When I look at all these bikes, I think of all the Men who drove them and feeling free from the stresses in life and the freedom of the air moving around them as these bikes were driven. If only these bikes could talk back!
@719vol
10 ай бұрын
* and women
@umarkedreturn8776
10 ай бұрын
And all the dumbasses who don't know what they are.@@719vol
@frenchonion4595
10 ай бұрын
@@719volwonder how many assless chaps were on those seats
@scottmoto
10 ай бұрын
@@719vol Seriously? You wanna go there?? Those are all vintage bikes. Hardly any women in society rode motorcycles. His statement is true. GO AWAY beta male.
@rick.reckage128
10 ай бұрын
If you bought one on those 60's - 70's bikes then, now in 2023, you would probably be too old [or passed on] to ride one of them now. At least that's how I view it. I had a 1969 Honda CB450. I'm 72 now. Motorcycle riding days are long over. Body couldn't take it.
@harrytinker2328
10 ай бұрын
Too bad most of the parts are just scrap due to sitting open in the weather for years.
@baitmaster8706
10 ай бұрын
Right. Makes me mad but at the same time, there's more left there than what comes out of the crusher. I'm just jealous I guess lol
@Larry-rz4ed
10 ай бұрын
Some could be saved by the right people 😉😉😉👍
@numbaoneUFCfan
10 ай бұрын
Lot of aluminum.........brings good money too!
@BikerDaddy22RideorDie
10 ай бұрын
I’m not sure why the person who owns this property doesn’t have people come buy some of these to help thin out the collection
@Joe-g7i2i
10 ай бұрын
12:00 ..GSX-R 88 TO 89 GAS TANK. 😭the blue and white one.
@kennithmorella2693
10 ай бұрын
THIS VIDEO BROUGHT TEARS 💧TO MY EYES 👀. THINKING OF ALL THE BIKES 🏍️ I HAVE OWNED AND THE ADVENTURES WE SHARED IN MY 68yrs OF LIFE. THANK YOU 🙏 SIR. GOD BLESS AMERICA n KAPLAN CYCLES 🇺🇸
@Denmark7771
10 ай бұрын
💯 % agree ! I saw so many bikes that I owned over my 62 years just rusting away. Sad those days are gone forever 😢
@kennithmorella2693
10 ай бұрын
@@Denmark7771Yet we are blessed to be part of those precious times gone by. LIVE TO RIDE RIDE TO LIVE. ON OR OFF ROAD. I proudly now ride a HONDA REBEL My two sons bought for me. My sons Gave my old bikes a second life when they began writing them. 😎 Be safe n healthy. 🇺🇸
@Denmark7771
10 ай бұрын
Agree 💯 👍
@oldcat3647
9 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, everything in this world has a beginning and an end. People too. Even at the age of 68, only a small part lives, and many die under the age of 50 or even 30. I don't understand why tears are shed here.
@darrenbeavers8099
6 ай бұрын
I got tears of happiness also I just remember my first Honda mini trail 50 ....really would love to find one mine was that blue color good times 1970
@AridersLifeYT
10 ай бұрын
assuming there is 10,000 bike's i estimate you could make 100 immaculate restorations. 3000 running gems, 1000 decent project bikes. and the rest as half runners. Even if you had a team of 20 people working full time doing restorations. I think this would be an AMAZING TV show.
@ThaCyNiQ
9 ай бұрын
Maybe 3 of these would run out of the whole pile, lol.
@joshmoore6165
9 ай бұрын
Your biggest problem with all these rusting away bikes is finding machine shop, painting and chrome. After that yeah, you could assemble a bunch.
@JeffKopis
7 ай бұрын
@@joshmoore6165 I bet most of the Hondas would run once ya broke em loose, went thru the carbs, etc.
@joshmoore6165
7 ай бұрын
No one is arguing that@@JeffKopis
@kevinsivertson5800
10 ай бұрын
It would be fun to see if Ken and the team could resurrect a full bike out of all the parts from this graveyard😊
@oldcat3647
9 ай бұрын
If it made sense, no one would throw away so much. I think it's easy to come up with so little yourself. 😉
@barryburns911
10 ай бұрын
I love all the poetic references to lives lived and stories to tell. Where is this Motorcycle Valhalla?
@blusnuby2
10 ай бұрын
My utmost RESPECT to anyone who could assemble a running bike from salvaged parts ! Nice tour, thanks !
