Trashed $150 Dirt Bike. Can it be Saved?
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- I went on a sunday ride and came across a garage sale. out front was this busted up Suzuki 80 dirt bike that has seen better days to say the least, l bought it for $150. lets see if it can be rebuilt for cheap money.
I see a young Mustie like 10 yr old kid doing his best to keep his bike running with what ever he could find in his dads garage
How ii8kuoiv, obj ok nmo
A young Mustie, before the ‘stash’ existed
I’m
@@allanfala2716 going
@@eriklarson9137 to
Mustie's giddy laugh the first time he gets the engine to fire is always my favorite part of his videos 🤣
The highlight for sure.
The sweet sound of a boy enjoying his toys!!
I am learning not to rip the head off FIRST. ASSUME that is good and slowly work your way there.
It’s like bobs Ross paint brush slap hahaha
Yup,same here, contagious laugh !
The best part of this little dirt bike is, it was probably worked on by youth, Which means he or she will become a future wrencher, IDK if you remember when you were a boy and took apart and put back together your first bike, I know my first bike was a mess, its just part of the learning kerf.
Kid was already a black belt ty wrapper, sky's the limit
you'd be surprised at how many adults neglect their vehicles maintenance.
Thought the same thing. May be a future Musti 1 out there in training.
Fix it up and flog give it to a kid who would love it but couldn't afford one 🙂👍🇮🇪
Dramatic plot twist: that kid turned out to be Mustie1.
I remember being a dumb kid too. When stuff would break or fall off, with no money, and nobody willing to drive you to the dealer, you kind of learned to improvise.
Zip ties and duck tap a few wood screws she's in mint condition haha
Totally agree. In fact, I am kind of proud of the pseudo "fixes" the kid came up with.
Ahhh memories. Whatever was in the coffee can or the junk drawer. Make it work!
@@Codyjames83 Yeah, as long as we were riding again, that's all that mattered.
Haha shit yeah same dude,
Hi mate, the oil level is checked by loosening the lower screw below the rubber filler plug. When oil drips out of that the box is full. A lot of the old Suzuki 2 strokes are the same. I'm actually just about to start on a old Suzuki 2 stroke on my channel which has the same setup. Hope this helps. Cheers Rick AUSTRALIA
I've subbed you I like Australians too from here in UK
@Winning Team thanks for the Sub mate. hope you like the channel. Cheers
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...waltzing Matilda...waltzing Matilda...you'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me...
@@daleburrell6273 Hi mate, yep that's right mate Australian through and through. Cheers
The kid that rode this bike is now grown and a motocross champion. That thing is worked.
I bet he'll eventually spot his bike on youtube now as a 40 year old, and cringe as Mustie reveals every one of his fails...
Someone had enough mechanical brains to keep this little bike running (until it didn't) using siezed bearings, sheet metal screws and hammers. Its a masterclass in 10yo engineering.
3 Mustie videos in the space of 8 days. Must be the definition of Mustie heaven. Good evening all from Prospect in Adelaide, Australia. Hope you are all well.
Allow me: I presume, but I am not certain, you meant to say "(There have been) 3 videos in the space of 8 days. (It) )must be the definition of Mustie heaven. " and "(I) Hope you are all well" But I can't be certain because you like a lot of people decided pronouns and objects of sentences are suddenly no longer necessary.
glossaamano, I understood perfectly.
And in my UA-cam feed, there was a video from 5150mxvw (Jason) that featured mustie, as well (and Brian, too).
@@silasmarner7586 “you, like a lot of other people, decided”. If you’re going to correct me, Professor Pronoun, at least get your punctuation correct. Otherwise, get lost, sorry, I meant to say “(you can) get lost.”
@@markbrown6236 Thank you, Mark.
