That is NOT a '71 KE 125. They didnt start to put 21 inch wheels and six speed gearbox with conical front brakes and that styling till 1974. I know coz my friend and I ran out and each bought one. We converted them to enduro racers by stripping off the blinkers, huge tailight(yours has an after market lightweight rubber rearlight/license holder like we ran) and heavy rear fenders and replacing with plastic fenders, adding Kawasaki green Don Vesco fat skinny tanks on them, along with a Bill Wirges torque pipe which was light years better than the Hart or Bassani pipes as we had another friend who had the same with a Bassani pipe and it was weak compared to ours in torque and low to midrange power. We cut the rotory valve and milled the heads .025 " for more compression equaling better performance in the woods . they were easy to wheelie pulling them up and wheeling from 2nd to 5th gear. We also put Preston Petty headlight/number plates on them to save more weight. We added a counter sprocket with one more tooth too(I think it came with a 12 or 13 tooth and we used a 13 or 14tooth?Our setup made them competitive with Penton enduros which came with 6 speed gearboxes and 21 inch front wheels for nearly $600 more! They shifted better than the Pentons' Sach gearboxes too. My KE cost me $635 brand new. That paint job I believe was on the 1975 model, copied after the kx motocrossers. Check and you'll see, Kawasaki didn't have that model with that styling until 1974. The '74 (my model)had a black stripe across the green gas tank with white penstrips on either side and the '75 had the white stripe with black penstripes on either side running across the green gas tank. Plenty of them online to see photos.
There ain't nobody in the world that has rode more bikes than you brother Ken you definitely carry the title and the video you dropped today on this bad mama jama I was wondering if it was the same bike or not I turned another big UA-camr on to your Channel hopefully he comes by and shows some love
@@KaplanCycles Bigg Welcome Brother,, I J7st Got Out Of U"Tube Jain I Left A Coment They Wasent Happy With I Got That 24 Hour Deal, We Back😂🤣🤣 I tell everybody the museum is the greatest place on Earth and it is you have put in a lot of hard work on your UA-cam channel the last 11 12 years I've known of you I have this Channel I have Joll Me A Roint & I Got Roy Nelson, all three of those are me in the comment section over the years I'm locked out of my other ones I'm trying to get back I encourage everybody back home to order from you guys I encourage everybody you guys are the greatest and you have earned everything nothing has ever been handed to you or your family no sir I need to get my channel going one day if I don't get my other UA-cam back I probably start a different Channel I've had too many strikes on this one already because I get in trouble with speaking my mind I love all y'all man everybody there at the museum has a special spot in my heart brother💯💚😎👊🏻🗯💥🤙🏻🤙🏻
I got thrown in jail on July 4th, 1977 doing 85MPH on a 1976 KE 125 going down a Colorado mountain pass. Fastest I'd ever been on it, and wouldn't ya know? Johnny Law pulled me over to "congratulate" me. I put a larger front drive sprocket on it, but even with that (under the previous best conditions) I only got her to go 75MPH. Fun bike, but a 250 is much better! With the large back sprocket on this one, I bet 50 MPH is all this one would do. And, that would be screaming!
KS125 succeeded F6125 and that is not original KS125. I had KS125 that was sold to me as new bike in 1977 although it was probably a 1975 0r 1976…anyway I liked the torque of the rotary valve engine and the frame and ride comfort was great. I even had soft sidebags for touring. Very fond memories of my first motorcycle ❤
I have one of these, they are so fun to ride and they really do have a lot of power for a 125cc bike. Also they Handel very well So they are much fun as a urban street bike.
I have the second bike he showed but I need a new motor because it won't when I kick over it will surge and I have gas and I cleaned the carburator and checked the points and it still won't kick over if you know what the problem is please leave a message on the comments.
you never raced one in tight woods trails or you'd think differently. they were competitive with Penton 125s inEnduros and hare scrambles. I raced mine for 3 years with modifications and had no problem racing with the faster woods racers on it in my class. What fun memories for a 17 year old!
