Dude when I finally get my own place ima start restoring old bikes again. You have rekindled a flame good sir and I thank you. Keep doing what you do. You inspire so many people.
My very first bike was a near new Ts 185er when I was 14, the bike was in tip top condition as my uncle owned a motorcycle shop so he made sure it was reliable, oh boy did I love that tourqey 185 2 stroke.
Yo, I’m so happy it fired up! I understand how nerve racking it can be after a long rebuild, but the feeling you get when it does fire is unbelievable! I’ve been watching this series from the beginning, and I have to say you’re doing really good! Keep it up!
Just bought a completely stripped down 1982 bmw r65 LS and plan on making into a cafe racer. Have no idea what I’m doing but plan on purchasing a Clymer Manuel and going for it. Say a little prayer for me!!! Lol
Awesome job bike looks great gave me drive to restore my 1980 ts185 instead of parting it out...hopefully it turns at least half as good lol keep up the amazing work you definitely have talent for it
Awsome work GoldGuy!! you have come along way with the TS185 and the bike now sounds much better and looks clean now seems all u need is a little fine tuning and maybe fix the exhaust leak at the cylinder with some quality sealer of your choice :) i look forward to more of your vidoes
Great job GG!! ..You should be proud of yourself, and what a great bike you've made in this project! Thanks for shearing, it is truly entertaining to watch your stuff. Remember, -The hard way is absolutely the best way to learn!.. That's what skills are made of, you knows.. Great! --- the sound (knocking) can also be the fuel,...Remember, those machines were made for lead-fuel back in the days.. a low octane fuel, does even make a 4-stroker go with piston-knock.. try a hi-octane fuel, and even put some lead additive to it, trying it out... Also double check the spark plug... So that the length of it isn't a longer one.... - And then keep it on the ritch'er side in air/fuel mix.. - They didn't like to get to hot back in the day... Keep up your good reasoning work, and thanks again for shearing your stuff!..
Nice work. Personally if I ever decided to get a dirt bike, I'd get one with a 4 stroke. I know they're not as powerful, but they're better on gas, quieter and pollute less.
GoldGuy you may have to pull the carb and check if needle and seat for the float have a good seal if it does not thats why your carb over flowed right away!!
Make sure to bleed the oil pump. It’s okay now because you ran premix but with regular gas there’s a high risk of the engine seizing because of air in the oil pump.
As was noted by other commenters: Yes, use ELECTRICAL (like lead-tin, eutectic alloy, not plumbing!) SOLDER + flux. Always ensure you have a firm mechanical bond between the two parts before you join them electrically with the solder. (Plumbing solder is lead-free because a Flint, Michigan situation = bad.) Don't melt the solder onto the components; that's not how it works! Instead, your components first have to be warm enough so when you touch the solder to them, the solder melts and flows like water to surround them. (But you still have to avoid melting the insulation and plastic parts, which is why you want to use a soldering iron with wattage appropriate to the size of the parts you're working with.) Hold the iron in place a few moments to ensure complete wetting. That's what it's called. No clumps; all smooth and mirror-shiny. Solder will not adhere to oxidized components, so you should first run sandpaper over the ends of the wires if they aren't bright and shiny. Soldering is easy and you only need a hand to hold each part + a hand to hold the iron + a hand to hold the solder + a hand to hold the light + hand to hold the solder sucker (when removing components from circuit boards) + a hand to give the finger to the part + a hand to... Anyway... it's easy! Yummy lead fumes... whee! 13:51 there's smoke shooting off in two directions from the front of your exhaust header. Love it, Man. In 40 years, you're gonna be the guy everyone comes to to have their asses saved from a jam. Choose your clientele well, and "don't give it away if they don't appreciate it". Ah, all those unburnt hydrocarbons, waiting away to...somewhere. I'm in environmental engineering, so I feel I oughta point out my 1979, two-stroke Vespa shot as much carbon into the atmosphere as SEVEN SUVs, so... cheers.
Great work! My bro had a 74 and he claimed it went so fast down a hill the speedometer cable popped off when the guage dial did a full 360 rotation around. What a story.....right?
