The real reason we avoid buying custom motorcycles 

Pro Tip: when a mechanic sells his bike which doesn't run, then that's a bad sign.

Guy is told bike doesn't run. Drives 3 hours with no trailer. Plans to ride it home. I'd say it's the guys responsibility yet you hauled it for free. That's great customer service.

The most memorable ride was with my wife 50 years ago, we went for a Sunday ride along the Pacific Coast Hwy From Santa Monica CA to Oxnard CA and coming home on the Freeway to the San Diego Fwy from the San Fernando Valley, it was great along the coast but when we went inland to go home it was so hot about 105-110. We were both dying from the heat and came upon a Semi Truck and Trailer that was dripping what had to be ice water from the back of the trailer, so we stayed behind it for at least an hour before we got off the Freeway to make a pit stop at McDonalds, as we got off the bike we realized that the truck we had followed was indeed dripping ice water the other realization was that it had been a fish truck, as long as we were moving we couldn’t smell it but once we stopped OH Brother. 😂😂😂😂

Craziest motorcycle trip? In 2008 I gave away almost all of my stuff, sold my truck, and rode a 2006 Triumph Speed Triple from Lawrence, KS (right by KC) to Eugene, OR to move there. I rode just under 2000 miles in late September over 4 days with a backpack on that easily weighed 90 lbs. I adjusted the straps so the "passenger seat" held most of the weight of the pack and just made it happen. Never saw any rain, and had warm beautiful weather the whole way. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever done. Being from KS I had never had a chance to ride any truly amazing places like that. Through Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and Oregon. I took a bunch of two lane highways. Truly epic...

That bike will be loved by that gentlemen for the rest of its life. He was so excited to pick it up for under $5000. You guys rock

When I was a senior in highschool me and two buddies rode our scooters(two zuma 125’s and a zuma 50) about 1,000 miles over spring break through Oregon and wa state. Greatest trip of my life so far

3 years later and I'm still obsessed with this bike.

Sean: “ do you want it?” Customer: “ i want it” Sean: looks at camera 😎

i gotta say, these guys keep proving how much they care about the customer. they told him the bike wasn't ready, and he knew it was a custom build (always other peoples problems) and they got it right and shipped to him for nothing, just because they wanted to do right by him. a lot of shops won't even touch cutom builds, and i think they learned why... lol

First thing I noticed about the guy trying to bump-start it... He is throwing it into first. This is something you NEVER do. Bump it in second.... Also as another tip, have it in second and have the clutch held, when you are running it, and then just let go of the clutch. Its easy as pie - its something I have had to do many times over the years.

I took my 2006 Klx250 from Texas all around New Mexico, then to Colorado. In November. Doubled up blue jeans and my heaviest coat. Learned what actual gear was later. Rode 21 hours straight. Was pure fun. Ran out of gas 5 times. New Mexico doesn't sell gas. Spent a week in Colorado. Rode home. Reached 14,000 altitude on a bike tuned for 800 - sea level. Good times. Hang lose out there

all that bike needed was compression releases on the heads .mandatory on high compression harleys..

The guy buying the bike is Sooooooo PATIENT and understanding!!! If that was me I'd told them to forget it!

I love it, “I know the ride is going to be rough,” he definitely gets it, only a biker would understand that statement and said with a smile...

True biker right there. Anyone who's ever started from dreaming to owning knows this feeling. When something screams to you, it doesnt matter about anything else...you get it. Count change out. Drain savings. Put in overtime. Sell some jewelry what ever it is that gets you your dream. Its soo worth it. I know hell spend probably at least another 500 to 1000 to get the bike starting proper. Its soo worth it for that experience and smile you get.

His energy is contagious he's so happy. Good counter offer too that's what I had in my head too knowing nothing about the bike it just seemed right Edit above and beyond that gesture of delivering the bike undoubtedly gave you more possible customers. I'm never even rode a street motorcycle and I want to buy one if it comes from you. Impressive.

it's lush to see somebody so happy. He just changes immediately once the deal is done and he's giddy. Love it!

That bike shouldn't be sold to anyone who doesn't know what they're doing. Nobody who knows what they're doing should buy that bike.

This channel. Great stories and what a great bunch of guys. Off to watch the next one!

Couple of thoughts: 1 Next time you're trying to bump-start a bike with a known history of not running for a significant time and/or knows for being a fussy cold-starting bike, spray a generous blast of ether (quick-start) into air intake. Works almost every time. 2 I guess this bobber has an aftermarket engine (Victory? Harmon?) with seriously high compression and/or displacement which demands major CCAs (cold cranking amps) at start-up. If this was MY bike I would run 2 batteries on it, in series. Way more reliability. (Obviously they won't both fit under the seat. I'd find a really cool, creative spot for the 2nd batt.)

