I Bought A 50 Year Old Motorcycle Never Sold!

[@motomike71]

This is like a cross between American Pickers and American Choppers but without the shouting. The production and editing on this video is great. History should pick you up for a show.

[@jasonpetrich4141]

They would ruin it, it's perfect just how it is

[@jackherer519]

@@jasonpetrich4141 tru that, would turn into pure garbage

[@geetar82]

Please god no. That would totally change the show. They reach a bigger audience now, they have complete creative freedom and they are in charge.

[@YeahNoyeah]

Nah history would ruin this beauty

[@HolyRider22]

History channel most likely would try to take God out of his show and put him in even tighter pants. Neither of which i want to see 😁 keep up the good work brother!

[@Steve-ec6ed]

"I'm glad Seans around to teach me stuff" - Craig LMAO! I almost spit my coffee out

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Lol!! God made "Ol' Useless" have to pee, just to find the part that Craig needed. God: "Since you're doing nothing but breathing all of Craig's oxygen, Go Pee." 😆😂🤣

[@_konkrit_]

I wish I had a Craig to help me with the project I inherited lol

[@yaboialebo4717]

Ok "Steve"

[@DEE-jk3rb]

I'm 21, I don't own a motorcycle let alone know any of these parts, mechanisms, and terminologies but I've been subscribed for about 2 weeks now and so far I'm loving every single video I come across. Best wishes to SRK Cycles and the guys. Much love from the Philippines!

[@VyantQuijt]

Try the 2vintage channel! Lots you can learn there and the guy pretty much only does rare basket case bike revivals.

[@davebarrowcliffe1289]

Buy one! It'll change you life! 😀👍

[@loganburton3858]

You guys have some super sick single cylinder choppers down there. You definitely need to get a bike

[@DEE-jk3rb]

@@davebarrowcliffe1289 Oh I would love to! I can already feel like I'm a motorcycle guy. Sometimes I daydream of just cruising with a Harley. I'll definitely save for a decent one someday.

[@davebarrowcliffe1289]

@@DEE-jk3rb Do It! Start smaller... Harleys are heavy, expensive, only good for going in straight lines, take too much cleaning and generally overrated anyway ... 🤣👍

[@duncangrainge]

I found the exact same bike in 1987. Kids had been riding around a gravel pit and dumped it. I took it home, basic service and it ran like a dream. I could never get it registered here in the UK as the VIN plate was gone. But I rode it on the trails around the Ridgeway where you could ride without registration for many years. It never missed a beat. Parts were not easy to get back then.

[@chaseconnor1]

Craig chasing the bike trying to spray it was absolute gold XD

[@tmaddrummer]

This old man loved every minute of this..... Thanks and Blessings!

[@dustypotter9839]

Hey Craig, “ I’m not helping “ Hahaha, don’t know who all got that , but I love it. Shows you they’re not only coworkers or whatever you want to call it, but still just two friends enjoying motorcycles and having fun while doing it.

[@christianfoster8400]

Ahh it’s a good day when Bikes and Beards put out new content!

[@treeguyable]

yep

[@msweat]

Craig: the most abused mechanic in this or any other universe.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

He's the "Jared Pink" of motorcycles. Both worth more than gold.

[@FrostBeam009]

*Laugh in Boyd*

[@eliaslundstedt5607]

Also the Wizard and everyone DDE touches

[@phillipgardner5836]

I love watching you guys bring these old bikes back to life

[@daveco1270]

I like that you guys are doing some vintage motorcycle content. That's a cool bike. "Are we gonna buy this thing before we completely tear it apart?" Meanwhile Sean is taking parts of other random bikes in the guys yard. : ) He was a good sport to let you guys work on the bike in his driveway.

[@P1630N]

He seemed just as excited to see this thing run as they were, super cool to see a bike that old run for the first time!

[@hodaka1000]

@Evelyn A STD ?

[@lucasrustt]

my favorite kind of video, is so satisfying to see an bike coming back to life

[@ahelpinghand8340]

Love these old bike finds , can't wait to see it come to life .

[@tauncfester3022]

Should never use raw starting fluid in a new 2 stroke engine, at least add some oil to the cylinder before attempting to get it to light off. Did you check to see if the points were clean and gapped correctly? New spark plug, all the wire connectors were pushed together? Mustie always does his first 2 cycle starts with a can of premix 40:1 this being an iron bore cylinder I'd mix up a 25:1 mix for it's first rides. Riding it home on a weak premix oil mix will kill this bike.

[@jp400motox]

yeah, this is so hard to watch them destroy this bike...

