This Is Why You Shouldn't Buy a $400 Dirt Bike
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2024
- I buy a 1986 Kawasaki kx125 dirt bike for $400. #Kawasaki, #DirtBike, #Fix,
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2 strokes are great! My first 2 stroke was 1975 Kawasaki KX125. I’m currently 64 and still riding dirt bikes . Love your videos Joe.
Love the smell of a two stroke first thing in the morning! It usually means a Good Day is about to happen! LOL!
Is that the k x one twenty five with the rotary valve
Joe needs to setup a go fund me for a parts washer and sandblaster!
He needs them, this looked like a barnyard overhaul with too much dirt and old grease
Doesn't need them
He wouldn’t use them……..
@@tonyking3125he doesn't need them
You need to live your life .
Gotta love how 2 strokes just fire right up, unlike older 4 strokes that break your leg trying to get them started.
Yeah they are a little easier to rebuild and start
@@2vintage yo i know this is random but shloud i buy a 1991 yz125 800 euro dosent give spark ?
@@filiphlavatovic3266I wouldn’t go higher than 500-600, a new ignition will run you $200-$300
Lol. I am not even going to get involved in this 2 stroke vs 4 stroke debate. Except to say that I prefer 4 strokes because they don't sound like an angry hornet. Lol.
@@filiphlavatovic3266 You gotta look that bike over becous no spark can be a scam for a bad engine and they just say that there is no spark
Bearing packer is so much easier and cleaner 😊also not the way to hand pack a bearing you hold it vertical and push the grease in the Gap between the race and bearing cage until it comes out the other side 😊
Alright! Thank u sir! These videos make my shift at work go by much quicker. Easy to zone out and watch/learn as you fix bikes, rather than be all stressed out with work. It does get annoying when the passengers start screaming and the stewardess comes to the cockpit to check on me. 😂😂😂😂😂
Kiddin'! Relax.
(Im a bus driver) 😂
🤔Watched Ol' Joe while taking an online ethics course, is that right?
Hey just wanna say I’m glad I found your channel. I got meningitis a few months ago and spent a few days in the hospital and then was stuck on the couch for about a month. Really enjoyed watching your videos to the point when I got better I pulled my quad out of the barn where it sat for 8 years. So far I’ve rebuilt the top end, new cv axles, rotors, brake calipers and the usual maintenance. Really enjoy wrenching on it as I’ve had it for about 20 years and I was stir crazy from sitting on the couch with an IV in my arm. A lot of these things I wouldn’t have attempted without watching your videos and learning and seeing that I could do them myself. Keep it up man. Thanks!
Now THIS one starts great! Your knee needed a break.
I love this channel so much! Constantly pumping out the videos and so consistent with revisiting projects even if there is some time between episodes. So satisfying to see stuff finished all your hard work is very much appreciated. Another awesome bike saved!
125’s are usually clapped out top to bottom, including the crank. They live their lives at 2 speeds, wide open and off. So plan on a 100% rebuild with them.
What about 250s? I agree on the 125s though
@@randomguy1807any motocross bike is usually thrashed that’s true it’s just that 125’s being such a small displacement are always wide open when being ridden. The bigger bikes are usually in better shape because few people can hold them wide open, at least not for long lol.
Truth!
Great video as always. However, you should watch several videos on how to change steering wheel bearings, and it is really important to change the bearing race.
If the cage is worn out, the race is too....NEVER replace only one side...always replace as a set....
Yeah it needed a lot but that's why I watch your channel. Love to see these vintage bikes get a new lease on life. Thanks again for your time today and enjoy the rest of your week.
Happy Days Joe Has Posted 🔥🔥🔥
I love your content and have learnt so much from you, im trying to start some of my own projects now because of you. keep up the great work
I enjoy every video you put out Joe, thanks for the great content.
I had a 1987 KX 125 throughout the 90's. It was a great bike and generally super easy to work on.
do you know if the 87 kmx shares the same motor? it looks very simular
@@rajupeussi69 From what I can tell, they’re identical.
@@jtdub-wanders ya thanks i bought one a couple months ago it runs good but had missing parts
@@rajupeussi69 Nice! It's a great bike. I had many years of fun riding it.
What the hell?? Softens hands while you do dishes...