It’s crazy where the channel is now. I remember when I just started watching, you were doing up the cargo trailer with a welder and rebuilding it, I originally was going to purchase a trailer and was looking for information on fixing one up. Got hooked early on and look forward to every video you put out. Have even been able to pick up a free snowblower and got it running, my ATVs have carbs and I’ve been able to maintain them. Thanks for sharing so much information for us viewers!
When paid stuff becomes more of a hassle to fix than free stuff lol.
It's great to see a guy who knows what he's doing tackle the issues that a non-mechanic used to get the machine usable or home. God bless you, I hope to have a hoard that I can go through when I get to taking in battered misused machinery too. I'm still working on getting some kind of shop at the moment, and yours is an inspiration, I like the way you have yours set up. Peace!!
Hacking a lawnmower is one thing, but a poor defenseless dirt bike crosses the line.
"Slight issue with hardware?" This thing has been dropping parts for years. The local Harbor Freight must miss the tie wrap profits it made off this bike.
I would be worried if anyone rode it it would just literally fall apart.
@@brewski118sempire My youngest had an ancient Benelli that he road for a couple of years. If something fell off, or broke we cobbled something out of steel or aluminum, but we never resorted to cable ties.
Used cable ties, because he could not find bailing wire. LOL
I was an Accident Investigator for most of my career and saw a vehicle 🚗 once in a Police impound yard
that had the front tie rod ends tie wrapped together! I wonder what caused the collision?
@goog le Correct! You can still buy OEM new parts for this particular bike, definitely worth saving...
There's a very applicable heart-rate monitor like beep in the background sound. I assume it's the camera. Very fitting for the patient sitting on Doctor Mustie's operating table. I think she's gonna pull through just fine.
Looked way better when you sent the pic of it in the Vanagon 😁
I used to read the "Can it be saved" part of the title curious as to the odds of success. But after a few years I'd say that if anyone can revive these machines Mustie1 can. You are like the big brother in the garage that everyone wants in their families. And you address these obstacles in a very educational and appropriate way. Thank you for taking the time to explain all this for us.
I love your video's. I wish I had someone like you around to help me figure out why my truck is running like crap. I have learned so much from watching you. Your a master mechanic.
Had a guy just like him that fixed all kinds of things we never had money so we worked with him and helped with what we could learned more from him then I did in all of school
@@Codyjames83 same here . Now I'm that guy . Kids now days don't care about fixing things much tho.
I love how when u hear it run, u get excited like a kid, love that about u.
When I was a kid Sunday mornings where bugs bunny - now there for mustie... 👍
Saturday's for me for bugs bunny. Good times. Now mustie on Sunday's still good times
What’s up, Doc? Oh...a mouse nest in the air box, that’s what’s up!
Your hoarding abilities surpass your mechanical talent. I am truly impressed!
Yay its that Day got my Coffee on my way!!! Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening to all! Good Morning Mustie good to see that Cougar!
I continue to be impressed by your ability to bring back stuff that's way past where I could. it's the combination of your skill, determination, and almost endless stash of parts. You da man'
Neat little bike, clearly had a hard life, but it's secrets were revealed to the Poirot of the engineering world 😂. Fortunately it's found a good home and will live to run again 🤞
I was never good with my hands but i been watching your videis and you taoght me how to rebuild a carberater keep them comming
Small dirt bikes like that are hard to find or they are really costly. Everyone learned to ride them and they were safer than the crazy machines they have today
It might live to be abused by yet another generation
Pirot ...Funny reference (I actually pictured him for a sec)
Kid: The newspaper route doesn't cover titanium fasteners but weight savings is life
His brain: zip ties
Someone put that back together and had a pile of extra stuff.
with zip ties and put it out for sale.
@@Mikefngarage That was better then the Water Gate Cover up LOL !!!!.
I always pride myself on no or just a few parts left over. Lol . I wonder if there’s a box in their garage with all the missing parts.
Pulling it down in the grass always makes a few bolts and spacers disappear..
My grandson and I both love watching your show together. Thank you for another fine update. Best wishes from Niagara.!