I wonder, could he show us how he rewired that whole thing, I recently got a ts185 I believe its from 1974 but it's an l model where as his is a k, but from my knowledge they have very similar wiring diagrams but I'm having issues with the wiring, so I was wondering if he could possibly walk us through a tutorial of the wiring and how it goes
Jump on ebay and grab a butane soldering iron. Under $10 and makes wiring a breeze. Also grab some thin 2% silver solder which is also pretty cheap on Ebay.
im sure that noise is probably piston slap. your piston to bore clearance should be .0025- .003 with taper and out of round within a .001 guessing with piston size, measuring with feeler gauges and runing a glaze hone through it isnt gonna cut it. glad its close enough to run though you should have also closely felt to see if you had play in the big end of your rod bearing when it was disassembled. if you need some pointers or aren't sure about something id be happy to help. also dont bend your float tab to try to make it stop leaking it wont work trust me thats not why thats there. youll have to get a new float valve , you can probably find a needle that has a viton tip instead of the steel tip.
@kizza40897 piston slap is when there is too much clearance between the piston skirt and the wall of the piston cylinder (piston to bore clearance) and the piston rocks and slaps the cylinder wall making a noise usually light piston slap will improve or go away completely as the piston warms up and grows from expansion making the gap smaller
@@owensaucy whatever works for you but i rebuild more carbs than that every month sometimes 3 to 5 a day and bending the tab usually just aggravates other problems and is a work around and not correct practice. the fuel level can be set to fine to lean/rich conditions at different throttle openings/vacuum levels. and is best left at factory specs
This is a brand new piston with brand new rings. I assure you it isn't piston slap. The issue was the exhaust mount, the bottom bolt stripped out on the bracket and the whole thing was rattling around (among other things).
I subscribed to your channel because of this build. Good job! I need to rebuild the engine on my 1975 tc 125. Did you find a complete rebuild kit for your motor or did you have to piece it together?
hi Gold Guy, Im currently working on my own TS185 that I found on facebook marketplace, all you're video's have been extremely helpful during my COVID-19 lockdown project!! I have managed to start my bike also, but it is sounding very rough, it sounds like an old egg beater on a steel mixing bowl. In this video, it sounds the same when you say "rod knock or valve hitting piston" but then your noise seems to disappear. do you think my bike, after a long period of not being started, might just need warming up to blow out the cobwebs?
hey man love all your videos! had a question i have 1981 suzuki gs750e and ive cleaned the carbs all out and got the needles real good. my bike starts up fine but will die as soon as it can unless you give it throttle and once it runs for a little bit its fine. now i know there was an air needle maybe that i can not figure out how to get out. would that give me this dying problem?
PLEASE stop using flux when soldering electrical stuff That shit will corrode and decay the wires. It’s meant fir plumbing and is acidic. Solder should have a Rosin core
Dont think it matter o just thought it was funny when you slowly stated you were using the right oil and then it said 4t in fat letters and numbers on the bottle haha
Dude when I finally get my own place ima start restoring old bikes again. You have rekindled a flame good sir and I thank you. Keep doing what you do. You inspire so many people.
This whole series is so helpful for my 1980 TS125
It's alive! Can beat the way a 2 stroke sounds. Congratulations!
Wingy-dingy-ding-ding-dingy-ding! :)
Muffler sounds super cool, judging by the smoke the oil pump works, it tourned out so nice! Thanks for your videos Goldguy!!!
My very first bike was a near new Ts 185er when I was 14, the bike was in tip top condition as my uncle owned a motorcycle shop so he made sure it was reliable, oh boy did I love that tourqey 185 2 stroke.
Followed this build since the start. You just earned yourself a sub dude. Well done
Thank you! Welcome aboard
Yo, I’m so happy it fired up! I understand how nerve racking it can be after a long rebuild, but the feeling you get when it does fire is unbelievable! I’ve been watching this series from the beginning, and I have to say you’re doing really good! Keep it up!
