1975 Yamaha MX400B

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Komentáře • 108

  • @cameronshine3465
    @cameronshine3465 Před 3 lety +2

    i use to have one, i was only 16 years old, 1976 . the best bike i ever owned and ridden

  • @raysmetaltracks6782
    @raysmetaltracks6782 Před 5 měsíci

    Man, back when I actually knew how to work on bikes... Brings back memories. Thank you!

  • @gregdye5691
    @gregdye5691 Před 9 měsíci

    Bad ass dirtbike.Bought one of these brand new right out of high school in 75' and went motocross racing. Great memories , thanks.

  • @EL-zo6iy
    @EL-zo6iy Před 3 lety +5

    Handcuffs, gun, and werewolf sideburns! Live it baby! Live it!

  • @larrrevenga49
    @larrrevenga49 Před 3 lety +1

    Love the sound . I raced a 74 Mx 250 in FL. Then moved up to 77 Yz 400D great video . That Mx 400 is a Beautiful bike .

  • @4T5Scott
    @4T5Scott Před 2 lety +1

    I can proudly say I own one of these. But mine was bored out to the max and it’s insane to ride. No joke you can sit on the gas tank and it will still ride wheelies. Long live Yamaha power :)

  • @PRO4XKEV
    @PRO4XKEV Před 3 lety +3

    Vintage bike, drum brakes, I love it.

    • @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443
      @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443 Před 3 lety +2

      Drum brakes = terrifying if you need to stop.

    • @ndanieltx
      @ndanieltx Před 3 lety +1

      Lots of 2 stroke pwr and iffy brakes is a perfect summary of the 70s 😅

  • @user-ol5zr3pb9n
    @user-ol5zr3pb9n Před měsícem

    Thank you Kaplan for showcasing such kick ass Yamaha. Amazing bike with the sound and power I love of a 2 stroke. Great video and work you all do. !!!

  • @gardeningplus7271
    @gardeningplus7271 Před 3 lety

    I had one in 1976 mine had two spark plugs one was spare on cylinder head beautiful bike you took me back now i have to call my old friends,5*

  • @DOC-Jake-
    @DOC-Jake- Před 3 lety +4

    Another stunner ! Just love seeing all these blast from the past ! U can’t even beat them ! Thanks u guys ! 🇺🇸

  • @Maga4Lyfe
    @Maga4Lyfe Před 3 lety +2

    I remember my cousin had a mx 80. Gosh that was a blast to ride along with our honda qa 50's.

  • @jerrymarcum9981
    @jerrymarcum9981 Před 3 lety +3

    Ken can really make that bike roll! So fun to watch.

  • @scottreynolds3148
    @scottreynolds3148 Před 3 lety +3

    Great bike bought one new $1450 ln 75 great enduro cross country bike

  • @sherf2654
    @sherf2654 Před 3 lety +2

    First year for the monoshock and a beautiful example of an iconic big bore!

  • @dannywilmoth6402
    @dannywilmoth6402 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank y’all for bringing back my memories of my old Dirtbike years and love you exercising your Second Amendment Wright love the side arm.

  • @richardmorris7063
    @richardmorris7063 Před 3 lety +3

    A mans motorcycle there. Time machine....Ken you've done it again.I'd love to come up from Tampa to see first hand what an amazing preservation you've done there,at the compound & w/the time machines you've reserve dated is important to a lot of people.

  • @tysons2ndchannel592
    @tysons2ndchannel592 Před 3 lety +5

    This bike is Fast 👍🏆🥇🏁

  • @carlospuckett3161
    @carlospuckett3161 Před 3 lety +2

    You have some really nice bikes.

  • @derrickzenner9300
    @derrickzenner9300 Před 3 lety +2

    That's one of the coolest bikes ever

  • @jethrox827
    @jethrox827 Před 3 lety +4

    I remember seeing A grade mx riders push these things to their max. There was also a yz360 mono shock around this time too

  • @jasonrutherford1722
    @jasonrutherford1722 Před 3 lety +4

    Beast mode Captain love it !!!

  • @ronmangano9094
    @ronmangano9094 Před 3 lety +2

    It's a Webco head. Stock was a radial finned similar to DT400.

