We Found 3 Kawasaki KX80s in BOXES | Can they Run & Ride Again?
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- We bought three legendary 2 stroke Kawasaki KX80 dirt bikes. These 2 stroke dirt bikes were designed for teenage motocross riders, and they still pack a punch! The 80cc 2 stroke 5 speed engines give the KX80 a top speed of 75 miles per hour. I bought three of these bikes for $1000, but they are all in pieces! Today we figure out if we can put one together and ride!
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Took you a minute to find the powerband! 👀🤣 Don't underestimate a 2smoker, but ride them gears out until it coughs and splutters. You will have a lot of fun with more engines like these!
I grew up on KX-80s. I still think they might be the most fun all around dirt bike for general around the home / shop ripping around for fun. It's plenty powerful and fast and the bigger bikes just weigh so much and are so much larger you dno't really need all that just to rip around the yard. It's the perfect balance. We had a pw80 too that was a lot of fun. Small bikes are fun.
Could say it any better. I have a yz450, and I ride the kx85 WAY more lol it's just a fun little ripper.
@@c4or2ey02 yea I have a cbr1000rr and a grom... same story.
I ride the small bike way more..
I fell on a race pit bike and laughed my ass off after walking it off. They’re a way better risk to fun ratio imo
I'll take riding a slow bike fast all day over riding a fast bike slow.
Ripping around their yard, they should have at least a 125cc, well Ike anyways, not sure about the other two. I had a CR250 up til a few years ago and that was a fun bike but, I suppose a little CR80 would be kind fun just to mess around with.
these were great bikes and built tougher than the makes of bikes in this size category , my buddies son raced one of the KX80's when he was younger and did really well his first season racing without any sponsor, just his dad, uncle and me helping wherever possible, he even got a 3rd place finish one time, he's was so pumped , him being a skinny kid worked to his advantage enabling him to keep up pretty good with the other kids, he's about Charles age and the same build and just bought his daughter her first quad, I think its a 50cc or so , she just loves to ride it and always looks for puddles to rip through, it's a blast to watch her ride, 6 yrs old and no fear, here dad says she rides with reckless abandon, can hardly wait for the next video with these KX 80's, wonder if you could still find one of the big bore kits that Kawasaki use to offer, boy the would make yard kart a ripper 👍
You guys have like the pinnacle of power two-stroke 80s from the 1980s those things are rockets on wheels I used to have one as a kid and my stepdad was afraid to let us ride it because it was too fast for us but boy did I love it I think was so fast and I could fly so high off jumps on it
Great Video!!! (I could be wrong) My friend Kevin owned a 1976 Kawasaki KX 250 2 Stroke or maybe a 400 I didn't know what cc size it was. I pretty sure it was a KX Rippa I was 11 years old when i saw my friends Vintage Moto Cross bike. 13 years later i was 23 years old i weighed 120 pounds & crazy as ever LOL I rode my friend Travis's 2000 Kawasaki KX 125 with a Fresh Top End Rebuild It was Damn FAST!!!!!!!!! the back tire fished tale i bit under me i let the gas of for 2 sec's Cracked it I was Flyin' FAST! & it was my first time on that KX 125 Shit! Im to scared to ever ride a a 250cc I would like the 1976 KX 250 or even 400.
“These are scooters” until that band kicked in 😂
Love your videos cars and cameras
man i miss 2 stroke mto x bikes! I had a 2000 cr250. shoulda never sold it. powerband bikes a re still king!
I love a good 2 stroke!🔥
Twin engine cool factor too!
Boys need to build a cafe racer from one of the kx 80 bikes
I don't know what you guys are talking about but two stroke is the only way to go!
The rear fender, airbox, seat bracket… lol
I had a 2000 KX60, Im 250 and it would pop up every gear once the powerband kicks in.
The tri stand goes in the hole in the rear axle
Kx60s are little rippers also they say the smaller the 2 stroke the harder the power band hits
Hmmm kx 80 motor on a lawn mower???? I’m ready to see another lawn mower build
Need to do a jennies garage collab one day
2 stroke for ever
Love the 2 stroke content. And i just have to say: it is so much fun watching you guys so excited over a tiny 80cc engine. But i see why, that old crusty 80cc engine has more power then the most over built predator type engines you guys use on everything.. I am really hoping you do a go kart build with one of those engines. You could race a stock kx 80 engine against a stock predator engine, or even a fully built predator engine and see how they stock up against each other.