I’m in early on this one! Saying hi from the uk 🇬🇧
saying hi from uranus!
Another one from the UK here.
@@ladndad6072 same
And me Suffolk UK..
It sounds like you bought a pile of parts that were neatly assembled to resemble a bike …but if anyone can bring her back to life it will be Mustie!
$150 bucks? If that was at my yard sale I would have asked $20 for it 😂 I hate going to yard sales and people ask dumb money for you to haul away a THEIR junk. 😂
Greed.
this would be £800 on ebay UK 🤔
I blame the Stimulus money. People on Marketplace ( FB) try to sell their shit for 4 times its value. Its terrible. They should be ashamed of themselves!!!
@@michaelhartzell9758 I wish someone would buy my stuff. I have a $3000 scooter lift thing. A $2500 mobility scooter. A $3600 power chair. All with good butteries. I put them on market place asking $1000 for ALL of it... and nobody even showed interest. 😂 try to sell 9k worth of stuff for 1k and nobody calls. They have a $20 bike at their yard sale and ask $250 for it. 😂 the world is whacky >>>> EDIT: what the heck is “butteries”? 😂 I meant to say batteries but my iPad changed it to butteries. I didn’t even know that was a word! 😂
Shoot around here it would be $600 because it’s “vintage”
Lovely can it be saved little bike project and creative engineering solutions too. Mustie1 you are a class act.
Well, thanks for the brief update about your dad's VW van lol.
Holy crap man...your explanation of studs vs bolts in aluminum just answered a long-time question. And you explained it good enough even I understood...good show and thanks!
Great content as always Mustie keep well keep safe, from two dog's small engine repairs, Tottenham London UK
Always a blast to hang with you every Sunday. Makes my day better. No matter what “we” are working on or with!
Thank you!!!
Yo yo from the 🇬🇧 hope everyone is good
I love watching videos like this. Currently working on my 91 cr125r I bought for 150 dollars. Thanks for sharing!
My boy Mustie rockin that mullet like a damn boss.
Man I love this guy's videos I don't care what I'm doing I'll stop and watch them it's amazing how he can take something ready for the trash heap repair and clean it and sell it to someone in need. And that hoard of parts is unbelievable LOL great job and keep'em coming these videos are better than watching cable tv
One of the best channels on UA-cam.
True. I've successfully rebuilt many engines, but l wouldn't even attempt to replicate some of his projects.
I never contemplated that bit about studs over bolts. Makes sense. Thanks for your knowledge!
I had one of these as a kid (25 something years ago) and it was also held together with duct tape, zip ties, drywall screws and hope. Fixed it up last year(done right) and gave it to my 11 year old nephew
Awesomely educational. I am not a wrench guy so your vids are helping me increase my knowledge exponentially. Thanks
Even at a distance, (:34) with stuff in the way, the Cougar looks impressive in that shot. A little encouragement to keep going on the project before me. 😒😳😌🙂
Gratitude.
Did anyone else want to see Mustie ride it back over to the sale he bought it from? lol
Imok
I don’t think Mustie is the kind of fella to rub their nose in it.
@@johnnycop77 I didn't intend it that way...I just thought it would be funny if he rode by or something. More because he's a big guy on a little bike. lol
@@johnnycop77 Maybe the kid will buy it back for his kid.
Doing wheelie and waving? Big ol'e smile and crazy quarantine hair flapping in the breeze. Lol.
You know, Mustie... I thought of you the other day... I live on a one way street.... "You're going the wrong WAAAAAYYY" lol. My dad died in Aug. '19. Whenever something came together for him.... "HAAAAA!" was also his proclamation. Every time you do it. I shed a tear and think of him, and revel in your eureka moment. I'm missing the nature/peace at the end of the vids, but I will never stop watching. Thx for all the know-how.
-Mike-
Ah, a bike! Cool. Been a while!
