It doesn't matter , that many of us could do this. The fact is, it's way easier to drink coffee, and watch Craig do it.

@flatline7310

6 ай бұрын

And smoke a j 😊

@treeguyable

6 ай бұрын

@@flatline7310 Shhh!🤫😏

@dietznutz1

6 ай бұрын

​@@flatline7310yessss

@ForeverJonStrong

6 ай бұрын

So true. The best!

A prime example of why everyone needs a Craig

@bigballmagrawl0929

6 ай бұрын

I've been saying this since bikes and beards. Told em then it should have been bikes and Craig's 😆 🤣 😂

@tonyversus9787

6 ай бұрын

Im trying to get the skills to be a tree-shade version of Craig!

@bigballmagrawl0929

6 ай бұрын

@@tonyversus9787 just be the best you you can when you do

@Sniper_Cat_71

6 ай бұрын

@@bigballmagrawl0929 I've said before that Craig is like Scotty from Star Trek, he's a miracle worker lol.

@craigshalay8583

6 ай бұрын

Go Team Craig ✊🏻

I always remind myself that I can make it through another week of work because on Fridays, I get to watch another masterpiece from Craig and Dan. Thank you guys!

@DirtyDiezel

6 ай бұрын

EVERYONE SHOULD STRIVE TO BE A CRAIG TO THEIR FRIENDS!!!!

@JeffKopis

6 ай бұрын

And Vice Grip Garage too! And Gold Rush and Roadkill, etc, on tv. Fridays rule.

The trick with bearing races (around the 9 minute mark) is to put a weld bead around the inside of the race. When the weld cools, the race contracts slightly and lets you get them out.

@johndogaru5410

6 ай бұрын

Amazing advice! Noted

@watchjaredwork1487

6 ай бұрын

This is the way.

@motamark

6 ай бұрын

oops i just commented the same.

@perkihlen9532

5 ай бұрын

This is the way i do it.

Cool, that’s in pieces and will be awesome to see back together.

@bigballmagrawl0929

6 ай бұрын

Facts and he's the man to give us what we want

These videos are the best part of my deployment

He packed the bearings wrong because the phone didn't ring as soon as you get the grease on your hands... happens everytime I'm at work packing bearings....😂😂

I've got a farmer hack for you to remove bearing races. Run a weld right on the bearing surface it will shrink when it cools and fall out. 100% works. Great videos, thank you.

@pommunist

3 ай бұрын

I can confirm this works exactly as described

Dan is an awesome sidekick! He’s always there with the right remarks and keeps Craig motivated. And he’s a good helper too! 👍

Thanks for sharing Great memories of my Dad racing an IT 175 in Enduros all over the Southeast. Considering I’m 57 now, that was a minute ago.

I feel motivated to restore and work on motorcycles after watching your videos. Well done!!! Thank you

Packing the bearings in the palm of your hand brings back memories of my apprenticeship…. Loving the channel

This has been my favorite episode so far man. I’ve spent so many hours completely restoring my 02 yz250. I feel your pain with the cleaning Craig haha.

That Bike will look awesome once finished.. Thank you for the Great content 👍

Great project. Love these bikes. Grew up riding them. Vapor hone the tank. You fine. Works great.

The number of people i watch rebuild something and NOT pack their bearings is insane! Glad to see there is still someone out there doing it right!

My teenage dirt bike was and 83’ IT175. That bike was awesome!!

A blast from the past,i have had two of these over the years,great fun,then i bought a 465,an absolute brute of a bike and not for the faint hearted,great video guys

A little millwright trick: if you take a small mig welder and weld a bead a third of the way around the inside of that outer stem bearing race and let it cool, it will fall out.

@kenkong7729

6 ай бұрын

I just sent the same trick .I'm a millwright also

@danokerr9929

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I was thinking the same but for the 20 seconds of taping it with a hammer with a race punch and by the time you get the welder and the gas turned on it doesn’t really pay.

Love this mini series, as much as you may not like cleaning parts it sure is nice seeing these restorations.

My dad bought me a 79 like this in 84, first big bike and I still have it and am in the process of resto-modding it. I have a 77 IT175 as well that is my rider. Love these bikes and really diggin this series. That silencer was packed from the factory, I didn't see any on that baffle when you pulled it out. In case you weren't sure. Can't wait to hear it run sir!

I totally understand the buzzkill from cleaning. I am happy to replace every component, and rebuild every aspect of a bike until it rides like new, but cleaning and painting every unnecessary damn thing will never happen. Much respect.

