"Philips head" screws on Japanese bikes are always stripped out because they are not Philips heads they are JIS and everyone is using the wrong screwdrivers...
The other thing that can help is one of those manual impact drivers. Not the electric or pneumatic kind, the kind you hit with a hand hammer. They can really be a lifesaver on tight screws.
I use to have one of those... amazing bike... completely use to love it... amazing MPG, good sound sytem, comfy AF, Cruise control... and runs like hell.. 1200cc 4-in Line... 55K miles and Still runs Hard 🔥
I’ve watched a lot of your videos. Caleb is the celebration king. You definitely want him on your team whenever you succeed. He will make you feel like a rockstar. What a great guy!
That's funny. When you paint a bike like that it's for you All these guys with Harleys put a custom paint job and a big wheel. And want to charge 30 to 40k. And get butt hurt when people laugh at them
@@scruffycavetroll7547 , Same here, I have a 2004 1200 sportster, stock as a stovebolt, 4,774 miles on it. I ride alone don't have to prove anything to anyone, it's mine, it's paid for.
Love those 1200 Voyagers! Fast, smooth, easy to work on (compared to a 'Wing)...and they made them unchanged for over 15 years. Most cost effective touring bike ever made. Thank you Kawasaki...
Reminds me a little of the martial arts instructor in Napoleon Dynamite. “Think anybody wants a roundhouse kick to the face while I’m wearing these bad boys!?!...forget about it.”
Try using a JIS screwdriver on those screws and you're a lot less likely to strip the heads. The Japanese bikes use JIS (Japan Industrial Standard) heads, which are like Phillips, but slightly different. Using a Phillips on a JIS head screw can strip it pretty easily.
I own 2 vstar 1100s the starter clutch isn’t that hard to change if you take your time and buy a service manual. You will probably have to buy a couple of tools. The first one I did took me 8hrs the second one took 5hrs and the parts cost less than $300 including all the seals gaskets and the oil to refill the bike. While you have the side cover off it’s also a perfect time to preventatively replace the shift shaft seal.
"Didn't take you for a quitter" - see, Sean is experienced at auctions, most of us would have snapped that bait right up and kept on bidding up the price of something we really didn't want. You my hero, boss
reply to all: I definitely thought he said queer and rewatch for 5th time but I am so glad for another perspective. just seemed bizarre in this day and age
Long time ago I bought a Voyager XII at an auction. I wanted to keep it but sold it for a $700 profit. LOVED how it rode. So well balanced, tons of torque, felt much lighter than it is.
It was Kawasaki's answer to Honda's GL1200 and would actually outperform the 'Wing. Then in 1988 Honda intro'd the 6 cylinder GL1500 and the Voyager XII just kinda faded into history after that, unloved and unremembered.
@@Leftycraig48 I would take a Kawasaki over a Honda any day, I've never liked Hondas even though I've owned several. They just don't measure up to a Kawasaki to me.
I rode one of those Buells for 4 days - pace vehicle for bicycle race weeked - amazing machine but after 45 min so uncomfortable, leg gets cooked. After a 6 hour night on it , the next 3 days made me question some life choices...
that cruse control is for fuel millage. i had the 1984 voyager 1300 6 cylinder. believe it or not a few car parts interchanged with the 1300 version. i loved that bike
I’m a wholesaler out of Dallas and I go to the dallas NPA every auction. It’s been CRAZY trying to buy. But you will still find deals for sure! Cool to see inside Philly NPA
Are prices around the same both places .? I would love to go to the US buy a bike and tour the Country for a month or so .I know that its extra risky buying at Auction though .
Assuming that is the Audivox or whatever unit, it has to have an electronic pick-up on the front wheel unless they sprung for a REALLY expensive converter box the speedo cable plugs into which then plugs into the speedo.
I have a 86 voyager 1200 with 10,700 miles on it. The faring was broke on the left hand side. Pulled all that stuff off and its now a basic custom bike. I bought some nice aftermarket lights for it, all led. Its a great bike and there isnt another in my town that I know of.
Hi, am from India and my mind gets blown when I see videos like this where you get such bikes for under or around 1000USD. Here where I live, an nice 200cc bike would easily cost upwards of 2000USD and even used ones come over 1000USD.
@@MishMash22 you're deranged if you think goats are means of transportation. utilitarian motorcycles are a thing in India and are more commonplace than USA.
Don't like the DN01's look, but have tested it, when it was new. The special thing about it is the transmission. It has an hydraulic automatic, which does fantasticly smooth shifting, much better than the double-clutch-transm. of the NC models coming after this. This hydraulic transm. should have been in comfy bikes like GoldWing, PacificCoast, Silverwing...
