Those levers are actually really rare. The O’Neal brand made them back in the 80s and called them a total control lever. You can’t find them anywhere nowadays
It's a new generation, and we tend to think the world started turning the day we were born. MXA (magazine), is a prime example of not knowing the past in the sport they write about today. Remember the "DeBruiser" cross bar pad that was very popular in the 80's (and probably 90's too), even with many factory riders and privateers using them, (me too)? MXA today laughed at it,---and thought the slit down the side, (to get it on the cross bar), was suppose to hold air,--and it leaked. Not kidding. In print for the world to see man.
All I gotta say is it's amazing how far u have come since u started back in the day w Charlie...Keep up the great work and all rewards in the future u Def earned and deserve. Many more yrs 2 come my friend..cheers...b safe.peace..
Tip to get those stuck or over tightened drain bolts. Use a 6 point socket. Firmly tap your wrench with your hand or mallet. 60% of the time works every time. Works for spark plugs also.
One of the best channels out there if you are into bikes/quads and love wrenching on them. (Ignore the jealousy that appears in the comments and the arm chair quarterbacks that are always willing to tell him what he did "wrong".)
Damn, here is a 50 year old guy just remembering the good times i had with a '95 bike like that!! The crisp sound underneath ya while riding the track !!! Just does it for me... makes me want to get one again, but my knees would hate me for that!!😁😁😁😁
word of advice. use atf on 2 strokes for motor oil. yes 4 stroke oil will work but its a gear box and the engine is lubbed up by premix. atf also is a lot thinner and makes all 2 strokes shift like butter. will also prevent your clutches from sticking unlike motor oil
I bought a 95rm250 a while back in about the same condition an I redone it from the frame up. Parts are so hard to find I had a problem with broken power valve an took me forever to source but I take it to the track every week whooping up on 4 strokes. The 90s bikes still decimate to this day with the right rider
I had a 1998 Kx 250, back in the 05s or around there. Sold it to go to college. Loved that bike. Only downfall was it had specific to it's year shock linkage stuff. Looked just like that 95 but had more purple black. I'll be enjoying this video for sure.
All those people that talked crap about you for years see you are killing it and probably are more successful than half of those grown men that would rag on you instead of being helpful.
like that you’ve started putting the music in the beginning of the video again. the music you choose fits quite well, really adds to the theme of the video
Dude, I just subscribed. I cannot stop watching your videos. This is just so satisfying how you get these bikes back to life and then you even go out of your way to test ride them just an awesome relaxing video man thank you bro
Clearly the little amount of oil that was in there saved this engine 💯 you said it was sat for years so don't need to worry if it's been drained good find Joe keep up the videos
Nice. These videos have me fiendishly wanting to rip a 2 stroke around. But all I have currently is a riding lawn mower. Might put a fmf n re-jet so it rips
Up the main jet for the pipe, maybe a clip on the needle to clean up the transition from bottom end to mid range(as another commenter said) replace missing fork guards rear mudguard, add a graphics kit tyres and off to a new owner $$.
So jealous of the land lol especially now that the riding trails here in Mass are closed for the season now. Just needs a few jumps and a set track and you could have some awesome riding there. Congrats nice find I love KX'S. I have a 09 KX 250f and a 98 YZ400F wish I was close by we could tear up some dirt. I'm kind of an old man but I can still rip some shit up lol.
You get some amazing deals on these, once in a while I'll get onto fix and they don't want to pay or can't so I end up getting smoking deal. Crazy some of the stuff I've locked on to over the years, mechanics leans and such.. If I sell t hem I usually always get my money back out of em, well shop money. Gotta keep the lights on. My ebay and local swap n shop sales do well usually to. You got a good gig there, keep it up. It's amazing what used MX bikes and atvs will fetch price wise. Another great vid Joe!
2 strokes are the best keep doing 2 stroke stuff love it! I just started using klotz benol and the performance of the yz 125 is incredibly better smells amazing too
thanks to you ive learned so much which has helped me make the decision of doing stuff like this. eventually I'll buy my first vehicle to work on and hopefully make a profit. thank you
When you first took off I thought she wouldn't fly, but I remembered the spark plug barely sparking messed up. So when it cleared out even with bald tires I knew it would fly.