Bearded you and Dan make a great team.and i love the content getting the old Yamaha dirt bikes to go and celebrating at the end .i love the puns and music that come up during the clip.almost feel like i am sitting in the corner in your shed.I had a CT 2 Yamaha 175 with the low steel front guard.and first model that you could fit the famous Boyesens reeds to.one day out riding i stopped for a minute but when i restarted she went backwards which is how i managed to get home very slowly.the cause was a sheared magneto key.but i have been told all two strokes run backwards if you push start them that way keep 'em coming.Dallas

Love watching what your do. Especially this IT project. Done a fair amount of the same work on bikes over the years so I can relate. I’ll admit I like working on them as much as riding them. Cheers!

Worked on bikes for over 40 years and miss the work shop banta. Love the show. Keep going guys. 👏👏👏

Dan you really helped Craig here and motivated him. Nice man thank you guys

Congratulations, great project. Special kudos also to Dan, this is quite a challenge for him too. Looking forward for following parts. 🙂

I'm really enjoying this IT series. My best friend had one in the early '80s and it was awesome ! I've got a plastic gas tank for my latest project that I'm trying to remove spray paint from and I used your razor blade trick on it , worked amazing ! Thanks !

I like your channel more!! Still like where you stared!!

Awesome stuff! You and Dan are super entertaining! Keep the videos coming, can't wait to see what's next! Go Bearded Mechanic, keep moving forward!

good to watch a profesional mechanic rebuilding a bike ,well done ,look forward to seeing it completed ,😊

I raced professional motocross in the 60’s-70’s. No mufflers. Ears have paid the price. I miss the smell of BLENZAL. Maico, Bultaco, Jawa, Puch, Sachs, Penton, Husky, CZ, Montessa. I raced Montessa 125 and CZ400. Japanese took everything over. Maico and Husky still around. Remember Maico 501. Suzuki 400 was cool. Preston Petty with his plastic fenders.

Great video When fitting the carb slide try a plastic disc with a slot cut into it something like a Pringle top you can slide it on to the cable and hold the spring back wile fitting the slide it’s a trick I was shown years ago and it works

16:48 pro tip: use an injection needle for the grease in the bearing. Clean and precise. You're welcome

This was the exact same bike as the first I ever rode. Thing never died.

Love all the self filmed style stuff the first few min of the video before you start working on the exhaust. nice departure from your guys usual style vids. Good work.

Thoroughly enjoy your videos, love the constant commentary and explanation. Do struggle some days translating from US to UK; Triple clamps are Yokes, Wrist pin is a Gudeon pin, Spring clip is a circlip!. I expect you know but a suggestion for the fork legs, crack to bottom bolt loose before taking the pressure off the fork springs. Sometimes the spring pressure will stop the internals spinning whilst the bolt comes undone. Cheers thoug, realy enjoy your vids.

I am so impressed by how far Craig has progressed without needing Sean’s incredible, technical and mechanical input. L O L.

This are gonna be a great full restoration Mr. Craig! Love your guy's videos. ! Give the painters tape a short burst with your heat gun,..

i really like the part at the end where you ride the Fully put together bike…thanks for NOT wasting my time

As a recent subscriber I think what would really help grow your viewership is to actually show these bikes running up and down the street at min. It’s like leaving us on a cliff. We wanna see you go ride the thing!

Love it! Ran an IT175 as a my daily road bike back in the day (1980) in Ireland. Boy, was it a fun toy!

Love u guys always a pleasure to see your videos pop up cant wait for next.

I hear you loud and clear brother.. sometimes a project just gets a bit monotonous and you put it aside for a bit.. then when you get back to it then it's like "yay, I'm doing this again!".. 😂😂😂 But seriously.. working on cars is not the same any more.. cos I haven't worked on a bike aeons and it sucks.. working on bikes is so relaxing cos things are easier to get to physically.. cos bikes are smaller than cars.. But great video Craig.. i cant wait to see the next part brother.. even if it doesnt get done in the next one, it's fun watching you and Dan as yo'all make me chuckle with your antics.. Much love.. keep twisting and shouting..

I love watching your videos craig

Great channel, feeling inspired! Thanks.

Little tip on the bearing races . Take a mug welder and run a bead around the inside of the race and they will fall out when they cool down

Another fab episode, well done!

After watch Greg, all iwant is to buy every tool he has in his garage...prep is important guys 😅

I had a DT175 with multiple head gasket issues. I drove it with a big mainjet to avoid a piston seizure and it then ran only 55 mph. Steel bolts in an aluminium cylinder - they always came out although using a torque wrench!

Your videos made me want to dig out my dads Yamaha v star out of the shed and fix it up it’s been in there for least a decade just gotta get him to let me buy it

At 10.30 cleaning the tank steel wool works better. Then a lite blowtorch. From Australia

I had one in the late 70’s it was a great bike!

