We Rescued a Yamaha Warrior 350 from the Crusher! Will it Run Again?

The Yamaha Warrior 350 is one of my favorite sport ATVs! They're equipped with a simple and powerful 350cc air cooled engine and 5 speed transmission. They're not as powerful as the Raptor 660 or Raptor 700, but they make up for it in agility and playfulness. Charles owned a Yamaha Raptor 350 years ago, and I've been looking for a similar quad ever since. Today, I bought a clapped out 2000 Yamaha Warrior for $50! The previous owner told me he couldn't get it running and he was going to haul it off to the crusher if I didn't want it. Miraculously, we got this old sport quad running again!
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[@dellstudio10]

Can’t steal parts off of it now. You’ll have a blast riding that at the off road park! They have tons of torque. 3rd gear is the sweet spot on these for trail riding. Plenty of low end torque and top speed cruising in 3rd.

[@iantheodd1667]

Those yamaha 350 motors are known for having all the torque

[@playinwithfirecustoms7954]

I LOVE mine!!!

[@la_plata3588]

Crap quad weak horsepower.

[@playinwithfirecustoms7954]

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion...

[@jasonpetrich4141]

@Xaphan Vassago na the bayou is worst

[@MrGixxer1300r]

You can really tell Charles is a experienced mechanic, and being a decent fabricator he is a big asset to your channel. Also that pipe should be good for $100.00 if you clean it up before you sell it. Great deal John

[@playinwithfirecustoms7954]

I'll give you 100 for the exhaust!!

[@makoshark40]

i do love him but i did cringe at reving it so soon

[@willemmatthews676]

@@makoshark40 things been sitting for so long probably ain’t gonna hurt it really

[@zeitgeist2720]

@@willemmatthews676 exactly running on borrowed time anyways who cares

[@willemmatthews676]

@@zeitgeist2720 yeah I’m sure weather exposure and rust and corrosion to exposed cylinder and piston is worst than a bit of light revving to keep it running

[@CarsandCameras]

I bought this Warrior just to steal the suspension for a new cross kart... turns out this old Yamaha 350 isn't done yet!

[@mrdeathscrn]

Dagnabbit! Now you have to order a pair of shocks.. BUT you have a rippin tearing mean machine for fiddy bucks (and carburetor/CDI/tire cost) but at the end of the day, mayor win for the blue team! Rock on!

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Of course not.. Duh, It's a Warrior! ;) True to their name, they're rock-solid bikes. Fix it up & enjoy it! 🤘 Otherwise, you probably get $1000 bucks for it, +/- at the very least I'd think.

[@unddswamp1406]

NEGIN is self promoting her adult film site through your comments.

[@brantmcfarland517]

@NEGIN-sexyy go away

[@Atc250sx]

We got this sprocket setup for my warrior and it's it's damn rocket ship

[@LilQSlice]

I rescued an '88 Warrior a few months ago; had been sitting under a porch for several years. Just needed a battery, carb, and a clutch handle. Came right back to life. Fixed a few other things, but now i trail ride it on the regular. Built like a tank.

[@MOE13576]

That's cool. I bought one also an 88 , about two weeks ago but haven't time to ride it.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

$50? Damnit, where do you always find these deals?! I miss my Warrior.. I had an '87, the first year, w/ removable ball joints. Great bikes! You can't kill em. 🤘

[@CarsandCameras]

I went to buy the Harley Davidson 125 and the guy had this quad sitting in the yard!

[@R3TR0R4V3]

@@CarsandCameras outstanding! Good on you man, helluva good deal. 🤘

[@jacoberbe2351]

When Charles said it's a Yamaha. Exactly can't kill these. Awesome job

[@awpgaming7505]

honestly bring this back to life and sell it or give it away! Love to see a fun video of you guys just goofing around on go karts or mini bikes just laughing having fun with the crew! Easy fun day moral booster! Great video keep it up guys!

[@blasted6760]

This 350 needs a chance at the board, see what times it can lay down, then you can get creative with it

[@GB-lw4nl]

When you said in a previous video that you were going to rob parts off it my heart dropped. The Yamaha warrior was one of the best quads ever made. I'm so glad yall got her running. You should bring it out for mini mayhem.

[@MrDeticus]

That was great when Charles said "there's stuff coming out" and this exhaust "turd" flies out. I LOL'd

[@Spirit_Lanayru]

Hell yeah! I'm about to resurrect my 88 warrior 350, and this is making me super stoked for that

[@squarebodycasewademckenney6190]

That's more than worth it to put $500-$1,000 into to get it all fixed up and going

[@motorman111jld]

Man I love the Yamaha Warriors! To me they were a great size. Not too big to be useless and not too small to be, well too small.

