It's Worth It - A Dirt Bike Engine Rebuild Video Like You've Never Seen
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Mechanimations returns with "It's Worth it", a full rebuild of a 1993 KX250 2 stroke dirt bike engine done with stop motion animation.
"It's Worth It" is the result of approximately 500 hours worth of work and contains somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 unique photos. It ups the game from previous Mechanimations videos to include a storyline, characters, and an original film score. It's not a tutorial, but you might learn something from it. If you don't learn anything I think you'll still be entertained. And if this video makes you want to go spin a wrench then I've achieved my goal, and the effort was worth it.
Mechanimations IG: / mechanimations
Original film score by Nicholas Alan Nelson, who I can't thank enough.
IG: bit.ly/344qJU8
Soundcloud: bit.ly/346wYGJ
Race Tech came through for me once again! The engine department did the meticulous and precise work on the cylinder and head. For more info on Race Tech Engine Services: bit.ly/3gDyVzG
I'm happy to have worked with Wiseco on this video project as well. I love their engine components and was happy to have their piston as the star of the show. www.wiseco.com/
The engine stand used in this video is made by MHR/Metro Lakes: bit.ly/2Ko43a7
Pricing and ordering information: bit.ly/37Wus7k
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on youtube
awesome! five out of five
One of the greatest honors in all of moto Youtubing!
I thought there was no way I'm going to sit through 8 minutes of an engine rebuild video... But that was truly fascinating, I couldn't take my eyes off from start to finish! Seriously epic job.
This is absolutely crazy and amazing! Wow, the time and effort... and it's incredible. Amazing job. Too cool.
It's pretty damn cool getting a comment like this from the legendary Vurbmoto. Tons of respect for you guys and everything you've done. Thanks!
I love how he gave the pistons such character. Especially how the new wiseco didn't want to do the rebuild at first and the old piston was like no, you have to do this. This is honestly the inspiration I need to rebuild my old kdx220 that blew up a few years back.
I took that idea, the "refusal of the call", from the hero's journey story template. Other elements from the hero's journey are meeting the mentor (the manual) and finding allies (the tools). There is so much more I had wanted to do with the storyline and characters, but I had to finish this thing at some point 😂
I love hearing that my work has inspired people. Go dive in on that KDX, it's worth it.
@@Mechanimations Simply Brilliant!!
Amazing mate, just saw this on reddit! Had to come to UA-cam to drop and like and sub!
Thanks for taking the time to do that, I really appreciate it!
I do video for a living and I am competely blown away. The amount of time had to be insane. WELL DONE!!! BRAVO!!
I would ask how... but I dont wanna know. Ill just watch in amazement.
I thought the two pistons were going to team up to make a twin cylinder...
And the dude at the shop charged me for "man hours" what a ripoff!
That. Takes. FOREVER. Mad respect.
Who do I have to talk to in order to get my engines to Toy Story themselves like this?
Thank you for contributing this to the world of motorcycles and videos. What a rad production - I can only imagine how difficult it was to pull of. Looks like we've got a lot of the same tools, read the same manuals, and both send our cylinders to Race Tech. ;)
Thank you! I hope you read the manual closer than I do, even working at a snail's pace I managed to get a gear on backwards and a couple other minor mistakes 🤣 Can't wait to try the Race Tech cylinder out!
This is incredible! This blows the Hagerty engine rebuild videos out of the water!
I never thought I would be so entertained by a rebuild video. That was awesome! Massive props!
what is the best way to organize all the parts and bolts youve taken off. I I wanto to do a rebuild but im scared to put the wrong bolts in the wrongs holes
Came from Reddit, stayed for sick vids
Thanks for watching and stickin' around!
@@Mechanimations Same as Chrisp Bacon. Definitely worth the sub and the bell! Hope you are back to the project and we will see the next update soon. r/Oddlysatisfying
What make of engine stand is that? I want one! Great video....love it!
Just plain AWESOME.
Thank you! Love your videos as well!
For a second I thought the new piston was going to have to get into the cylinder before the cylinder got cleaned up..."oh no its a stop motion horror movie!" Good job, very well done.
Never! haha.
Hahaha, same initial fear here! Well done! Kids and I thoroughly enjoyed!
I don’t get it. How did this engine rebuild itself ?
That is an awesome piece of art. Well done!! Thanks for that
Did you have a hard time getting that center gear pressed into the Wiseco clutch basket?
It was a tight fit and I struggled a bit, but I didn't do it exactly how the instructions stated. I couldn't heat it properly and do it in one go due to having to animate it one small move at a time. Can't say how it would have gone otherwise.
@@Mechanimations thanks dude, when's the next installment of this series coming out?
