Thank you Ken! I'm honored to have you guys look after my IT, and share it with the world. I know it's in good hands.
@SOFTAILX3 жыл бұрын
Ill be up there this summer and I hope to see it.
@johnmurner24183 жыл бұрын
Ken's the man.
@daveyt48023 жыл бұрын
I need to head to the right coast! Road trip.
@user-po4jj9cx9l3 жыл бұрын
She is the best looking bike ever. 86 IT 200 guy here.
@charleshowlett12913 жыл бұрын
Will you trade a 05 Raven edition R1 for it?
@troymcdougall61703 жыл бұрын
Can we all agree that the color scheme on the old Yamaha ITs is gorgeous? This is such a wicked bike! What a treasure.
@paulwatsonLN3 жыл бұрын
I can't think of any person or place more deserving of fine machinery like this, than Kaplan America and his museum.
@southoripper3 жыл бұрын
Awe man I'm feeling some crazy nostalgia! I'm 42 and back when I was in my late teens I owned this exact bike.. picked it up for $700 bucks in roughly 1995. I rebuilt the top end and man that bike was such a beast. Tons of mid range torque, the powerband was insane. I lost half an arm an leg in a bad crotch rocket (GXR 750) accident in 2008. Can't ride bikes anymore but I'm loving this channel!! Seeing you guys twist throttle on these big old school big bore 2 strokes just gives me a shit eating ear to ear grin! Keep it up boys!!!!
@martinrix852314 күн бұрын
My brother lost his left leg on a KTM300. He is riding a street legal KTM450 now. Shifts gears with his left hand. There are paraplegics racing professionally. Physically you can still ride bikes, you just have to learn how again.
@charleshowlett12913 жыл бұрын
I remember like was yesterday rolling mine off the showroom. Mine smoked CR500's. It has the perfect gear ratios, perfect powerband, sweet handling. BEST woods bike of all time!
@johnhansen74993 жыл бұрын
I'd put that where my TV is and just watch it all the time, invite my buddies over...yeah.
@ianrobinson5253 жыл бұрын
Lol that gave me a good chuckle
@ianman4203 жыл бұрын
I'd ride it like it's meant to be.
@TheFykle3 жыл бұрын
@@ianman420 def not now.. that thing will be in my house and wrapped !
@TheFykle3 жыл бұрын
My god that is brilliant, almost unreal that this is even possible, and what an era to have the example, all bikes were at their best looking back then. Always dreamt of such a scenario with the entire KX range from 82-84 like this.. and throw in the kdx and klx too boot 😀
@stufoo3 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad Logan found peace after retiring from the X-men. Thank you for your service Wolverine. I know it’s you.
@peterc28763 жыл бұрын
I had this exact bike when I was 19, to see a brand new example again is like a back to the future moment.... absolutely incredible!!
@tomrynkewicz76743 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful! Man the 80's had some of the best dirt bikes ever!! Love it
@brinkee76743 жыл бұрын
It sure did, it was my hay day and I agree
@TheFykle3 жыл бұрын
82-84 were the best looking , the looks went downhill a bit after that
@jasonvoorhees27013 жыл бұрын
Truly was the golden dirt bike era
@yamahaxs65013 жыл бұрын
I've never been a guy who really appreciated bikes like this, because I always felt they were made to be ridden. Ever since I started watching Kaplan, I'm really developing an appreciation for this type of thing. It's necessary to have a few of these bikes out there, for museums, so people can see exactly what they were like when they were brand new. So cool for this guy to share his incredible bike with the world.
@joelalexander53383 жыл бұрын
I’d buy it for a good amount of money, and ride this wonderful machine!
@Beandiptheredneck3 жыл бұрын
I am always on the fence for both directions, one side wants to keep it brand new, and the other thinks it should be ridden, I saw a video a while ago for a brand new 90s 454SS that had been in storage since it was delivered, It still had covers on the wheel and all 😳
@slipknotrob6663 жыл бұрын
I think that the original owner did things pretty well by buying two identical bikes and keeping one pristine while riding the crap out of the other one... best of both worlds, and he was probably able to have a lot of fun and not care as much about cosmetics on the one he rode.
@Johnny_Bee3 жыл бұрын
Its amazing what people have hidden in their garages.
@garettanderson67723 жыл бұрын
Yeah no doubt I was at a yard sale ten or so years ago and they had what they claimed was a brand new TM400 in their basement, and it looked new unused to me. It had a desert tank on it that looked unused.. They also had the original tank and it was for sure still new. The bike looked new and it wasn't a restoration. They wanted some money for it I forget exactly how much but $1400.00 comes to mind. I knew it was a screaming deal but didn't have the money. I've thought about that bike a lot since then wish I had bought it.