@baitmaster8706
10 ай бұрын
I would buy the land and the bikes if I could and do just that. I'm currently building 2, I'd love to do all of those.
@blusnuby2
10 ай бұрын
Well then, i would make that (my life`s work): buy salvaged bikes & parts, rebuild them to good operating & cosmetic condition, sell/flip, 'rinse & repeat.' A fun, satisfying & rewarding venture. With your mechanical skills, you`ll never go hungry & can live anywhere. My hat`s off to you, sir. Wrench On !@@baitmaster8706
@royset3050
10 ай бұрын
I am still busy assembling a running 1979 DT125F from mostly salvaged parts that I have bought from many corners of our planet....It's been a 6.5 year long project and still not finished...most of the parts are no longer available. Over 3500 man hours already spent .
@ghalston5641
10 ай бұрын
Amazing so many people just threw them away. I am still riding my ‘71,Guzzi and it works and looks great. With minimal maintenance.
@dalebirbeck5344
10 ай бұрын
That is a life time of "will it start" videos there,and thousands of dollars in fun👌
@dodgybodger3124
10 ай бұрын
Wow !!! I could spend hours maybe days looking through that lot. Thanks for posting Kap. 👍
@joechancio5177
10 ай бұрын
Wow thats unreal. We always see land with tons of old cars but i never seen this many bikes in one spot before. I bet you guys were in heaven walking around here.
@charlesshort4287
10 ай бұрын
I have seen a outboard motor yard in Alabama,100's&100's of out boards, also an 3 or 4 acre indoor motorcycle yard in Houston Tx, and a appliance yard, refrigerators, stoves, washer & dryers, all in nice rows, the indoor motorcycle yard was the best , everything was in its place and out of the weather, I don't remember the name of the place or if it's still open, my brother took me there in the mid 80's, I was 15 or 16 at the time and I will never forget being there, This place in this video, would be cool to see as well, this yard is different most junk yards are just cars & trucks, Thanks for another great video,!!
@remypascal4872
10 ай бұрын
But it's sad, that it is not in a dry area of the US, because corrosion destroys some parts that way. Onto cames a long lasting environment damage around that area, groundwater...
@twots22
10 ай бұрын
Where is this place? Thank you for showing us. Awesome yard.
@RobertFairweatherMusic
10 ай бұрын
Mind blown. I love junk yards. This one is amazing.
@joeohara2429
10 ай бұрын
I could watch this all day... Did you score anything?
@TheGUNNY1966
10 ай бұрын
Where is this place Kap? I know Shickley in Idaho has a collection that's pretty big. There was a place outside of Warrensburg Mo. that had a decent amount but this place your showing is KILLER to say the least! I thought I seen a old PUCH around 407 but you was moving along so fast I had to go back & watch it! AMAZING PLACE - WOW
@cyclerider5652
10 ай бұрын
Man, you never run out of cool things to share on KZitem. Fun to look at these old bikes!
@chillywilly934
10 ай бұрын
Sad most are all outside in the weather. Eventually, all will be ruined.
@RDEnduro
10 ай бұрын
I don't know how to feel about this, but time waits for noone. A cool site for sure
@douglaspenticuff587
10 ай бұрын
I'd say a lot of them didn't have 2,000 miles
@BobbyBasketballl
10 ай бұрын
Can any one please share where the hell this place is? So many parts I need are sitting right there and yet no address or business name... come on man.
@tony-ce7qp
10 ай бұрын
This had to be emotional for you because of your love of bikes and there deep history.That yard has more memories with motorbikes then any other place in the USA!it is not if these walls can talk it is if these bikes could.....imagine how much in common you would have had with the owners........Astonishing no doubt!
@JollUsARoint
10 ай бұрын
I know a lot of people see a bunch of junk but that's a lot of gold in so many with great potential a little bit of time and money that place is amazing💚👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇲✌🏼
@Denmark7771
10 ай бұрын
Way to go again Kap, another great video. Man, its really sad to see so many great bikes I've owned over my 62 years in the the bike graveyard, but its good to know there are so many restoration parts out there👍
@brianmooney7009
10 ай бұрын
Linderman from my body guard should have went there to find his cylinder 😮. That place is heaven. Love to see you build a bike there out of parts Ken 🇺🇸
@more.power.