I second that
@@northernstoner962 100% power to weight wise 2 stroke engines will always win. Not to mention the fun factor when the power band kicks in!
And according to my experience a 2 stroke is much more reliable I have a 250 ktm sx 2007 model that has never given me problems it always starts on demand even if it sat more than a year. I cant say the same of my 100cc crf honda that is a 2012 model, that bike has always been a struggle to get going if I didnt take it for a ride in a while.
It’s not the older engine.. like they stated it’s the engine from the newer model bike that was also in pieces because it was being used as a parts bike most likely - hence the exhaust/carb clearance issues that’s probably main reason for all the random stuff cut off of it by the previous owner/seller to make the newer 80cc engine fit into the old style frame… The older 80cc engine that came in it originally was probably clapped out or blown up a long long time ago & if still around would most Likely needed to be rebuilt so they just bought a donor 80cc or two for extra parts that way they could save money & have one older looking model frame/plastics with a newer engine with more availability parts wise lots of people do this now a days the parts market is brutal or all cheaply made Chinese crap 💩 …
True, 80 cc 2 stroke makes some good power
Dude......now let's 2stroke 250 swap one of your "yard" carts. Finally you get a 2stroke motor with a gear box.
yea it is about time. Been asking for a 2 stroke dirt bike engine build ever since they started there videos way back in John`s parents garage. It is so fun to think that the little KX 80 engine has more power then there fully built predator type engines. Even a 125 engine would be so much fun in there yard karts(but a 250 or even a 300cc 2 stroke engine in one of there karts would be AMAZING to see.
Honestly believe that would be a fun fun go goldcart too stroke with a gearbox
@@supertedogpriken A Yz 490 or Cr 500 two-stroke would be the sh*t on a yard Kart. It would pull wheelies in all the gears.
This has to be the hardest ripping 80cc ever made!
They're notorious for that fact. Maybe even legendary. You can make some really kick ass go-karts out of those engines. Can't wait to see what you do with them.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Come on man
The cr85 pulls twice as hard
im sorry but a cr80 will stomp all over that kx80
You guys found a gold mine
My very good friend was pretty much expert on 250's, had his own track with pretty scary jumps. A kid shows up with one of these, He does a couple laps gets comfortable then does the biggest jump and broke his leg. The bike was fine though.
As soon as I seen the silver kx frame and the plastics for it I called it was 87. I had one when I was a kid that was passed down from my brother. The really awesome thing about the 87's was kawasaki offered a 105cc big bore kit as an optional add on, mine had it and it was a ripper!!!!
Nothing like the "Braaaappppp" of a two smoke dirt bike! Well done, guys! I agree with the other comments about a nice set of reed valves. Do that and get the fuel mix right, replace the clutch, and that little thing will scare the daylights out of you!
That was excellent! Watching you guys figure out a KX80 puzzle! They are silly fast, nooooo question. The funniest part may have been Isaac calling the carbs “Klein”
These guys know their stuff inside and out with go carts and mini bikes, but watching them stumble on the terminology with atvs and dirtbikes makes my brain hurt... guess we all started somewhere.
@@CTC7599 EXACTLY!! Gotta love it, they’re doing some awesome stuff and it’s a blast to watch. Maybe they’ll get some more Klein carbs too lol.
Me too! My friend made fun of me for pronouncing it ‘kee-hein’ . I feel his pain.
Don't weld the Kicker ,you'll melt the seal. Unfortunately it looks like the Clutch side crank seal is no good ,Sucking transmission oil into crank causeing a heap smoke.
This is awesome love watching you guys fix up old dirt bikes and hondas
Honestly it’d be pretty cool to see a minibike with gears 🤷♂️
That's what a lot of us think KX 80's are
I love those KX 80s. I had a two-stroke 80cc dirt bike engine on a small go-kart and it would burn the tires 100% of the time it was very fast. I hope to see you guys put one of those motors on one of the smaller go karts like a dingo and throw down a Time on the Grand Prix track.
the kx65, 85 and 100 are the best small sized 2t ever made. my boys grew through them all.
I’m 27 and just bought the new kx112 to rip around on on my farm we have 120 acres I have a 125 and 250 I just seen the new 112 and wanted one to fart around on since a lot of guys my age are doing the pit bike trend lol
Lol no they’re not.
@@fastmachines500r8 oh, okay. which ones are better in the 65 and 100cc 2 stroke market?
i've owned 36 motorcycles, my sons now ride a 450 and 250. learning on all those little bikes riding dez here in socal made them very accomplished riders. but i'm sure you are much more knowledgeable than i am.
