral! Loved the 1980’s ‘80s. If you ever get a 1983 KX 80 or 1983 RM 80 that you’d like to sell. Let me know!
I had an 82 model and when I heard the tone of engine it bought back good memories
Saw Brad Lackey at Evel Knievel's Snake River jump, there was 5 days of motocross racing prior to Evel's jump. Brad was just a teenager, also Roger Decoster was there. Saw Brad again 1996 at The Del Mar Mile in San Diego, we talked about the moto at Snake River. Very nice guy!
whoa! my first dirt bike!!! cheerz bro had a guy do 60 mph thru a barb wire fence on it unfortunatly rest in peace Chad Sawtell
My dad gave me this exact bike for Xmas I was a happy kindergartener ripping around in the snow with it 🤟
dad bought me this bike brand new in 1981. This is definitely an 81 not 80, I couldn't sleep properly its all i thought about. I was 8 years old. Next bike I got was an 86 rm80 at 12 cause it was quite a bit taller in 86 but soon outgrew and onto a 87 kdx200, My dad had an 84 yz490 what a beast
I am the EXACT audience for this bike! I dreamed of it when I was a kid and you know what? My dad bought it for me. Them my older brother ruined it.
Had one of these,loved it as a kid,had power band that made your shorts rip out,
Those little 80s are so fun he had hard time parking it
Hell ya, beautiful show pony, u guys dont mess around, love seeing all the vintage bikes, kids these days dont no what it's like to b on a bike that old, we need more vintage races but finding good bikes like that r very hard to find!
This was the first and best bike i learned and raced on, i kept it mint i was 14, 15, i am 52 now lol, i begged my dad for one, out of the blue he said go get my tools from the van, when i opened the door my mouth dropped . They were all looking out the window to see my reaction laughing even got me a suzuki vintage long sleeve shirt with my name on the back it dont get better then that. He tapped the forks and made air shocks, it was a rocket. The day he took me to the pits how to switch gears with the clutch , took a few hours then i got it , well they had a big mound of dirt with a path going over the top so cars could not go any further, so everyone parked on the side. So my pop got on it he was cranking it was a long road , figured he was trying it out, so hes coming with some speed hes not slowing down my friends are there, they go chris what the hell, your pop is not slowing down whats he doing no no, he hit that mound of dirt (remember hes 220) he shot straight in the air about 40 feet hit the ground, all i se is my new tank hit the pavement and sparks coming out. I ran up to the bike to see the damage how bad it was , my pop goes i am ok dont worry lol. What the hell was that , he said i had some good speed felt like going for it, it goes straight up in the air. That dam dent stayed there for the 4 years i had it . Best present gift i ever received would not change it for the world, i was lucky to have a dad that didnt sit in the bar all day like a lot of dads . We still talk about it today , **thanks to all the dads who worked and made time and took us racing. **
I raced the very same one in 81'-82'......now I'm old
Ill never forget a kid ripping by me on one of those 80s in st Pete, in practice. I was like ,look at that little freek go,and then,he went end over end.hahahaha,little bastard was flying!! I was on my rm 125! Little turd was fast,I wasn't going slow either,just out picking lines for later in the race,here he came,BAAAAABAAAAABAAAA AAAAAAAA,.HAHAHA.NEVER FORGET IT
Coolest thing on two wheels when I was a kid
LOOK HOW LONG THAT FRONT WHEEL WAS SPINNING,,,MAN THATS THE BEST EXAMPLE IVE SEEN
I raced RM-80'S till 78 then switched to a 79 yz-100 and got me a 5th place that summer at Ponca City in the 100cc Stock intermediate class,i think Danny Storebeck and Carrol Richardson swapped moto wins in the mod an stock 100 class that year.But i can still remember watching George Holland(R&D) Suzuki and Erik Kehoe(Factory Yamaha)Battle it out on those Bikes,it was amazing to watch what those bikes could do in the hands of a fast Kid.Sure do miss those days going racing with my pops.
Back in 1980 a buddy had an RM80, those things had a power band that hit real hard up top but no low end grunt. I've still got a ported and polished 1980 YZ80 sitting in a farm shed - unridden for at least 35 years. Time to dust it off!
i cant belive how clean alot of these vintage bikes are
I had this same bike 1980RM 80, got it new when I was a kid growing up ,great bike
I had one back in 1980. The frame mounts up front cracked and were wielded so many times from jumping, the alignment with the front and rear sprockets was out so I went through front sprockets like crazy. Ended up selling it for $500 and the next year bought a Kx-80 and started racing.