10 ай бұрын
WOW more power I have never seen so many motorcycles parts up for grabs. Thanks Ken
@japfourme381
10 ай бұрын
This is incredible! There must be an absolute fortune in spares, even though a lot of them will be unusable due to rotting away!!
@XRakkgruntX
10 ай бұрын
Man… seeing that Suzuki Trailhopper 50 brought back some memories. I had one, it was blue and started me on a journey that still hasn’t ended. That little bike made my childhood a little better.
@LiquidAudio
10 ай бұрын
Man that’s incredible, what a shame they’ve been outside for so long. An absolute gold mine potentially, but so much work needed to recover the value.
@hodaka1000
10 ай бұрын
If they sold them for $10 each they'd make a fortune
@andyleblanc1564
10 ай бұрын
That’s some wild stuff. You can almost see the soles of those old bikes rising up through the air. Unbelievable place!
@flatcapcaferacer
10 ай бұрын
I saw a similar place located on a mountain in Northern Arizona. It was so packed I think you would have needed a helicopter to get bike out. So packed the owner was assembling bikes on tne side of the highway. A spooky and surreal feeling walking through that place.
@shannonwhitaker9630
10 ай бұрын
We’ve got a place in my area with 1000’s of vehicles that are from what I’m guessing is 70’s-80’s. The entire place (maybe 60-80 acres) is now completely encased in the impenetrable forest overgrowth. People have started using heavy equipment in an attempt to reach whatever the heck is in there. There’s another in same condition with a sign on the gate which reads $25 to view junkyard by appointment only. Totally laughable because you can’t view anything except the $25 flying out of your wallet.
@ianross225
10 ай бұрын
It’s tragic on an epic scale. As you so rightly say, each has a story but few, if any, a happy ending.
@Larry-rz4ed
10 ай бұрын
Man Ken is like the living Encyclopedia of Motorcycles, My Hero, doesn't even need a second to tell what it is, Now that's Boss 💯😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
@Errr717
10 ай бұрын
Wow that's quite a find. That Yamaha 80 looks almost like the one I had in college except mine had a long seat and a rack at the end. So what's the story behind this ocean of motorcycle parts?
@LuisCipher
10 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks for the tour and commentary. Very insightful. Down here in the South, our scrapyards are full of snakes and other critters. It makes it more interesting to me, more of an adventure when you go to these old scrapyards. Thanks again. 👍
@carlitosbrigante6889
10 ай бұрын
The ones that truly appreciate motorcycles there is something beautiful and haunting about this, that tells a story to those willing to listen to .
@Roscoe_B
10 ай бұрын
Love how you think beyond the bike itself Ken...stories to be told never to be heard etc.
@giovannideltante1460
10 ай бұрын
Wow ! I’d walk through there like it was a war memorial - silence about the field and pat tribute to all the motorcycles that have come to rest .
@terrybarton8388
10 ай бұрын
Didn’t see any of the popular big 70’s KWAK fours ie Z650/900/1000 I’m guessing they’ve already been picked?
@796andy2
10 ай бұрын
I was looking too 😂
@sissygoog9456
2 ай бұрын
All right Ken. I've seen that a few times on KZitem here. It's absolutely amazing you were there. The graveyard must have blew your brains right out of your head. I mean what an amazing place. Ken Kaplan number one Rockford, Connecticut New England motorcycle museum
@laurent4561
10 ай бұрын
Pretty good video thanks to Kaplan USA - God bless America.
@cw3728
10 ай бұрын
More info needed, how did there become so many bikes and parts in one place, who did all the work etc etc
@MachTuck
10 ай бұрын
Man I would love to spend a day just walking through those bushy motorcycle lots!
@dbx1233
10 ай бұрын
This property owner could not get his grass to grow. He tried everything. Oneday an Agriculture Doctor suggested he fertilize the ground with dilapidated motorcycles, so he did. The results were astonishing. What a lovely story.
@chrischamberlain4846
10 ай бұрын
There was a motorcycle junkyard in Morristown Tn when I was a kid . It was like Disneyland if you loved bikes
@tessbushell5489
10 ай бұрын
Some history in that place for sure.Rusty gold 👍🏻
@Cross-Country-Biker
10 ай бұрын
Looks like a business stuck in the heyday of late 80s....now only 50+ year old's recognize the bikes. Thanks for the tour
@agnosticevolutionist3567
10 ай бұрын
Millions of pounds of metal parts .an absolute gold mine right there!!!!!!!!!!!