@garettanderson67723 жыл бұрын
It was a deceased family members motorcycle that they finally were parting with.
@skyjames4423 жыл бұрын
Basement bud. Says it like 69 times 🤣🃏
@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence3 жыл бұрын
I'm guilty of this.
@marcuscompton37723 жыл бұрын
John Baker I was just thinking the same thing! Almost anything of value someone somewhere has one in mint condition!
@anavoll3 жыл бұрын
Breather tube was laying around, and they found that also. Calendar shoot with these old two strokes with some babes. Bless your heart
@UrbanMiningWithGearHead3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see that old BEAST! I actually learned to ride dirt on an 83 YZ490!
@dannywilmoth64023 жыл бұрын
Ken Sr. That young man that donated this to y’all to display in your museum . He has true value and is a true American the person that will this to him knew he wouldn’t take it out and just trash it he would value it what it meant to him looks like it means to this young man to. You do the same thing with Ken Junior he values the same thing you love and shows what a great father you are the best compliment in the world is to have a son and they have the same great values as you do. Keep making the great videos .
@andrewbowers_3 жыл бұрын
I rode a 490 dirt bike and learned the meaning of fear. The power is indescribable.
@jamieteal2107 Жыл бұрын
Got that right Andrew their not for the faint hearted 👍🇦🇺
@darrenwilson43 жыл бұрын
That bike is flipping amazing !!!! The IT's are very hard to beat as far as looks!
@liljohnp1323 жыл бұрын
Had an IT200 at 13 yrs. old , Still holds a place in my heart and I'm almost 43 now.
@Yoda-em5mt3 жыл бұрын
The it 200 was a weapon in its time ah the good old days .
@interstellaraxeman44683 жыл бұрын
Jonathan,... Thank You for such a RARE and AMAZING contribution to the New England Motorcycle Museum. That snapshot of mechanical perfection is in the wholesome custody of honorable hands where all of your mutual generosity comes together sharing it with the greater motorcycling community. I am sure everyone can appreciate this gift,...Kaplan America is at the top of that list. Thanks Again to all of you... ( when I visit, I`ll remember this and think of your friend )
@onisgagan24813 жыл бұрын
I wanted one so bad, I was just out of high school. Looking back it’s probably the best thing that never happened to me, it was full throttle or nothing...
@thorstenwanoth67743 жыл бұрын
I managed to flip an IT 465 on the beach once I hit the powerband in second gear back in '82. My Yamaha TY 50 had prepared me for this. I think I was pretty good riding that bike coz the owner was impressed by how I managed to powerslide deep sand before my monster wheelie took me out for the day. Awesome memories from Durban beach 40 years back when big bore IT's were the coolest bike on the beach and your mate let you loose on it. In retrospect I think the Suzuki PE400 that my school girl friend Shirley gladly shared with me did not do me any favours. Power delivery between the PE and the IT were worlds apart, Though only 2 years removed from each other. Much Respect for IT here.
@yordyiam3 жыл бұрын
No way could I own that beauty and not ride it! I go insane 🤪! What a fantastic addition to the museum 👏👍😍
@waynecorbett41193 жыл бұрын
My father loved these, especially the model with the front disc brake. He purchased more than a few of these and he would strip them down, restore them and build them back up and they always went so very well. Fully opened throttle whilst going sideways was a dream on these back in the 80's, you should see the trenches that the 140 rear tire would leave in freshly mowed front lawns, they were there until the neighbors filled them in, that was a different time.
@carlhothan90283 жыл бұрын
I graduated high school in '84 as well. I certainly remember these awesome bikes as I was into the big bores. Raced an '82 RM465 & '84 KTM495 back then. It's in good hands for sure 👍
@Efemedio13 жыл бұрын
That's awesome you graduated in 84, I graduated 87! Sweet bike and I love the color scheme. Too bad Yamaha's are that tone of blue now! Thank you for the great content!
@axispowerdiesel3 жыл бұрын
A good ol 7.3, an E36 M3, and a beautiful IT490 all in one place
@kraigcochran99953 жыл бұрын
I knew they were lying about Elvis being deceased 😆😆
@hankschrader1493 жыл бұрын
😂
@superdragUSA13 жыл бұрын
@@emjay3066 yep, Glenn.
@bowmadman3 жыл бұрын
My heart just stopped for a moment
@dougcoleburn15793 жыл бұрын
That IT is amazing! God bless the owner who kept it so nice all these years!!