Good looking cycle, now let's tear it apart. Again your patience and knowledge overcome obstacles
Vinnie must have forgotten to remind Joe to grab more mechanics gloves before getting into the checkout line. 😜🛠
😂worked in dentistry now a chemistry lab, SMH at PPE shortcomings
I left school in 86 lol thanks for making me feel old 😂😂😂😂😂
😂welcome to my world, you were born the year I graduated - oh I guess you are old enough to drive
I like to run 32:1 on my bikes, especially on break in, fouled plug is always cheaper than a rebuild. I like using iridium plugs as well. I've had them last up to 7 yrs. I love your videos though man, great content as always!
I see a lot of videos where people restore these to look like new again. I keep hoping you pick one up to rebuild and make it look new again. Would be fun to watch =)
Keep up the great work!
Man. Over the past 30 years Iv purchased so many dirt bikes from between 50-400$. You could part that out and make over a grand. Huh.
Be stupid to part it out
what video would that make?
@@USMichigunPrepperI don’t think he is anything close to a narcissist or a perfectionist.
@@JoeTheBlacksmith13definitely on the opposite spectrum of perfectionist. 😂
@@bradley7723 I think he’s somewhere in the middle. Pretty practical. Saves a lot of time by not doing 3verything perfectly, yet does a pretty darn good job.
I was about to buy an exactly $400 dirtbike years ago. I didn’t know enough mechanically to really determine if it was ok. It just looked put together from 5 different bikes. I decided to just pass on it.
Wow awesome job again outstanding work & it started quickly as well 👍🏻
Man, nothing better than the sound of a late 80's/early 90's two stroke and smelling some early morning Klotz exhaust fumed air at the race track!!! OHHH if I could only go back to those days....
37:27 Sure did start up a LOT faster than that Suzuki you were working on. LOL
Lol just a little
My thoughts exactly 💯.
@MR-puffnstuff easy on suzuki lol rmz 250 and 500 vinsion atv couple of the best machines ever owned.
I'm surprised it really ran at all with the main swimming in the bowl 😮
Joe, you can buy a gasket dissolving liquid, in a spray can from any automotive and some hardware stores. Really makes the job easier and much less labor intensive.
I’d invest in a leak down tester or buy the parts at a hardware store. It’s cheap insurance to spot air leaks.
The saving grace is the fact that the older bikes had steel liners. I dont care for Nikasil cylinders. Bought a 400 dollar bike and until it was done i spent nearly 2k. 400 for cylinder repair. 400 for complete bottom end kit just for starters.
Gd job as usual.
And, crazily, that bike in that running condition, around me in NC, would still sell for $2500. Ragged out early 2000's CR125's that don't run sell for over $2000 around me.
Something happened to my comment from earlier! Appreciate all the great videos man!
2-Strokes are badass!! Great video, nice work man!
Hey man, that’s a pretty nice bike and I love watching your videos and your the reason why I learned and started working on small engines 3 years ago, I got a pretty rare 2013 Arctic Cat XC 450i fuel injected and my question is what coolant do you use for the ones that have a radiator? If you got a Facebook and if I have any problems with my bike, I’ll feel free to contact you on there, so keep up the good work 🤟‼️
Sounds nice when power bands come in joe very raspy I like my rd 350 LC it’s quite the same splutters a bit till at 5 grand then she wants you to stare a the clouds nice video as usual joe keep up the good work mate 👍
Imagine the abuse that poor bike has been through. I wouldn't bother with it if you paid me.
brand new top end! Look at the abuse its getting on start up!
Somebody's gotta save it
Wow this guy is crazy busy new content every day seems like . ❤
Excellent video as usual. Great job.
Im glad you went away from the carbon fiber reeds, they chip easier than the fiberglass ones and scar up the cylinder faster. Especially with a bike that is getting harder to find parts for.
Carbon fiber is 20 times stronger than fiberglass.. no problems with them in my Banshee
The manufacturers sold us all out by forcing the engine change. Environmental issues was a great excuse for "We're going to sell a lot more parts with 4 strokes".
Older 2 strokes are still out there, racing and riding on practice tracks every week. We still have a pair of '00 CR250's in addition to a '24 YZ250. The ease and lower cost of maintenance (in addition to the noise levels) will mean that we'll gladly continue to ride and enjoy our 2 strokes until the day we stop riding.
Great work Joe, the title will keep more available for us who have the time and energy to fix them
Ripping out on the land with a fresh 2 stroke and you can hear the echoes off the mountains, awesome
🤔mountains in central Wisconsin? Maybe hills
Great video and info 😊
48:34 Take a look at the throttle cable, how it’s coming out of the top of carb.
Nice work Joe, sounds great :D
Wow. That bike is all top end. The power is always there. Clean little bike.