I remember when that bike came out I don't think there was an 80 faster that year!
I had a yam yz 80 they were really fast
I had one,it was a rocket
Sorry but I had a 1980 KX80 and my friends with CR80's and RM'80s couldn't beat me. The only bike that gave me problems was the YZ80 my cousin had. The good old days.
I had the 1979 model was new in a box and mate’s dad bought it and built it for him then I bought it, faster than most 80s 👍
Aluminum tank dual shocks air cooled that spells out vintage awesome little bike!
Sleep on it - that’s a show piece like all - I’d feel bad putting it in the dirt- Chris and you guys are genius’
Rm 80s are soooo fun to ride
I still have one or these with an XR80 engine. Their were no competition 4 strokes back then so you have to make your own.
Thanks ken that bike brings back some fun memories !! You the man !!!
He used to have a dealership here in Michigan. I'd ride my bicycle up there and dream. Have had 6 dirt bikes in the meantime. ✌
Heck yea a old friend had rm just like that cool times for sure he passed away last year thank for sharing God bless
How for that rm80? Or how much did it sell for ?
I meat Brad Lackey in Maracay Venezuela 1988/89...I did not speak English back then He was enogh gentleman to shake hands and nice smile to us few guys ..at Hotel Byblos.
That was my first bike I had so much love for that machine
Yes
Awesome little 80, you guys rock!
Brad was my hero got me into the sport
If this don't wake you up you might be dead.
Great line guys great video again thanks
ive got one just as clean as that one it's power band is mostly on the mid to top end lacks the low end but once you're in 3rd 4th and 5th it really gets going probably tops out at around 50-55
Look at this thing - I always went by color/ the RM - yellow - lol badass I love your delivery’s ... money’s growin - I’ll be comin with a uhaul in a couple months. 3 grand up !!!
I had that bike! I think the tank sticker went up the tank at an angle though? I attempted to install my 1977 rm 100 motor in it but lost interest when I got my license...gave both bikes to a neighbor kid when I graduated and left home
MAN YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME !
That looks exactly like the 81 Suzuki RM 80 I had. Same tank sticker,metal fuel tank, dual shocks..Makes me think that the Yamaha/Suzuki dealer I bought it from lied about the year?!
Gotta get some '80 stickers on the tank!
Talk about tugging on heart strings on that opener...take my money
It sounds incredible !!!
I have one I'm rebuilding. I can't get parts like the seat and tank. That baby looks fresh. I wish mine looked that good.
I had this bike and it ran like a bat out of hell, no bottom end but when that power band kicks in, you better hold on
The 81 RM80 came with both the Red and Purple power bands. The Red one had twice the bottom end than the stocker, and if you had one of Dave Millers pipes, it would crush the 81 RM465 in a drag race. The Purple power band was not for the timid; that one came from R&D Suzuki and if you used the Roo Link frame? Forget it.
@@glenpiro313 lay off the acid fruitcake
Memories of m75 yz 80... I'm 52 would love too rip one time around my neighborhood just once.. the 2 stroke rush is fun at any age... Hope the winner has 😊
Awesome; I had one as a kid; 1980 RM80 fun bike
awesome video. love the old school motocross bikes !!!!!!!!
My first bike ,RM 80 1978 !!
Ken Sr and Ken jr can you please help me find a rear fender oem and oem headlight, taillght and rectifier for the DS80 i bought. The wire harness for the lighting i can build myself but i need help finding the correct parts for it. Thankyou, scott
Those were the best days
Thanks for this!
That bike is gorgeous.
When I was ten years old I had a ‘78 YZ 80 road the wheels off.God bless America 🇺🇸👍🏻
God bless Japan too - LOL
Frank Micalef yes Japan too👍🏻
I had a mint RM80X back in the day.
I raced my 1980 rm80 , I hav so many pictures on my RM80 , that bike is a beauti
GREAT SHOW I HAD A 1977 B MODELL AT 14 WAT AROCKET 59YEARS OLD NOW. AUSTRALIA
Ken gets the bottom frame rails bondoed sanded and repainted
Just a blast.
What's the price tag on that little beauty?
Unobtainium beauty
She's a runner!
I actually had this bike as a kid I was 12 years old
Sweet and signed by Bad Brad Lackey
Had a 79 rm 80
I lose hours watching KK lol love it!
Pipey little buggers they were
What is the top speed? %0ish?
Still got a lot of power 👍
I'm sure that's a 1981 Suzuki rm 80 as I've owned one. ?
First 2 stroke I had as a kid
That RM 80 I never confuse that sound.