$75 Dirt Bike. Can It Be Saved?

I end up buying this Kawasaki kx125 dirt bike for $75. Can it be saved?
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[@2vintage]

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[@leecameron7132]

1989/1990 rm 250

[@brennanwinfree3432]

@@leecameron7132 p

[@jeffmalkowski3311]

KX500

[@wyattbaume2509]

A yfz 450

[@joshhoward7806]

I have a dg pipe that will fit your bike

[@MaNNeRz91]

"I don't think ive ever seen a carburettor that bad" is becoming a regular catchphrase 😂😂😂

[@Builditathome-Restoration]

75 dollar insane! I wish i could find deals like that here in europe that wil make it way more easy to make build series!!

[@will17527]

Never find something like that for 75 pound in london lol

[@darwinnoah2851]

Thats what amazes me about it, here in the UK some moron would want £1500 for this, as it is!!

[@monkmodemalik8225]

No chance in Europe Lol

[@michaelroberts6299]

Thats a $2000 bike in NZ which is about 1250 pounds

[@chillycheeze2207]

Seems bout right for the u.s😊 japan and the u.s seem to have prices that way. Maybe from the mass flow and import of bikes through the 2 countries🤷‍♂️ if your anywhere else it seems that your 💩 out of luck and paying an arm n a leg

[@doobyboy21]

Damn why can't we have bikes like this where I live ? This $75 bike you bought would probably sell for 2000 where I live.

[@shaynedonnelly374]

Ya cause im sure ppl are paying 2k for a locked up old bike lmao you sound dumb

[@riccochet704]

Yup, everyone wants top dollar for their clapped out shitboxes.

[@why3011]

@@shaynedonnelly374 "lmao you sound dumb"

[@shaynedonnelly374]

@@why3011 how donkey??? If you'd by a locked up 30 year old bike for $2000 then you need to strap your helmet on tighter and stop riding the short bus to school while eating crayons and licking the windows you clown

[@why3011]

@@shaynedonnelly374 I'm quoting you.

[@supanami2241]

I don't think water got to that carb. I believe a squirrel was using it as a toilet.

[@grantkozopas8738]

exactly !!

[@davesplace1307]

I love these kind of videos Joe. Piecing back together what you already have! Great investment for just 75$ those parts will go a long way! Hope to see you working on this again after the rm125 first ride test!!!!

[@ty717atv4]

Thanks for the quick video I needed something to watch as always I appreciate everything you do be safe buddy and have fun

[@Yamaharider98]

Recently acquired a 97’ KDX200 out of a pile of scrap, the jug has been off and the thing sat there for about 5 years. I’m gonna do what I can to save it, parts availability has been my only issue so far. Hope all is well, love to see your channel grow as you explore your passion more and more

[@wannawin95]

Damn, you have been coming in clutch with the uploads lately. You have definitely impacted my productivity at work... Keep up the great work man 👍

[@markhensley9378]

Another great video! Lots of interchangeable parts. Good luck with this one. Thanks again for your time and videos.

[@benjamindavidson632]

Cylinder is still salvageable. And I bet the bottom end is fine once you open it up and clean it.

[@kaw1997]

Sheet rock reinforcement mesh works really well when you need to epoxy something with a added layer of strenth

[@Razor6On3]

Joe i used to have a kx 100 that i port and polished as well as had it bored out. It would tear a new asshole in almost every 125 and some 250s. I sold it 5yrs ago because i had blew out my knee and couldn't ride it anymore. Keep moving forward and grinding with the dirtbikes.

[@madddogg279]

Great content Joe Keep it up!!!

[@lewischase2822]

Hey what's up man? I really enjoy all your videos and l also learn plenty of new things from them. To answer your question, I would love to see you take on a snowmobile project of some sort. Appreciate everything you do man!!!

[@nickgruber2593]

Great deal! Keep it coming! Awesome content

[@MrGuvEuroman]

No it can’t be salvaged what so ever, I’ll come get rid of it for you.

