MOTORCYCLE GRAVEYARD OVER 10,000+ BIKES, IS THIS THE WORLDS LARGEST??

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@harrytinker2328 8 ай бұрын

Too bad most of the parts are just scrap due to sitting open in the weather for years.

@baitmaster8706 8 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 8 ай бұрын

Some could be saved by the right people 😉😉😉👍

@numbaoneUFCfan 8 ай бұрын

Lot of aluminum.........brings good money too!

@BikerDaddy22RideorDie 8 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

@joesantos8563 8 ай бұрын

12:00 ..GSX-R 88 TO 89 GAS TANK. 😭the blue and white one.

@Tarsarian 8 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

* and women

@umarkedreturn8776 8 ай бұрын

And all the dumbasses who don't know what they are.@@719vol

@frenchonion4595 8 ай бұрын

@@719volwonder how many assless chaps were on those seats

@scottmoto 8 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 8 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.

@AridersLifeYT 8 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 7 ай бұрын

Maybe 3 of these would run out of the whole pile, lol.

@joshmoore6165 7 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 5 ай бұрын

@@joshmoore6165 I bet most of the Hondas would run once ya broke em loose, went thru the carbs, etc.

@joshmoore6165 5 ай бұрын

No one is arguing that@@JeffKopis

@kennithmorella2693 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 ай бұрын

Agree 💯 👍

@oldcat3647 7 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 3 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

@barryburns911 8 ай бұрын

I love all the poetic references to lives lived and stories to tell. Where is this Motorcycle Valhalla?

@kevinsivertson5800 8 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 7 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. 😉

@ghalston5641 8 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 8 ай бұрын

That is a life time of "will it start" videos there,and thousands of dollars in fun👌

@blusnuby2 8 ай бұрын

My utmost RESPECT to anyone who could assemble a running bike from salvaged parts ! Nice tour, thanks !

@baitmaster8706 8 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 8 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 8 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 .

@chillywilly934 8 ай бұрын

Sad most are all outside in the weather. Eventually, all will be ruined.

@dodgybodger3124 8 ай бұрын

Wow !!! I could spend hours maybe days looking through that lot. Thanks for posting Kap. 👍

@RobertFairweatherMusic 8 ай бұрын

Mind blown. I love junk yards. This one is amazing.

@joeohara2429 8 ай бұрын

I could watch this all day... Did you score anything?

@cyclerider5652 8 ай бұрын

Man, you never run out of cool things to share on KZfaq. Fun to look at these old bikes!

@joechancio5177 8 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 8 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 8 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...

@Denmark7771 8 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👍

@RDEnduro 8 ай бұрын

I don't know how to feel about this, but time waits for noone. A cool site for sure

@douglaspenticuff587 8 ай бұрын

I'd say a lot of them didn't have 2,000 miles

@BobbyBasketballl 8 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.

@twots22 8 ай бұрын

Where is this place? Thank you for showing us. Awesome yard.

@LuisCipher 8 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. 👍

@tony-ce7qp 8 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!

@more.power. 8 ай бұрын

WOW more power I have never seen so many motorcycles parts up for grabs. Thanks Ken

@Larry-rz4ed 8 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 💯😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@TheGUNNY1966 8 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

@laurent4561 8 ай бұрын

Pretty good video thanks to Kaplan USA - God bless America.

@JollUsARoint 8 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💚👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇲✌🏼

@brianmooney7009 8 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 🇺🇸

@LiquidAudio 8 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 8 ай бұрын

If they sold them for $10 each they'd make a fortune

@japfourme381 8 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!!

@andyleblanc1564 8 ай бұрын

That’s some wild stuff. You can almost see the soles of those old bikes rising up through the air. Unbelievable place!

@XRakkgruntX 8 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.

@ianross225 8 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.

@danstevens2204 8 ай бұрын

I like the plants

@Roscoe_B 8 ай бұрын

Love how you think beyond the bike itself Ken...stories to be told never to be heard etc.

@carlitosbrigante6889 8 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 .

@MachTuck 8 ай бұрын

Man I would love to spend a day just walking through those bushy motorcycle lots!

@timewilltella39 8 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 😂

@tessbushell5489 8 ай бұрын

Some history in that place for sure.Rusty gold 👍🏻

@giovannideltante1460 8 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 .

@daleskiog7499 8 ай бұрын

That is just unbelievable. Never seen nothing like it. That just goes to show you Time flies!

@flatcapcaferacer 8 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 8 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.

@Larry-rz4ed 8 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving Ken and family ❤️🙏

@dbx1233 8 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.

@Cross-Country-Biker 8 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 8 ай бұрын

Millions of pounds of metal parts .an absolute gold mine right there!!!!!!!!!!!

@eliterry3785 8 ай бұрын

“It puts the lotion on” 😂

@THEVEETS 8 ай бұрын

WoW Thats alota stories there each one has its own its a builders dream land I love it !

@sissygoog9456 15 күн бұрын

All right Ken. I've seen that a few times on KZfaq 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

@henrymorgan3982 8 ай бұрын

Feelings of the good, bad and the ugly. So much for organization!