I had a V-Star 1100 and that's exactly what happened to mine. In the end, the starter didn't engage at all and just spun. "Yea, lets put the starter clutch inside the engine case with no slip at all." Great design.
You see a beat-up old wing, I see a blank canvas with lots of potentials. I'd love to have one like that to go with my Yamaha Royal Star tour deluxe. It would give the Yamaha a break from doing all the miles I do going on trips with it during the summer. I would put about 3 to 4 grand tops in her starting with a paint job, new stereo and speakers, maybe some LED lighting, and I could DIY fix the cruise control and other small issues. And since I have a good running, excellent condition touring cruiser already, I could take my time and gradually fix it up to what I'd want. Then enjoy the heck out of it riding all up and down the eastern seaboard and Appalachian mountain range.
Restoring old bikes is awesome unless it's a Harley then it just gets expensive..... Restoring Japanese is great... I just picked up an intruder 750 1990 for $600 already got it running and riding it all mint... Just needs a clutch I already ordered it can't wait🎉... So far I've changed all the fluids. Took off tank cleaned it with acid then neutralized it and then finally sealed it. Inline fuel filter on a fuel hose... We had to clean the carburetors a little bit but that's it..... Buy a battery and clutch kit.... I'm into the bike about $950 total... It only has thirteen thousand miles on and brand used tires
Driving in the left lane next to the camera truck slower than a truck pulling a massive camper while merging onto the highway...Pennsylvania drivers...
I had '86 Voyager 1200 I bought new. Great bike, easy to ride and maneuver. I rode all over the US west and as a daily commuter 100 miles round trip. Only a few minor problems until at around 150K miles an internal drive chain snapped and locked the engine. I didn't have the money for a shop to replace the engine or the time to do it myself so I sold it to a motorcycle salvage yard. I'll always miss it.
I bought a VG1200 new in 1987. It saved me in a wreck when hit from behind. The saddle bag tops were 1200 bucks. The radio was $2400. It was a really nice ride. I could hear the radio at 80MPH.
i just saw your proverb pop up and just wanted to say how nice it is to be watching a man who is trying to be a decent Christian. Good for you and GOD bless, yessir that bike for $700 is really a nice find.
The stereo install is not bad compared to what comes out of High Schools today. I saw one held in with a plastic bag and expansion foam . It would overheat and shut down.
Sean! You need to do a 'buying the cheapest and most expensive motorized bicycle kits on amazon' video. Not only would it be a riot watching you guys build and ride motorized bikes, but the most expensive kits you can get go up a ridiculous amount in horsepower over a stock bssic bike kit.
And he needs to stop the advertisements. I pay money to not see ads...this channel has not been demonitized. Why are ads being added? I find this very disrespectful to your loyal subscribers. Its not ok.
Stripped screws probably used a Phillips head, rather than a jis head. Looks the same, Phillips were designed for Cadillac because workers were over tightening screws and destroying expensive parts. Phillips are designed to back out when too much torque is used. Easy to replace a .01 cent screw rather than a $50-500 part. Jis looks so much the same, but I was gifted one in the ‘80’s for use on my Honda Twinstar, and never stripped a screw on it. Lost the screwdriver, now I ride a Harley! Great bike, rode a Voyager when new. Great work you guys do to further people’s love of motorcycles. Keep up the good work!
I have own two of the Voyager XII, sold each one after 120K , never leaked a drop, fix it with hardware store stuff. Never had to clean the carbs. the rear speakers sat on the chrome rack on the trunk, the light switch would get loose and the trunk light stays on. There are a few of us out here that can tell you what you want to know about them.
The trick is never let them sit which you wisely did not. Once any carbed bike sits long enough it's an automatic "strip and dip" (undiluted Pine-Sol is terrific).
I've had 2 of these bikes and ridden them across the country. Great bikes. The missing things on the top of the trunk, were speakers. Cruise doesn't work because your speedometer isn't working, and the battery light being on is probably because someone didn't put the battery acid level sensor in when they replaced the sensor. These are inline 4 1200cc engines with hydraulic adjusted valves. Never needs valve adjustments. There were great bikes, its a shame that Kawasaki didn't update them with fuel injection and such and keep producing them. Rob
Japanese JIS "Phillips" style screws, are of a proprietary design. Standard #2 or #3 drivers don't fit them correctly, and end up stripped. Properly, a JIS cut driver is needed.
I love you guys videos like these where you buy the cheapest bikes and fix them. This makes me want to go to an auction just to learn how to fix one 😎.
That Vstar 950 is legitimately my buddys old bike!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for shit talking him!! He was so proud of that rattle can paint job!!! Please contact me so I can put you in touch with him because this made all of our day!!!!