That home made muffler sounds good and hat's off for your hard work 🤘👍
Just bought a completely stripped down 1982 bmw r65 LS and plan on making into a cafe racer. Have no idea what I’m doing but plan on purchasing a Clymer Manuel and going for it. Say a little prayer for me!!! Lol
Don't work about that clattering its your rod but most of those old two strokes sound like that and yours isn't bad I wouldn't worry about it
Nice work gold guy makes me want to get my ts185 project finished.also makes me want to start a youtube channel of my own.
this whole playlist is saving my fuckin ass on restoring a TS90 that i have a ton of extra parts for, but not the knowledge of what to do. THank you
The excitement roll at the end 😂😂😂 awesome video!
Great job on the rebuild.. bet the neighbors were a little upset with the smoke.. but they'll get over it. Have fun and be safe..
Awesome job bike looks great gave me drive to restore my 1980 ts185 instead of parting it out...hopefully it turns at least half as good lol keep up the amazing work you definitely have talent for it
Shes a smokey one! well done on the build, this is my fav out of all your builds, colours look great on the bike.
Watching this while rebuilding my bike
Same I've got a 1980 ts185
@@nostrem82 1980 TS125 here
@@StanleyKubick1 1980 KE175 bored to 185 so virtually the same exact bike
Good job GoldGuy! Have really enjoyed this series!
finally been waiting on this build
Good job kid! That was a fun video to watch! Congrats!
You’re gonna be riding soon mate, excellent work Gold Guy 👍👍
from the workshop channel, glad you finally got this thing going, good on you lad, wish i could be doing a project like this
Dude good work i can relate so much with your style of mechanics. Financially efficient by using what youve got. Love the bike looks great already
sounds good!! congrats gold guy. greetings from argentina.
Go Go Goldguy! Keep on growing!!!!
Awsome work GoldGuy!! you have come along way with the TS185 and the bike now sounds much better and looks clean now seems all u need is a little fine tuning and maybe fix the exhaust leak at the cylinder with some quality sealer of your choice :) i look forward to more of your vidoes
Heck yea man. Can't wait too hear her roar too life
I was gonna say, that's just the way 2 strokes sound hahaha. Good job!
Great job, kid
Great job GG!! ..You should be proud of yourself, and what a great bike you've made in this project!
Thanks for shearing, it is truly entertaining to watch your stuff.
Remember, -The hard way is absolutely the best way to learn!..
That's what skills are made of, you knows.. Great!
--- the sound (knocking) can also be the fuel,...Remember, those machines were made for lead-fuel back in the days.. a low octane fuel, does even make a 4-stroker go with piston-knock.. try a hi-octane fuel, and even put some lead additive to it, trying it out...
Also double check the spark plug...
So that the length of it isn't a longer one....
- And then keep it on the ritch'er side in air/fuel mix..
- They didn't like to get to hot back in the day...
Keep up your good reasoning work, and thanks again for shearing your stuff!..
Nice work. Personally if I ever decided to get a dirt bike, I'd get one with a 4 stroke. I know they're not as powerful, but they're better on gas, quieter and pollute less.
great intro music :D
And thanks for sharing your passion with us.
GoldGuy you may have to pull the carb and check if needle and seat for the float have a good seal if it does not thats why your carb over flowed right away!!
Make sure to bleed the oil pump. It’s okay now because you ran premix but with regular gas there’s a high risk of the engine seizing because of air in the oil pump.
Nice job man! Now go ride it! 😎
Great job, just a little fine tuning now:)
Well done kid keep it up!
the screw on the bottom of the oil pump is a bleed screw you unscrew it (not all the way) and it bleeds the oil lines with 2stroke oil.
Yes, I did that but just didn't film it
Really want a ts185 now haha
41k subs. Ur gaining.
hell yeah!! sounds good!!
Good job mate
Yesss i have been waiting
This turned out amazing man! Proud of you! Wanna work on my BMW now? Haha
SMOKE GRENADE !