Wow that is perfect timing. Just sat down to dinner
So cool to hear the KX come back to life!!! I believe the tiny 2 stroke makes something like 25hp..... just Nuts!!
25 horsepower seems a bit high I think they peak around 19 from what I read
I'll tell you right now! That little KX80 will stomp your fastest lap times once you get everything fixed and dialed in.
yea that old and crusty kx engine has more power then there most (over) built predator type engine.
"Stomp" is the key word here!
If they learn how to ride it.
Been saying get a KX80 or KX125 and it would set a lap record, big wheels, suspension and plenty of power with control.
This video brings memories of fully restoring my 86 kx80 at 10-11 years old with my dad. That was my real in depth learning experience on how engines and suspension works. We did a top end, split the cases and did crank bearings and seals but it was my dads first time ever opening up a bottom end so we ended up rolling the seals at first, then we ordered the wrong size seals and realized after we had already opened it, then rolled new seals again, then we finally got it after using a press. My dad taught me how to strip, prime, and paint, we painted the frame because some guy painted it this weird blue color. We rebuilt the clutch on it and the water pump. Also cleaned up the carb and put a new intake boot. We put new handlebars, grips, levers, and kill switch. That gas tank was so old and whitened that I wet sanded the whole thing for probably around 30 hours. It got a whole new plastic kit and graphics. New tires. New seat cover. Got a whole new rear shock. We painted the whole engine semi gloss black. We rebuilt the front master cylinder. Theres probably a whole another list of things we have done. Nice video guys.
IT NEEDS A MUFFLER! Ike- WHAT?? Lol
The KX 80s and 85s were no slouches. You could bore and stroke them and they’d stay up with the 125s with a little guy on them… 👍👌👊🤙
They weren't as fast as a CR80‼
@@kennycampbelljr5896 😂😂👊✌️🤙
Looks like it could maybe use a set of rings as well as that clutch fixed. 2 strokes smoke pretty good but that looked a little excessive.
Bad rings DO NOT cause smoking in 2 strokes. Sometimes crank seals can go bad and let gear oil into the engine which will cause smoking. Only 4 stroke engines smoke from having bad rings, since 4 strokes have oil in the crankcase and 2 strokes do not.
Nah they just mixed the fuel wrong.😏
Considering I grew up on 2 stroke racing bikes I can say for sure excess blowby and excess exhaust smoke can certainly be caused by warn rings. If it really were the crank seal making it smoke that bad I don't think it would be idling as well and have plenty of lean running symptoms.
@@jdmjedi777 Exactly, 100% it could be. I think in this case he mixed it too rich with some cheap gas station oil. They are not the ones to run any good stuff and wonder why things run like crap. Everything they use is overpriced stuff sold next to the hotdogs inside the Mini Marts. 😂
@@jdmjedi777 It would be a good time to do a 105 big bore kit on the KX 80 engine if they are going to do a top-end rebuild.
Just a friendly reminder don't forget you don't engine brake on a two stroke or you risk hurting the motor
100% not true. 2 strokes get plenty of lubrication on deceleration.
You might be thinking of the Wankel engine.
yea, you should never engine brake on a 2 stroke.
I was always taught to never engine brake on a premix bike but it was fine if it had a self oiling system
@@jhutch1470 - 2-strokes like this get ZERO lubrication on deceleration, dude. If the throttle is shut, there is no fuel and thus no oil DOH.
@@johncoops6897 Yeah, you're right. I forgot, when the throttle is closed, the bike stalls. It's won't idle.
Yeah the old KX 80 was pretty sweet little bike ! had a 125 to brings back great memories seeing you ride this ! great video and great job can’t wait to see it finished and what you do with the others!👍🏼🤩💪🏼
Yall have me wanting to buy up a lot of the junk I see near me. Build em to run and flip.
Kick stand = back wheel, and please just don't get rid of the frames and extra parts sell em donate em, pple love these year bikes
You can always use the engines for further projects
I wanna see the KX 80 more in the future PLEASE NO ENGINE SWAP keep the bike Bone Stock PLEASE GUY's please NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Im not dissing your plans with the really just ride it as a Vintage KX 80 that biek will got for about $2500 as is. if completely restore like $6500 on Ebay really they are getting a almost Rare now. hardly any of them out there.