@projectdirtbikes 8 ай бұрын

Wild! May those bikes rest in peace🕊

@Errr717 8 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?

@jacobuszwanenburg1629 8 ай бұрын

Awesome place of treasures to tour around and dream on

@Kingsoupturbo 8 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.

@RonaldKirkland-ec1ce 8 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.

@DirtyDovi 8 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 8 ай бұрын

If governments really wanted to do the environment a favour they'd force governments into the annals of history 😂

@miketr732 8 ай бұрын

Holy shit, ive never seen so many scrap bikes. Unreal.

@strvenoconnell4061 8 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

@neoanderson4840 8 ай бұрын

I COULD SPEND A FEW DAYS THERE ... technical TRADES START FROM JUNKYARDS .... some amazing stuff...awesome restorations possible .... wow ❤❤❤

@Pedro123-s6v 8 ай бұрын

Open until dawn!! 🦇... Now seriously, it's sad to see so much abandoned motorcycling history... 😣

@chrischamberlain4846 7 ай бұрын

There was a motorcycle junkyard in Morristown Tn when I was a kid . It was like Disneyland if you loved bikes

@axispowerdiesel 8 ай бұрын

I believe this was a motorcycle concentration camp

@comedyash 8 ай бұрын

I’ve never seen anything like this, the scale of it is unbelievable! There must be a few diamonds in the rough that you can rescue. “Hanging from the ceiling like bats “ 😂

@danielh9252 8 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.

@shawnslaunwhite2085 8 ай бұрын

Wow! That Can am sign!

@1978JonBullock 8 ай бұрын

Imagine the story's those bikes could tell. Amazing how many bikes are in one place.

@rankoutsider2363 8 ай бұрын

So crazy yet mouthwatering for a parts finder😳

@sgtliles30 8 ай бұрын

That reminds of the part in the movie grease when I spends the summer at a junk yard building a street bike.

@ronaldspins 8 ай бұрын

What if you found a sandcast CB750 There ??? For Parts .... Never seen anything like this

@kennyrichard2971 8 ай бұрын

😱 that’s crazy and to think of all the bikes that have been parted out that are not there on top of what is there

@Mtb9r 8 ай бұрын

It was the mid 70’s, Prundale California, The place. Ye Ol Cycle Shope. A gigantic ol dairy barn two stories tall and damn near a football field long completely full of moto ❤. Bikes ranging from the late 40’s to the early 70’s. CZ, Puch, Bultaco, Montessa, Indian, BSA, Hodaka, and of course Japanese bikes. This place Completely reminds of that place. ❤🎉❤🎉. Brrrrrraaaaappppp….!!!

@jpshirley438 8 ай бұрын

Where's the location is it the one in Minnesota by chance? I've got a few I'm restoring need location or number to yard if possible

@keeptwowheelsdown 8 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!

@terrybarton8388 8 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 8 ай бұрын

I was looking too 😂

@kc0lif 8 ай бұрын

incredible.

@cw3728 8 ай бұрын

More info needed, how did there become so many bikes and parts in one place, who did all the work etc etc

@iancrowley35 8 ай бұрын

It puts the lotion on!!!😂😂😂😂 too funny!!

@ridervfr2798 8 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

@backyardbikes7760 8 ай бұрын

Is this in ct? Are you able to buy anything from here ?

@rickburnout666 8 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

@motordown7664 8 ай бұрын

I bet you and the crew could make interesting video building a bike using everything from the graveyard.

@charlesshort4287 8 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,

@stephonosborn2373 7 ай бұрын

OMG ,I wish I lived nextdoor to this guy wow

@Craftin.Clever 8 ай бұрын

Farout that's something, wow😲

@notimegarage8632 8 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?

@pujapete3665 8 ай бұрын

rusting dreams...amazing,never seen anything like it.

@bobkennelly8000 6 ай бұрын

Hello, does this bike graveyard have a weblink or what's the name of this place? thanks!

@strvenoconnell4061 8 ай бұрын

I bet you can get a few of them running

@kennethm.pricejr.8921 8 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.

@pokerdealer2003 8 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.

@cyclerider5652 8 ай бұрын

The thumbnail with the skull reminds me of an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" Where a biker found a skull in the desert and mounted it to his bike. Ends up it was a murder victim police were looking for. Lol. Murder not funny, but it was funny that he rode around with it for quite a while.

@salemcitadel 7 ай бұрын

I never thought id ever see heaven

@davidhochsprung6030 8 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

@quadclaw 8 ай бұрын

Seeing those FZR parts in shambles hurts

@llewvirtue861 8 ай бұрын

We seriously need these parts

@9INTEXAS 8 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.

@carlosandrescaracuelsaaved3970 7 ай бұрын

Que ganas me dan, de ir a EEUU, y tratar de rescatar algunas maquinas que hicieron historia, que los años no han dejado de ser, motos magníficas y de cálidad. es una pena, bueno eso lo savemos a los que amamos los caballos de hierro humeantes.. un saludo a todos. 🏍️. 🤘