  • @jakebsowders357
    @jakebsowders357 Před 3 lety +2

    I don’t know if I actually ever seen a bike like that but it looks like it would rip someone’s arms off , that bike is in exquisite shape !!!!!

  • @GearheadRob319
    @GearheadRob319 Před 3 lety +3

    back when dirt bikes had side stands.

  • @ClintL63
    @ClintL63 Před 2 lety

    I had one in 84 or 85; it had SO MUCH POWER!!! I dont think I ever sat on the seat, as i was always standing and leaning up over the handlebars!; whenever I would let somebody who could RIDE a bike, they would beat everything!!! around!!! ; I couldn't handle that bike; it beat me up; I only had it for just one summer; I sold that abusive SOB, but WOW! The POWER!!

  • @maximilianlagerfeld2403
    @maximilianlagerfeld2403 Před 3 lety +1

    Beautiful bike.

  • @jamesmihalcik1310
    @jamesmihalcik1310 Před 2 lety

    I have one in the barn. I haven't ridden it since 1997. Looking forward to getting it going again. Pure power, well balanced. Could pick up the front end in most gears if you opened it up. Pleasure to ride, never noticed the muffler sound, it was always behind me :) Thanks for rekindling the desire to fly!

  • @danielarney9729
    @danielarney9729 Před 3 lety +1

    45 years old and is in original moto condition. This bike is going to out live us.

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow, such nostalgia, such OH YEAH

  • @Kickstart500
    @Kickstart500 Před 3 lety +5

    Those things were like Wile E Coyote lighting an Acme rocket..

  • @posniknelb6114
    @posniknelb6114 Před 3 lety +2

    Must of been a complete brute back in the 70s,still is now,stunning.

  • @Principlesofpleasure
    @Principlesofpleasure Před 3 lety +2

    So jealous it’ll be a dream to have one 2 stroke I go to work watching a video of you on the sexy red rocket(CR125R) 🔥🔥🔥 and come home to see this vid of this beast 😍 if I ever hit the lotto I’m buying me and my pops one ,he’s getting older but he use to shred when I was a kid . we never got to ride together ,goal of mine for sure .

  • @step1ist
    @step1ist Před rokem

    Loved this bike so much I ended up getting one!..... 😁

  • @timdryden3778
    @timdryden3778 Před 3 lety +1

    i had one, it was fantastic. wish i still had it. far better at everything than the yz400f i replaced it with.

  • @stimpacat
    @stimpacat Před 2 lety

    my friend has one, i am fixing to ride it. His back is bad and can not ever ride it. so i am fixing it.Same bike,mMX400b He had it since new. You ride the widest variety of bike's, Awesome
    Getting the engine ready to be rebuilt. w/80 over piston and jug. make video soon.

  • @MitzvosGolem1
    @MitzvosGolem1 Před 3 lety +3

    Safer than a TM 400 cyclone monster.
    You gotta find one infamous TM Suzuki wobbly monster
    70s KX 450 also cool.

  • @jaysongraft3627
    @jaysongraft3627 Před 3 lety +1

    Cool bike. Thanks for sharing. 😎👍

  • @eggswung6911
    @eggswung6911 Před 3 lety +2

    That’s awesome

  • @mt1885
    @mt1885 Před 3 lety +1

    The air-cooled sound of a 2 stroke

  • @jimmyjazz7901
    @jimmyjazz7901 Před 3 lety

    That bike is a ripped...i love the vintage bikes like my dad 1979 cr250 Elsinore it's a monster

  • @clarkpitts5393
    @clarkpitts5393 Před 3 lety +2

    Badass. A+

  • @schlottsseafood8781
    @schlottsseafood8781 Před 3 lety +2

    Old RRRRRRRRRRIPAH! NICE!

  • @bobe3250
    @bobe3250 Před 7 měsíci

    Nice bike!!

  • @sayers_repairs
    @sayers_repairs Před 3 lety

    Very nice bike. I had the 250. That is actually a Webco head though

  • @EL-zo6iy
    @EL-zo6iy Před 3 lety +4

    Oh, AND riding ALL dream motorcycles, there is a god! Lol!

  • @hectorpuertoricanrivera3470

    Awesome bike she moves out💪😎🇺🇲

  • @menditman2004
    @menditman2004 Před 3 lety +1

    Love it great bike I have the baby mx100😁 great videos🙂👍

  • @ronmangano9094
    @ronmangano9094 Před 3 lety

    Yes.It is fast. Mine is all original including tires. I also have a DT400B. I have a spare nos MX400B cylinder and head I've been wanting to try out on it. Will definitely make it hairier on the street!