[@ncwarrior62]

Every Yamaha I ever had was built like a tank . They make a great product. But your knowledge and experience speaks for itself. Can’t wait to see where this project ends up! Great video guys!!

[@glenmch4226]

Even the plastics are thicker

[@maxwelledison03]

The ONLY thing that peeves me about Yamaha is their overabundant use of Phillips screws for side covers. Absolutely useless.

[@zanejennings7836]

I would love to see “rideout” videos of you guys going around the trails or whatever on some of those machines. Love the videos man

[@craigshagey9999]

fix it up not meney abawt naw

[@zanejennings7836]

@@craigshagey9999 .....WHAT?

[@alexpaumen3937]

Kinda like what Kevin (Junkyard Digs) does with the 3 wheelers after he fixes those up.

[@samnope7344]

@@zanejennings7836 I think he said "Fix it up, not many about now" .... Don't know why he wrote it like that though

[@zanejennings7836]

@@alexpaumen3937 exactly, would be cool to see on this channel tho

[@The_dislike_guy]

The 350 warrior engine has a reputation as being one the most reliable and bulletproof four stroke engines crafted by the hands of mortal man.

[@jasonbolka9713]

This literally made me cry. I had this exact quad. I saved for years to buy it and due to money issues I had to sell it a few years ago. I have so many great memories of riding through the woods with my kids when they were younger. I miss it so much

[@danf4616]

Yamaha...Honda...so hard to completely kill these things. Years of abuse, neglect, weather. Doesn't matter, you can get 'em running!. Thanks for the vids! 😎😎

[@GradenGmoney44]

Just not the 2 strokes lol

[@nickolaivuicich4105]

@@GradenGmoney44 the 2 strokes they make are great what do you mean?

[@bldallas]

Back in 1996 or 97, a buddy and I both bought brand new Yamaha Warriors. Those were great 4 wheelers. 8 or 9” of travel, electric start, reverse, and it would go nearly 70 mph down country road.

[@j.w.3345]

WOW!! I thought ....’no way is that thing ever going to run again.’ I was sooo wrong!! Don’t worry about that smoke. That mouse carcass will burn off in no time at all. But it might make you think about getting some Barbecue.

[@jasonpetrich4141]

Hell ya!!!! Now that's what I'm talking about guys. It runs yes!!!!!! I love the will it run stuff, can't wait to see what you do with it

[@aspiceronni4462]

I love it when Ike shows up and brings order to the works.

[@zerkermond]

Greater the risk the greater the reward. Love seeing the derelict quad being delivered from the jaws of the crusher to sing of new life in another great episode of cars and cameras

[@davolbc]

Outstanding video! I was laughing and learning. Truly amazed you got that thing running. Congrats those engines are badass.

[@davolbc]

And just so you know you're more than welcome to use my tagline, laughing and learning.

[@MotoDeSoto]

Love your channel. One thing about looking down into the crankcase at the oil, keep in mind that oil floats on water. Just a thought. Keep up the good work, I always look forward to your videos. 😎

[@Hitycooking]

Russia today #hitydesign

[@stephennormand4997]

You guys F'ing rock I have completely rebuilt my 2000 warrior 350 and haven't had spark I switched those plugs it runs beautiful!!! I made a dumb mistake but thanks to you guys I can ride this snow storm! Shout out from Stephen from Rhode island! Been watching you guys for a long long long time! Much love

[@megod1313]

Excellent find and getting it running. Great job.

[@dicktrickle4197]

Heck yeah, a friend and I put a stage 3 on a Raptor 350 and it ran damn good. Pro tip, if using a stock carb, leave the air box lid on

[@karrcrash9589]

I think that this is too good of a bike to steal parts off of. I have ridden a warrior many times and they are an awesome bike and I can’t wait to see you guys do a riding video!

[@willswrenches3605]

Been watching y'alls videos for years keep up the great content

[@DevilsAdvocate-iv4hf]

The 350 warrior was a great quad. I've owned 3... the last one was a 2001, and I road it weekly until 2020. It just wouldn't die.

[@mikefrom812]

I found your channel again after a few years not watching and this new guy is bringing a nice new change to the channel

[@jelleotten862]

love the video Keep up the work🔥💪🏻

[@newzerozeroone]

Damn it, I love owen. The look of care and concern when talking about the brakes shows alot of his character.

[@oldcars46]

I have to say you have the most entertaining videos on this channel love watching them thank you so much for sharing

[@98kouki123]

Bought a $350 thanksgiving day warrior a couple years ago. Put a battery and stator in it and it still runs great

[@richadams881]

This will be the fastest vehicle you have had on the show. I'm jealous.