That is NOT a '71 KE 125. They didnt start to put 21 inch wheels and six speed gearbox with conical front brakes and that styling till 1974. I know coz my friend and I ran out and each bought one. We converted them to enduro racers by stripping off the blinkers, huge tailight(yours has an after market lightweight rubber rearlight/license holder like we ran) and heavy rear fenders and replacing with plastic fenders, adding Kawasaki green Don Vesco fat skinny tanks on them, along with a Bill Wirges torque pipe which was light years better than the Hart or Bassani pipes as we had another friend who had the same with a Bassani pipe and it was weak compared to ours in torque and low to midrange power. We cut the rotory valve and milled the heads .025 " for more compression equaling better performance in the woods . they were easy to wheelie pulling them up and wheeling from 2nd to 5th gear. We also put Preston Petty headlight/number plates on them to save more weight. We added a counter sprocket with one more tooth too(I think it came with a 12 or 13 tooth and we used a 13 or 14tooth?Our setup made them competitive with Penton enduros which came with 6 speed gearboxes and 21 inch front wheels for nearly $600 more! They shifted better than the Pentons' Sach gearboxes too. My KE cost me $635 brand new. That paint job I believe was on the 1975 model, copied after the kx motocrossers. Check and you'll see, Kawasaki didn't have that model with that styling until 1974. The '74 (my model)had a black stripe across the green gas tank with white penstrips on either side and the '75 had the white stripe with black penstripes on either side running across the green gas tank. Plenty of them online to see photos.
There ain't nobody in the world that has rode more bikes than you brother Ken you definitely carry the title and the video you dropped today on this bad mama jama I was wondering if it was the same bike or not I turned another big UA-camr on to your Channel hopefully he comes by and shows some love
Thank you brother 🙏
@@KaplanCycles Bigg Welcome Brother,, I J7st Got Out Of U"Tube Jain I Left A Coment They Wasent Happy With I Got That 24 Hour Deal, We Back😂🤣🤣 I tell everybody the museum is the greatest place on Earth and it is you have put in a lot of hard work on your UA-cam channel the last 11 12 years I've known of you I have this Channel I have Joll Me A Roint & I Got Roy Nelson, all three of those are me in the comment section over the years I'm locked out of my other ones I'm trying to get back I encourage everybody back home to order from you guys I encourage everybody you guys are the greatest and you have earned everything nothing has ever been handed to you or your family no sir I need to get my channel going one day if I don't get my other UA-cam back I probably start a different Channel I've had too many strikes on this one already because I get in trouble with speaking my mind I love all y'all man everybody there at the museum has a special spot in my heart brother💯💚😎👊🏻🗯💥🤙🏻🤙🏻
I got thrown in jail on July 4th, 1977 doing 85MPH on a 1976 KE 125 going down a Colorado mountain pass. Fastest I'd ever been on it, and wouldn't ya know? Johnny Law pulled me over to "congratulate" me. I put a larger front drive sprocket on it, but even with that (under the previous best conditions) I only got her to go 75MPH. Fun bike, but a 250 is much better! With the large back sprocket on this one, I bet 50 MPH is all this one would do. And, that would be screaming!
KS125 succeeded F6125 and that is not original KS125. I had KS125 that was sold to me as new bike in 1977 although it was probably a 1975 0r 1976…anyway I liked the torque of the rotary valve engine and the frame and ride comfort was great. I even had soft sidebags for touring. Very fond memories of my first motorcycle ❤
I have one of these, they are so fun to ride and they really do have a lot of power for a 125cc bike. Also they Handel very well So they are much fun as a urban street bike.
you if the kawasaki can compete with the new 4stroke 125 ......?
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compression release... helps with the drum brakes. :)
nice bike yar
What the mix for this I bought a 78 and wanna know what the OEM ratio for gas oil mix
I have the second bike he showed but I need a new motor because it won't when I kick over it will surge and I have gas and I cleaned the carburator and checked the points and it still won't kick over if you know what the problem is please leave a message on the comments.
How can I get the second bike ?
For how much you sold it ?
#177=👍🏿
i have a 1980 ke 125 a
oh my gosh I forgot how slow those were
you never raced one in tight woods trails or you'd think differently. they were competitive with Penton 125s inEnduros and hare scrambles. I raced mine for 3 years with modifications and had no problem racing with the faster woods racers on it in my class. What fun memories for a 17 year old!
@@williammorris6097are there any simple mods to do to them for extra speed other than the obvious larger rear sprocket?