  • @techs1smh13
    @techs1smh13 Před 3 lety +2

    My neighbor back in day had 2 of them. Probably gave away at yard sale

  • @davidgoodrich4745
    @davidgoodrich4745 Před 3 lety +4

    Incorrect cyl head...should have a radial fin head.

  • @Amundsenrmx71
    @Amundsenrmx71 Před 3 lety +2

    Epic

  • @rafaelpelizza7898
    @rafaelpelizza7898 Před 3 lety +1

    Buenisimo podio 3 comentario saludos de Argentina mardel plata. Rafael los miro siempre

  • @donnywilcox3963
    @donnywilcox3963 Před 3 lety +3

    Would this have been something Bob Hanna rode back in the day? ....I know he was a 500 guy ....just curious

    • @donnywilcox3963
      @donnywilcox3963 Před 3 lety

      @Tim Allen yeah I have watched a documentary on him and how he got started and his career ...saw footage of him on a 500 something like this ....just was wondering where this bike fit in ....bob tough dude won a moto go on a 125 he didn't want to ride ....broke his leg and almost lost it water skiing in a river with a rivel mx er and good friend .....then ended up flying and racing vintage fighter planes .... just seems like a really good guy and I guess one would say fearless......those old big bores were heavy and temperamental and he wasn't a huge guy ....mad respect for him ...

  • @bobbymckinney1264
    @bobbymckinney1264 Před 3 lety +2

    I want it

  • @benjimandover8072
    @benjimandover8072 Před 3 lety +1

    Break out the IT465...now that's a beast...

  • @PRO4XKEV
    @PRO4XKEV Před 3 lety +4

    S&W .357 magnum stainless, 4 inch barrel.?

  • @richardkrasicki6086
    @richardkrasicki6086 Před 2 lety

    The Monoshock that Yamaha used was designed by a Belgium Engineer, he was going to sell the design to Suzuki, but they did not want it, so Yamaha decided to go for it, and the rest is history..

  • @franciscojosecardosoborreg6913

    Que buenas maquinas coges 💪👍

  • @ronkrill1
    @ronkrill1 Před 3 lety

    cool man

  • @20502chris
    @20502chris Před 11 dny

    I have an MX400B and I'm having the most difficult time looking for exhaust gaskets. Do I need them since it's like a slip on? The springs u have for the mid pipe seem too short and maybe something is supposed to be there?

  • @MazzifLOL
    @MazzifLOL Před 3 lety

    I just picked up a 75 MX400. Not nearly as nice as this, but still not bad. Seller though he had a 1979 IT400. But serial number tells me different (510 prefix).

  • @user-ol5zr3pb9n
    @user-ol5zr3pb9n Před měsícem

    👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Socalhodaka
    @Socalhodaka Před 3 lety +1

    The rear rim looks different then stock?

  • @mrjolly8680
    @mrjolly8680 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Kaplan, do you sometimes miss the mike toss, it’s super cool.

  • @yz250a
    @yz250a Před 11 dny

    That IS a Webco head.

  • @sonnyseabury4051
    @sonnyseabury4051 Před 2 lety

    Wasn't this before Yamaha made the YZ Line?

  • @swapmeetlus4096
    @swapmeetlus4096 Před 2 lety

    There’s one for sale locally, needs full restoration but it’s complete not seized and with paperwork, 1k or offer, is it worth it? I’m able to do almost everything mechanical wise

  • @floridagliderpilot4101
    @floridagliderpilot4101 Před 3 lety +1

    woooooohooo

  • @reaper10
    @reaper10 Před 3 lety +1

    If you guys ever get the chance, could you maybe explain the difference between the various Yamaha models? What I mean is, what's the difference between and MX, YZ, DT and IT?

    • @KaplanCycles
      @KaplanCycles  Před 3 lety +1

      Yes

    • @reaper10
      @reaper10 Před 3 lety +1

      @@KaplanCycles Sweet! I love the videos you guys do and really love the old Yamaha's you show. My first bike when I was 13 was a 79 DT175. I really miss it and eventually I'll get another one!

