Abandoned Suzuki Rv90 Bike Sitting For Years. Will It Run?

I find this 1972 Suzuki RV90 bike. It is non running condition with no spark. Can we save it and make it run again? #Suzuki, #RV90, #Rare,
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[@Venomrs4]

***VERY IMPORTANT*** I know you added premix “to be safe” but these are not like Yamaha’s etc. Suzuki CCI (which is their oil injection) directly lubricates crank bearings with oil from the pump. If you run premix only and don’t use the oil injection…or if the oil injection is not working…you can destroy the crank bearings. Suzuki has serious warnings that failure to provide proper oil through the crankcase injector ports on the CCI oil injection systems ON ALL MODELS (excluding TS/TM 400) will cause main bearing oil starvation. Just an FYI.

[@OldestYoungenInGuidePost]

A friend of mine had a Suzuki gp125 cafe racer and the guy he got it fro INSISTED that he always used the cci/oil pump, explaining why !!.., He had ported it & lightened the crank quite a bit, it went ........ well............... It went from low revs till 6,000rpm okay then it spluttered a bit and BANG 6,000rpm till 10,500rpm was like a rocket or explosion 💥 👌🏼 On/off loads of great 2 stroke power band , and us being 17 years old, it was fast for what it was 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Great times 👌🏼👍🏽

[@juk-hw5lv]

Oil injection system are extremely misunderstood by people and hated in an extremely stereotypical way. I wonder why did the Big Four use them in the first place if 99% of people either break them, neglect them until they break, or remove them immediately, and how it was back in the heyday of two stroke power

[@GoViking933]

Very interesting, thanks for the knowledge.

[@troyrosenbaugh9935]

Crazy, sometimes you pick up some of the old bikes from my youth. Makes me smile and remember why I became a motorcycle mechanic and all the fun I used to have getting them going...Awesome

[@11GalleryATV]

Cool little bike! The back end had a taillight and those brackets on the grab bar are for rear turn signals (the front has holes for turn signals as well) ... Awesome find!

[@TaterRogers]

My family has been in the motorcycle business for 1/2 a century, and a lot of times, when one of those mini bikes would come in, he could take a piece of all thread and run it down the pipe, and more often than not, a dirt dobber nest would be in there and after that, they would fire right up. Great watching these videos.

[@sandmanbub]

Once the transmission oil leaks into the crank case, it travels, with the fuel/air/oil mixture into the cylinder via the transfer ports. No need to get past the rings. I've worked on engines that had oil leaking past the crank seals and also engines that leaked oil into the crank case between the case halves. When the latter happens, the cases are usually warped. Sometimes resealing the cases works, but usually the cases (in my own experience) have to be replaced or resurfaced (if the deformation is minimal). The engine sounds great. Doesn't sound like the crank seals are leaking and I didn't see any transmission oil sputtering out the baffle. Looks like you lucked out with this one. Let's hope that metal that was stuck in the baffle came from a different piston. Couldn't see it very well, but looked like it could have been the edge of a piston, just above the top ring. Hopefully the piston's already been replaced.

[@TroyRosenbaugh]

Brings back some scary memories. Fun little bikes though, kinda awkward to get used to riding but definitely fun.

[@davebarrowcliffe1289]

In England, blinkers were optional in 1970. Dunno about USA laws though... Back light unit needs replacing though. If you can't get the original Suzuki unit, it shouldn't be too difficult to adapt something else to fit though. Love this project... Right up my street! 🙂👍

[@MRMechanicRC]

Sick dude! I have a 74’ RV125 with a TS185 swap and it’s cool. They’re very VERY loud bikes though 😂.

[@averyschwab703]

Been watching Joe's channel for years. It's my favorite because I'll see stuff go up on marketplace and just know I'm gonna see a video on it😂 live too close haha

[@jbj198840]

Should take a torch to the muffler/baffle and then fill the exhaust with gas and set it on fire so it burns all the crap out..sounds sketchy I know but I’ve done it to a few 2 strokes and it works well

[@2vintage]

Haha I just took a heat gun and stuck it at the end of the pipe. I left it sit there until it quit smoking. Then I hit it a couple times and all the carbon comes out of the pipe.

[@M.TTT.]

Maybe put (used) oil in to preserve the cylinder? But would've thought it would drain past rings over a year or less.

[@2vintage]

Yeah I had the same thought

[@M.TTT.]

I had a garbage find ryobi chainsaw that tipped on its side for a while and the fuel mix drained into the case since the piston was at TDC and the intake is lower than the bottom skirt of the piston.