Working on a bicke like that takes me back 50 years. Me and my brother keeping our Honda SL70 going. Man ,we had a lot of fun with that bicke.
It must be a lot of pressure to provide content every week for the clamoring masses. Nice work! Your fabricating skills are excellent!
Hey Mustie, I just want to say thanks for all your great videos. My lawnmower broke and I found your channel. I have learned so much watching you troubleshoot and explain what and why as you go along. As a result my mower is working better than ever! Cheers!
Nice work on the exhaust gasket. I’ve never considered cutting one to reduce the diameter.
I absolutely love watching people bring these bikes back to life ! Incredible channel.
"The outside of it looks pretty clean" says Mustie1 taking the carb apart after just pressure washing the entire bike. :-)
Always a treat when it fires up...It's like "Frankenbike" coming to life!!! Thanks Mustie 1!!!
Wow cougar love them Greetings from aberdeen scotland
Thanks Darren! Your dirt bike videos are my favorite!
If there was a way to “mouse” something up, this little motorcycle had it done to it. I am glad Mustie1 rescued it and put it back on its way to being a running/riding little dirt bike. 👍👍
I had the same exact bike when I was a kid. It was seized when we got it and its how i learned about engines. Used a mallet and wooden block and penetrating lube and stuff and had to beat the piston loose and eventually got it running pretty good after I learned how to work on the carb. That little thing would fly. Loved the video brings back awesome memories.
When you stop and think about it 30 years of going thru different owners and kids riding that DS 80 hard, its lucky it survived that well. Zip ties are the 21 century equivalate of bailing twine and mechanics wire.
Growing up on a dairy farm ..baling twine and baling wire got re-used on a lot of time to hold something together
😂😂😂🙈
I have been watching your videos for a long time now. I always like seeing the power sports videos you have every now and then. The old suzuki quad and so on. Great videos. Makes me want to make my own!
Love these videos especially the bikes. FYI the choke lever is the wrong way round. Needs spinning round to the left side.
Great little bike. Brings back memories, when I had the 125CC version of it when I was 15. After I broke the suspension, I mounted the engine on a pedal cart. Had a blast with it.
" you're going the wrong way"
"That guys drunk, how does he know which way we're going. "
I've often said that Mustie sounds like Steve Martin - Even looks a bit like him, sometimes!
@@28YorkshireRose12,
Mustie is much less pretentious sounding than Steve Martin.
They are both great fun.
I caught this too. Needs a bump! :)
@@oldmanfred8676 Pssst. Steve Martin is a comic/actor. He isn't like the characters he plays on the devil's box.
@@eriklarson9137,
Laughing
From what I can tell and find on the web, this is a 1987 DS 80. Cool bike. I had a 1976 Suzuki PE 250 back in the day. I loved it. Lots of 2 stroke power. Fun project Darrin!
Happy to be here early for a Mustie1 video! Happy weekend everyone!
I had a pw80 as my first dirt bike back in 1989. Bringing back memories
I would like to see you resume work on the econoline project 😉.
Dude...I look at what you do with these bikes, it's preservation of what we love.. great job
YAY Musti1 is on! Hi from Germany y´all ...
Hi back at ya my friend.
bea,
You must be from the Texican part of Germany saying Y’all?
@@oldmanfred8676 German (like many languages other than English) actually has a "real" plural form of "you".
@@kjdude8765,
???
@@oldmanfred8676 Hey Man Fred . Das Wär ja dann Bayvaria was? haha
U make it look easy, I enjoy tinkering w junk, but never take on what u do...awesome job and thanks for sharing!
Anyone else finds themselves talking out loud to a video while he talks to you/us? LOL... (My Wife: "Did you say something?" ME while taking another sip of coffee. "Just discussing 12 year-old frenzy with Mustie."
Far too often. I've had many moments of imagining people looking at me watching Mustie and thinking to themselves "That dude is talking to UA-cam. Don't make eye contact." Fortunately I watch it alone so that doesn't happen.