[@trustoldpaths1415]

They don't care about the bike, only the views

[@joegee2815]

When I was a kid we had a Benelli 50cc road bike. It was branded as Montgomery Wards. Used to ride it on the trails which it was not designed to do. The gas tank stuck proud of the seat so when you'd hit a bump wrong, balls busted...

[@TheFlowNetwork]

I learned to ride on a '72 Benelli just like that one when I was a kid. My Dad raced motorcycles in NH (he raced for BSA and Triumph) so we always had exotic bikes to ride around through the woods and fields. We had a few Bultacos (Spain) and a '73 CZ 250 enduro (Czechoslovakia). When I was 12 Dad got me a '78 Honda CR125 Elsinore with a racing engine in it. That bike became the neighborhood legend. Good luck with the Benelli.

[@loganburton3858]

You had a sweet childhood

[@martincz.]

hello CZ 250 is nowadays a rare motorcycle in the czech republic and slovakia hello from czech republic

[@TheFlowNetwork]

@@martincz. in 1964 my Dad won at the Canadian Nationals riding a 1961 Eso Jawa (basically a CZ) factory racing bike. Only about 10 of them made. It was disassembled and stored in a box in our barn for about 30 years. Then in the late 1990's my Dad restored it and raced it in a vintage bike race in New Hampshire during bike week.

[@martincz.]

@@TheFlowNetwork that's nice. Do you still have a any Jawa or CZ bike ?

[@Michael_Lorenson]

My father and I started riding dirt bikes in late 1970, and his first bike was a Benelli 175 exactly like this one. Yours may have been titled as a 1972, but I'll bet it was manufactured in 1970-71. The Benelli's major weakness was that weird dual-sprocket rear hub. Dad hardly ever rode it on the street but, in the woods, the chain would pop off regularly -- pretty much any time significant torque was required while hopping over a big tree root, or a rock, or anything giving the rear suspension a sharp jolt. One way or another, that rear sprocket set was twisting out of alignment with the engine sprocket, causing the chain to pop off. No amount of fiddling with chain length or adjustment made any difference. He rode it for one season (1971), learned how to pop a chain back on with fantastic speed and efficiency, then replaced it with a Kawasaki 'Big Horn', which was a two-stroke (with rotary-valve induction), 350cc street legal dirt bike. Meanwhile I was riding and racing an Indian 50cc 'Super Scrambler', which was a mini motocross bike. After becoming weary of wrestling the heavy, ill-handling (but dead-reliable) Big Horn, he bought the first of three Bultaco Alpinas -- two 250cc, one 175cc. He loved those Alpinas, except that the brakes were absolutely useless after passing through water. By then, I was riding a 100cc Steen. It had a Hodaka engine and gearbox (later used in the Hodaka 'Dirt Squirt') in a Steen chassis, which incorporated a 'leading-link' front suspension. That one was very difficult to shift after passing through water -- and we passed though a LOT of water in the Missouri woods. After that, I rode a tricked-out 1974 Honda 'Elsinore' 125cc motocross bike, sometimes on track but mostly on tight, gnarly trails where I mastered the art of throttle and clutch control necessary to keep it from stalling, with its nonexistent flywheel and peaky, high-RPM powerband. I think gathering this group of bikes today would probably be a minor miracle: 1971 Benelli 175cc 'Enduro' 1971 Indian 50cc 'Super Scrambler' 1970~ Kawasaki 350cc 'Big Horn' 1972~ Steen 100cc 1972~ Bultaco 250cc 'Alpina' 1973 Bultaco 175cc 'Alpina' 1974 Honda 125cc 'Elsinore' 1977 Bultaco 250cc 'Alpina' (which I wrecked rather badly, fracturing some bones) And, for good measure, any 100cc Hodaka of the period -- 'Dirt Squirt' or its predecessors

[@theherald3117]

My dad got a Benelli when I was a little kid, that gave me bike fever. I took my kids on rides, and now as adults, they ride too. 👍 🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍

[@YeahNoyeah]

Much love from Trinidad and Tobago .. this channel alongside srk cycles is a god send . Pure content ! God bless brothers .. hopefully one day I can buy a bike from you all!

[@BelieveTheMessage]

Love seeing your adventures together fixing old bikes. 👍

[@HippieBiker1369]

Remember these being sold at JC Penney when they use to sell auto parts and mini bikes, so lucky you are to find such relics

[@Desert10075]

I love this kind of stuff. Old motorcycles are so fun if they're not too far gone. I knew a guy who bought an old 3cylendar Kawasaki. It wouldn't start for the longest time, ground issue. He got it going and the front axle broke on a curve, it was a road bike, it just snapped and sent him and a passenger off a 20 foot drop onto boulders. They were okay a month later. If you rebuild any old street bikes try to replace the parts that will kill you if they break first😎

[@ballsacks8827]

Best content on the tube ! Love from Scotland!