That thing was a basket case. Nice job
As was noted by other commenters: Yes, use ELECTRICAL (like lead-tin, eutectic alloy, not plumbing!) SOLDER + flux. Always ensure you have a firm mechanical bond between the two parts before you join them electrically with the solder. (Plumbing solder is lead-free because a Flint, Michigan situation = bad.) Don't melt the solder onto the components; that's not how it works! Instead, your components first have to be warm enough so when you touch the solder to them, the solder melts and flows like water to surround them. (But you still have to avoid melting the insulation and plastic parts, which is why you want to use a soldering iron with wattage appropriate to the size of the parts you're working with.) Hold the iron in place a few moments to ensure complete wetting. That's what it's called. No clumps; all smooth and mirror-shiny. Solder will not adhere to oxidized components, so you should first run sandpaper over the ends of the wires if they aren't bright and shiny. Soldering is easy and you only need a hand to hold each part + a hand to hold the iron + a hand to hold the solder + a hand to hold the light + hand to hold the solder sucker (when removing components from circuit boards) + a hand to give the finger to the part + a hand to... Anyway... it's easy! Yummy lead fumes... whee!
13:51 there's smoke shooting off in two directions from the front of your exhaust header.
Love it, Man. In 40 years, you're gonna be the guy everyone comes to to have their asses saved from a jam. Choose your clientele well, and "don't give it away if they don't appreciate it".
Ah, all those unburnt hydrocarbons, waiting away to...somewhere. I'm in environmental engineering, so I feel I oughta point out my 1979, two-stroke Vespa shot as much carbon into the atmosphere as SEVEN SUVs, so... cheers.
Great work! My bro had a 74 and he claimed it went so fast down a hill the speedometer cable popped off when the guage dial did a full 360 rotation around. What a story.....right?
Hahahaha I believe it
Still waiting to see some stunts with this bad boy!
cant wait!!
I wonder, could he show us how he rewired that whole thing, I recently got a ts185 I believe its from 1974 but it's an l model where as his is a k, but from my knowledge they have very similar wiring diagrams but I'm having issues with the wiring, so I was wondering if he could possibly walk us through a tutorial of the wiring and how it goes
get a factory service manual or a haynes manual, they have all the wiring diagrams
Jump on ebay and grab a butane soldering iron. Under $10 and makes wiring a breeze. Also grab some thin 2% silver solder which is also pretty cheap on Ebay.
im sure that noise is probably piston slap. your piston to bore clearance should be .0025- .003 with taper and out of round within a .001 guessing with piston size, measuring with feeler gauges and runing a glaze hone through it isnt gonna cut it. glad its close enough to run though you should have also closely felt to see if you had play in the big end of your rod bearing when it was disassembled. if you need some pointers or aren't sure about something id be happy to help. also dont bend your float tab to try to make it stop leaking it wont work trust me thats not why thats there. youll have to get a new float valve , you can probably find a needle that has a viton tip instead of the steel tip.
I know adjusting that tab isn’t the correct way but I have 30 ish old bikes now and just bent the tab works every time
@kizza40897 piston slap is when there is too much clearance between the piston skirt and the wall of the piston cylinder (piston to bore clearance) and the piston rocks and slaps the cylinder wall making a noise usually light piston slap will improve or go away completely as the piston warms up and grows from expansion making the gap smaller
@@owensaucy whatever works for you but i rebuild more carbs than that every month sometimes 3 to 5 a day and bending the tab usually just aggravates other problems and is a work around and not correct practice. the fuel level can be set to fine to lean/rich conditions at different throttle openings/vacuum levels. and is best left at factory specs
If the clattering goes away when you rev it up (which it sounds like it does) it is piston slap. Should go away when it warms up.
This is a brand new piston with brand new rings. I assure you it isn't piston slap. The issue was the exhaust mount, the bottom bolt stripped out on the bracket and the whole thing was rattling around (among other things).
Yay
I subscribed to your channel because of this build. Good job! I need to rebuild the engine on my 1975 tc 125. Did you find a complete rebuild kit for your motor or did you have to piece it together?
The noise is probably just a bit of piston slap, does it get better with a hot engine?
