TRIBUTE BIKE; YAMAHA GT80 MX

[@AudiophileTubes]

Gorgeous! These vintage 2-strokes were works of art!

[@americanwriter2533]

A damn great motorcycle and incredible company! Yamaha gold!🤩🇺🇸👍🇯🇵

[@RUBIZEN]

Yeah I learned to shift with a GT 80 too. My big bro had a TY80, a trials bike! Once a month all the cousins and family would hang out at our grandparents farm. Fishing in the pond, shooting bow and arrows, BB guns, tons of mini bikes and dirt bikes and of course a big cookout. I look back on those days and realize just how lucky we were.

[@Rocksoup77]

Id love to find one of these GT80s..... even in rough shape to bring back. I love seeing all the bikes I grew up with, or wanting as a kid, in mint condition and running on this channel.

[@Ohnur-r4p]

I found four of them😂 but I’m putting them back together

[@Rod-db8tt]

Memories 😊 my first bike was a '72ish Honda Z50 then I graduated to 74ish GT80 all brand new for Christmas. 46 years later I buy an 06 KX100😂 Been (and still) a quad guy from late '90s, but love my KX100.

[@DeftasDen]

My first bike was the enduro model the DT80. I WILL buy one when I find one. I miss that little thing.

[@jasoneardley2202]

Sr’s just a big kid at heart isn’t he!! God bless the United States of America 🇺🇸💪🏼🦅

[@brucenicoll4373]

And Japan

[@sonnyseabury4051]

I've been waiting for this bike. 😊....I knew you said it was your first real dirtbike in 1973, the year I was born. Fine looking little Yamaha, and I love the paintjob on that tank.

[@plnbuf1]

So awesome to hear again!. My Dad taught me how to ride one and thanks so much for the video.

[@matthewpiper1421]

Sick gt 80, nice job as always.👍👍

[@Nudnik1]

My little brother had one in 1976. Excellent bikes

[@rfiskillingussoftly6568]

I rode the wheels off one of those.....it was red...it had lights! Tons of fun! Thanks man!

[@rfiskillingussoftly6568]

@@tikkabrno right on!

[@gregconcepcion2833]

That's a diamond

[@SevenFortyOne]

My first bike was a red and white '81 GT80 G. I used to tear up the forest roads between Crystal Lake and Old Stafford road in Tolland back before all the houses were there. Good memories....

[@glennlynch9653]

I still own a 1974 Yamaha GTMX 80.First bike my dad bought for me and my brothers.Has been rebuilt and runs like a CHAMP! Coolest thing is the four speed shift pattern is four up.

[@bobg1219]

Awesome bike!

[@mineismichael]

Only a few like this man right here.

[@bigtrev761]

🇦🇺😎👍

[@BUGMAN-22]

My 9th birthday present was a 73 Yamaha 60. Had a burnt orange tank and fenders. Started a life long love affair with riding and racing. It had to have a million miles on it. I have one but it is ruff. Maybe someday I will redo it.

[@nyttag7830]

Pure nostalgia, beautiful 😍

[@theamerican7080]

I had a Yamaha 80cc 'Mini Enduro' 30 some-odd years ago. My buddy had a small Indian dirt bike-only one I ever saw.

[@jamiecollins2117]

That was my first real motorcycle i ever owned I’m 54 such great memories

[@larrynorsworthy8582]

Coolest paint scheme ever!

[@thescout2024]

Irish man living in Australia. Love that tank

[@strvenoconnell4061]

My friend had one of those in 9th grade, I used to ride the hell out of it, those Yamahas are very sturdy and well made. I remember we got it so hot me and my friends each took turns pissing on the engine, it would sizzle and stink. Poor little bike kept going.

[@more.power.]

Great for the kids Ken. Cheers

[@gregbishop3167]

Couple buddies in jr high had the “Enduro” versions with the lights. Great times. Great summers.

[@lindellparker3659]

I had the gt80 with lights. Silver and blue. 1981😢

[@scottwhite2757]

The exhaust heat guard i remember as a kid.

[@garryryan5358]

First bike I had when I was 13 mine had a silver tank

[@danielsmith7023]

The first bike I ever rode.

[@harleyss475]

I had a metallic gray one with blue stripes and lettering

[@marshallkaufman3123]

will you please showcase a Suzuki ds80 or jr80 their awesome little bikes and they last forever

[@booiedeus8539]

Ken,💯💪💪💪💪✌

[@jerryhill4893]

I currently own a red 1980 GT 80. Its the king of Lorettas..... Lol

[@TheClayCoKid]

My first bike was a 79 GT80. It was street legal with headlamp, breaklights and turn signals. I pissed off my parents when I made mine an MX and took all that off but the headlight. I was 10.

[@andrewroberthook3310]

It was my first bike too

[@ja-kaz]

Wheelie it!!

[@ericlaney8893]

Lol my cuz had one I had a 78yz80 the memories I have because my cuz and his brother where not that good at riding and that little gt80 kept running like a top lol

[@MrToppox]

😈😈😈 hows those old bikes , tasted like 30 years or more without a rebuild ... not aggressive just enough torque 😈😈😈

[@gpz7525]

🥰🥰🥰

[@sydneysheppard4979]

Man Ken sr I had one just like that!! I'm serious..mine had a down pipe..ain't that supposed to have a down pipe...???I just remembered..mine was an mx80

[@KaplanCycles]

They came with up pipes but aftermarket down pipes existed also

[@125southernnh2]

Braap!

[@markparker5451]

To be eight with that thing for just one day...

[@MrToppox]

😈😈😈 with all our metal creativity with harder compounds .. why not have hardened crome molly rings stainless steel sleeves ... so 4 strokes like 250 cc last much longer .... i hear dudes who race are like .... 20 hours or something needs top end rebuild ... even 2 stokes for the road lucky to get 1000 kms before rebuild .... i guess thats why i bought a xr 65p but i still run its neck digging for power , constantly at full throttle ... rode my mates rebuilt 600 i useed a quater throttle as it tried to throw me ..., i feel ripped off even payed 300 for a dyno tune nothing! Just left it sit there till i got back charged me 300 😈😈😈😈😈

[@christopheherault6236]