@Joe I would like to know if you run her again? I'm seeing a few things that puzzles me. 1. Small main jet. (previous owner trying to lean her out) 2. Old plug looks like she had been burning oil. 3. Very low eng. oil level. 4. Slow to burn of the oil in the eng. This could be pointing to an oil leak between the crank case and the transmission!!! Let her sit for a few days and run her again. And check the plug.
125s are the best dirt bikes enough power any1 can ride them yet small enough to throw around I've had em all 125 250 300 450 still love a good built 125 for trail riding nothing beats em
Buy a new rear fender and some new fork guards and fix the seat foam chunk that is missing with spray foam super simple and cheap should of did that when fixing the seat cover.
In my 60 years of riding and working on motorcycles there were only 2 motorcycles that scared me on a first cold ride. A 1988 KX500 we had to pull with a quad to 3rd gear it. That bike had my eyebrows wiggling. And an old Maico 501 4 speed 'crosser. 70 mile an hour 4th gear wheelies just blipping the throttle! Honorable mention- Kawasaki 1300 (not the bagger) and second gear tire lock against a brick wall at the shop I was working at back in the day. My retina's have never recovered! By the way... have you ever had a customer use a nail for a jet needle?
Aren't you supposed to leave the throttle closed when it's on choke. You're always kicking and opening the throttle at the same time I wonder if that could affect it's starting
It's also funny as hell how he kicks the bikes a 1000 times then, he decides to put oil in the cylinder. This kid has NO CLUE! I find it very sad how easily people are fooled by his "halfway repairs" and think he's a genius.
@@2thehook773 amen to that! I also noticed how he referrers to the 10th digit of the vin to get the year of manufacture, no matter the manufacturer. I know this only really works for Honda
@@drewbase I had an 88 CR500R and the only way it would cold start for 2 to 4 kicks was full choke and hold the throttle wide open while kicking , well at least 1 kick at a time 😂
Whats the best oil to use for mixture on the two stroke also the engine oil what brand is it good to buy. I own a 2003 banshee and just curious what y’all using
Don't mind the haters in the comments, many of them expecting you to treat the bike like you're a factory technician prepping for a Supercross race. What you do works, and is effective with good results. And guaranteed, none of these people criticizing your techniques have resurrected nearly as many old two strokes as you have.
Making me want to get an old bike to work on 😂 don't get me wrong I love my 2022 Dr650, but I've always loved the rm series bikes. Would love to get an old 125 to do some work on and have some more fun with. My Dr is a pavement princess I need her to help save $$ on fuel for my commute to work and stuff. Great video.
8th 💀 love the vids and my kdx project is almost ready to sell, i have to install a clutch side gasket and get the rear shock rebuilt then buy new plastics for it, keep up the good work!
Fun video !! Nice work , I am not much of a Kawasaki fan since 2000 . I crashed my new kx 250 in 2000 and ended up in hospital for 6 weeks uggg and totaled my new bike and myself 😁 in the process !! So other than an occasional ice race on a kx500 I have not owned or raced one !! I have practiced on newer kx450f now and then but scared 😨 lol of green bikes !! Thanks again Joe for entertaining us once again !! Mouse 🐁 mouse 🐁 lol 😁
when u take carb off take the bottom subframe bolts out an pull tht bit up an out of way an when riding the old 125 wont hit pb till you runnher through the gears abit at half throttle dunno why thts wat mine does
Dude, I don’t believe you on your prices you could be legit about what you pay for them and probably still do well on your videos. I noticed on one of your videos you gave two different prices for what you paid for the raptor.