[@juk-hw5lv]

It's in the instruction manual I believe, to put oil into cylinder before putting the bike into storage. But whoever did this on this bike went way over the top with the amount

[@M.TTT.]

@@juk-hw5lv yea, unfortunately no one does that anymore for the most part. I have some old cans of "fogger" oil which were meant for that.

[@anythingwithwheels1981]

I had a simalar issue with a 4 stroke Chinese engine. Looks like it had a bit too much oil in it, some older guys used to fill up the cylinders with oil if they were gonna sit for a long time so they didint seize up. But you never know!

[@murrayminimotors1674]

That thing has some COMPRESSION 😆 🤣 😂!!

[@MadsWorld34]

i never had any luck with 2 strokes. but like how you worked your way and figured it out. great job

[@FOOKYOUTUBENUMBERS]

Love the variety of this channel big fan from Liverpool UK

[@rico6249]

Ohh I see a Suzuki RM right there, will that be the next project that we are gonna see in a video?😉

[@2vintage]

Yep

[@SteveRhodes-gj4df]

Great bike, I grew up on one. Picked up 3 more, hopefully will have time to restore one when I find time.

[@waffalobill]

We had the RV 125. It had 5 gears. When I was a kid I had it going 70mph. That baffle in the muffler comes wrapped inbaffle material. That's the carbon you found. What's left of it. They came with tail lights, turn s8gnals, plate frame. Road legal bikes. Ours had a tach. The 125 was designed better. Carb behind the motor. Whole frame. They had buddy pegs to. It lasted a long time. We beat that thing. Lol. Battery not needed. Not battery ignition. It worked turn signals while idling at red lights.

[@BTR2018]

Your killing it man:) awesome video 🤘🤙😎

[@IamBATMAN2024]

Someone must have thought it was seized with the exhaust being blocked so they added the oil to the top end lol

[@shartne]

All the bikes from the seventies needed more top end gears. 4 was all you got. Yes if it just had one more gear it would be a lot better. Not an expensive repair that is good.

[@kevinAuman1]

What an amazing design for keeping the carb clean and away from the elements (dirt/water) I bet these things ran forever and very rarely broke down well over 4k miles on a minibike is damn near a million miles on a real motorcycle 🏍 🤣 it's kinda like dog-years 🤷‍♂️😝

[@davidlorenz887]

That sure brings back childhood memories is that a 84 yz 80 in the background? I had 2 of the as a kid bought them for 75 dollars each the good old days

[@2vintage]

83 I think!

[@turner9605]

I saw the yz too, I had a yz 490 back in 88 when I was 14, happy days.

[@thunderroad7289]

I had one of those back in the early 70s as a young kid. Rode the thing like crazy. Never let me down and it was good in mud lol

[@IamBATMAN2024]

WTH I’ve never seen a bike with a carb that’s placed inside the engine casing!

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

Neat little bike. These and Honda trail bikes are fun. It would be cool if it had all it's lights.

[@gabehafner2502]

Sickkkkk! Love the vids 2vintage

[@troyrosenbaugh9935]

Hydro locked, happens. Watch the stator, had one of them that went through them yearly. I may still have a replacement seat cover for one of those big awkward seats in my shop if so I'll send it to ya. Haven't seen one since.... great job.

[@troyrosenbaugh9935]

You take case apart, replace screws with 8mm headed bolts. You won't regret it.

[@robertwhitey6621]

Crazy seeing all the bikes we grew up with from the little 50’s and 70’s then our move to the 125’s and 250’s as we got older. Thanks for bringing back some of the great memories of growing up with these bikes.

[@frankreinhardt441]

That is a cool little bike, would be a fun little trail bike.

[@dennisradle8663]

What a blast from my past . I owned a red one in the late 70s. I would get 5 of my friends on it and we would cruse the trails and streets. The gas tank cought on fire and it burned up on the side of the road. Mine did have turn signals and tail light on it. Fond memories thanks.

[@2vintage]

Haha that's awesome. The seat is huge on this thing!

[@Zewestcoaster]

I had a Blue one just like this. Turn signals, empty license plate holder under the stop light and a chrome rack on the back. I remember Dear Old Dad and his mechanic friend taking the exhaust pipe off once, getting a nice hot fire going in the fireplace and placing the exhaust pipe on the fire to burn all the oil and carbon out. It always smoked. The only time I ever got it to stop was one time when I made several "high speed" passes on a straight stretch of logging road. Put hundreds of miles on the thing riding around in circles on our 1.5 acre lot. Fond memories for sure....