  • @huskypoop4917
    @huskypoop4917 Před 3 lety +1

    last one i saw wasnt near as good as this . it wos at a auto jumble it had no tank or seat on it and rough told me it wos an old YZ i wasnt sure it wos. i saw this one of yours and now i know wot it wos

  • @jasonrutherford1722
    @jasonrutherford1722 Před 3 lety +2

    foundation ripper

  • @andyg2119
    @andyg2119 Před 3 lety +1

    how much horsepower does it have?

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm flying through the woods on this getting chased by Ruskis and I'm shouting WOLVERINES

  • @colby-boipeters5819
    @colby-boipeters5819 Před 3 lety +1

    what premix our you guys putting In all these mint bikes?

    • @KaplanCycles
      @KaplanCycles  Před 3 lety

      We are using VP T2 to it comes premixed from the factory

  • @larrynorsworthy8582
    @larrynorsworthy8582 Před 3 lety

    Why did the mx and yz coexist or did they?

  • @nadirgennari2962
    @nadirgennari2962 Před 3 lety

    Bellissima😍

  • @MrGuvEuroman
    @MrGuvEuroman Před 3 lety +2

    So is MX Pre YZ?

    • @SteveHacker
      @SteveHacker Před 3 lety

      No... They co-existed... YZs started in 1974...

  • @stephenmartin9300
    @stephenmartin9300 Před 3 lety +1

    I'll call it a pw400

  • @marcosrodriguez3220
    @marcosrodriguez3220 Před 2 lety +1

    your bikes are real nice but you should get a skinnier ridder or join weight watchers/ just constructive criticism

  • @TheRealMotoNut
    @TheRealMotoNut Před 3 lety +1

    Nice bike but I don’t think your using the word “survivor” correctly.

  • @vincepusey2157
    @vincepusey2157 Před 3 lety

    Had a dt 400 Mx I thought it would have more power I felt disappointed nothing wrong with the bike it just felt underpowered for me you’d think a 400 would have pulled the front up without slipping the clutch .

  • @piterhonda2194
    @piterhonda2194 Před 3 lety +1

    Extra

  • @shaunsavage1726
    @shaunsavage1726 Před 2 lety

    I pitty anyone dumb enough to try and rob Sr.

  • @sueneilson896
    @sueneilson896 Před 3 lety

    Why is he wearing a pistol? What possible reason is there for this insanity? Nice bike, used to race these things way back.

    • @KaplanCycles
      @KaplanCycles  Před 3 lety +1

      For Self Defense, have you watched the news lately?

    • @sueneilson896
      @sueneilson896 Před 3 lety +1

      @@KaplanCycles .. ru serious? Sorry, but I live in a country where nobody would dream of having to be armed. We have gun laws, and have much more freedom than you. Freedom from gun violence for a start. Feel sorry for you guys.

    • @KaplanCycles
      @KaplanCycles  Před 3 lety +1

      ALL the criminals have guns here, Not A-day goes by in America where in unarmed citizen is shot to death by a criminal with an illegal gun. In fact 2 weeks ago a very close friend of mine was walking out of a store somebody following him out and robbed him at gunpoint with a gun ... I am not a criminal. I have a licence for my gun and it is registered. Sometimes your best offense is a good defence.

    • @sueneilson896
      @sueneilson896 Před 3 lety

      @@KaplanCycles .. just feel so sorry for your country, that your freedoms have reduced the population to combatants in a war zone , as you just described. Other civilised countries are not like that. Nobody is armed in public. Our murder rate is 1/100th of yours.

    • @KaplanCycles
      @KaplanCycles  Před 3 lety +2

      I'm not a politician honey there's nothing I can do to change the state of affairs here the best I can do is be prepared for the worst and be able to protect my family and that is one thing I vowed to do to my dying breath

  • @markbrynteson5141
    @markbrynteson5141 Před rokem

    I have one and my handle bars don’t have a cross bar

  • @markbrynteson5141
    @markbrynteson5141 Před rokem

    What is that thing for just above the exhaust port on the cylinder? Never seen that before

    • @yz250a
      @yz250a Před 10 dny

      Compression reducer for kick starting.

  • @Captainkirk88410
    @Captainkirk88410 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome bike didn’t see it on eBay yet🤔🤔