Joe for the most part you do good work. When you change bearings out put the new races in with new bearings.
Couldn't agree more the races are matched to the bearings and why wouldn't you change them if your at that stage, they have probably been in there for decades as not many people bother changing them!
It's always so satisfying and exciting on the first start to see all your hard work breath life into your machine,......Stay Up, Hard, and Healthy brother.....,.🔥🔥❤️👍🏽💯
I would not know the 1st thing to do with this!! Awesome Vid!!
Nice work Joe
I like when he restores bikes and always make them run keep it up man love your videos💪
Like the content
Just curious .
Did you use ,
silicate free engine coolant ?
And , why didn't you replace those steering stem races ?
Joe great video as always. 👍 Get you some silicone spray. And spray it all on the rubber parts it helps. It keeps them from getting stuff. Just a suggestion. Give Venny a hug. 👍
Hi Jo, great rebuilt that turned out so well. I did not see you change the bearing cups in the frame for the steering. Imagine you just did not film it.
Great series on this bike, sounds and rips great👍👍👍👍
Always a great day when 2vintage uploads a new video!
Joe all you need to know is you're doing great work man. Always enjoyable watching you bring these things back from the dead.
LMAO!! For some reason the quick throttle twisting after start reminds me of Zip-Ties and Bias Plies throttle dumps!! MINT!! Great job! CHEERS!
Thanks Joe for your style Sir
I, in my earlier years I use to work for a "company" that use to send all broken Toro two stroke lawn mowers to us with bent cranks. The people using them did not want to mow lawns. They would hit pipes in the ground on purpose. I actually pressed them apart and straightened the crank. I had a small press and a hammer.
wonderful video Joe buddy i have learn allot about fixing motorcycle from ever since I start too watch your video bud, and what about the other video about the seller who had lied to you about the dirk bike is there a part 2 to restore it when the power valve was missing and allots off parts were missing is there any restoration about it
Awesome fella it's crazy what people do to there dirt bikes cheers for very good videos 👍🇬🇧
Jesus Christ $200?!😬 I could've made that part with an off the shelf spur gear and 1/2" bar stock for a tenth of that price.
Been watching this guy for YEARS. Never gets old. I love how he's got a wide array of projects AND he finishes them (unlike me).
Really like ur videos.
Im so looking forward to see that yellow yz up n running again.i had one 35 years ago white and red one.
It was a really cool bike when i was 15 years old
Ordering parts as we speak
You NEVER leave the old bearing races in the steering head (or anywhere else for that matter) and install the new bearings on top of them. They're guaranteed to have abnormal wear on them, which will result in the new bearings being ruined in no time. Plus, you're packing the bearings incorrectly. The proper way is to first put a large glob of grease into the center of your palm then with your other hand put your index and middle fingers through the bearing, then with the larger diameter end of the bearing pointing downwards bring the rollers down on top of the grease and force the grease through the rollers themselves. Once you see the grease exiting the top of the rollers, rotate the bearing in either direction, then repeat until you get to where you started. Once all of the rollers have grease exiting through the top, you're finished.
Nice video keep it up. Just a question if i have metal reeds and they dont sit flush sould i buy new ones or jus flip them?
Awesome video man 😮
Great job in hitting high speed before you do the heat cycles, and I'm not talking about reving it out on first start up.
Throttle cable layed over on top of carb. Needs a " bendy "
Nice build! Now get the ignition system up and running on the HUSABERG......
A quick way to remove old gasket material: I figured this out for my production, had to be fast.
1st, you have to scrape off all the old gasket that is high. I use a 6" scale edge that is a pretty thick/rigid scale, but any kind of sharper scraper can work well. The object of that is to get the gasket residue as close to the aluminum as you can, (under .001" thick is pretty easy to get with a good edge), for the next process to clean it up easily.
2nd, I use a air powered 90 degree little die grinder, with a 3M scotch-brite wheel on it (about 2" in diameter), to clean the surface. If the rest of the gasket residue is thin enough, it will clean off quickly, and you can maintain the flat surface very well, (may remove .0001", but that is still very flat). If the gasket residue does not come off quickly, scrape it again, or the schotch-brite wheel will remove more aluminum around the high spot. The finish result is a perfect surface for a new gasket.
The cloth backing on the little scotch-brite wheels is the same diameter as the OD of the scotch-brite. I do have a smaller diameter rubber mandrel, and I cut off the backing to a slightly smaller diameter, which lets the scotch-brite reach tighter 90 degree corners. You will save a lot of time, and have a perfect surface ready to build. Cleaning it up that way also allows you to find any dents or scratches in the flat gasket surface, so you can stone off the dents, and hit it with the scotch-brite wheel again for the perfect finish.