Awesome video Joe cracking sounding bike worth getting new tyres and doing up a bit have a great weekend Awesome deal for 500 bucks and getting the exhaust was worth it they run well the old kx 125s
Hey I was wondering if you could help me find a crank for my 1995 kx125 I have bin trying to find one for my bike and just can’t find one pls help me I need some good websites that might have a crank for my bike
It WILL run if you know how to figure out what is wrong and fix it, (and that takes "thinking experience"" time, just like mastering anything else.). But a lot of people, if they tinker enough, do get lucky eventually also. Why is it we don't tinker with 4-strokes today? Probably because you need a few engineering degrees. hehe. Now we know the YZ250 2-stroke is the most popular full sized MX bike running on the planet today, and much of that reason is, because we can fix them pretty easily, and cheaply.
Why the grease at 12:40? I always used a little extra air filter oil??? For the past 20+ year's? Also the gap on the plug looks to tight.. I had a 96KX 125! Rocket ship when Jetted right, terrible suspense for trail, prone to tank slap! 😂🤣
Not too much experience with Watercooled 2 strokes, but I have heard it's not good to leave coolant in them and let 'em sit for any length of time...eats up the Aluminum or Magnesium or whatever the Motor's made of...
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Those levers are actually really rare. The O’Neal brand made them back in the 80s and called them a total control lever. You can’t find them anywhere nowadays
Super rare
kinda funny how he said cheapo ones, if those are cheap i would like to buy the same, cause i never seen any of these befor for sale..
It's a new generation, and we tend to think the world started turning the day we were born. MXA (magazine), is a prime example of not knowing the past in the sport they write about today. Remember the "DeBruiser" cross bar pad that was very popular in the 80's (and probably 90's too), even with many factory riders and privateers using them, (me too)? MXA today laughed at it,---and thought the slit down the side, (to get it on the cross bar), was suppose to hold air,--and it leaked. Not kidding. In print for the world to see man.
All I gotta say is it's amazing how far u have come since u started back in the day w Charlie...Keep up the great work and all rewards in the future u Def earned and deserve. Many more yrs 2 come my friend..cheers...b safe.peace..
Tip to get those stuck or over tightened drain bolts. Use a 6 point socket. Firmly tap your wrench with your hand or mallet. 60% of the time works every time. Works for spark plugs also.
I use 6 points on every bolt I can anyways so I don't strip them
If you use a rubber mallet, you can pretty much hit it as hard as you physically can without marring anything.
Did you just quote Brian from anchorman?
One of the best channels out there if you are into bikes/quads and love wrenching on them. (Ignore the jealousy that appears in the comments and the arm chair quarterbacks that are always willing to tell him what he did "wrong".)
I love the old 2 stroke bikes, dirt and street. Watching your channel keeps me motivated to keep restoring mine, keep up the good work
Damn, here is a 50 year old guy just remembering the good times i had with a '95 bike like that!! The crisp sound underneath ya while riding the track !!! Just does it for me... makes me want to get one again, but my knees would hate me for that!!😁😁😁😁
word of advice. use atf on 2 strokes for motor oil. yes 4 stroke oil will work but its a gear box and the engine is lubbed up by premix. atf also is a lot thinner and makes all 2 strokes shift like butter. will also prevent your clutches from sticking unlike motor oil
This must be so fun and addictive in a way, looking for that next project online seeing what you can find
I love these vids, makes me want to restore and get a bike running again. These also help with things to do when getting a bike
I bought a 95rm250 a while back in about the same condition an I redone it from the frame up. Parts are so hard to find I had a problem with broken power valve an took me forever to source but I take it to the track every week whooping up on 4 strokes. The 90s bikes still decimate to this day with the right rider
Warmed up the bike sounds completely different! It runs really good, it needed to be ridden hard an opened up. It’s probably been awhile.
I had a 1998 Kx 250, back in the 05s or around there. Sold it to go to college. Loved that bike. Only downfall was it had specific to it's year shock linkage stuff. Looked just like that 95 but had more purple black. I'll be enjoying this video for sure.
I think the stock seat color on that was purple but I could be wrong
You sure got a good score on this bike! Very nice, nothing really wrong with it other than sitting for awhile. Thanks for a great video, Joe!