@strvenoconnell4061
10 ай бұрын
I've been to auto junkyards this size, never a bike junkyard, amazing, I would like to spend a few hours and see what's there
@keeptwowheelsdown
10 ай бұрын
Hey kap, was this vlog done at eastern cycle??? Please don't buy up all of their stuff lol! We count on those boys for our parts we need to get them back on the road. Enjoy the pick. Great guys there!
@daleskiog7499CS
10 ай бұрын
That is just unbelievable. Never seen nothing like it. That just goes to show you Time flies!
@henrymorgan3982
10 ай бұрын
Feelings of the good, bad and the ugly. So much for organization!
@Pedro123-s6v
10 ай бұрын
Open until dawn!! 🦇... Now seriously, it's sad to see so much abandoned motorcycling history... 😣
@DirtyDovi
10 ай бұрын
Killer! I've been through a few mc graveyards over the years - both commercial & private.. Back in the early/mid 2000s, some friends and I almost bought into one.. CyclePsycho [mc recycling business] when it went up for sale all those years ago.. Here in central/upstate, NY some friends had a helluva yard w/ old bikes & old vehicles, and go figure . . . dA LoCaL goOvErMeNt forced some EPA BS & forced them to end.. Generations of historical / usable things all destroyed for zero reason.. Always gets me.
@aderiley6592
10 ай бұрын
If governments really wanted to do the environment a favour they'd force governments into the annals of history 😂
@danstevens2204
10 ай бұрын
I like the plants
@iceman1bentley763
10 ай бұрын
Wow that’s sad those bikes were not stored properly a lot of parts an rebuilds are going to waste
@charlesshort4287
10 ай бұрын
How much time and money would someone have in doing something like this,! Where is this place at, this is my second time seeing a video of this place, the video was a few years back, I heard 60+Year's and never thrown any thing away,
@ronaldspins
10 ай бұрын
What if you found a sandcast CB750 There ??? For Parts .... Never seen anything like this
@miketr732
10 ай бұрын
Holy shit, ive never seen so many scrap bikes. Unreal.
@RonaldKirkland-ec1ce
10 ай бұрын
I cant keep watching this because its really tearing me up. Seriously im about to cry. Id love to get my pick of some stuff from there.
@danielh9252
10 ай бұрын
True that it sucks that this was all left outside. But it's better than it all being at the bottom of a landfill, turning into methane. It may all be rusty, but at least it all survived.
@timewilltella39
10 ай бұрын
Amazing place what a collection 👍 Needs a good going through and sort out Would lovebto do that job going through and sorting it all My ocd would kick right in 😂
@neoanderson4840
10 ай бұрын
I COULD SPEND A FEW DAYS THERE ... technical TRADES START FROM JUNKYARDS .... some amazing stuff...awesome restorations possible .... wow ❤❤❤
@9INTEXAS
10 ай бұрын
How does one acquire this many bikes? Did they buy them from the insurance companies, I just can't imagine their connections to obtain this many bikes over the years. Unbelievable.
@THEVEETS
10 ай бұрын
WoW Thats alota stories there each one has its own its a builders dream land I love it !
@ridervfr2798
10 ай бұрын
The EPA made a big stink about the salvage yards over here. Now most of them went the way of the dodo bird. What is amazing besides thinking about the life line of the bikes is the amount in dollars that people just walked away from. Maybe it was cheap money back then, now a new bike is 20,000 plus, harder to walk away from. Peace
@Kingsoupturbo
10 ай бұрын
I went to Bob's junkyard in Phoenix, same idea, all 70's 80's bikes, mostly UJM, so many parts it would take you forever to find the right thing, its like an obsession for these guys to keep buying junk and stacking it. I went to Bills boneyard in Salt lake, same idea on smaller scale with more organization, all 70's 80's.
@rickburnout666
10 ай бұрын
I have never seen so many scrapped bikes in my 45 years of riding, I could have used many of those bikes on my 300+ of bikes I've built over the years
@axispowerdiesel
10 ай бұрын
I believe this was a motorcycle concentration camp
@strvenoconnell4061
10 ай бұрын
I bet you can get a few of them running
@pokerdealer2003
10 ай бұрын
Couple big yards like that in Washington state except we have almost zero rust bike can sit outside 75 years and look the same as when it went to pasture.