Here is a hint, When you pop start a bike like that, do it is 2nd or 3rd gear, that way you are turning motor slower and decreasing your effort.

A friend had a '65 Pan, '49 rigid frame, ape hangers a 6" extended fork. Engine had 80' Flathead bottom end. typically started with one kick. He just kept it properly timed and tuned.

Initially moved to Las Vegas leaving my truck behind in Ohio. Had my 06' Honda vtx loaded with my old navy issue duffle bag of clothes, saddle bags and a backpack attached to the sissy bar. Was an epic ride for me. The first of many trips between Ohio and Vegas, but always remember the sunburns from the first trip... and nearly running out of gas a couple times through Utah.

This is the real motorcycle experience right here, keeping them running is half the fun.

The first long trip on a bike I can remember: I was 8 years old and my dad wanted to go to Virginia. Mom said "Take the van." Pops said "Nope, taking the bike." Now to fare my dad and his buddies rode BMWs. Not the most hard core guys in the world. We lived just south of Daytona at the time. We get to Jacksonville and Im getting sleepy. As we cross the Saint Matthews bridge, I'm nodding off, my dad catches me just before I fall off the bike!! He pulls over, bungies me to the back rest for the rest of the trip!!!! Love all the East coast trips!

I also would have checked the switching contacts for burning and pitting. If it needs that much current to turn it over, that's hard on the contacts.

It is so nice to see a guy tanked up about buying a bike, I had that feeling a few times, can't beat it!

Makes me happy to see him then happy to get that bike. You’ve earned a lifetime subscriber here! Much respect

Needs compression releases. $4,800, couldn't build it for that. would love to see a "year after the sale" video, see the changes the new owner made. Man, I'm surprised the wires weren't smoking trying to start it.

Hands-down this is the most wholesome customer service I've seen. I've been fucked over so many times when I was being polite and professional as a customer. I tip my hat to you, sir!

I don`t always watch your channel videos, but this one`s title made me feel like i needed to watch. I bought a custom little cafe racer made by a friend, with a 2 stroke bicycle motor that was not working. I still felt like the buyer, with the emotion of acquiring the thing i wished for. My bike worked and stopped working again, but i still will put some elbow grease on it, and enjoy the happiness of owning a one of a kind. And watching the video filled me up with hope for this moment to arrive. Until now, my craziest trip on this bike was going to the bike seller`s home, some wild 22 miles

My longest trip was on a 650 cc V-Star from St. Petersburg, Florida to Chassell, Michigan and back. 1300 miles x 2!

I looked up the definition of “sketchy” in the dictionary it directed me here...

The parts are worth almost that ... if I went to pick up a bike and the staff were trying to push start it , I'd let them ....until they gave up and then I'd laugh at them and leave

got my motorcycle license back in 1990 & within 15 minutes of getting it, myself & 3 other buddies on bikes went on a road trip from Canada into the USA. Everything on that 1st trip taught me so much. Helmets were mandatory in Canada, but not in the USA. I will wear my helmet when on ANY highway, but loved that we didn't in the cities. Good times forsure - TIMES WERE SO DIFFERENT

I remember seeing this video when it first came out. One thing I can say is you guys have always taken care of your customers. Given you sell used motorcycles. There may be problems that nobody can physically ever see or know about that just pops up out of the blue. But you guys will go above and beyond to make sure that’s fixed and taken care of for your customer because you still put the customer first. That is if you ever sell motorcycles again.

I spent a lot of years riding a fully chopped 52 panhead hardtail. I dearly loved that bike. I used to ride it all over the country. I was in the service then and they would not let me on base with it because it was chopped. I would drive it to the main gate and park it in a lot they had there and walk to the flightline to work. 3 years in a combat zone and I can not bring my bike on base because "custom bikes are very dangerous". The reality of riding a bike like that is you better know how to work on one because they will break down. The bikes today are so reliable. I put close to 80,000 miles on my sportster with my wife on back, we did not even own a car, and it has never been in a shop. I had to store it because of health reasons. But things are looking up and I am getting both of my bikes out and getting them cleaned up and running. My cruiser is a 1996 vulcan 1500D. Keep up the good work with your channels. God bless.