[@Z24300hp]

Wow! That is really cool. If we could rewind time.

[@Army4690]

Need to see the peacock/fuel lines and how they’re ran. I have one that someone previously messed with and have no idea how to hook any of it back up

[@fares-220]

I’ll give you 500 for that 🤩

[@sandmanbub]

Check to see if the horn has an adjustment screw.

[@Bittydog1956]

I have one bought it from a guy he called the bird mobile it has over 28k on it but I broke the kick start gear in the trains not sure what to with it it still run good when. It Brock I can still push start it but I’m 66 and that gets old really quick . It’s complete let me know what you think I should do with it . Thanks for your videos I enjoy them.👍🦦

[@m8fusion712]

Great video

[@jjjuarez312]

Thoses are fun bikes back in high school I use to have a RV125 Suzuki oil resovor is under the seat along whit the gas tank

[@kevinAuman1]

Holy this is a diamond in the rough bro, these babies are selling for $4,000 on up all over the internet 😳 (yes I was searching for one after seeing how cool yours is lol)

[@kevinAuman1]

They're called a vanvan in Japan lol they have all different sizes and they still made them even up till they did not make one in 2020 unfortunately but the newer ones were fuel injected 4-strokers and not a 2 smoker classic like yours... Very rare and very valuable yes they're street legal dual sport bikes and can be registered...

[@chrisbresson2571]

I love these bikes. I have a 73 and a 76

[@jonnyonwheels]

That’s a pretty fancy breaker bar you’ve got there at 20:10 Joe. Never seen that one on the tool truck🤣😂

[@dylanamalfitano3146]

Heck yea nice, I have 74 rv90

[@Kalus_Saxon]

1:10… indicators and possible mounting points for a rear rack

[@Kalus_Saxon]

4:40… didn’t take you long to work that out did it…. I had to look at stock pics

[@olds97lss]

Kind of seemed like first gear was too tall and 4th gear was too short. Still pretty cool unit though and got right up and going once it cleared out a bit.

[@charlieboyok]

When l was 18/19 l had a t25Or my brother inlaw sold it to me for £200, l also removed the Baffle & jammed a cork bung leaned it up right & filled it with fuel/ gas. Next day l poured a little gas out blocked it up again & gave it a good shake , after a Clean up( it was pretty messy) l took it for a road test god you could not see behind you for a few miles , but it ran better until the next problem cropped up , l now ride a GSX 1400 k8 Oh my old bike was a T250J not a T250R😱

[@turner9605]

The holes on the grab handle are Indicator mounts, same on the front next to h/light.

[@James79561]

Had a 1973 RV 125 . Rode the hell out of it . Beware . The kicker is weak be easy on it . Slam on the back break and it will roar leaving a big black streak in the road . These are rare , unfortunately I no longer have it . Keep that one .

[@TwoGunToast]

I just worked the set up the Mecum Auction in Glendale a few days ago and they had a couple of these in their collection of bikes that were gonna be auctioned. It was amazing getting to finally see some classics up close.

[@lancewashington3910]

Whats up with a fully built motor like a 212 310 420 i wanna see you build a frame or something i know you can do it you have all the knowhow your smart dude and it would be a big shock for the channel like a month long build kinda thing

[@buckpotter3184]

Hey man stop playing with the old engine though a predator in there souped up

[@joshdrivez8303]

Bro love the videos I’m trying to start my channel would really appreciate support!!

[@dustinhall8445]

I love you videos

[@BTR2018]

Your killing it man:) awesome video 🤘🤙😎

[@jasonlevernier9819]

Hydrolock, pushing oil left in crankcase up on top of piston every time piston goes down.

[@lonnieharris6197]

Very cool bike nice job.

[@davidmcfarlin9132]

Sounds Awesome 👌

[@colingolledge1884]

The RV90 and RV50, both were advertised as "Fat tyred funsters" I use to have a poster on my bedroom wall about the RV-90 (amongst other motorbikes) I never got to ride one but because of their "fat tyres" they never handled well. But as the name said, they were more funsters than serious riding..

[@larrywarner9314]

Come on Joe it was made in 1972 seals don't last for ever

[@cflip7452]

That is sweet👍

[@TheBobbyBassett]

Ireason you cant kick it over. t's hydrolocking with all the oil. Your rings not necessarily worn. The oil is leaking into the crank case, then via the ports the oil is sucked up into the combustion chamber, same way as fuel would be suck from crankcase.