Here are the scotch-brite (not the name of these though), 2" disks that I use: "SA standard abrasives" quick change buff and blend GP disk TSM. 2" A fine/50.8mm A fine. Barcode number 840313. quantity of 50.
I use 1 for about every 4 engine tear downs, and then they start to miss spots as the edge breaks down. Lower rpm's is better the a fresh disk to extend that life. But I only have 4 gasket surfaces to clean. Cases, cylinder base, intake and exhaust.
Excellent. Thank you.
NICE JOB GREAT VIDEO MATE WAVES HI FROM
AUSTRALIA
Great old bikes. Pretty fast. My old ass would love to find another one to play with. Good job saving another old screaming machine dude. Looks awesome as well. Thanks
I had a 1985 when I was a teenager....man I miss that bike
You miss being a teenager
Pop's !
Love these bikes. Nice job mate.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nothin like the sound and smell of a 2 stroke !
Love that Klotz . Lol
That bike will sell all day long for 2k plus on facebook market place! You made more than your money back! Nice job!
fix the throttle cable adjuster above the carb soon, or it'll stick wide open at the worst moment. Had a 1984 and a 1985 KX 125 back in the day....if you can find a 1984 version, get it, as the motor was incredible.
Get...a....parts...washer.....LOL! That impeller shaft, I normally would just go to my lathe and turn a new shaft and friction fit the gear. No biggie - you got shafted (pun intended) on the price. That bike is also a money pit. Good video all around as usual.
Nice video, what happened to the dust seal at 30:45? my first 2 stroke was a ty50 a real peach pliers for a throttle and no clutch!
Thanks for the vid.. good job.
if you need kx parts I have tons of 85-99 kx kdx parts 80cc through 250cc and yes I have that shaft probable several of them....jeff...
Love single sided radiator KX 125's.
Mr. Vintage, it makes a difference in W.O.T. pulls for a small motor bike to have a dent free expansion chamber. You will loose revs and peak horses 🐎 due to pulses in exhaust being altered by bumps in the pipe. Its very easy to use compressed air and an oxy/acetylene torch to pop them right out. About 60 p.s.i. and heat the dents with a "cutting " tip just until it glows red enough to get soft. Need some block off plugs and a main block off with a schrader valve and psi guage.
I'm not a motorcycle mechanic, but I have been a mechanic for 40 years, and that is the cheesiest job I've ever seen packing bearings and to not change the races after the condition the bearings were in 😂, he's allergic to actually cleaning parts evidently, he's a go-getter though I'll give him that
Cheesiest comment I've seen🤣sit down you absolute numpty😄😄
like to see you flat change them cogs an fan the clutch lol keep doing what you do bro
Awesome and a great job 👍.
Good save Joe!!
@2vintage . Joe I happened to notice that where the cable enters the top of the carb, there is no rubber boot attached, for what it cost and to eliminate any chance of air being drawn in at that point, I'd say it's worth while replacing ....
other than that, Good Job..
Fuel filter is installed backwards. I always say if no arrow, fuel first, then filter.
i still have my 87 kdx200 I paid $300 for lol parts are definatly getting hard to find. no idea how much money i put into it. had to put crank seals, piston, reeds, tires, chain, sprockets, etc over the years. best thing i did to it was cut open the expansion chamber and gut the fiberglass out of it, and DG silencer really woke it up
Awesome job joe!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇺🇸
I had a 1984 KX 125. I loved that bike! Ran like a champ. I broke the frame on it once though, but I am probably a bit big for it. At the time I was 175lbs.
Joe you have the fuel filter in backwards should flow on the outside then go out the inside.
You make all this look so easy! But I know, it's not! Love your vids!
Throttle cable is jammed under the brake line, lucky it didn’t stick on you!
For coolent if the impeller shaft breaks you can rig up a $20 12 volt pump next to the radiator
i have owned a 1982 KDX 250, 1984 IT250 and a 1998 KTM 380MXC im about to hit 40 just got divorced so im getting myself a 2022 WR450F as a treat lol, your videos are great, and im spinning out bike are getting fuel injected these days lol great for me to putt around grandpa style in the bush and not foul plugs or waste fuel hahahahah
It adds up fast even if you can get the parts easy.
Once something is obsolete they stop making parts, they want you to buy a new bike.