I'm the guy who's yelling at the screen when he's doing something wrong! LOL
This brings back memories, my dad got me a two stroke Suzuki DS 80 when I was a kid, loved that bike!
How come the kid didn't use factory parts to keep his bike going?
We all were like that back then, just use whatever you could find, and make do the best you can.
We didn’t have internet or eBay to find $2 parts from China I would have been willing to give up 5 Christmases if I had that
100percent some kid loved and rode the hell out of that thing, and maybe didn't have the guidance or money to fix stuff. You are seeing an unearthing of a machine which helped teach a kid how to wrench, learn some lessons, and make do. LOVE it.
Would love to find stuff like this in UK but people ask two much over here
you think $150 for that crap was good
Same here and parts would be expensive aswell 😕🇮🇪👍
Try and find one in the UK that looks as good as this one for any less
@@stephenadams7211 actually it wasn't a bad buy...the engine alone is worth the 150 bones...he can repower a kart or some other project if the bike turns out to be scrap metal..people like you crack me up...expect everything for next to nothing...i've been wrenching for 30 some years and can tell you that you are clearly not on the same level as us gear heads...it's all about supply and demand not about what you think something should be priced at ...
This is just a lucky deal... in Florida at a minimum this bike would sell for $500...
Brings back many memories from my suzuki 50cc I had for many years.. It was a lot larger but everything is pretty much the same..
It’s Sunday! Mustie and Coffee. “Good morning America how are you?”
Don’t you know me I’m your native Son?
I really enjoyed this video. Perfect time for a dirt bike Revival. I love the way the older two stroke bikes sound. I used to have a Suzuki ds100 back in the day when I was a boy. I'd like to see more of your cougar. It turned out really nice. Take us for a ride mustie1. Have a great week.
YES! now it feels like Sunday 😍
Yup mustie and burger. King...perfect
The childhood sense of glee that is pure joy and pure Mr. Fixit Mustie.
I think most of us had a bike at 10 we tried to "work on"and lost all the hardware 😂
Thanks Mustie1 for another fantastic wrenching video. So cool to see something come back from the grave to become useful again. Can't wait for the second video.
They gave you $150 to haul it away? Good deal!
Ahhh just remembering the sound of my old 2-stroke YZ going from idling up into power-band, or the smell of the gas & oil mixture or the exhaust. Brings back such happy memories.
Can’t believe YOU paid $150 for it. Seems more like a free pile bike. 😂😂
Honestly I got 3 for free one goes and it goes hard but his ones clapped
Thanks Mustie1, always enjoy garage time!
That looks like a DS80. Cool little bike, I wanted one of those when I was a kid.
Most definitely a DS-80
Same exact model except BNGs for 20 yrs or so.
I was going to say a JR80 because they look similar
@@speedyme200 You're right, they do look very similar. I believe the DS80 had lights and the JR80 did not, but I'm not sure if there are any other significant differences.
Thanks again for being a great teacher. I learn something new on every video.
Red Loctite those exhaust studs in so they wont back out when someone goes to remove a stuck nut.
Fallowing from Thunder Bay Ontario loving your videos
Woodstock Ontario,hour away from Toronto,be safe my fellow Canadian,and fix everything you can find,In Mustie We Trust lol.
I never use an oil premix on any machine even if it's a brand new machine I've seen machines fail from a simple malfunction from an automatic oil premix I refuse to use them I will always mix my gas manually I've been stranded in the middle of nowhere several times to to automatic oil mixers so for that reason I vow to never use them again
Me to just premix it you no for certain then
As an ex Suzuki main dealer I sold, serviced, purchased , fixed and resold many hundreds of machines fitted with pumps that mixed a two stroke oil with fuel. I can honestly say that if the pump was correctly adjusted, oil tank filled with the correct two stroke oil and the machine used as designed I never had a single problem caused by the pump. We also prepared and raced two stroke production racing machines, again with no problems. We did use premix on some of the race machines designed that way. Yamaha TD, TZ,TR type. The problems arose when owners had misused and badly adjusted the carburetor/pump settings. On a long downhill stretch with the throttle closed pre mix machines received little or no lubrication to the piston and rings.