@gowengetter4599
10 ай бұрын
I can’t watch. It breaks my heart. Everyone should donate a dollar to the much needed “save a 2 stroke foundation” 😢
@Larry-rz4ed
10 ай бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving Ken and family ❤️🙏
@jacobuszwanenburg1629
10 ай бұрын
Awesome place of treasures to tour around and dream on
@quadclaw
10 ай бұрын
Seeing those FZR parts in shambles hurts
@kz750412
4 ай бұрын
Mr. Kaplan, If you grab some good Suzuki 1000 or 1100 cranks and Kz 650 cranks, they will be sold quickly as racers are looking for them all year.
@kennethm.pricejr.8921
10 ай бұрын
So many bikes that were just scrapped! I thought most motorcycles were rebuilt and lived on for generations. This'l give any old timer a reason to ponder the cost of over-accelerated technology.
@notimegarage8632
10 ай бұрын
Little vaper blasting and powder and alot of that could be saved and a little polish on the aluminum, how many bikes did you get?
@stephonosborn2373
10 ай бұрын
OMG ,I wish I lived nextdoor to this guy wow
@kc0lif
10 ай бұрын
incredible.
@wayno23
10 ай бұрын
Looking forward to see what you bought ?
@pujapete3665
10 ай бұрын
rusting dreams...amazing,never seen anything like it.
@sgtliles30
10 ай бұрын
That reminds of the part in the movie grease when I spends the summer at a junk yard building a street bike.
@jeanettewest
10 ай бұрын
So sad. A simple long shed structure, no floor needed, just keep them out of the elements, inexpensive, could have saved so many parts.
@1978JonBullock
10 ай бұрын
Imagine the story's those bikes could tell. Amazing how many bikes are in one place.
@shawnslaunwhite2085
10 ай бұрын
Wow! That Can am sign!
@eliterry3785
10 ай бұрын
“It puts the lotion on” 😂
@salemcitadel
10 ай бұрын
I never thought id ever see heaven
@kalaharimine
10 ай бұрын
There lies the glory days of motorcycling.
@johnhart125
10 ай бұрын
Where is this? Looking for parts for several projects
@motordown7664
10 ай бұрын
I bet you and the crew could make interesting video building a bike using everything from the graveyard.
@Troy-y5b
8 ай бұрын
Those Cb 750 engines are fun in a off rode cart.
@RonaldKirkland-ec1ce
10 ай бұрын
Theres a place like that near me in Tennessee called 6 mile cycle and its a bikers dream
@MrGolden28473
10 ай бұрын
Is this magic wonderland in Vermont? Can people come pick?
@claytonmcminn1121
10 ай бұрын
My uncle, barney Calvert, was president of the classic car association of America for a while. He rebuilt classic cars his whole life. He lived in Houston and New Braunfels, TX. His 10-acre property looked like this, but with cars. He also had a trailer of classic Hondas in a trailer.
@claytonmcminn1121
10 ай бұрын
BTW I really like the channel
@projectdirtbikes
10 ай бұрын
Wild! May those bikes rest in peace🕊
@davidhochsprung6030
10 ай бұрын
You have got to be the luckiest man on Earth to be looking at this with your own eyes this is absolutely a treasure Trove of wealth
@acetomatocompany8258
10 ай бұрын
I have to know where this is, I don't care if it's Alaska I'm going and bringing my 401k
@passthetunaporfavor
10 ай бұрын
Those two cylinder Hondas from way back when were just great engines that sounded sweet. If you resurrected a few of those the world would be a better place.
@joemorris3617
6 ай бұрын
Visited a smaller scale junkyard in Mineral Wells, WV....Lemon& Barretts...check it out, they also used to deal new KTM's
@kevincosta9228
10 ай бұрын
Impressions: 1)Ahhhhhh-gggaaaaaaahhhh-waaaaaaaah?!! wow 2)Tons of junk there, but a number of rebuildable bikes, some gold nuggets and a billion useable parts 3)How did the chrome stay so nice on all those parts? 4) Great narrative and commentary Ken!
@rockman49er
10 ай бұрын
I think because it's very far from the ocean most people there probably never been to the ocean 😮
@kevincosta9228
10 ай бұрын
@@rockman49er Good point. I am from the East Coast LOL
@sameshitagain6735
9 ай бұрын
good luck finding your part among that lot.
@tattoowho
10 ай бұрын
Looks like the place outside of Tyler TX I've been to a few times in the past looking for parts. I think its closed now.
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