[@jacobtaylor627]

This dude!!!!!! God I love this channel and your love for older unappreciated bikes! I have a CT90 I’m redoing because of you guys! Just got over bored and everything highly recommend it

[@kurtfoulke5130]

I hate shows where stupidity is written into the script, but when it occurs naturally it's magic 😂 Great job guys, your sense of humor keeps me coming back for more.

[@toshialemjamir6143]

A fan from Nagaland India 🙂 keep up the good work guys . God bless you ☺

[@boxedfender4810]

Kinda hurt a bit watch him mash that shifter on those splines oomph it stayed in damn near perfect condition for 50 years and gets molested by some knuckleheads because they are impatient. Just get the right parts and tools for crying out loud

[@andystokes8702]

And when you can't get the clutch cover off because it has sat there for half a century just jam a screwdriver in and whack it with a hammer, it certainly would not destroy the gasket of chew up the mating surfaces. I cringe sometimes watching these two. Good luck finding a new gasket for this bike.

[@JoshTHankins]

EZPULL!!! I spend many days digging through that place!!

[@artied1807]

Reminds me of the good ole days as a 14 year old. My older friend from down the street and I trying to keep my 60cc Bridgestone running. Priceless!

[@ghettogrower5734]

Thats a gem and a collector piece of art! I really hope you fix it up and keep it in your showroom or shop.

[@keeganlarson5767]

The Benelli TNT 135 I bought that got me into this channel was stolen out of my parking space last month. Only had liability. Was my way to get to work to provide for my family of 5 . Super depressing. Only thing I can do is think the Lord was intervening some way. Glad to see this video! Miss my bike!!

[@kikupub71]

Blessings Keegan and family I am praying for another ride for you. Like you said it maybe was beneficial that you didn’t ride your bike. Surely the lord is able to abundantly meet your deepest need. Be watching for a miracle coming your way ! God bless you again in Jesus Name amen!

[@keeganlarson5767]

@@kikupub71 thank you brother 👊🏻

[@agcacustoms2852]

Oh man starting what was a basically brand new 1972 motorcycle. That is just amazing and super great content.

[@kunkprime6980]

I love you guys. I'm just an old retired Engineer who's been riding for around 50 years. My last bike was a BMW R1200C. She was a beauty in black with White pin stripes. She was strong and handled like a dream with a sound that a rider could listen to all day. I really loved that bike. But we were retired and still had one kiddo still in college. So, I sold the bike to finish the job. All three kids are through college. All the Kids and grandkids are doing great. It was sure worth it. So, I guess I'm still looking for my last bike. Who knows, maybe I'll find a cheap Grom somewhere, nice and slow just like me. Or do you think the TW200 might be better? Or what about that Kawasaki ? Or, what about that little Benelli ?...So many choices. I'll probably just be doing short runs through our beautiful wine country or a run to the coffee shop to work on my latest design obsession. According to my Bride of 53 years, apparently, I have the attention span of a Tsetse fly...I really hope they never make a shiny Squirrel or I'm screwed. I always look forward to the words for the day on your videos. Very cool. God Bless you and yours. Thank you for a great channel...kunk

[@bryanrb21]

Come on guys way to leave us hanging! Another cool find and I can't wait for the next upload!👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥❤

[@slimjimsanji232]

Always excited for an episode

[@ronprince1478]

I had the pleasure of of these. Top speed 61mph but off-road nothing would stop it. Its traction was amazing and I once rode it over 75 yards through water over the top of the fuel tank, just the handlebars above water and it never missed a beat. Would buy one again in a heartbeat.

[@ParaBellum2024]

So, with the air intake and electrics well below water? Not possible.

[@mattf49006]

I remember these from the early 70s...a neighbor had two he trailered behind a RV to use on camping trips..

[@SMKreitzer1968]

Awesome find guys. Look forward to part two. God bless.

[@joegilly1523]

Hope you get it running,that will be worth 3-4 times more than what you paid for it. That’s got to be the best Craig’s listing I have ever seen.

[@bradsanders6954]

Demand for old Benelli's is close to nil. So no.

[@manscript6195]

A couple days ago, I was doing this job for a contractor and he has these 2 bikes a new one and a really old one. I really like the old one and it turned out to be a 1966 Ducati scrambler. The guy has a bunch of original parts for it and aftermarket stuff, he even has unused brand new stickers for the gas tank that says “made in Italy”. I asked him if he was willing to sell it and he is. Really good looking bike.