I include four cylinder two strokes, RG500 in these comments, plus we worked a lot on Yamaha and Kawasaki multi cylinder bikes.Correct adjustment and correct oil was all that was needed. Gear oil, four stroke oil, outboard engine two stroke oil were not correct. They resulted in wear and seizures often due to too little lubrication. Maybe I as lucky, but basically I was carrying the cost of the warranty work in the main so was somewhat careful bout correct preparation.
I always use it I have 4 bikes with them I like to put a little oil in my tank just to be safe when I thrash tf out of them
Liked seeing a great hord of old parts that are being used, We should all be the same to never throw away any thing that you may need later when you work on stuff like you do. Great video that keep your interest going to the next level
Holy crap thatight be the most clapped bike I've ever seen and I've had some absolute junkers lol
Would fetch 1200 near me if it ran even with all its other issues
I love this guy...The way he laughs when the motor turns...Makes me want to rebuild something
I don't understand how someone could be so abusive. I was taught to take care of my things.
You got it going your way now. Engine running, there's your money back. Thanks for sharing.
The condition this is in, it's apparent some people should never be allowed near tools. What a disaster!
I'm sure Rembrandt's first painting wasn't a Masterpiece.
@@ZrubekFamily actually doing an image search of Rembrandt's first painting comes back with his first masterpiece. DaVinci was the same way. He was better than his master was. Some go hard right out of the gate.
@@1pcfred There's no way we have his first paintings as a child. Point is, everybody has to learn somewhere.
@@ZrubekFamily I don't know. Rembrandt may have been pretty young when he started cranking out masterpieces. He was Rembrandt after all.
Never been a 14 years old Timothy ??
hehehehe I love that two stroke rin din din noise. It just puts a smile on my face. Makes me wish I had a spare bike frame to kit out with the 66cc two stroke I have sitting next to me.
I get the feeling somebody worked on this before got fed up and thought can’t be bothered to re-bolt it all together and zip tide it all together
To be honest with what's been done to it it sure looks like a kid did it all....the wood screw in the carb, and botched together rear axle, all looks like something a kid would do....
@@garymallard4699 Yeah, I used to make it a habit of once a week or so going over my trail bike with various screw drivers and wrenches to make sure fasteners were snug....this was after a buddy's front wheel fell off mid jump lol
Note; he did NOT "stick the landing" lol it wasn't pretty that's for sure!!!
I am so glad I watch your channel, this weekend for the first time ever, I could start my mower, without the primer, run stop run stop, them when I took the carb of there was milk on the diaphragm and fuel pick up, without watching your channel would have been stumped, but now it was eureka that's water in the fuel, so enough when I drained the tank, there at the bottom of the plastic jar, a whole load of milky water stuff, new fuel and away the mower went, strange thing is the mower started and ran perfectly 5 weeks before (we had a lot of rain this last month, the mower lives in a well roofed shed, so I had no idea where the water came from until I filled the fuel can up again and there it was, a crack in the top. Thanks now I know what water in fuel can do to an engine, always love my Sunday evenings watching what you get up to, Cheers.
What kind of town do you live in where people go "No no, you're giving us *too much* money" lmao
I've had good luck with using brass pipe fittings for "helicoils" in really egged out holes. Just have to redrill and tap after you install them and decked for height. Even did some spark plug holes for vw beatle jugs. Works great
Mornin Mustie fans.
Gm from la ronge Saskatchewan.
Hootie Hoo
Good morning 🌞
Happy Sunday to all.that bike should have been priced at $50.00 not $150.
True and proper ‘gentleman of culture’ we are.