Why not check if the battery is actually dead with a multimeter?! And why was he trying to push start it in first?! I'm no expert, but these guys seem like they have no idea how to diagnose and fix a problem.

I felt so good for that guy he was super happy it was like you made his childhood dreams come true by agreeing to that price you still came away with something and he got what he really wanted. This made me wanna sell motorcycles. By the way when you make trips like that to deliver a bike look for bikes for sale along the way. That should pay for your trip and then some if you find the right deals.

Tell me why when I saw him coughing i went straight to see the posted date haha

You guys give me hope on good motorcycle dealers man. God bless bro

4 hrs on that and you'll be pissin blood.

This is so wonderfully wholesome. Love it.

Sean went above and beyond here. Would love to do business with SRK in the future because its obvious that when you buy from SRK you buy from people, not a company. Awesome video

I'm do glad you didn't let the guy ride off with the bike in that condition. Great to see you get it starting and delivering it for him. That says a lot!

So you want to know about craziest motorcycle trip? I went 1.5 hours approx 120 miles round trip on a bike with a bad stator. Jumped it at the Army recruiters office and had to fill up half way home. Had to jump again at the gas station luckily someone had cables. It was cold 35-40 degrees and raining most of the way. Was dark by the time I made it home.

you guys are living my hearts desire, God bless you all am a fan. lol if you where in Florida Id come work for free to learn from yeah. Keep it riding!!!!

My craziest trip on a motorcycle was when I took 3 points of acid. The trip went for 4 1/2 days, and I'm told I only got to my mailbox.

My old rice burner had a compression release, this bike is behind the times. By the way, that royal star I purchased from you guys took us to the Pacific northwest last summer, what an awesome ride!

I think the buyer had the upper hand there. I'm guessing they would've taken $4500 or less since it was a quick flip. The free delivery was nice though. I hope he enjoys the bike.

You give so much useful info, especially me looking into being a beginner 🙏appreciate you

Every boss I've ever had uttered those same words. Even when he just showed up. "We did it" & my favorite reply was "Who did it?" "You got a mouse in your pocket?"

You guys need a real mechanic in the shop.

And put a Push-Button Compression Release in each cylinder head! Push the button on top of each compression release before you hit the starter, and it will make it easier for the starter to crank the engine and as soon as the engine fires up, the compression releases will immediately pop closed! And it will save your starter too! I have them on my souped up Harley engine and they’ve been working great for years! Easy install, just drill & tap the hole, screw them in, torque them to spec and you’re done!

My most memorable ride was back in 1981 after I got out of the Navy. Had a stock 1977 Triumph Bonneville 750 I rode from Pensacola Fl to Birmingham to St Louis, to Chicago, to Eau Claire Wisconsin and down to Iowa my home. Stayed a few days in all but B'ham and visited friends. Took total of 10 days and maybe $50.

Craziest ride I ever did was with a Honda SL350 in a snow storm , in October, -40*F, knobby dirt tires. From Palmer Alaska to Fort Richardson. I was so cold I had to be helped off the bike. Got it home though.

This is why guys used to build choppers with smaller powerplants, like the ironhead. Adding power isn't the point...stripping off weight and making it more reliable is supposed to be the point. The point of a kick-only bike is to eliminate the battery, and cutting back the pipes and fenders was to cut weight. That's what makes it quick, adding power adds weight and instability.

not just a battery or currant problem. They obviously stuck a stock starter on an S&S high compression engine.... like DERRRRR never worked on bikes before... seriously?

I'm new to ur channel but I think ur a pretty good guy. You have my respect. God bless you guys.

when I was a mechanic we dreaded getting in custom bikes the work was usually shotty and often the reason they choose to do one thing or another was baffling or done for looks instead of function

High performance starters are the mainstay & a must on hi comp Engines!

A motorcycle mechanic and his own motorcycle doesn't run? On top of that doesn't know how to correctly bump start it? Sounds like a great mechanic to me!

Awesome attitudes all around. Love it.

Hi Sean. While I don't ride, I enjoy your channel very much, mostly because I really enjoy seeing your rides around Lancaster County! I know live in California, but am very familiar with the area you're in. I graduated from Donegal many moons ago, and had lots of friends from Hempfield. Keep up the cool vids, and sharing the Word. God bless!