Loving the Narcotics anonymous keychain on the bike. Shows someone really was working on themselves while riding that thing. 6 months strong for that guy!
Haven't been on SRK or bikes & beards channel in a while. But dayum, Caleb looks super lean, like he got into some rigurous diet and hardcore excercise routines. Good for him.
You guys are awesome for the things that you do I love watching your videos that was an awesome tank top in your video and I love the Bible verses to pop up on the screen you guys have a blessed day hope to see the next video soon
Really nice bikes u shows on ur videos man i always love them but never think about get the lincese or buy one for me thanks to show me how beautiful they are, i wish i got the money or space to get one for myself, keep it up with the videos, u get a new subscriber
I don't know about yall, but my favorite videos are when they walk around the auction and end up buying 40 bikes and have to figure out how to fit them all in the trailer to drag them back to the shop.
Hey guys, thanks for all of the awesome video you make it for RU-vid, I just find you in RU-vid less than month ago and cuz of lockdown in Australia I have chance of watching your videos all day every day and enjoying a lot, I hope one day I get my dream motorcycle and enjoying the 2 wheels as you do. Thanks
Got you beat. I got for $300 a 2002 Honda Shadow Spirit VT750 that had sat for 2 years in a garage. Owner had no idea what was wrong. I got it started (roughly) in 30min. It was a bad fuel pump relay. I bypassed it with a piece of wire. It wanted to live. I got it home, rebuilt the carb and some other needed cleaning and she ran. My first bike, i learned to ride and got my license. Replaced the worn tires, battery, other parts and i rode it for 5yrs before selling it for $2600. The guy that bought it crashed it two weeka later. 😖 Now i have a 2014 Valkhrie..
Hey Sean I just wanted to say Tuesday this week I just wrecked my zg1200 can send pics it was in mint condition to factory radio still worked on it everything was clean I rode it alot thankfully I had all my riding gear on someone hit my back end which than I lost control clipped another car which sent me into a roll rolled the bike 3 times flew off bike stood straight up in the air and landed on its side bike is totaled and I some bad road rash but ill survive haha definitely a scary thing
Hi Super Sean, loved the content got 2 bikes for rent with Riders-share and already bought and sold for a profit 2 other bikes, I’m getting my own business inspire by you ! Thanks for the inspiration! The best.
I’ve never been much of a motorcycle person because I’ve lost a lot of family on them due to stupid drivers mostly but I found your channel and love the content and have started looking for something just to take on some fun rides or take out on the weekends.
Nice new bike man! Especially for $700! Those mounting holes on the trunk lid are for rear speakers. You got SO LUCKY to not have to clean those carbs!! The car radio install was classic!! LOL!!! Cruise control may need the speed input to work...Just sayin'.... And yes, it is an inline-4...Unfortunately it's not a Voyager 1300 which had the inline 6 engine!! Those sound awesome! Especially when straight-piped :-) That V-Star 1100 with the starter clutch problem - You want to see a starter clutch problem, buy a 1981-1983 Yamaha XV920 Virago. Those starters sound like a box of rocks - on a GOOD day. The repair is just as challenging, and never lasts for long. 920 Viragos are best used as art pieces or boat anchors
I had that same bike when I lived in Las Vegas, had the computer dash, had to carry a towel around all the time so the dash didn't go blank on me. I flipped it and made more profit on it than I bought it for.
Thank You for speaking the truth about custom paint. YOU may love it but next owner probably won't and doesn't want to pay for it. It's the one mod that usually kills any value and makes bike hard or impossible to sell. Sorry painters!
i have seen a few i liked on GW's but not often. my favorite is the sport bikes that are missing the fairing and being passed off as a naked bike. im like no, you bought something you couldnt afford to take care of and wrecked it.
I would like to speak the truth about advertisements. I pay money to not see ads...this channel has not been demonitized. Why are ads being added? I find this very disrespectful to your loyal subscribers. Its not ok.
I wonder if the speedometer needs to be operational for the cruise to work? These Kawasaki Voyagers were competitors with the GoldWing for a while, but Honda kept with it and owns the category for the most part now. I forgot about the Suzuki Cavalcade and the Yamaha Venture Royale....the 80's were interesting times in motorcycle history.
I just bought one of these for $500. The bracket on the back is for your rear speakers 🤣 and the battery light works off a sensor that goes inside the battery and is 100% probably just missing entirely off this bike.
I had a 1986 model, batteries at the time were not sealed and this indicator was connected to a sensor that triggered when the electrolyte level was low. There's an easy fix to bypass this sensor when switching to a sealed battery.
