Yamaha XT500 Revival!! Will it run again?? Sitting 10+ years??

[@gladegoodrich2297]

My XT 500 was in storage for 20+ years. Fresh gas and a little Startron, it started 2nd kick! 😊

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Thats awesome!

[@matthewcoldicutt5951]

It sure did make some smoke! Well done. I love your approach and unedited vid. Can't wait to see some more. It felt a fitting tribute to the young man no longer with us, who used to ride the bike. He was surely with you all the way in spirit..

[@edtaylor6431]

More motorcycles!

[@bewilderment9268]

Just in the last 5 weeks l have aquired my first and second XT500's. #1 bike, a '79, looks like hell and runs like a bat outta hell. Hoping to get #2 bike, a '78 that looks pretty nice, up and going in the next few weeks.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Awesome!! Getter done!

[@edtaylor6431]

You should maybe think about getting an ultrasonic cleaner, they work very well.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

We do have one now! I will actually be using it tomorrow! Haha

[@Sam-lk6eo]

It would be cool to see the TT500 and XT500 come back to its former glory.

[@markcoppersmith]

Nice find, a few tips. Xt or tt dont like throttle and will kick back at the first sign of too much fuel. If you flood the motor, switch off the fuel hold the decompression lever in , hold the throttle open and kick it 6 times. This will clear the barrel and will get you to a level air mixture in the barrel. It sounds like the points or timing is out and the pilot jet is blocked so just a few things to make sure there good. A well set up xt or tt will fire 1st or 2nd kick even being left for 6 months. I have about 19 of these cracking bikes and restore them but good luck , if you get stuck just ask.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Thanks for the advice! Now that we know it'll run, I'm going to order a carb rebuild kit, points, and a battery. Those should all help a lot I would think.

[@davidlangford5383]

your bang on ...sure fun watching those kick backs tho ...lol

[@Ianzandvoort]

Everybody wants a 1976 XT500, they are worth the most of all model years, it does still need some TLC

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Yup, I think they're the only year for the down pipe? It needed some love, but we did get it running! It has a new home now though!

[@markdelichte5401]

You've got it running good for you. It's a good thing to check your points and condenser and make sure the timing is dead on. So you don't get kicked

[@markdelichte5401]

It was a kickstart indicator window.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Yes! But 76 Models didn't have them unfortunately.

[@andymoore683]

The kick-start indicator window is only for people who can't find tdc without. You will hurt your self kicking it at any old place in the cycle. Turn the engine over until you get to the compression point. Pull in the decompressor. Turn the engine over a further 60 degrees. Release the decompressor and give it a mighty wallop. The xt500 does not need a battery to start. Good luck

[@markhill2279]

Nice to see another XT revived....I had a '77 and rode it xc from Pa to points out west in '78 and returned to Pa 5 months later. Loved it and should never let it go. There's another place to drain the oil underneath the bike, looks like an oil pan with a drain plug..but be careful reinstalling the plug, over tightening will break the pan (made out of the best japanesium). Now you can also drop the whole pan and there is a screen to clean and there's another hidden screen built into the downtube of the frame. I ran a Supertrapp pipe and loved it. When in California, I was turned onto White Bros in Garden Grove and they specialized in TT's and XT...great candy store..lol. They sold an oil temp gauge that replaced the stock dip stick...highest temp I ever saw was 320 deg..lol

[@TimA-z9y]

There's a bottom cover that has a oil screen in it that needs cleaning to when changing the oil and a bleeding screw also.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

@@TimA-z9y yes! I realized that after the fact, but it got done before I sold the bike.

[@MrMeik1970]

Never give up to kick 😂 nice work Man 🎉 help the old Bikes on the Street again 👍

[@LambvinskisGarage]

@@MrMeik1970 I still have flashbacks to kicking this thing over and over and over and over lol.

[@descendantofphineas7785]

I have a sr540 race bike, fun to watch you kicking, know how it is, had to build a handheld starter. A whole lot easer.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

That would be much easier! This ole girl just didn't want to start and I definitely worked up a sweat doing it! Glad you enjoyed!

[@longbowfta]

heat the plug and pour some two stroke mix into the cylinder if you have a spark she will live

[@LambvinskisGarage]

I think the carburetor is just so bad it didn't want to run. I already put in a new plug aswell

[@TopRevs]

Yes more vintage bike stuff please

[@LambvinskisGarage]

You got it!!

[@rustynutz4493]

worthles old man couldn't help by running the throttle til 23 minites in ?

[@dozerblade]

I think I would have jet washed it before doing anything to it.