Dude it's freaking amazing!!! So sweet you finished this. You characterize the parts so well. Love the sound effects.
Love to hear 'em, hate recording 'em. But you know that! Thanks man! Earl's toolbox is doing well.
Great job man keep up the good work
This video is better than many animated shorts that have won Academy awards. Full stop.
Thank you! It's been selected for the Santa Cruz Moto Film Festival and I'm waiting to hear back from two others. I'll happily take the feedback of the moto community over the academy, haha.
This deserves more views...
Wow, fair play. I can’t imagine how many hundreds of hours it took to create this video. Deserves more views!
Best rebuild video in history! I haven't touched one of these engines since the early 90's - amazing what I've forgotten in that time! Anyway, I don't have the slightest clue how you pulled off this voodoo magic, but it was friggin AMAZING!! NICE work!! Must've been a HUGE pain in the ass, lol!
Your sound design is amazing! As is the entire film!
Dude I just want to leave a comment before this hits 1.000.000 views. Excellent stuff!
Well my count shows you made it in at 493, so you're plenty safe! I would of course love to see a million as well, but I'm not holding my breath. Thank you for watching!
Absolutely frickin amazing mate fair play!!! Build itself looks amazing... The way uve done the videos are amazing...unbelieveable work, hats off!!!
Maybe I'm just a Guy....but the latest Hollywood "Blockbuster" can't Hold a Candle to this!
👍👍✌️🥰😎
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment field service and maintenance. A kindred spirit. I have a +30 year career starting with Applied Materials, IBM and GlobalFoundries. It was night job (worked night shift for nearly all of those +30 yrs) of rebuilding industrial equipment that gave be the skills to successfully maintain my Harley Sportster 95 XLH 1200 for 106,000 miles and 20 years. I started over 3 years ago on a used BMW 07 R1200RT with 48,000 miles. Good to see a fellow semiconductor manufacturing employee.
holy fuck
came to watch a stop motion of just an engine rebuild
stayed for the epic storytelling
I had never attempted any type of storytelling before, it took many revisions and was incredibly difficult.
For any amateur who thinks they should "rebuild an engine"? Think again. With ALL the parts, tolerances and techniques need to disassemble and reassemble an engine? If you don't understand THAT particular engine and in general don't understand how parts to that engine function? Your bike will NEVER run. Forget a ring, a washer or simply torque it incorrectly? You'll be taking it to the shop...
I clicked this video thank you would be more informative than some other ones.. Then I saw that it was kind of this very artistic, so I dialed back my expectations.. I was wrong to do that 😅
Very aesthetically pleasing, yet very informative without overloading the viewer with extra information.. or words in general. 😅. And nobody's hands/hairy forearm/shoulder/ass in front of the camera the whole time 👏👏👏 well done.
This is so cool! I really enjoyed watching the whole video! I hope you also do a 450cc animation engine rebuild.. Love from Philippines! 🇵🇭
I had a 2007 KX250 and that thing had so much low down and mid torque... tapped out early but im in my 40's and dont really have to fitness to ride a bike at at redline anymore. This thing would pick up and rear up like a horse from a near stand still. Perfect for busting out of corners. Man, I miss that bike.
Please don't share this publicly, I don't want customers to know how easy my job really is :) Amazing video !!
please, the 3 people that dislike the video step forward for a kick in the nuts, followed by a tutorial of what it means thump up and down.
Amazing video, amazing reconstruction, just missing the bike starting and going around by itself, pick up the pilot and disappear in a dirt road... but i suppose must be episode 2, and with the logo of pixar/dreamworks on it ;).
In my dream I can not take it apart or put it together.................................so easy........................
Damn... I have an ´89 I thought I would scrap.. now this makes me want to rebuild it... thanks for that😉
As always, absolutely incredible! Well done!!!
Definitely WORTH IT! Thank you
When I was younger I had no mechanical sympathy and I sent many a piston to the scrap yard. Kinda feeling guilty now. So sorry little pistols, conrods and crankshafts. Please forgive me
You sir or madam are an artist. Both ways. A lovely act of stewardship to bring this tired old engine and bike back to life, and a fantastic stop animator. You do this professionally???? That old piston and cylinder were shot to hell and had stories to tell I'm sure.
genius.
Чувак, ты просто крут! Dude, you're just cool!
This is the baddest dirtbike related video on the internet or in the history of time! I can't imagine the hrs it took to shoot this but this is the sickest thing I've ever seen!
As somebody who loves to build dirtbike engines, I think this is amazing 🙌🏻
I wish all tutorial videos were this interesting and helpful great job keep doing what you're doing 👍
This should be an educational video for kids to get into Motocross and the mechanics of it that was amazing I love this video. Lol 💚🤙🏁
this is the greatest thing I've saw so far 2021... also.. not sure why I felt so sad for the old piston...lol
Amazing editing and there's hardly anything more satisfying than a fresh engine rebuild. Great work all around!
