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These Vintage Yamaha Dirt Bikes Sat For Over 20 Years, Can They Run?

Arguably, at least half the reason that motorcycle people find ourselves drawn to bikes is their stories. If a bike has a good story, chances are excellent that we want to hear it. And if it's a vintage bike, maybe some small-to-large part of us longs to make ourselves a part of that story, too.

"I can fix him," you might think to yourself. And maybe, just maybe, you'll even be right about that. It's probably even more likely if you're someone like the Bearded Mechanic, who clearly has that magic combination of things you need to really sink your teeth into project bikes like the two in this video.

Craig, as TBM's friends call him, is no stranger to breathing new life into 1970s Japanese iron. That made him the perfect person to get a phone call from a lady who was looking to part with two beautiful, early 1970s Yamahas.

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