Hey man, dont no if u noticed but u got an exhaust leak at the down pipe. 😊👍
i also peeped that
Yeeees she liiiives again
Mariachi song, no sabía que tenías buen gusto bro
congrats
well at least you got a moscito repellant, that smoke will keep them away 4 sure haha
hi Gold Guy, Im currently working on my own TS185 that I found on facebook marketplace, all you're video's have been extremely helpful during my COVID-19 lockdown project!! I have managed to start my bike also, but it is sounding very rough, it sounds like an old egg beater on a steel mixing bowl. In this video, it sounds the same when you say "rod knock or valve hitting piston" but then your noise seems to disappear. do you think my bike, after a long period of not being started, might just need warming up to blow out the cobwebs?
Hope you re jetted the carb, otherwise you'll be getting a hole in your piston! looking good.
Really nice Restoration !!! My Qwestion is….the Tyres..what Brand ???
Good one.
Yoooo. After the rebuild of my 81 ts250 she didn't smoke that much.
Yay (2)
Valve hitting the piston? What valve?
Cool mines almost finished Little more work
Hi to all.
Can i use 4T OIL to my 2 stroke zusuki TS185?
Thank you 🙂
I'm guessing you are finally done with grease, or are you ?
Since u seem to have good luck with finding parts, u know of any Kawasaki 1986 ZL600 parts by u?
Look into getting a soldering iron. They’re inexpensive and make a much cleaner job
hey man love all your videos! had a question i have 1981 suzuki gs750e and ive cleaned the carbs all out and got the needles real good. my bike starts up fine but will die as soon as it can unless you give it throttle and once it runs for a little bit its fine. now i know there was an air needle maybe that i can not figure out how to get out. would that give me this dying problem?
I saw you put 4 stroke oil in the engine. Is that okay with 2 stroke engine? Thanks
Yes it's okay because the 4 stroke oil only went into the gearbox and I am still using two stroke oil mixed in with the gas.
visible exhaust leak from the flange around the 14 minute mark
Woo woo!
How long has it been
should have replaced the cables in the first place man
I completely agree, I was spending dollars trying to save pennies, not worth it.
I agree, old cables always seem to let go at the worst time. He was lucky it happened in the garage and not 40 minutes away from home lol
@@GoldGuyRides jeez thanks for replying man. Big fan, all the way from NEPAL. :D
will you be going back to the previous owner showing him what youve done to the bike?
Yes I will be
@@GoldGuyRides cant wait to see his reaction
your exhaust has a leak at the front look at 13:50
Fantastic! The noise should be normal, my 73' rebuild sounds the same. We've been working on our bikes simultaneously!
Make sure you bleed the oil pump after putting oil in..if there's air in the oil pump it won't pump properly.
hell yea 👍💪👍
Can u go swing by the guys house where you bought it and show him it again
Check the oil lines to see if the oil pump is working. Also you can buy the piece that holds the cable into the pump for a couple bucks: 16292-03112
PLEASE stop using flux when soldering electrical stuff That shit will corrode and decay the wires. It’s meant fir plumbing and is acidic. Solder should have a Rosin core
I would have painted it white/Blue or yellow/Blue.
Hi
Hi
You should get a 1971 Honda SL70 to fix up next
I think something is rattling pretty bad on the bike probably just something loose
Dont think it matter o just thought it was funny when you slowly stated you were using the right oil and then it said 4t in fat letters and numbers on the bottle haha
Looks weird to me cuz the front wheel looks bigger.
LispyJared the front wheel is bigger on that model
Patrick McDonald seems so odd though
Fix the carb issue asap
If youre not blowing smoke youre a joke - Ronnie Mac
Nasty soldering job, need electrical solder, soldering iron and do a lineman's wire splice. Awesome work though!
I need a new ring after last night curry
lol get a soldering iron...cleaner and easier
Also takes longer to heat up... I have 2 soldering irons I just don't like them
Ewww that bottom end bearing sounds like it's worn
Just use scissors bro....what's with all this knife shit for "unboxings" anyway?
Just trying to be entertaining, scissors are for pussies