I Bought a new 40 year old Honda, Will it make it Home? 8 hrs

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Published 2022-06-24

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  • @RKMotorsports
    Glad to be able to help you guys out and get you back on the road!
  • The enthusiasm Craig has for literally anything is amazing, everyone needs a Craig to their Sean. Love these videos.
  • @MrTMann5966
    Just wanted to let you guys know you all are the reason I got into riding! 25 years old with 2 kids and I have found the love of riding my new (to me) 1985 Honda Goldwing Aspencade. I loved your videos showing the old wings and I couldn’t be happier with my bike! Thank you all and God Bless you guys for what you do!
  • @carlchada1429
    I bought a 1982 Honda FT500 new out of the crate in 1984. Drove it for 5 years when I was in college. Last 4 of S/N were 1770. It was a great little 1-thumper. Hardly any oomph, but great gas mileage. Loved that bike. It is immortalized on film parked outside a diner in an early scene of 'Point Break'. Only place I've seen it.
  • New challenge: fly a long distance away and have Sean and Craig each buy a bike, fix whatever needs to be fixed, and ride it home for as little money as possible. Choose the city at random, and don't start looking for a bike until you get there. Could be fun
  • The greatest Craig quote ever "I may not be a formula 1 mechanic but I can get you out of the woods" gotta love these guys!
  • I have a 1982 Honda GL500 Silverwing Interstate (with a complete spare set of plastics). I love showing it off to people (even tho it's currently down with a bad case of old) and pointing out how ahead of it's time it was. Epic bikes from the 80s.
  • The version of this Ascot 500 was just sold as a Honda FT 500 in the U.K. . It had a twin port 4 valve single OHC engine . I had a CB 250 RSA with a 250 version of the same engine ,it was more popular seller than the FT 500 as it handled & quick for 4 stroke 250 single at the time . The FT were regarded as a slug for a 500 cc reported to have issues & never sold well in the U.K. ,they usually ended up being bought used by riders on a budget looking for cheap utility hacks to spanner & get about on . I doubt If modern bikes will last as long as some of the old Honda models 👍
  • @Xeon771
    I love seeing the Ascot getting attention. My old man has his 1983 FT500 and I've ridden so many miles on it on the bike and in the saddle myself. I took my motorcycle license tests on that bike. Still runs to this day.
  • @ACoustaDC
    As a helix owner after many years of "real" motorcycles, I can tell you Craig was the most comfortable on this trip.
  • Being able to ride a new 40-year-old motorcycle is like a world of time tunnels. This is a dreamlike event, and I envy you. I think Honda engineers who have already retired from active duty are pleased.
  • Having been a teenager in the 80's i have a special place in my heart for that era. My first bike was a 78 Suzuki GS750E. I will always love the classic lines of a UJM.
  • Everyone THINKS this is how they want to come across a "vintage" bike... Glad you guys stick to details! Keep up the GREAT work, and GOD BLESS!
  • This was my first motorcycle! My uncle gifted me one he had in his garage as a gift for graduating from Coast Guard officer candidate school almost 20 years ago. Wish I had kept it, fueled a life long love of riding! I was missing a side panel I could not find at the time. Brings back memories of wrenching with my uncle who is no longer with us and we miss him, he sported a rad beard!
  • I love how fellow You Tuber's help each other out. It really is a bunch of communities of shared interests. Motorcycles and boats and mechanics are my thing. Favorite Bike channel right here, your guys bring great content. Thanks. I gladly give you my clicks. This was great to show what sitting can do. (Working on a 2006 outboard that sat right now. Can be frustrating as the stuff broke from sitting. My carb is shellac'd. At least your had no gas sitting)
  • Just got rear ended on my motorcycle yesterday Blessed to be alive and hop away with a broken ankle and road rash. Glad you guys are able to give me more motorcycle fix
  • @lauridsd
    I am way more excited about the Honda Helix than the Ascot. I wanted one of those SO BAD when I was like 16. My first bike (when I was 27, was a 1984 Honda Interceptor 500, but to this I would still love to have a Helix. Modern scooters just look like smaller versions of existing bikes, but the Helix looked like a futuristic transport. Nostalgia for the win.
  • @hraefn1821
    God I love the 80's aesthetic. That bike is gorgeous. We all love flowing curves but sometimes geometric lines just hit the spot.
  • Nice 👍 video Sean and Craig. I'm a sucker for vintage anything. Back when I lived in California I bought my Honda from the dealership and would pick to ride in this shopping center parking lot and do doughnuts and figure 8s. In this shopping center there was a mechanic shop and this guy (can't remember his name) used to see me doing that and became friends. His dad owned the shop and he showed me a 1969 Honda. It looked neat but it was kind of different than today's bikes. The clutch wasn't on the handlebars and other different features. Not motorcycle related but 3 years ago I bought a vintage mountain bike frame because the color and style was the same as a mountain bike I used to have. The challenge was finding vintage parts or similar new parts. It's awesome that mountain bike looks so much like my old mountain bike.