All those people that talked crap about you for years see you are killing it and probably are more successful than half of those grown men that would rag on you instead of being helpful.
like that you’ve started putting the music in the beginning of the video again. the music you choose fits quite well, really adds to the theme of the video
Awesome im watching from New Zealand, I have a 1989-1994 kdx200 ,I rebuild the motor and have done 20hours on it so far ,Awesome bikes to ride
You did it again joe! Coffee, Apple pie and a new episode.... Morning complete! Thanks bro.. Got to go.... my shows on!!
The best thing is when you upload a new video
Dude, I just subscribed. I cannot stop watching your videos. This is just so satisfying how you get these bikes back to life and then you even go out of your way to test ride them just an awesome relaxing video man thank you bro
Pffft
That would be like $2500 here in Canada....lol....another steal of a deal Joe.....keep em coming 👊✊💨
Brother you have the best job alive. Fixer and Ripper. Your content is so awesome. Love your dirt bike fixes...
Sounds like 10,000 pissed off bees chasing him😂😂😂😂
Clearly the little amount of oil that was in there saved this engine 💯 you said it was sat for years so don't need to worry if it's been drained good find Joe keep up the videos
You know that wasn’t engine oil, right? You know that oil didn’t come out of the crankcase either, right?
Nice. These videos have me fiendishly wanting to rip a 2 stroke around. But all I have currently is a riding lawn mower. Might put a fmf n re-jet so it rips
Man gotta love the sound of a 2 stroke that bike rips really good Nice one👍🏼👍🏼
You can hear the new pipe!!! CRISP!
You and Vice Grip Garage are my 2 favorite channels!
Great buy and a great video. Sounds like the pilot circuit is rich and the needle is rich by 1.5 to 2 clips.
My thoughts as well
Up the main jet for the pipe, maybe a clip on the needle to clean up the transition from bottom end to mid range(as another commenter said) replace missing fork guards rear mudguard, add a graphics kit tyres and off to a new owner $$.
Bike running rich on mid range. Lean air mixture screw. Great find.
Congratulations your definitely a genius again. Thanks for teaching us.
So jealous of the land lol especially now that the riding trails here in Mass are closed for the season now. Just needs a few jumps and a set track and you could have some awesome riding there. Congrats nice find I love KX'S. I have a 09 KX 250f and a 98 YZ400F wish I was close by we could tear up some dirt. I'm kind of an old man but I can still rip some shit up lol.
The dirtbike content is the best, can't wait for the side-by-side video😏
You get some amazing deals on these, once in a while I'll get onto fix and they don't want to pay or can't so I end up getting smoking deal. Crazy some of the stuff I've locked on to over the years, mechanics leans and such.. If I sell t hem I usually always get my money back out of em, well shop money. Gotta keep the lights on. My ebay and local swap n shop sales do well usually to. You got a good gig there, keep it up. It's amazing what used MX bikes and atvs will fetch price wise. Another great vid Joe!
I loved it when you left the tri pod in the middle of the land that thing flys
I wish I had deals like this in my country 😂😂😂 great video!
2 strokes are the best keep doing 2 stroke stuff love it! I just started using klotz benol and the performance of the yz 125 is incredibly better smells amazing too
remember the old green handle bars you would use as a breaker bar? i just randomly remembered that thing XD
I’ve beeen wanting a dirt bike for so long you so lucky to find one so cheap
thats a great 1% check of the slide position...as you did in your other video. I'm adding it to my checklist so I can be a superstar as well!
Brings back so many memories. The bike sounds amazing
thanks to you ive learned so much which has helped me make the decision of doing stuff like this. eventually I'll buy my first vehicle to work on and hopefully make a profit. thank you
When you first took off I thought she wouldn't fly, but I remembered the spark plug barely sparking messed up. So when it cleared out even with bald tires I knew it would fly.
Nice find! You’re one of my favourite channels
Nice score Joe..cant believe it was that ez...awesome ! Keepin the 2strokes alive ! 😃👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Reeds, plastic and rear tire and you wont have much left for a great bike. Reeds may just need a good spray down. Good find.