@ccsmooth552 жыл бұрын
My uncle had one just like this. I remember riding it for the first time when I was 13 (im 40 now). The amount of power that thing had was insane! Theyre awesome bikes! This one is absolutely crisp!
@mrgold19643 жыл бұрын
Raced an 84 IT-175 in Texas State Enduro Circuit back in mid 80's. Have always had a love for those bikes. Big bore 2-stroke...better be hanging on tight when you twist that throttle. What a gorgeous bike.
@keithpeterson34473 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful
@chris_sirhc013 жыл бұрын
I'm an owner of the 465 & it's gutsy,worked with a fella from Yamaha & I'm a fitter/machinist by trade-he relieved the yz head to stop the pinging.cheers
@CBDM7773 жыл бұрын
i remember going to the Yamaha dealer in the early 80's and seeing all the amazing bikes
@Audiodreamer192-243 жыл бұрын
No matter how old I get , this keeps me young. You guys are awesome! If I didn’t live on the other side of the border I’d love to sit and have a few beers with Ken sr. And Kenny jr. and talk 2strokes all day. This channel has helped me big time through this COVID lock down hell of boredom
@stubryant66733 жыл бұрын
Classic! Had the opportunity to try a 400 back in the day, was highly impressed. This is so sweet. I could not have resisted gassing it up and start using it.
@gtric14663 жыл бұрын
Had the 175 great bike for the woods with a few mods man miss those days
@AnthonyDonnellyTT3 жыл бұрын
I had visions of it dropping...the way he was holding it straight up, stand on his side... Lol... I was nervous even. Man, a real beauty. Love bikes of that era.
@BillyTheKidder3 жыл бұрын
Very cool of these two to let people see it on the museum. That is impossibly clean. Gorgeous.
@MotoBroo3 жыл бұрын
sheshhh that ting is clean!
@6bt_str8643 жыл бұрын
Oh I get it (ting/ting/ting/ting...)
@aceylaboy97733 жыл бұрын
Imagine how fast
@ernieyoutube98223 жыл бұрын
Check out your Facebook message. I sent you a picture of my restored 1987 cr 250 r.
@markcotharn35863 жыл бұрын
I had one of those back in 84. It was a monster. I rode the deserts of southern cal and loved that machine
@johannbraunstein119020 күн бұрын
The baby brother IT250K was less of a widow maker.
@squarebodychevyoverhauls69823 жыл бұрын
Priceless piece of motorcycle history . I have an 82 IT I bought brand new and its in my garage . Its been a wonderful and reliable machine to me . Like a good friend I will never sell it . Just like a gun that's never been fired , I hope they keep this 490 in the museum .
@geraldwilson59543 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of my youth I had an IT175 followed by 2 IT465. Took a spell of from bikes after breaking my shoulder and struggled to pay my mortgage thanks for showing your bike.
@roberthall77213 жыл бұрын
Wow. I would have never believed there were any of them left that have never been started. That is crazy. It's cool he wants it in the museum so people can see it.
@MrMadzilla3 жыл бұрын
I had an yamaha it 200, back 25 years ago, was 13 when I had it, loved that bike, ride it every day in the fields around my house, and on the weekend rode it over mountain trails, never ever let me down, best built bike in the world
@prochat34813 жыл бұрын
WoW Nice!! . I use to work for a motorcycle dealer in my younger days called ASK power sports. Paul Akers Had brand New bikes still in the crates from the 80s just collecting dust and probably sitting there today
@baby-sharkgto49023 жыл бұрын
What a nice young man. I believe anyone else would have already been ripping it down the paved roads lol
@wendyheller89163 жыл бұрын
That bike is the cream of the crop!
@troyscott65803 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! That bike is awesome. What a beautiful specimen from our days... I also graduated in 84' thank you so much for sharing that amazing piece of history. Super cool.
@paulgrogan80323 жыл бұрын
Only in this channel would you see this type of content every f@#king day❤️👏👍🙏
@FonicsSuck3 жыл бұрын
Gives me encouragement to get my old '85 DR600 on the road again. Can't wait to be able to visit the museum sometime soon. Maybe I'll ride the old DR! 9hrs, no big deal!
@BeeRocket20103 жыл бұрын
OMG My wife & 3yr old girl are in the room just now, I was thinking the equal two most beautiful gals in existence and then I saw this IT490 and had to correct myself and say make that equal three most beautiful gals! Very nice bike mate and hats off to you for continuing to look after it meticulously, you're so deserving of your inheritance.
@SOFTAILX3 жыл бұрын
It would be so hard not to ride that all these years. Man is that thing clean.