[@andy5786]

Really like you're bike mechanics fella interesting love you're videos first class 👍

[@aidanpollack5007]

Hell ya man keep the content coming

[@michaelmays9292]

The 86,and 1987 where fast Good bikes that year

[@j-beatsimaginationstudio1987]

Wow, what did those tweekers do to that poor motor lol If anyone can make something happen, its you. Thanks again for a great vid. Be safe Brother

[@seancervantes1]

I bought a 84 Honda ATC200S for $100. Has all plastics and seat in 7/10 condition. Headlight w/o lens, no rear light. No metal racks. Bought a coil, CDI, spark plug, stator for $70ish. Tire has a wobble but it runs great

[@LastigeRasta]

Still think the $75 bike could be saved .. Just split the cases and save it

[@megamindtvsydney3967]

Hi bud hope you doing well ,enjoying the builds , the kx250 2 stroke from 1998-2006 sell for $6000 in Australia ATM. (Still in lockdown here in Sydney Australia.. currently I’m building a custom Yamaha wr400 supermoto.

[@amaurymachetes872]

Hi Joe, glad to watch an other of your videos.. 👍👍

[@brianjohnstone2922]

75 dollars? you have some good friends,big fan of the channel, love the vintage bikes and your rebuild content,from the south coast in the uk

[@heathwak3030]

Wow, I thought that the other 75 dollar kx125 was a good deal, this was an absolute steal

[@GarbageDanks]

Finally getting cold down there in Wisconsin eh? I'm just north of Duluth I feel ya buddy.

[@ianmangham4570]

Darn October, I'm waiting FOR SPRING 🤣

[@FJ80Coop]

Black non hardening form a gasket is what we used to use to seal a crack in an intake boot way back in the day... Squeeze it into the crack and smooth it down with a flat scraper and throw some heat at it using a heat gun and it seals the crack... Or just press some high end sillycone sealent into the crack if you're in a hurry and don't care what it looks like.. There's also vulcanizing cement but that's a pain in the a55 using a hypodermic and scraper and heat for a permanent fix...

[@KenMrKLC]

my man, the debris in the air cleaner and the corroded carb are not why it failed, thats all stuff that happened to it when it was sitting for countless years. Looks like it lost compression they pulled piston out and gave up and it sat for 15-20 years. Edit... Apparently after watching more... the piston removed itself

[@trose7620]

Great idea, rib Peter to pay paul.... happens all the time around here, that's why I pick up salvage bikes when I can. Never know!Great vid Joe.

[@marlyn3904]

It’s crazy the price of the bike. That would be a minimum of 3k in Australia. Absolutely love the videos man, keep it up ❤️

[@catsbyondrepair]

NO BODY IS GOING TO PAY THAT FOR A NON RUNNING BIKE

[@frankrizzo5057]

85 with surge powerband are so much fun. Too bad that bike was at the bottom of the ocean and then squirrels used it as a condo for 20 years.

[@jackpelliccia6294]

WOW 😮 she’s minty great 👍🏻 find joe keep up the good content

[@MollyMOTOCROSSTIPSANDTRICKS]

Great vid pal

[@colemaahs5280]

where do you find these deals!!!! i get a 1986 kx125 for 800 that didn’t run but came with a lot of extra parts tho but now i’m looking for a donor bike any help?

[@will17527]

Wouldn't be one of your videos if your phone didn't go off at least once lol love the videos bro

[@vwsandvettes3253]

Are you going to split the cases on the '87 KX125 that couldn't be saved? That might still be useable, and who knows, the crank "might" (and I stress "MIGHT" :-)) be salvageable with a new rod and big end bearing. Glad you're saving these old lime green bikes!

[@briancrull8678]

Rat 🐀 piss special ! If that crud is in the cases , the lower end is toasted too . I’ve pulled a part a few bikes like that

[@megamindtvsydney3967]

Awesome trouble shooting the problem excellent!

[@Mange070]

I had a KX 125 1988. Pretty fun bike.

[@theboogieman401]

Hell yeah man . Wherever you live you find the most rarest and cleanest dirt bikes forget about it where I come from Rhode Island I’m lucky to even have my CR 85R In good condition and it’s a 2004

[@opdanky236]

i got a 87 kx 125 im trying to get running now supper nice

[@trose7620]

Got a little... you find the rusty ones for sure. Got one today. guy wants fixed been behind his dad's old house for about 10 years. 77 XT 500 rust bucket. It was black and brown, now it's all reddish brown rust colored. Can't wait, yeah B.S. crazy but still cranks over, said it waslubed well at least every fall for past 8 years. Loads of wd 40 etc. Down cylinder and filled crankcase with it too.