@Joe I would like to know if you run her again? I'm seeing a few things that puzzles me. 1. Small main jet. (previous owner trying to lean her out) 2. Old plug looks like she had been burning oil. 3. Very low eng. oil level. 4. Slow to burn of the oil in the eng. This could be pointing to an oil leak between the crank case and the transmission!!! Let her sit for a few days and run her again. And check the plug.
125s are the best dirt bikes enough power any1 can ride them yet small enough to throw around I've had em all 125 250 300 450 still love a good built 125 for trail riding nothing beats em
Another great bike at a great price! Way to go, Joe
Buy a new rear fender and some new fork guards and fix the seat foam chunk that is missing with spray foam super simple and cheap should of did that when fixing the seat cover.
Greatest TH-cam channel right here!!
Brings back memories. 🤙🏻 My favorite vid so far.
Sweet find. Put the same seat cover on my RM. Need to use a pneumatic stapler and practically have 3 hands, but it's doable. lol
In my 60 years of riding and working on motorcycles there were only 2 motorcycles that scared me on a first cold ride. A 1988 KX500 we had to pull with a quad to 3rd gear it. That bike had my eyebrows wiggling. And an old Maico 501 4 speed 'crosser. 70 mile an hour 4th gear wheelies just blipping the throttle! Honorable mention- Kawasaki 1300 (not the bagger) and second gear tire lock against a brick wall at the shop I was working at back in the day. My retina's have never recovered!
By the way... have you ever had a customer use a nail for a jet needle?
Some of us have two stroke fever, sooo ya keep the old dirt scooters coming 😊
keep the two stroke content coming!!! love it
You can use aluminum brightener on the brake rotors and it makes them look way cleaner and they work a lot! Better
Nothing like a 2 stroke. Especially a 125 that you can flat out rip. Love riding a slow bike fast.
Aren't you supposed to leave the throttle closed when it's on choke. You're always kicking and opening the throttle at the same time I wonder if that could affect it's starting
This guy is a comedy of errors, the throttle chopping a 125 is the least of them
It's also funny as hell how he kicks the bikes a 1000 times then, he decides to put oil in the cylinder. This kid has NO CLUE! I find it very sad how easily people are fooled by his "halfway repairs" and think he's a genius.
@@2thehook773 amen to that! I also noticed how he referrers to the 10th digit of the vin to get the year of manufacture, no matter the manufacturer. I know this only really works for Honda
@@drewbase I had an 88 CR500R and the only way it would cold start for 2 to 4 kicks was full choke and hold the throttle wide open while kicking , well at least 1 kick at a time 😂
@@23DMOTORSPORTS it’s works for every bikes/ atv
Whats the best oil to use for mixture on the two stroke also the engine oil what brand is it good to buy. I own a 2003 banshee and just curious what y’all using
I love the sound and she rips
Omg that seat cover is hilarious
Awesome find! Disappointed the Kawasaki handle bar breaker bar is gone. 😂
Kawasaki make a nice bike , and oil tanker , and helicopter . They know what they're doing .
Don't mind the haters in the comments, many of them expecting you to treat the bike like you're a factory technician prepping for a Supercross race. What you do works, and is effective with good results. And guaranteed, none of these people criticizing your techniques have resurrected nearly as many old two strokes as you have.
Joe never seems to disappoint
Except after all these years, he still cannot seem to know how to tune a bike...
@@AlluzHH ?
@@AlluzHH I guarantee he has resurrected more old 2-stroke bikes than you have.
I have a CRF250R that keeps coming off the ignition mark on the flywheel side? Any ideas what it could be ?
Kawi's & Zuki's are just solid...
Making me want to get an old bike to work on 😂 don't get me wrong I love my 2022 Dr650, but I've always loved the rm series bikes. Would love to get an old 125 to do some work on and have some more fun with. My Dr is a pavement princess I need her to help save $$ on fuel for my commute to work and stuff. Great video.
awesome man, id love to see exactly how you did the seat cover, and the full carb clean. nice work though!!!
What a deal on that bike. Love kawasaki. My favorite. Great video brother.
