Yamaha Gt80 Top Speed Run!!!

I get the Yamaha gt80 running and take it out for a top speed test.

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[Popesontour]

When I turned 10 this exact bike was my first! 5 up neutral all the way down! I remember the fork seals were blown so the forks would clank every bump! It was a good bike for a little kid because of the Yamalube. Just pour the gas in and go! No premix for a kid to mess up! Loved the head light. I used to ride the fields across the street until 9-10 every night during summer. My cousin and me fabricated a little ski out of a plastic sled for the winter. Actually worked! Have a lot of memories on that little bike!!

[mikedutch]

had one in the 80s. for a blk kid in the Bronx in the 80s it was a big thing. thanks pops the memories are priceless

[hpgdawnpatrol]

That is a beautiful GT80. A 73 was my fist bike age 7 and Im restoring another now 35 years later

[Laffinty]

Fun video as always! Got my xr80 up and running and almost completely finished. You got me motivated to work on it again thanks for that!

[eye]

Had a same many many years ago and enjoyed like anything. truly fantastic mechine

[petermariner]

Beautiful. My first bike was one of these, the tanks were metallic green. Loved my little Yammie.

[midsouthirish]

I had this exact bike when I was 8-9. My old man put a knobby tire on the back and I started ripping the dirt up. Great video bro🤙🏻

[TonUp.]

I just recently received one of these as a gift. It needs work but watching this gets me excited of what to expect! Thanks for sharing!

[jcedozer]

My dad bought me a brand spanking new one in 1981 for my tenth birthday ...I had to pull off all A 's and B's on my report card for an entire year and he gave me one muligen.( I got a c in health?) But it soon had no turn signals and a knobby rear tire lol...ran the hell out of it for maybe 4 years ...sold it for 150bucks ..it was 779 new ...
I would Love to find one like that just for old times sake

[cherylt]

The Gt 80 is still a cute bike, and on the turbo, maybe the battery is on its last legs, but what do I know anyways lol, great video 👍😊...

[sandmanbub]

When the pins and the surface of the links they rub against wear, the chain effectively lengthens and that's what causes the sprocket's teeth to "bend". It happens to both sprockets, so the chain and both sprockets must be replaced together. If they aren't all replaced, the one that hasn't been changed will cause the others to fail prematurely.

[davehibbs]

I had one in 1977 at 14 years old and could hit 51' mph.. then again I was only about 125lbs back at that era! Paid $200 dollars or about $900 in today's dollars

[MaasHomes]

I had a ‘78 GT80. I recall the fastest I could get it to go was 45 mph even down hill on pavement in 4th gear.

[Wootangtw]

That’s a cool little bike... my dad bought me a bran new yellow one on June 8th 1973 and brother got killed on it on June 10th 1973.... that was the worst day of my life.... thanks for the video buddy...

[throttlebottle]

ha! reminds me of the MX80 I had, bought it used in the early 1990's, someone replaced the exhaust with an aftermarket street pipe(used as a pit bike I think), it was very clean and I ran the snot out of it, no speedometer but topped out at like 43mph, clocked on road, beside a car and sheriff once 🤣 they made me push it all the way home, while following behind me, it was about a mile and up a huge hill and few rollers, that really sucked, but that was the only punishment I got. 🙃

[canamdennis]

this was the first new bike I bought in my life I loved it

[mikewerner]

I had a GT 80 back in 1974. It was my first actual motorcycle ( I had mini bikes before that).

[andrewplace]

I have commented before. This is verry similar to my 1982 yamaha mx 100. Minus the lights. My bike tops out at 53 looks great keep up hard work guys

[JL_Potze]

This is the bike i learnd to drive on 1980 or1981 great

[_BAD_MERC_]

I had one when I was a kid (before I had my drivers license) and I rode with all my friends that had CR80's and KX80s and there was no comparison. Those bikes were land missiles and in hindsight, I was probably just along for the laughs. I managed to get my hands on a RM250 later on and you really had to pay attention to what you were doing if you had any intention of putting the front wheel back on the ground.