@carlclonts83133 жыл бұрын
WOW! I would love to see that IT in person. unfortunately, I live on the west coast. I was fortunate enough to ride an IT400 on the trails a few times. I LOVE THE OLD 2 SMOKERS
@thomasglynn22823 жыл бұрын
My first real dirt bike was a 1976 DT175 that I bought in 1982, I have owned several bikes since then including a 1989 CR500R which was far superior to the DT175. But my fondest memories are of my high school years with my friends riding in the mountains with our early dirt bikes. We were working class families and couldn't afford new bikes until we graduated (same as you 1984) and got jobs. Now I ride with my kids, but it's mostly four wheelers, I think I'm one of a few that still has the itch to be the next Hurricane Hannah or O'Dowd. Grew up in the mountains, and as teenagers in the 70s there was nothing cooler than motocross motorcycles and we scraped and saved until we got one. Luckily my dad enjoyed restoring old trucks as a hobby, so I had a fully stocked garage. Wood burning stove, an ancient snap-on front end alignment set up from the 50s, an old hoist hanging from a beam in the barn, workbench with a good Wilton vise and a full set of tools. Everything was old and used, but well maintained. The only thing that was new was all the metric tools we had to buy for the bikes, which my father never stopped bitching about. A lot of our tools were homemade because me dad was a machinist. He made the puller for me to remove the magnetic flywheel so we could change the points and condenser on the DT175. I still have that barn and it now has my 1966 B75 Mack sitting in it. Got to love the old iron!
@Meindl-zm8jq2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely one of the best looking bikes of all time. My favorite.
@allenwilliams20922 жыл бұрын
That exhaust alone is very cool original my IT had the stock exhaust like that one i never saw another besides mine and now this one here in a condition like this! Very awesome!
@jamesderbaum96783 жыл бұрын
Two strokes are the shit !!! Fast ass hell, doesn't matter what size, they'll bust your butt. Love them.
@joewhitehead37553 жыл бұрын
Absolutely unbelievable! My all-time favorite bike is the IT 490 I finally found one last summer that's super nice that I love to death and you guys come up with this thing and I'm drooling over here holy crap!
@robpearson12093 жыл бұрын
Wow!! That is so awesome!! I've never saw a better looking bike for that age!! It's like stepping back in time!! I'm just blown away! If I couldn't ride it.. It would definitely have more miles on it from just pushing it around in my garage an seat wear from just sitting on it... An the wife yelling stop making those noises!! Lmbo!! Wow! So cool!!
@roydriver89563 жыл бұрын
I had a IT250 and it went like the clappers! Love em!
@johnkelley26153 жыл бұрын
I learned to ride on dads old 175. Was painted the same. He always told stories of the guys crashing these big dogs at the track.
@95Sn953 жыл бұрын
I've ridden alot of different bikes from 80,85,125,250 motocross bikes, small and big thumpers over my 48 years of life and I rode a piped 86 IT200 back in the late 80s and it was one of the best bikes I've ever ridden.
@TwoHemiViewer3 жыл бұрын
Wow that brings back memories, I rode one when I was about 22 and was surprised by how torquey it was.
@isabellagillard59713 жыл бұрын
My Dad had one back in the 80’s.........we lived in Coffs Harbour Australia!!! He is 80 years old and still rides every weekend on his WR250,wow that is a trip down memory lane.
@slabdaddy42093 жыл бұрын
Holy fck what a beautiful machine can't believe it's never been started!!wow another sweet bike!!
@jessedrew34133 жыл бұрын
Ken Kaplan.... you are by far the coolest guy on the planet. If I could be anybody in the world, without a doubt I’d want to be you. I just think your the greatest guy on the planet!
@KaplanCycles3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jesse!
@alohajesse3 жыл бұрын
AMAZING! These are street legal in Australia, my brother had one in 1991-92 and I had the pleasure of riding it on the road a few times. Beastly machine.
@sonnyseabury4051 Жыл бұрын
Flawless Bike. I always loved the IT's, since I was a young kid. I remember them first coming out, many years ago.
Loved IT's, Bought a 175cc in 1976-77. Built like a tank and decently fast and agile. Sold Yamaha's back in 1982 for a dealer named Cycle Sport in Tyson's Corner VA, we had several IT's : 175, 250 465 and later in 1983-84 a 490. They sat on the sales floor a long time....Oh well !
@bobbeazley2502 Жыл бұрын
Love the big bore enduros! I can’t wait to get up there and check your museum!