The trouble I have with buying an older bike is, if the previous owner used a pressure washer on the machine in the past, don’t even think about buying it… if not, first thing you do is start buying tires, battery,oil, filters, plugs,cleaning & rebuilding carbs, brake calipers,master cylinders,… the suspension is shot, it’s been neglected probably, and once you start replacing fork springs, fork seals, fork bushings, you have to do the rear shock or shocks to match so you don’t get into speed wobbles.. The brake fluid has probably never been changed, same with the clutch fluid, you have to do the air filter which on some bikes can take you hours like a GL 1800 Goldwing. That’s a five hour job. If it’s got high miles, it’s a good idea to do the steering head bearings, pull the driveshaft check the u joint, & lube the splines..change the final drive oil, adjust the valves. Older bikes have carburetors. The vacuum diaphragms in CV carburetors are getting impossible to find. They don’t last forever. It’s actually the reason I sold my Yamaha venture royale when it was 16 with 138,000 trouble free miles on it. it was good, but parts were getting old..electrical connections corrode, the ground strap at the frame corrodes, which puts stress on your alternator/stator.. you don’t want to be replacing that on the side of the road with your tool kit, especially if you have a older Goldwing. The seat foam starts to crumble, if someone used armor all on the seat in the past, the cover will split…check for rust in the steel gas tank, plastic fuel lines rubber fuel lines dry out n crack lots of expensive time consuming parts chasing.. when you’re all done, and you take it for a ride, you will feel how dated it is especially if you own a newer bike at the same time. You’ll ask yourself, what the hell did I do that for.. A lot of times you put $1500 in an older bike to make it worth $1500.. don’t even think of resurrecting an old Honda CB 350 twin. Those motors were junk/camshaft eaters. I was a Honda mechanic at a Honda dealership, Honda sent out a bulletin to all the service departments, telling them, stock seven camshafts for every 10 350s you sell..Some days I would do 3 cam replacements in one day.. I could do one in about two hours and get paid seven hours flat rate, if we had all the parts in stock…
When Sean started talking about the stripped bolts on the master cylinder, Ibstarted yelling at my TV "JIS SCREWDRIVER!" Then Craig busts out the Vessel Impact JIS and I calmed down... Also, bonus points for the Honda Ridgeline camera vehicle. I approve!
i'd go all the way around the globe to you guys just to score a bike like you do. i can't wrap my head around how cheap bikes are there. you lucky sons!
I got my BMW F800GS Adventure through NPA my dads a dealer…. I love that auction. They are fair with their scoring of the bike and list any mechanical issues or cosmetic
Hello I have lupus SLE. I began noticing symptoms at the age of 27 if I remember correctly. I loved motorcycles as far back as I can remember. Summer of 1986 I got my first Yamaha MX80. From then until 2009. I've had the pleasure to own several dirt bikes mostly 2 strokes. And several street bikes. After a few years having lupus in my late 20's. On the interstate at riding home on my 2008 Heritage Softail. I suddenly lost my nerves. I was scared out of my mind. Afraid I was going to lay the bike down. Fast forward a few years. I was able to push myself to ride again. I still had to fight with my nerves at times. I stayed on city and back roads. Highways and interstates still scared me. I did finally start riding on Highways again. I had to tell myself I wasn't going to fail over in my mind and got better with time. Unit my ex wife and I started having problems. Down hill again I lost my nerves again. But a few years after the divorce. I started riding dirt bikes and trail riding without any problems. I'm now 45 years old and no bike. I wonder if there's a way to overcome my fears again. A more permanent solution to being afraid and scared. It always a fear of failing to my right side. No one or doctors have been able to help. I've also had chemotherapy several years ago. I don't understand how I was ok for almost three decades. And one night I lost it. I also had a major headache in Chattanooga. Right before we left to ride back home.
Awesome bike. I recently got a 1984 Goldwing for free, got it running, fixed the brakes, and gave it to my Dad. Love rescuing old bikes. I'm a Kawasaki fan at heart, but I've brought just as many Hondas back from the grave.
well found out that i am cancer free i am bin enjoying the videos they have helped me in a tough time i thank the lord for the blessing of getting more time on this earth with thos i love and to see ur wacky videos
It's cuz it's actually a different bit that fits in those screws in Japan... Are screwdrivers don't fit guy strip them out because they don't hit it with the hammer first you got to hit it with a hammer to bang it in there and make sure it's tight before you try turning it out... One of my bikes all four of those rude are now fit for a tap ... So you just have to have a tapper and impact driver to bleed my brakes
I started riding when I was 6 years old on a Sears mini bike and just went from there. I'm 57 years old disabled but I would love to find an inexpensive bike with a sidecar so I could take my dogs with me