I'm so happy for them. Great customer service I loved how excited you got when they got excited

Storytime: I once went on a bike trip by myself and went exploring in some canyons in france, about 400km from home. halfway through the day my gas cable snapped leaving me stranded on some backroad on a sunday. Nobody works on a sunday so i pulled out the cable out of the housing and Mcguiver'ed the thing to the handlebar with some zip ties and just pulled it to drive it. took me about an hour longer than normal but i got home in the end.

im so happy to see you gave him a good deal, then came down a bit more. awesome to see

Camping bike , my old 650 Triumph, Tiger, I loved her , and she ran great most of the time ;)

"There's a sucker born every minute".---P.T. Barnum circus owner in 1921.

$4800 they should have at least changed the starter and gave him a battery. $1800 profit they could’ve spared a couple of parts and labor to make sure a fan and customer made it home safely.

When I turned 16 I bought my first street bike a used 72 CB 175 Honda. I had the bike 13 days and left for the west coast and back from Iowa. Little thing did just fine and got 61MPG and about 520MPQ of oil. Loved that little girl and she still sits in my garage.

Craziest motorcycle ride. Was riding to Knoxville, TN from NW Arkansas, middle of Decenber, on a vertical twin honda and melted a hole in the left piston this side of Memphis. A trucker/bike enthusiest was behind me, pulled over to see if i needed help. We loaded the bike on his flat bed and he gave me a ride to the next travel station. There he radioed to see if anyone was headed to Knoxville and could give a ride. Found someone and made it there. Great conversation and trip. The trucker who helped with the bike stored the bike at his place in Kentucky until i could trailor it home.

When Beard is coughing, he’s really saying “Sucker” under his breath.

Best road trip to date was , doing the iron butt SS1000. which was from Plymouth UK up to John o Grote's then back down to just past Glasgow ,doing 1150 miles in 24. This was done with some cool mates. Totally do it again 👍👍👍 great Chanel keep it going 👍👍👍

I know its a older video but hopefully you guys read this. I've built many a bike and high compression cars. Yes a good high torque starter helps big time but this is a good fix for this bikes concern. Install a kill switch. That way you can get the engine up to cranking speed before giving it ignition, This way the high compression and ignition fire isn't working against the battery and starter. Cool thing it makes for a real lowed first start.

Boy, I'm late to the party. Craziest trip? In 2014 I left San Antonio on a 2003 F650GS Dakar, looped it up to Sault Saint Marie, rode up the Dalton & back down to Homer, and ran down to Peru. Got lost in the the Andes, laid it down more than once, crossed a few rivers, got hung up at a few borders, changed a few tires and chains, made some friends, and dealt with the trauma I'd been through. 8 months, 30,000 miles, and 2 broken metacarpals later, I flew home from Lima. Bike never left, which I regret to this day.

Throw the battery away. Get a mag and a kicker. Ride and smile.

Craziest trip: I lived in German for a few years for work and me and three buddies decided to take an Epic trip before we all left. Rode from southern Germany to France, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy and Slovenia. We hit a bunch of mountain passes on the trip that were just hairpin on hairpin on hairpin (including the stelvio pass). I was on a Yamaha FZ6 and wore through my rear tire within the first few days on the passes. My buddy on a Triumph Sprint broke his exhaust from a big random rock on the road that he narrowly avoided. My other buddy on a Honda ST1100 came out to flat tire one morning and his exhaust started falling apart, which we temp fixed with beer cans and zip ties. And finally the last guy who was on a Yamaha R1, the tail of his bike caught on fire at the very end of the trip burning up some of his clothes, an iPad, and melting the whole tail of his bike. But he was uninjured. Mountain passes, Alpine coasters, sights I'll probably never see again made this is a once in a lifetime trip. All in all, even with the mechanical failures it was the best trip.

Love ur vids. Very genuine channel.

Hey Sean, they make rockers for the GMC vans that are called "slip on" they glue to the existing rocker and cover the rust. I hosed mine with bed liner below the body line, about 8" from the bottom of the rocker. looks like new.

My craziest ride so far was riding my Vstar Bobber 15 miles from home after changing the riser bushings. I pulled out from a light and my handlebars folded back on the tank! I still rode it home with a long steep hill going up to my house. I also have ape hangers which made it far more difficult than drag bars would’ve been.

That's why I like decompression release levers, Man, so you don't have to work so hard starting the damn thing. My last choppers compression was so high this is what I did and it worked excellent after that.

Just discovered your channel. Now binge watching. A new subscriber.

The flat black S&S filter is looking good, could be a super E carb, got 1 on my Sporty1200, never had a problem with it. If the battery is not fully charged you will not get the current for the spark. two thumbs up that the guy is really happy with the bike.

This bike looks like it was built with spare lawnmower parts.