[@rickwaldron4255]

On 2 strokes if yhey sit for a long time putting oil the cylinder is a must

[@Oxfire95965]

I wouldn't doubt that oils building up in the cylinder is giving back pressure

[@williamdavis922]

I had that exact machine when I was a kid, I used to drive it all over the race track, they are decently fast for a 90

[@alexmassie361]

Im still waiting on the next raptor 700 video ahah

[@annahmorris3050]

Please make a video on the wiring harness

[@josephnovella3589]

That is a great catch. Let me know if you want to sell it...

[@jimsworthow531]

Really nice vintage 2 stroke, just patch the seat; leave the original cover. Great Job!

[@tristarmotors7598]

I'd like to buy that for my wife for the farm.

[@colinmacleod7606]

That oil shot was epic 🤣🤣🤣spat my juice out laughing 👍

[@IrnMaiden304]

That's a collectors item, hang on to that thing. Usually people who mainly offroad these things take the signals, rear light and mirrors off so they don't break them. The center case gasket or sealant probably isn't holding anymore, oil for the transmission side of the motor leaking through if that's just straight oil, or maybe like you said, the guy put oil down the hole to keep it from locking up, or it was locked up and he put oil in it. Ken Kaplan probably has all the parts for that bike.

[@buckpotter3184]

I do it all the time buck Potter KZbin

[@fiero880]

What are you using to record audio in all of your videos with your helmet on that records your voice very clear with no wind noise ?

[@PongbyAtari]

I wanted one of these when I was a kid but never got I was 11 in 1972.

[@rickwaldron4255]

All the fond memories when.we were kids dirt bikes and money and no responsibility And the family was still alive how lucky we were

[@finster7582]

If thats a YZ80 J u have, id like to buy it ! Had one in yellow! 😃👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍also- people fill cylinders w oil for long term storage so theres no surface rust.

[@2vintage]

It's going to.be one of the next projects. I'll keep you updated on it, needs a few parts to get running.

[@finster7582]

@@2vintage very cool. Thank you!

[@josephcarino5829]

Your oil pump is stuck wide open???

[@dannytyson3278]

It could have had too much oil in it maybe?

[@jlucier59]

Bad oil injection check valve will also cause oil to hydrolock the top end

[@Hudson12339]

Love your chanel!

[@2vintage]

Thanks for watching!

[@philmorrow4080]

Awesome breaker bar.....😂😂😂

[@sebastiancantarelli6594]

Did you put oil back in the engine? Looks like you forgot to do that

[@Maga4Lyfe]

Great lil find there. Seems to run pretty good. Great job bud!!

[@posko76]

Love the RV90 Want one so bad but they sell for stupid money in Australia.

[@2vintage]

They are pretty fun to ride!

[@darrinwoodward14]

My uncle bought one just like it when I was a kid in 72.they came street legal with turn signals and everything.

[@troyrosenbaugh9935]

Battery is for light continuity. Doesn't do much else.

[@lynnh7694]

I had a Suzuki Grasshopper 50 when I was a kid. It was similar to that bike, and it was a 3 speed automatic. Great memories on that bike as a youngster.

[@leviolson7056]

Love the bike think those bikes are badass

[@sallaffan3847]

Big fan from Toronto ontario!!

[@lovelover3769]

Good job that was definitely worth saving

[@randywells9628]

it did have a tail light, and some had a small chrome rack on the back.

[@yellowveedub]

I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous. I SAID IM NOT JEALOUS 😃😃😃😃😹. This is awesome

[@richwicklund9001]

My grandpa owned this bike and I have fond memories of riding in front and holding on to the handlebars while we cruised the back roads. It had a back tail light and blinkers.

[@richwicklund9001]

@@yeahright302 I re-read my comment. I should have said "the exact same bike". I'm doubtful this one was his. Would have been cool though.

[@reggiexp69]

funny how the carb is closed off inside the engine :) never seen that

[@notimegarage8632]

These bikes go for a good price in MI got a nice deal!!!!

[@nickrichards7646]

i txt u on a diff vid..but i have a 1975 RV 90...mine is complete mint....but has been sittin in polebarn for over 30 years...sittin next to my 1974 Honda Trail 70..which is complete and very mint original cond

[@peteraitken6494]

Hahaha crackin little bike joe great job on the diagnosis I could sleep on that seat lol great video mate loving this channel take care buddy and all the best 🔧🔧🔧👍👌🏍🏍

[@flonations1323]

Dang I have always wanted an RV 90. If you ever think about selling let me know. Great video as always

[@markeithpeacock222]

Sounds really good

[@bryankerr69]

It's hydro locking when you build compression.