[@BikesandBeards]

can you contact me ? that sounds really interesting

[@onesadtech]

Nice find! That's a beautiful old bike!

[@lonewolf3833]

Hello, you should check the ignition part, since the 2-stroke engine is super simple, first see if it gets fuel, then see if it has a spark. see platinum and capacitor are good as over time it tends to deteriorate. Cheers

[@CCitis]

Congrats on 1 mil+ boys! Love the vid, love you guys.

[@johndonlon1611]

Terrific find! These bikes were sold in very small quantities in small mom and pop dealerships usually attached to a dry goods store of some type or gas service station. This is a fun bike and while not a "high dollar value" bike, it is an interesting machine worthy of running and taking to shows.

[@uralbob1]

My first bike that I bought brand new: a 1970 Benelli 200cc Sprite! Great engine and chassis, horrible, horrible electrics. Flagship Benelli back then was the twin 650cc Tornado! Beautiful bike with a non traditional over bore.

[@manayunkman83]

If you wanted to push start it, you use a higher gear, it gives you more leverage on the motor when pushing the power backwards into it using the rear tire to turn it over. You pick the gear based on which one doesn't cause the tire to slide when you let out the clutch. Also, a 12 point metric socket would have let you shift it without a shifter.

[@stevesinkey9736]

I give the Benelli 100%! She will make it home, I have seen new bikes more problems.

[@georgecrutchfield8734]

Thanks guys. I needed a good chuckle.

[@TheZooness]

Another gem added to the collection? I love the choice of bikes that you add to your collection.

[@RC-fu6hg]

Coffee and bikes and beards. What a perfect morning. Nice find with that bike

[@markmccullough6373]

I bought one of these bikes new back in 1973 at a small motorcycle shop in Kansas, Illinois. I enjoyed it for a couple of years then joined the navy in 1975 for 20 years and never did know what ever happened to it. I suspect that one of my brothers used it until it became junk.

[@jackrusselclan]

Benelli are the bikes we wanted too have in our teens here in the Netherlands ✌️

[@Tubespoet]

I owned a mid 70s Benelli 125 Cross, I enjoyed it but it was a little temperamental in both starting and running consistently. Weak brakes, short action throttle, hard suspension, great fun! Swapped it for a Triumph 3TA!

[@justincase5272]

You're bringing back mid-'70s memories of me working on my Hodaka Ace 100.

[@HyllustheBarbarian]

We have to wait a whole week for part 2? You are killing me smalls!

[@trumpfancardanostakepool4737]

The supreme effort is real. Good watching.

[@Bioruss]

Another awesome unpredictable episode, thanks for sharing guys.

[@ivandellacha7500]

Love these series!

[@livetoride120]

Love this kind of content! You guys keep it it up! 🤘🏻👏🏻

[@rhino9372]

This “Craig the mechanic” channel just keeps getting better!!

[@jered1940]

This is my favorite KZbin channel

[@CZ350tuner]

It's a good job it wasn't raining, because Benelli's ignitions are notorious for not working when wet. (My younger brother owns a 1979 2C 250).

[@MrTimdtoolman1]

The old guy was pretty cool to let you guys (that he's never seen before) disassemble his bike in the drive without paying first. LOL!!!!

[@KrustyKlown]

in the mid-70's I road that model Benelli .. my science teacher had a dealership in Upstate NY, he used to ride into school on a 6 cylinder Benelli road bike, so COOL !!

[@zach8459]

Perfect time to take a break from work 🤘

[@rickbachman993]

SWEET FIND!!! That’s gonna be a fun little bike!!✌🏻

[@leroyjarvis5617]

Probably 1 of a kind bike and you put more miles on. Nice to afford that.

[@jakelesterdafang6127]

I`m new to this channel and I think this is one of the coolest motorcycle page

[@paulasipelaez4714]

Watching from Philippines keep the world happy guys godbless always

[@craigmonteforte1478]

I’ve had a bunch of Motorcycles over the years some new ones others old and very Used watching this video reminded me of something i wished for many times which is a simple Universal plastic inexpensive gas tank you could strap on almost any bike temporarily to test ride it or even just use it to start the motor and adjust carbs etc i’ve seen IV style bottles for cars and trucks that have a hook on them for hanging them onto a open hood for the same reason

[@williamburdon6993]

This reminds me of the two guys who came to look at my pop up camper, it was getting ready to pour down rain , and I said come back another time. but the guy said I just want to see the canvas ,if it's good I am buying it. ! They lifted the top up crooked and it fell to one side , bending the frame , they looked at each other and said they had to do something real fast , they would be right back. Never saw them again of course Except I hope you guys bought it, or at least put it all back together.