[@spoolyboi9434]

Wish I could find a $75 bike that's that nice, I've seen some $100 bikes near me but they're way worse than that and smaller motors

[@markeithpeacock222]

Yall get it going

[@mathewisaacs1951]

Nice clean flywheel. Lol might can keep that part

[@larrywarner9314]

That's a resto project there bud it's all fixable but going to be costly I did one two years ago , Millennium technology did the cylinder highly recommend them top notch work .

[@jonnyonwheels]

When I saw that carb I definitely thought mouse pee was gonna be the big problem…..until you found the piston that is! Wow!

[@thequadzillaking]

You can also plastic dip old manifolds. (Intake Boot).

[@broo_shs]

i just give my friend a big Syringe Pump where is a plastic hose stuck at the top, and I told him to put end of the wire inside the hose and the other end of the wire into the oil tank and start sucking oil into it, he got the old gas and clutch caples work like a new one.

[@chrisburgdorf7469]

I'm needing parts for my 1980 kx 80 that I picked up at a flee market. Any ideas where or at least a good forum to go to, to look up a service manual?

[@edjacobson8480]

I bought a 1987 Kawasaki kx 500 for $400 that ran. Later I found it had radiator fluid in engine oil. Got frustrated sine parts are not available new anymore, so traded it for a 1997 honda xr 400 that had no problems.

[@chillycheeze2207]

Looks like the ring caught on the intake port badly and the messed up the cylinder getting out the wedged piston it seems to ME, ki literally had this happen 2 times in a row in the last month. I was told either from bad crank seals or terribly bad jetting. I just so happened to have both😊

[@Ggt5003]

Wow dude 1987 KX that’s awesome

[@mathewisaacs1951]

Probably a bent crank if you can turn it to that point and all of sudden it starts to bind on a pie of that piston in the bottom end

[@texaspoontaper5813]

Damn lucky I wish I can find deals like that

[@dannythomas9176]

i would really try to save the 87 get the cylinder re bored and split the cases its worth saving a classic bike and with it only costing you 75 worth a thought id like to see it get saved

[@dirtbikesfordinner3706]

Take that bottom end out of the frame on that 87 turn it upside down and blow compressed air at the same time you're rotating the crank that should take care of that last kink in the rotation of the crank and it'll help more as yk lubing it again first, and the point of it being upside down is so that whatever piston or other foreign junk that may be in there will drop out

[@dirtbikesfordinner3706]

We use to just spray the crap out of the crank with a power washer and rotate that b**** until it spent freely🤣, thinking back on this old tactic of mines it's actually Very effective! Then let water run out of oil plug hole too same time so when you do the engine oil flush you'll only need to do only 1 or 2 times and she's ready for fresh oil👌

[@GG-cw1er]

$75 how?

[@opdanky236]

i have the same bike what carberator rebuild kit did you find to make work or did you just buy a new carb i have like gas in my exhaust pipe

[@gtisid]

can all be fixed , depends how deep your pockets are. cases are worth the purchase fee

[@paultringali4099]

That piston in the crankcase could have cracked the cases. You need to split the cases. Good luck finding all these parts…

[@scotterickson6332]

Joe: This cylinder, it's got a lot of scores in it. What do you think Vinny? RUFF!

[@chromaticnomadic]

Once you realized the piston pieces were in there, why do you continue trying to turn it over? Just curious for learning...

[@KenMrKLC]

My theory is this.... The bike got a rip in the boot, and someone kept running it lean to the point it blew the piston to bits.... Then took it apart and saw the damage and it sat in the back yard for many many years

[@paulhewson4600]

Excactly,,,,thats my theory as well

[@patrickcowan8701]

The old kx's had that light switch powerband that was so fun. Kx had nikasil barrels have to be bored and replated expensive.

[@tylermxmurphy6440]

😂😂😂75 what a steel proper bargain wish we could get deals like that where I'm from. Would be a beautiful bike as well with a full rebuild/restore

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Seen that stuff a few times in the past year. Always high revving 2 strokes.

