absolutely love your content! You, mortske, vice grip garage and junkyard digs have taught me so much! I grew up around antique indians myself. My grandfather had a garage full of indians. from hill climb bikes all the way to old 50's chief's. as i remember he even had some from frames and engines from the late 1910's, think 18 or 19. all of it got sold to wheels through time museum in one of the carolina's
Regular viewer here! I watched this when you originally released it, but watching again as I’m still reviving a “gifted to me” 1974 xl125 EXACTLY like yours. (Hey, you don’t have a spare exhaust pipe do you?😜) Unrelated trivia: I noticed this was pre you using the word “carburoster”. 😊
I cut my teeth on a 1975 XR75. Rode it and rebuilt myself bout 4 or 5 times. When I was older dug it out of shop for my kids. Spent bout an hour cleaning it up luring it. Fresh gas clean carb fired up 3rd kick. Had an original 1st year atc 90 to, it need cleaned up and tires but fired up 3rd or 4th pull. My kids rode those two til they were to big for them. Oh the memories. Great vid Bud, 👌
This brings back memories. Everyone had various Hondas growing up. CT 70's, CT 90's, XR 75's and 80's various XL's. I don't know of anyone who bought a complete bike. We would horse trade and scrounge for parts and put them together. We would throw everything but money at them and we had a blast. A few years later and we were doing the same thing with cars and trucks. Wrench all weekend so with luck the car would take me to school and work for a week and then do more wrenching. Good times!
I absolutely love them motorcycles. I had probably about six of them and I used to build one in half a day and drive the crap out of it and then fix another one. Those were some good ol days. 😂🤣😂🤣😝😜🤔🤠👍⭐🇺🇲
Got 1980 XL 125 s here at the house, gave a bottle of Makers mark whiskey for it, cleaned carb and used to ride it around my property maybe to town now and then. A few weeks back put a 150 big bore kit on it, shes a screamer now...
Excelente trabajo . Esta disponoble el segundo video de armado de la moto? Gracias y me ha sido de gran utilidad, ya que estamos identificando partesbpara armado de moto
C clamp, notch out old socket pop em right lose. Ugly but functional. Check your intake valve well they usually bend a little at the top and want to hang up in guide. Yeah sometimes you don't know til you pull it apart.
Hey man thanks for showing how to work this engine me and my father are gonna buy one of these for like 100 dollars on Facebook so seeing can help me to be able to fix that engine.
I question my dad why he nicknamed me dude . He said over a black-and-white movie he watched call tobacco road . I wasn't a fan kindly hurt my feelings .! Lol. Anyways thanks for sharing 😊
Interesting revisiting the mistakes of your youth. We've all done it. If a bodge gets you going, it's a win. Weld done, 15yo Chad... And some years later middle age Chad can make his own bolts. Learning curve in action.
I got a Honda Shadow I bought. It was took apart some for paint and was found back together. We got it to run and I paid for it. Had another friend take to his house and after a falling out I had another go get it., I can't get it to run cause I'm clueless.. been sitting in my shed 3 years now...
I’d expected more from you ! Lol. Throw a few bucks into it then you have a nice pit bike for car shows and flea markets to tootle around on ! You could even make it a trike for your old butt ! Lmao
You prob sorted this out by now,, but if anyone else has the same problem, make sure the main fuse by the battery is good and make sure it not corroded on the end and is making a good connection. Might be the problem.
The valves have to be in time with the piston coming up so they don't hit each other. When the timing chain came off the exhaust valve was open and then the piston came up and hit it.
absolutely love your content! You, mortske, vice grip garage and junkyard digs have taught me so much! I grew up around antique indians myself. My grandfather had a garage full of indians. from hill climb bikes all the way to old 50's chief's. as i remember he even had some from frames and engines from the late 1910's, think 18 or 19. all of it got sold to wheels through time museum in one of the carolina's
Preshate that. 👍
Regular viewer here!