[@samilbhogalgodisgreat6927]

Nice steal and cant wait to see you have fun riding it amazing times & good memories

[@bigboygaming4397]

Awesome videos loving them all keep doing the awesome job guys

[@maxamoose483]

Very cool work guys 🤘🤘

[@richardsteele6776]

Congratulations Charles! You guys are amazing.

[@jamesmcgee9279]

You guys will find a way! Outstanding fellas!

[@austingilliam88]

Make sure you guys check the valve lash. I had a issue with my 99 big bear with it de lobing the cam because lack of oil flow. Intake .006 exhaust .012 thousands are the specks. I would flush the crankcase with kerosene that way you don’t suck up any junk and plug the system.

[@johne5493]

When it comes to the tire patch, If it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid. Whatever gets you going or to the finish.🏆🏆

[@jonnyretro2235]

Brilliant work guys. Good to save the sport quads. Warriors are a great wee machine.

[@johnkrimmel1533]

Going to make sure I keep this up in my favorites keep it up you guys are awesome

[@CZ350tuner]

Back in 2000, a friend bought an immaculate "Won't start" low mileage 1995 CZ 125 for £50. When we had it back in his workshop, it took me a few minutes to spot the disconnected spade connector on the ignition switch. It started & ran sweet, once the spade was plugged back in.

[@panfriedmarmot]

It always amazes me that people buy dirt bikes and power equipment and know literally NOTHING about how they work to the point they can't even plug a wire back in or do basic maintenance of any kind. I guess its a win for us since we can pick up $50 quads and dirt bikes to play with or sell on for a profit.

[@CZ350tuner]

​@@panfriedmarmot Back in the late 1980's, a couple of friends & myself bought 3 x 1970's CZ 175-477 Sport & a 1979 CZ 125-481 Trail (as rare as hens teeth!!) as a job lot from a local motorcycle breakers,, for £75. I rode one of the Sport models from the yard to a bike dealers, where it passed the MOT inspection, and back home. The fault with it was the timing was set to fire 1 inch before BDC. One of the other Sport & the Trail models also had badly set points, so ran fine. The remaining sport model was seized but was fixed after replacing the crank journal bearings & seals, which is only an hour long job on CZ singles. Out of all the cheap "nothing seriously wrong / previous owner was mechanically ignorant" bikes, these four were the best bargains.

[@brantmcfarland517]

Back when I was racing enduros I made my own brakes. Take an old set of car/truck pads and hacksaw the remaining pad off (3.00 to 5.00 mm thick). Shape with bench grinder and use 5min JB Weld. Helpful hint’s rough up the backings and pads, install in a vice for an hour or so to let dry. store bought pads would last one race (150 miles or so) and I could get two races with my set. Good luck and thanks for sharing your thoughts, time and videos with us and me.

[@stephenhuber1079]

Outstanding work guys! Great to see you awesome shade tree mechanics get that Yamaha running again. What's next for it?

[@Trevinator1990]

here in ny, people be selling stuff worse than that for $800-1000, while missing half the parts saying no low ball offers......... prices on EVERYTHING here is INSANE right now!

[@CarsandCameras]

Yup its like that down here too, this Warrior wasn't advertised on FB

[@johnkrimmel1533]

Man I haven't watched yalls in about 6 or 7 weeks I'm glad

[@JOHNJ0HN9111]

that warrior sounds sweet!!!! can't wait until it's roller on all four on its own power...

[@danieldelarosa8806]

@20:20 Charles -" we got stuff coming out " what looks to be a mouse carcass shoots out the exhaust 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@jamesdavid5997]

This is awesome cuz I build quads some myself n had a warrior, kids first bike. Now he wants one again... Great content!!!

[@JohnHill-jm7tm]

Another great find and video. This Old Man loves it. Looking forward to seeing it on the track . 🛵🧔💝💝💝

[@ervingoertzen7233]

Awesome guys! Great to see you guys bringing live to,a bike sitting for eons

[@jameswarren423]

For $50 that’s a winner all day awesome job guys can’t wait to see your rip around👍🏼🤩😎

[@badcompany3057]

Unbelievable that you got that thing running. Nice work

[@tcanthony2]

You gotta love a warrior. Hard to be and great little quads. Love mine.

[@7795Dakota]

They called it a warrior for a reason!! I know it would fire up be4 I even watched the video. Excited to see what you guys do with it.

[@KWhite75]

Love the new quad. Time to bring back the Honduki!!!!