[@mb6060]

The 87 is a clean bike. Split the cases and replace the crank and replate the cylinder.

[@lt-z-quadnation6644]

Man those air boxes certainly have a lot of disgusting surprises in them huh?!? 😆 Hopefully you haven’t had any living surprises run out on ya. 🥴🤣

[@Ateyoshmoes]

Which carb was worse, the 1979 rm125, or this?

[@msm624]

87 was a great year for the KX

[@realdeal-ow5iw]

half a piston scrapnel confetti down in the case ~ no wonder its not spinning

[@larrywarner9314]

Looks like piston skirt maybe

[@shotgunz1248]

The theme was green and purple back then those bars are probably factory ones the stickers had purple some of them had purple in seat

[@doca8792]

Breaks my heart to see the neglect by the previous owner. Split the case, rebuild it, a one over bore/piston/ring and mill the head and it’ll be a beast. ?????

[@richardfarabaugh7604]

That’s what I was thinking. As long as the case isn’t cracked that engine isn’t gone. I’d save it for a rebuild. That’s me though. I guess to somebody else it’d be too much.

[@timneeley4040]

I remember going to the dealership in 85 and sitting on the 250 and dreaming.

[@richardfarabaugh7604]

So do I but I was dreaming of the KX125 that was for sale a block from me. I’d love to get that one and restore it to brand new. If it’s possible.

[@TheDriverr97]

Gosh dang, I'd totally trade my 94 Suzuki intruder 1400 for some pit bikes or a dirt bike 🥺

[@mathewisaacs1951]

That discoloration is from water looks like salt water to wth..some one thought they was driving a boat I guess.lol that's a rough one buddy

[@girlthaslu]

You will never find deals like this on long island. The lowest ive seen for a locked up bike is about $150

[@OldestYoungenInGuidePost]

" Pull that crack apart,....... a little bit " 😳😳😳 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@troyrosenbaugh9935]

Piston grenaded inside, may be tons of it inside crank case, might have to split it to clean it.

[@Ziggy_sawdust]

Great channel but the bloody adverts are killing it

[@checkforfleas9452]

It’s some of the piston. U didn’t know the piston was missing 😂. I caught that one when ya took the head off

[@jaredbauer3058]

You know its going to be a good video when this sentence is uttered at the beginning of the video when looking at the airbox - "Look at all the nuts in there..." LOL

[@1keykneedeep]

Cool bike. I had an 87 KX80 LOL

[@G82JOE]

The metal pieces Source was the piston. I knew that happened the minute you said there is no piston!

[@caseyjohnson2491]

How do you get these bikes so cheap I’m literally looking at the same bike on Facebook that needs a top end and they want 1000..

[@Biggie_Cheese445]

Where do you find these deals?!?! Fb marketplace?

[@mrbear1311]

Can you put the carb in the ultrasonic cleaner for me plzzz

[@user-nl2gz7wt2o]

I came from Cali to Georgia in 2005, and Im still wondering when I will be able to do this 😢😢😢😢

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Piston chunks under crank locking it up... it happens, sucks bit real deal

[@rjchiedog]

how much for the bike when its done?

[@mathewisaacs1951]

Definitely never made a surging powerband bike even in 85 lol but they may of had some bad roads or some bad power valves or some sort of air leak if you got a surging power band you got a problem needs fixing

[@bottomlinebassin2001]

I had an 84' KL 250. I paid $400 for it in 95 and rode it to school.

[@zacharywatters1843]

I've had several bikes come in with carbs looking like yours and much worse. Every one of mine has had rats nest built in them and their urine runs down into the carbs and eats away. A lot of mine have turned into a chalky white inside and the layers of the carb peel away

[@Mr.frag-out]

You should really mask up with those mouse / rat nests. You could accidently breath in a virus from the mice waste called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. It can be fatal for some. Be safe thanks for the videos

[@KowboyUSA]

$75 dirt bike formerly used as a jet ski.

[@jaypearce6199]

I'd say that's obviously been under water at some point 🤣

[@peteraitken6494]

Good work joe defo a parts bike way far gone unfortunately all not lost though for 75 bucks still worth it too bring another 1 too life 🔧🔧🔧👍👌

[@peteraitken6494]

Have you had a susuki rm 500 joe would like to see that 👍