I love Craig and I love the channel. I also know Craig is not a professional painter but it physically pained me to see him take all the time and attention to clean those parts and then shoot big globs of rattle can paint all over those parts and pieces. UGHGHGHGHGHGH!! Still love you Craig. You're making me want to get a project motorcycle and I don't even have a license to drive a motorcycle

I know exactly how you feel when you start an and you’re constantly clean! It feels like it’s never gonna stop! Till you cut corners! Just to see if built!

Excellent vlog guys👍😃

Great content as always . Would love to see a video on how you made your vapour blasting cabinet

Shows you how much I know about motorcycles, didn't even know they made a 175. 😅

At 9:05 top tip to remove outer race run a bead of weld on the race and it will shrink it and make it easier to come out...yep I am and old bloke m/cycle mechanic.

A small tip, find a six inch 1/4 inch rod, cut a slot in one end of it, so it’ll hold a strip of red or grey scotch bite material. It’s useful for reaming our bolts holes, bushing, or bearing races. Of course chuck it up in a drill. It works! Later.

A TRILOGY!?!? Craig, you rebel! Well done as always, gentlemen.

I just picked one of these up for 75$with a 1970s mini harley with a 193cc!

Can’t wait till part two of this build

I get it man, that’s why these days my interests are equally divided between bikes, my 90’ Chevy Silverado 4x4, my 98’ Toyota 4Runner, and Analog Synthesizers.. When I get bored with one interest I just hop to another, and I cycle around like that so I’m never really bored for too long...

Watching from France keep it up 👍

Awesome lunch and the toaster oven❤😂

Awesome man.

Craig’s in the workshop really are the best things.

Try the flame on plastic tank like they do for stadium seats, so clean

The Spanish game show interlude music @1:52 was awesome. You should use festive tracks like this more often, and play different songs native to the region of each bike your working on ;)

painters tape comes off real easy with some heat :)

I pack my bearings the old fashion way. Fill a zip lock halfway with grease, drop in bearing and squish it around. For me, those bearing packers make more of a mess than anything.

Thanks for the video!

Always love the content and your knowledge :). I have tried so many times to get my vapor blaster worker an its like my sandblaster so hit in miss its just annoying

Those dots on the handlebar clamps, not only denote the top but you are supposed to tighten the dot side to zero clearance then the other to tighten the bar.

Love the music Spanish vibe to it

Craig you the man. Your a funny dude,

I have a 1964 Honda CT200 (aka Trail 90). All original. Engine was full of water and seized bad. Its been soaking in oil for about 3 years now. But Im in Seattle, and the 90 is at my EX-mother-in-laws house in SoCal! THAT'S a problem! 😂 Wouldve been a great fixer for you.

wow thats was my very first bike love that old girl love your videos mate waves hi from Aussie land

Great Video As always Keep up the great work Mr. Craig! Hope you have an awesome day bro. :)

Thanks from Canada… “starting to look like a motorcycle again Eh?” 😂

Loving it😊

Nice video I picked up a Honda crf50 for a winter project that was locked up and in bad shape she’s coming along!

You are the man

We waited long for this one. Great is already up. Thanks craig from a Portuguese in the Netherlands.

if you want races to come out weld a bead with mig all the way around race center. when weld cools and shrinks race will practically fall out.

Craig seems like the dad most of us wanted to hangout with haha

If ya hit that tank with a propane or oxy acetylene torch it'll renew the color as well as remove any scratches,and light gouges with no sanding required... Plus it makes the plastic less prone to cracking as it rejuvenates the plastic making it softer,less brittle again..

Looks beautiful already!

10:46 oof razor blades can cause gouges if your not really good with one, best to just wet sand it tbh, alot of people use torches but that will hurt it in the end

I like that you left the part where you were gonna remove the races and then decided it was too big a pain in the video, some guys would go back and edit that to seem like they never intended to remove them but in reality that stuff happens all the time in a shop

Wake up babe, new bearded mechanic video just dropped

I had one and if i remember blaster motor parts are some interchangable i remember need a clutch and we use blaster disc and spring but thats 20 years ago i think the cyclider was possible swappable but like said long time since that bike was around and iam from Pennsylvania and it sat in Bedford well sold family some time hole another story my uncle has shop there Ritchie cycle shop but iam not sure if hes doing it full time any more ill tell you amount of old rare bike he use to have sprawled around it been many years since i been there so don't no whats still around.

Have you ever tried a run of weld round the bearing race,when it cools it shrinks and they fall out..........on hubs anyway never tried a bike frame 👍

Damn got me at the end

Givin up a little fast on them head stem races there Craig 😛😂 Entertaining videos though - keep up the good work 🤘

What paint did you use for the frame and the other black parts? 😊 Could you quickly describe the process? Love the content🙌🏼

It’s the Craig!!!

I really thought he was going to powdercoat those parts. But it's hard to beat the ease of a spray can.

Ooohyeahhhh. Bow bow. Chicka Chika.