I watched this when you originally released it, but watching again as I’m still reviving a “gifted to me” 1974 xl125 EXACTLY like yours. (Hey, you don’t have a spare exhaust pipe do you?😜)
Unrelated trivia: I noticed this was pre you using the word “carburoster”. 😊
I cut my teeth on a 1975 XR75. Rode it and rebuilt myself bout 4 or 5 times. When I was older dug it out of shop for my kids. Spent bout an hour cleaning it up luring it. Fresh gas clean carb fired up 3rd kick. Had an original 1st year atc 90 to, it need cleaned up and tires but fired up 3rd or 4th pull. My kids rode those two til they were to big for them. Oh the memories. Great vid Bud, 👌
This brings back memories. Everyone had various Hondas growing up. CT 70's, CT 90's, XR 75's and 80's various XL's. I don't know of anyone who bought a complete bike. We would horse trade and scrounge for parts and put them together. We would throw everything but money at them and we had a blast. A few years later and we were doing the same thing with cars and trucks. Wrench all weekend so with luck the car would take me to school and work for a week and then do more wrenching. Good times!
I absolutely love them motorcycles. I had probably about six of them and I used to build one in half a day and drive the crap out of it and then fix another one. Those were some good ol days. 😂🤣😂🤣😝😜🤔🤠👍⭐🇺🇲
I wish I had a child hood like yours, sounds like a ton of fun!
Got 1980 XL 125 s here at the house, gave a bottle of Makers mark whiskey for it, cleaned carb and used to ride it around my property maybe to town now and then. A few weeks back put a 150 big bore kit on it, shes a screamer now...
to get the valve collets out,use a long reach socket slightly smaller than the diameter of the spring .Strike it quckly and they will release.
Very cool. I recently got into old honda 3 wheelers so this is right up my alley.
I had one of those when I was 13 raised a lot of dust on the farm in central Nebr. A lot of fun an memories. Good luck to ya.
Well. Keep up the great work pops. I will keep on watching
Central California watching
i had the same one after high school ,sold it after college,, it was fast as hell
Excelente trabajo . Esta disponoble el segundo video de armado de la moto? Gracias y me ha sido de gran utilidad, ya que estamos identificando partesbpara armado de moto
Keep swinging bro
C clamp, notch out old socket pop em right lose. Ugly but functional. Check your intake valve well they usually bend a little at the top and want to hang up in guide. Yeah sometimes you don't know til you pull it apart.
you made a vice grip slide hammer! that's great
The memory of a tree stump I’m using that from now on lol.
Hey man thanks for showing how to work this engine me and my father are gonna buy one of these for like 100 dollars on Facebook so seeing can help me to be able to fix that engine.
Just got an 82' XL250. Needs a top end.
they still make and sell these 100's and the 125's by the thousands and sell them in the Philippines
Just buy the $10 tool. Great job anyway.. like the vid.
Great vid 🇺🇲
I question my dad why he nicknamed me dude . He said over a black-and-white movie he watched call tobacco road . I wasn't a fan kindly hurt my feelings .! Lol. Anyways thanks for sharing 😊
Nice, hope it runs. Did i see an ultralight aircraft in your “hangar”?
Love your videos. You’re awesome 😎
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I love the bark 🤣
You gotta do what you gotta do!!
great slide hammer
I'd love to have a old bike like that to ride at Pigeon Forge Rod Run
Man you got a barn full of stuff 😆😆
It's all junk too just like this motorcycle!
Interesting revisiting the mistakes of your youth. We've all done it. If a bodge gets you going, it's a win. Weld done, 15yo Chad... And some years later middle age Chad can make his own bolts. Learning curve in action.
Those chains are a pain in the arse.
I got a Honda Shadow I bought. It was took apart some for paint and was found back together. We got it to run and I paid for it. Had another friend take to his house and after a falling out I had another go get it., I can't get it to run cause I'm clueless.. been sitting in my shed 3 years now...
You make me want to work on it
Get out there and work on it then.
I’d expected more from you ! Lol. Throw a few bucks into it then you have a nice pit bike for car shows and flea markets to tootle around on ! You could even make it a trike for your old butt ! Lmao
very interesting
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do you know anything about a 1978 suzuki ds80? I cannot figure out anything about the wiring.
Sure don't.
Just came across your channel and i have a honda xl125 that doesn't have any spark tested all components and they pass am i missing something?
You prob sorted this out by now,, but if anyone else has the same problem, make sure the main fuse by the battery is good and make sure it not corroded on the end and is making a good connection.
Might be the problem.
I am actually learning a lot. How does the exhaust valve get bent?
The valves have to be in time with the piston coming up so they don't hit each other. When the timing chain came off the exhaust valve was open and then the piston came up and hit it.
What happened to the first clip?
Maybe you'll have to wait and see.......