[@davegillette953]

Really fun video you guys, nice job!

[@bottom6kustoms]

awesome save from the boneyard cant wait to see future videos on this

[@jimmywilson1388]

Heck yeah man, it’s amazing what some people will throw away.

[@toddengel5249]

That's a good fine I found one in a junkyard it was a 93 Yamaha zodiac 400 4 x 4 and I got about 500 in to it and I paid $25.00 and it's a great wheeler and now it has a 50" ram plow love it

[@handyhippie6548]

$50 for that was a steal. almost any part on it is worth that, and it runs! cha-frickin-ching baby!

[@forrestdevine2336]

Always did have a soft spot for the Warrior. Those two big headlights mounted high up and the short nose gave it this eager-puppy, "YEAH, let's go exploring! Fun times!" vibe. It just looked ready to go have fun getting dirty. Especially in the original blue and yellow color scheme.

[@dragonrider6875]

That is amazing!!!! Just a simple wiring issue.That makes all the difference!!

[@51504lyf]

so much fun watching y'all.

[@richb313]

Great episode guys keep up the rebuild.

[@charlessoule8587]

Well that video didn’t turn out like I thought! Great work guys!!

[@DEADEYE7794]

I love working on the Yamahas the warriors are at least to me very easy to work on

[@lifewithjonathan5277]

That is going to be a blast riding around the property.

[@reddog543211]

Well dun guy's!!!!...... congratulations on the find !!!..... great content ,editing and outcome !!

[@200mmonster4]

Love them 350cc Yamaha engines I had a wolferine that was bullet proof

[@ronaldrobinson5532]

Another one back from the dead! Good job boys. John took a gamble, and it payed.

[@ronaldnadeau]

Great Job Guys, you did just what I would have done!

[@alankarvel441]

sweet I just rebuilt a 1987 yamaha warrior 350 too Mint . was a lot of fun.! now it's a lot of fun to ride.!

[@MattSmith-mx2yg]

Good job that was awesome guys.

[@mikep60]

Awesome vid. U guys have some skills.

[@Philc231]

Old and new school mechanics , old and new school fabrication . John with decent skills and brains to match . Ike ,Charles and John could each have their own channel ,Ike does and I love it, but together they are a fun special trio . Waiting for the book of their journey together . Cars and Cameras…… the beginning .

[@JNC1973]

I have always wanted a Yamaha Warrior since they first came out on the market. I used to love the way the Red and Black ones looked with the Gold Rims. Back in the 80s i think it was or early 90s.

[@TylerWallen]

Really want to see you guys get that thing back together and riding. For that price you can’t beat it.

[@M-oneeleven-M111]

That's a epic win on that one guys, I ironically had the same issue with a Cagiva MiTo at work this week two pairs of plugs that are interchangeable. They had been put the wrong way round and was instantly blowing the main fuse, quick switcheroo jobs a peach 😂. Sometimes it's the simplest things 👍

[@4godadddygo]

One of my all time favorite quads

[@okiebucks5588]

Keep doing what you do

[@scottmartin8888]

Would be cool to see more of this. Great find for 50$, with the know-how

[@makoman67]

I can't believe that thing fired up. A true testament to Japanese longevity.

[@lathanstory880]

These are awesome! I have one and it’s been pretty much bulletproof. They are actually a 6 speed, at least my ‘96 is.

[@joellake26]

Now that’s a deal! Small error, can discourage anyone. Just takes the right someone to find it and put it back. Awesome job

[@lonnienunes]

Wow that's awesome great job sounds good to love the videos 👍

[@dukie1616]

So cool! Now that’s a come up!!

[@jacobbreazeale1816]

Those warriors are almost unstoppable, fast too!

[@seabeepirate]

Sometimes when an engine sits for a long time the oil in the rings dries up and the compression will go down until it’s run enough to work oil back into the rings. You might be able to crank it without the spark plug to pump oil back out to the rings and your compression can go up. I’ve seen people put oil in the cylinder too but that makes me worry about bending a rod if I don’t get enough oil out.

[@mystafrawzt]

Hell of a deal for 50 bucks. Great content guys

[@hghiflyfyf]

This video brings back memories. Had a 350 warrior. Tough as all get out. Only weak spot is the rear axle housing seals fail and bearings go shortly after.

[@bobmanzi7712]

great stuff guys thanks

[@tophernuttle420]

Holy 🚬's....Great Job getting it going Guys! Thats a sweet lil high Rev mamba jamba...

[@stevechristophersen5105]

Awesome score!!!

[@TheTruthBeToId]

Awesome! You guys really need some ceiling fan vents for smoky projects and the summer heat for sure.