@craigyarrington49643 жыл бұрын
I had the same but a 250. They were street legal In Australia but being on my learners permit I was restricted to 250cc. I was tempted to get the 490 and change the stickers. Great handling bike. It was much higher than my CR250 RE but it didn't bother me.
@jpesicka9992 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that he bought 2 so he could tear up one and keep one pristine or borrow a bolt off it like he did. May he RIP the legend who owned this
@kevinroark50243 жыл бұрын
YZ490,KX500&CR500 grew up with cousins&friends that had em&250r,250tecate&250 triZ.Those were all fun 2strokes
@apptouchtechnologies37223 жыл бұрын
Had a IT200…. AWESOME BIKE. The powerband was SILK. Wheelie that baby through all 6 gears…..
@pocillipora3 жыл бұрын
Guy is making me nervous not letting the kickstand do it’s job lol
@dangiroux70653 жыл бұрын
That was my dream bike when I was a kid but just couldn't afford it. But did manage to save enough for the dt400.
@gregbishop31673 жыл бұрын
Cousin and his buddy had those in 1983. I thought too much for R I woods but so much fun in the now closed RI desert. But then again who really doesn’t want too much power??!
@garthlundquist36233 жыл бұрын
I bought the first IT 400 available in Washington State in 1975. It was like Star Wars equipment compared to the competition. It was the World’s First production monoshock off road bike. Yamaha medaled at the ISDE with the IT 400 that first year.
@janeblogs3243 жыл бұрын
4:53 the catch phrase we were all waiting for "Bran noo"
@richardmorris70633 жыл бұрын
Damn,84 was a long time ago! Mind blowing that bike never seen fuel.
@ilveverythingdaft3 жыл бұрын
It a unicorn of a bike i would love that it I had a 175 many years back and that was a pure animal constantly lifting the front end without any effort
@toreyweaver97083 жыл бұрын
Wow what an absolute gem. Beautiful beautiful beautiful bike. Never been started. Insane!
@johnbarnett94033 жыл бұрын
It should have a 150/80-18 on it but I imagine the tires were cracked to hell 15 years ago. What a beauty.
@Eric--zs6um3 жыл бұрын
In 1982 I was going on 13 when I first laid eyes on the IT's. That's a dream machine there
@Corteum3 жыл бұрын
If Yamaha released an updated IT490 with modern chassis and all the spec gadgetry (i.e. electric start, disc brakes, air forks, etc), I'd buy it in a heart-beat.
@jarnosaarinen45833 жыл бұрын
Had the pleasure of buying an IT490K brand new (fully registered in Australia)a few months later I traded my 1100 Katana for a brand new RZ500L loved an had both of them in my garage!
@2-strokeracer5313 жыл бұрын
Great thing to do to show that incredible bike to other enthusiasts.. Good Guys.. 👍🇺🇸👍
@droneflight20503 жыл бұрын
What a great guy to loan his bike to you guys for display. That is one nice bike.
@shanelewis97113 жыл бұрын
amazing. My friend has a 1984 orange XR350 never seen dirt or started either.His dad bought it for him form Wilsons Honda of Spokane in 1983 tags still on it too.
@onecookieboy3 жыл бұрын
I rode one of those once, what a weapon, 4 speed gearbox if I remember correctly, that was all they needed, so much power.
@diggerdave.65872 жыл бұрын
Oh WOW! That is truly a thing of beauty. we used to have a motorcycle dealer here in the u.k that sold IT's. We were always down there looking at them and touching them and indeed wanting one. I got to ride a friends 490 a while later. It was a far better bike than I was a rider that's for sure.
@JUSTTRYANDSTOPIT3 жыл бұрын
WOW....brilliant to see...thank you for the video from the UK
@s550mustang53 жыл бұрын
Wow that brings back some memories for sure I had its little brother the IT 175 I had so much fun with it...
@frios01111 ай бұрын
BEAUTIFUL! Reminds me of the Yamaha IT 400 I had in high school!
@andrewnewman12483 жыл бұрын
I bought one of those new. It was a great trail bike. I ran it at the drags it ran 13.3 seconds at 96 mph. Thanks for the video. Regards from. Australia
@hvacexplained93413 жыл бұрын
I rode one of those 1988 YZ490 back in 2001 I think I’ll weighed around 120 pounds. There was so much torque Not only could I not kickstart it! But once I got it up and running it would literally spin tire through the first four gears in the grass and not wheelie for me. Haha. A true Stump Puller!!!
@mackRseries3 жыл бұрын
One of the best looking enduro bikes of all time, period
@MichaelSabo3 жыл бұрын
Dude you gotta find that other bike and put the OG kicker bolt back on there! What a find.