I want a dirtbike but the maintenance is keeping me away ill stick with my ninja but seeing you repair these bikes is really cool
You need to like to wrench and know how or have endless wallet for dirtbikes...
8th 💀 love the vids and my kdx project is almost ready to sell, i have to install a clutch side gasket and get the rear shock rebuilt then buy new plastics for it, keep up the good work!
Absolute beaut Joe, as I had the 89 kx80!That was the biggest until recently I got the yz250 92 and that thing rips lf!
👍👌👊👊👊💪💪💪😬😬👍💪🔥🔥🔥
I'll have to be looking for deals like this this winter I'm still putting around on a 230 Chinese 4 stroke
Fun video !! Nice work , I am not much of a Kawasaki fan since 2000 . I crashed my new kx 250 in 2000 and ended up in hospital for 6 weeks uggg and totaled my new bike and myself 😁 in the process !! So other than an occasional ice race on a kx500 I have not owned or raced one !! I have practiced on newer kx450f now and then but scared 😨 lol of green bikes !! Thanks again Joe for entertaining us once again !! Mouse 🐁 mouse 🐁 lol 😁
That's a fast little beast!! Great bike!!
86 and 87 had really good engines on those 125s
Good job of getting it running. Sounds a tad lean mid to top, might lower the clip on the needle and go to 1.75 on the air screw. Once again good job!
Yea , maybe sharpen the tires a bit and sand the head . also varnish the handle bars that will make it run better on the low end.
@@bossmonkey1126 😭🤣
This kid is such a nerd when he gets excited
People post blown up bikes for like 2500 bucks here in cali, i would love some 500$ ones
Well done this bike looks amazing! Big fan!
when u take carb off take the bottom subframe bolts out an pull tht bit up an out of way an when riding the old 125 wont hit pb till you runnher through the gears abit at half throttle dunno why thts wat mine does
Dude, I don’t believe you on your prices you could be legit about what you pay for them and probably still do well on your videos. I noticed on one of your videos you gave two different prices for what you paid for the raptor.
Drives me crazy how you over rev before your bikes warm up
But great videos
Thank you I’m not the only one that says that!!
No your not the only one
Nothing like the sound of a two stroke.
Some adjustments it will be good boss. Good find
I want to come and hang out with you.
You have all the cool toys
Awesome video Joe cracking sounding bike worth getting new tyres and doing up a bit have a great weekend Awesome deal for 500 bucks and getting the exhaust was worth it they run well the old kx 125s
The CR 500 was my favorite.
Wish I could still find some good deals in my area but there hard to come by here in the south!
A 1996 to 1998 KX125, asking price $5,000 to $6,500 Aud A CR500 you can pay between $13,000 to $25,000 Aud in Australia.
Hey I was wondering if you could help me find a crank for my 1995 kx125 I have bin trying to find one for my bike and just can’t find one pls help me I need some good websites that might have a crank for my bike
It WILL run if you know how to figure out what is wrong and fix it, (and that takes "thinking experience"" time, just like mastering anything else.). But a lot of people, if they tinker enough, do get lucky eventually also. Why is it we don't tinker with 4-strokes today? Probably because you need a few engineering degrees. hehe.
Now we know the YZ250 2-stroke is the most popular full sized MX bike running on the planet today, and much of that reason is, because we can fix them pretty easily, and cheaply.
Joe.. LEAN MAKES MORR POWER!!!!!
...hang on Joe, them little 125 are fast...
Nice...you got a damn good deal on this one...the 125's are so fun to ride...awesome job brother...keep the videos coming buddy...
His phone must always be going off you can hear it in every video lol
Why the grease at 12:40? I always used a little extra air filter oil??? For the past 20+ year's? Also the gap on the plug looks to tight.. I had a 96KX 125! Rocket ship when Jetted right, terrible suspense for trail, prone to tank slap! 😂🤣
Not too much experience with Watercooled 2 strokes, but I have heard it's not good to leave coolant in them and let 'em sit for any length of time...eats up the Aluminum or Magnesium or whatever the Motor's made of...