A set of decompress ion pop offs that cost like 100 bucks plus about 1 hour of machine shop labor ..problem solved prior to killing starter, starter clutches and batteries

You guys take ethics and professionalism to a knew level !!!!!!

This might not be my "craziest" bike trip... but a couple weeks ago I took a (borrowed) rigid minibike (rope start, lawnmower engine... no suspension, small tires) out on logging roads and riding trails in the mountains. Went through frozen mud puddles and snow, cased the thing a bunch of times on rocks, got a golf ball sized rock stuck in the chain, wore some holes in my riding boots and ended up getting a bit "turned around" (lost). Found our way out of the woods (I was riding with some friends, and they had faster bikes, so I followed them) and found ourselves at a town 7.5 miles away from the truck. God was looking out for me... I happened to have a friend in said town who drove us to get the truck. Since that ride I've been trying to get my (bored, stroked, cammed and with a supertrapp) 1979 Honda 185 fixed back up... that mini bike really helped me to appreciate my bike that much more, with its' suspension and full-size tires.

Great work guys! Awesome bike

Compression releases on a high compression engine are your friend.

This is the first video I’ve seen of yours; dope channel 😎

When starting a bike by pushing and popping the clutch, remember to put the bike in 2nd gear, not 1st if the bike allows you to do so. It greatly reduces the engine's resistance. Remember to put some Sea Foam or other fuel preservative and run it around to get it good and blended before fall sets in when people tend to ride far less through the winter. Make sure you ride it enough to work the Sea Foam through the whole fuel system and it will greatly reduce issues with the carburetor or fuel injectors.

My key broke off somewhere in new Mexico..... had to drive to south Texas. Half the key was in the ignition switch ..used my multi tool to turn off/on. It was awesome. Still havent fixed it. Highly steabale.

LOL The guy's WIFE sold his custom bike for $3,000 to buy a car. Give that man his pants back!!

There are bikes that you have and the bike that you want. Looking at upgrades with parts and labor, it can be a wish list kind of thing by the time you pull out your calculator. So I understand this guy's excitement when he saw the bike he wanted. I found my "dream" bike a few weeks ago. Obviously I would like a $25,000 bike but I found my REALISTIC dream bike and knew I had to have it. I am a Honda guy, started on a Shadow AERO 750, after 2 years and 27,000 miles later I sold it and upgraded to a VTX1300R. After less than a year I sold it, making an $800 profit, and saw a VTX1800N at a BMW dealership in Las Vegas (I'm in L.A.). It had the chrome meat hook ape hangers that I always wanted to have on my previous bikes, has Cobra dual exhaust drag pipes, a batwing with Bluetooth stereo with 4 Polk speakers, has a 1300 final drive and it even has an airbag suspension. Plus only 13K miles. It's pretty sweet. Even has a custom candy apple red paintjob. I always thank SRK for teaching me in the videos and steering me towards a bike that best suits me.

This is stark realism. Good video.

I bought my wife and I both our first bikes in the middle of February ( this year). We leave the dealership with the guy saying both bikes just had an oil change, differential oil changed and all gassed up.it was just around 7 pm when we left. Our house was 35 miles away. As first time riders we were way under dressed for 17° weather. 7 miles down the road we pull over to hold each other just to warm up. Lol. We both get back on our bikes and just about then my bike dies. Cannot get it started for nothing. Call the dealership and they put me on hold to figure out how long it's going to take to get a trailer out to me. The guy get back on the phone and says "hey do me a favor and switch over to reserve and see what happens". Well it fired right up. Her bike got filled with gas but mine was forgotten. 17° 35 mile trip with crappy winter gear turned into a 3.5 hour trip. I would say that story will be talked about between us till death do us part. The dealership hooked me up with a free first service for the inconvenience.

Took my HD VROD Muscle from MN down to Paris, TX. It was crazy and I enjoyed every hour of it 🤘🏻

There is different kind of solution for the starting problem… 1) Get a stronger starter motor… 2) change the gearing of the starter mechanism… 3) make it 2 starter motor

My sort of channel. So just had to subscribe. As for crazy road trips. I took a Kawasaki 500 Mach 3 triple for its first true road trip in 15 years. Long story short, at 18miles to the gallon and it’s 3 gallon petrol tank, not only was it exciting but also nerve racking as I never knew if I’d make it to the next petrol station. Made my day, when a bunch of guys on Harleys toured alongside me. Still, have the triple and she still runs like a dream, but at 18mpg it’ll never be a touring machine 😊