Incredible! Thank you for sharing!
Amazing video! The 4 stroke version will be longer - LOL
Brilliant, I could watch a 1.5-hour video like this :D
I wish I could like this twice! This was absolutely fantastic
One of the best videos I have seen on UA-cam. The amount of time and effort that you put into this is phenomenal and it shows. Thank you very much for this!
just awesome .. epic for so many reasons .... well done guys ..
Holy LIGHTYEARS Batman!!
Amazing video! Keep up the awesome work!
omg this was so beautiful. Definitely worth it!!
Well done! I appreciated the sounds as well as the stop motion.
Bro this shit soo crazy .im trynna learn but im juat laughing
Fantastic.
500hours well spent
Puff brutal!!!
A rare time when the music didn't ruin the video. Well done!
This is amazing. Dear god thank you for letting me find this
Very Cool! Makes it look easy I'm sure it isn't lol
That was really good such an awesome job ..
Awesome!!!!! Incredible job. Best video I've ever seen. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
That's very high praise, thank you so much!
amazing. such good work! well done
A true piece of art, well done! pouring one out for the scrap parts!
Amazing video - Thank you!
Wow, if that little piston can do it, then so can I!
So proud for the little piston! What an effort!
How does this not have over a million views wtf so epic
Amazing video, the storyline is an awesome touch! Keep it up!
Thank you! Trying to plan and execute the story line was far more difficult than I thought it would be.
@@Mechanimations I can imagine! But it worked out very nice, definitely worth it! Well done!
it's worth watching! good job :)
Sooo good! Liked and sub’d my friend
whoa this is really awesome! instant sub
This is the best “engine rebuild video’s” ever!!!!
I do this work every day for over 30years now and I am just blown away whit the time and effort you put in this.
Also I would love to see things go so smooth and whit out problems in my shop😂😂
Seriously man,absolutely cool video.
Mind is blown
Thank you so much! I assure you all of the problems were there behind the scenes, I just removed them with the magic of editing. 😂
Well done, that is an amazing video!
That was awesome! Great job! Bravo!
7:51. Did he just pour one out for his homies? ❤
Damn right he did.
@@Mechanimations
Amazing stop-motion film 👌🏻
After 10 years on UA-cam, this is probably one of the best videos I've ever seen.
I don't even know a lot about bikes and mechanics.
Congratulations from France, a truly amazing work.
Thank you so much!
Even the sound is spot on!! This is way cool!
Hello, i recently bought a 93 Kawasaki KX250 as a project rebuild! The bike only came with the bottom end of the engine. I have little to none of experience when it comes to rebuilding dirt bikes. Could you offer any information about top ends such as parts needed to complete it? & i know for sure that the bottom end needs a rebuild itself.
I'm sorry I'm 3 months late responding to this. If you haven't found it already, you can find a PDF of the kawasaki repair manual online for free. It covers some things the Clymer manual doesn't, while the Clymer manual is more thorough in some areas. Either one should give you a good run down of doing a rebuild. A manual, online parts diagrams, Ebay, and some patience will get you there. Hope you've made some progress!
Wow, if something good can come up of us staying at home it is probably videos like this!
It was presented in the family's Friday evening dinner too :)
Yes, it made me realize I need to perform a scheduled maintenance on my bike +1
Thank you so much.
Thank you, that's cool to hear. Go grab a wrench and get to it!
We at Specbolt LOVE this video, even though they aren't our fasteners. Good work guys. Genius, pure genius.
Great to hear feedback like this from people in the industry, thank you so much!
Really epic video man. I enjoyed every second. Brought back memories of splitting the cases on a kdx80 in my teen years. Heck it reminded me my street legal xr400 is sitting in pieces with a new engine ready to drop in.
Thanks for the video man!
Thank you! Comments like this are made even better when I get a chuckle out of the user name😂
I came across this work of art as I am ordering all the bits and pieces for a 1997 KX500 rebuild. I will think of your video if I start to think of it as being a lot of work. Did your piston friend find any cracks in the intake or exhaust bridges?
Fortunately there weren't. Best of luck with your rebuild, I love hearing that my work inspires people!
Great work, how people can dislike this video I don't know. some time went into that for sure!!
Outstanding video, thanks for what had to have been many hours editing time, and attention to detail
plus a great sense of humor and imagination.
Was totally worth it !
How does this not have more views
Absolutely amazing.
nice animation but there is no information here to show how to rebuild anything ..there are no specs or critical clearances that need to addressed to avoid piston failure ....Click Bait
Nowhere do I claim that this is a tutorial.