[@BikesandBeards]

We bought it before we started taking it apart

[@joethomas5983]

Such a unique relic. May have deserved a bona fide mechanic.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

INCREDIBLE FIND!!

[@RokDAWG1]

I don’t know how I missed this video but wow! What an amazing find!

[@CashAMV]

It's just good watching bikes and beards

[@mackencycalecaballero7412]

Check the tank if its rusted,clean the carburator,open the head cylinder pour 2T oil on the piston,check the wiring CDI/igcoil&drain the old transmision oil..i am 2T japanese motorbike collector he always said that bearded man is expert mechanic. I can start and run that bike using my swiss knife.

[@uhrsker]

EZ Pull & Save in New Ringgold, PA. My home away from home! I'm there almost every weekend.

[@treeguyable]

The seller of the bike was like, : " Well, if you are going to block my driveway for half the week, instead of just hauling it with you, better be some money involved."

[@motomike71]

They also left a pretty nice sized oil spot in his driveway, lol.

[@treeguyable]

@@motomike71 Tell evelyn, she forgot about one eat shit

[@DavidSmith-fw6uj]

Love from DeKalb Mississippi USA 🇺🇸

[@Guisk8POA]

Make longer Video, i love this type of content!

[@professorvoluck9311]

If you are as old as me than you remember Sanford & Son. They made junk look cool!

[@rickg.5171]

I remember when these bikes were everywhere. The new Benelli's have nothing in common but the badge.

[@markdittbenner9949]

Guys the best way to do that it gets a rope and pull it behind the truck and you don't get tired...and you can fool with the carb wile pulling it...if it has spark it will fire 95.perncent of the rime

[@sizzerbladez2220]

had my fingers crossed through the whole vid. looking forward to the next vid. love it .

[@whalesong999]

Contact breaker (points) probably are corroded where they meet. Happens when they sit for long periods, especially in damp conditions. Clean em with fine "flex stone", a product that was sold by Snap-on, then clean with a strip of business card moistened with lacquer thinner. Y'all know how to do that stuff.

[@mattisthoben8894]

I really like this 2stroke topic! Please do more 2 stroke power vids!!

[@actstuntcam]

AWESOME: That bike is pretty cool.

[@b0xcrash]

I have a 66' 250 Benelli, the bottom end of my engine looks identical. interesting they used the same crankcase on all these engines for years. my frame also looks the same. Mine sat for years and back in the late 80's we attempted to push start it the same way after cleaning everything up and we could not keep it running unless we were pushing it. it turned out the rings had broke apart in sections and was not holding good compression anymore

[@TribalGuitars]

That Benelli brings back memories! The minibike I learned to ride on was a Benelli Dynamo, which was one of the bikes in the promo stuff and a pics they showed. That thing was all of 65cc and a top speed of 40ish, and all of about 3" of travel (still more than my Harley), but it could just about climb a verticle surface, it got outrageous gas mileage, and the magneto screwed up every's TV picture as I rode by. lol

[@morishanje.5626]

this place is heaven

[@mrsaizo0000]

Would be so cool if you one day found an old Monark 150cc with an JB-engine! Not because it was made where I'm from, but finding one in the US, that would be a thrill..

[@NickEgberss]

You guys should have your own discovery channel show or something, I would love to watch that. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@jasonadams5187]

Awesome video and awesome content can’t wait for the next video Thanks

[@bigpat_4295]

The seller seemed really nice, even helping you

[@peterbennett4948]

Wow what a cool Benelli guys 👍

[@johnschafer9043]

Good luck. I was around 2 of those things back in the day. They were broken more than not.

[@colinculverwell325]

That must be the most generous seller of all time, letting you do all that on his driveway. But come on $1500, just buy it if you like it. You've spent much more on chinese junk from amazon. I bet you can even source those missing parts somewhere (Europe probably).

[@kenskater8602]

It's just so much better to ride them home... Its just feels like a bigger win.

[@andrewgee241]

Well they are making a KZbin video. It's not like real life where they would just throw it into the back of their pickup and go. Fixing the bike on the spot is all to create some drama.

[@The_Bearded_Mechanic]

Parts are easy to get here in the states

[@mashepotatoes]

This was so awesome!!!!! Thanks

[@donthedieseldudeshorts4196]

Hey!! I love the vids!!!

[@georgecooke9010]

THOSE 2STROKE BENELLIS WERE THE EARLY SX HARLEY ENDURO BIKES AND THE BENELLI SPRITE WAS THE HARLEY SPRINT FOREVER. BEAUTIFUL FIND.