Gotta love that 2 stroke rip sound! You guys are the best✊✊ loving it, get it, waiting for thr next one. Rob from omaha💥💥💥💥
Wait till you see how smooth over bumps you won’t go back to mini bikes with no suspension
That's why I've been telling you for years two strokes are much better. I grew up on Kawasaki ar50,80,125 and put a 93 kit on a 50cc. Talk about acceleration like shit off a stick and holding the front end down! 🤣 You just don't get the same rush from a four stroke unless it's a big engine!
Nice rip on those 80cc. What's that project underneath the office👀. Belated Happy Birthday Ike!
Kawasaki KX 80 verses a Yamaha YZ80 J ( could be good match who goes HARDER ) cheers guys 🤔🤔💯🤟🏼🤟🏼
"86 to 06, ... 30 years of bikes"????!!!! How about 20 dude!
Those "Kline" carbs are pronounced Kee-Hin
My first bike was the 1987 kx80 big wheel with a 107 big bore…
This video is hard to watch but funny as hell bc they all know nothing about dirt bikes lol. Shame too, I would LOVE to see more dirt bike content on this channel!!! 🏍 ❤️
That is quiet literally my buddies old bike. 😂😂😂 I'm the one who strapped that booster to the frame like that😂😂😂😂. I began rebuilding the motor but never finished because he traded it for a Suzuki LT125 😂😂😂😂 that's awesome
If I could see the vin I'd prove it I have videos of it kindve running when he first got it. Needed pushed down a hill fast and would eventually fire up and go.
You should use more emojis😟🥺😟😡😌😨😧😣😖😓😳🥱🥱🤗😑😶😑🙃☺️😔😛😧😞😧👺👹😎🤮😎🤮👹👺😳😟😓😓😖😦
Nothing like the sound of a 2 stroke engine, so satisfying, especially when the ol' power band kicks in!!! 💯 🤤
I'm partial to Suzuki RM's, but have owned a 1990 KX-80, & loved it.
Its so funny to see the suprise yall have of what a dirtbike with a clutch and gears is like hahaha i grew up on a 82 rm80, and it would run 70mph all day! They are top end machines! Keep it in the power band and itll scare you hiw fast it is!
As always, you guys make me smile and laugh. I'm so glad you are living the dream. Keep safe so I can keep smiling and laughing. God bless you all.
my first bad crash on one of these, i ripped it and straight over on me , great memories
That’s probably the baddest (mini) bike you’ve had on your channel so for. But Ike needs to stay on the gas through all the gears to get the full effect of the power band and speed. Once he’s used to it he should be able to set some records.
Easy on Ike. He's Charles's grandpa, lol
@@FarmerFpv 🤣🤣🤣
Been watching you guys from the very begining..... for so long I feel like I know each of ya like a friend. You never disappoint...as always this episode rocks!
you got $4000 worth of sellable parts! And I would love to see an electric bike/cart build!
The two with the upside down forks are 85s...good score.
@cars and Cameras Hey im selling my Honda CRF 110 2012 interested if y’all will buy it
Well guys you'd be part right 06 should be a kx85 the others would be kx80 but motor parts wouldn't be interchangeable. Not sure on body part.
Kick stand goes in the rear axle 🤙
Started riding on these things... I think You could have gotten 3 running ones for $1000 =)) That triangle stand fits in the rear hub btw =)
U mixed the 2 stroke oil wrong to lean Damn it's White Smoke NOT GOOD :(
my KX80 clutch slips what do you mean by adding a spacer?
Frankenstein definitely seems like a fitting name to me for it! And it’s already GREEN!
Y'all should use one of those to build a go-kart with shocks just to see how it drives.
I had a KX80 when I was a kid. That thing was a blast!
the stand goes in the rear hub
some kind of onroad Kart with one of those engines would be cool to see.. I know they use out CR125 motors in karts but still. I heard something about "kart with full suspension" which would be interesting lol
Ohhhh yeah!!! Full suspension with one of these engines, / shifter buggie!!!! Have extra rears with front parts!!! Dammmm I can c this all crossed up in the dirt now!!!!
Because CR's are faster!
Them old 2 strokes were serious. Now you have 2 more to get ready. Its nice
that little guy sounds GREAT! zippy little rocket
Those bikes are awesome, a lot of fun with a tiny engine.
dirtbikes about time John... most of us learned how to ride on a dirtbike when we were kids..
I have a brand new gasket kit i believe will fit those. They were ordered by mistake. I ended up swapping a honda gx200 engine onto it with a billet rod and flat top piston. Aluminum flywheel and slide carb. That thing rips.
I wonder if they can put this in Issac's vintage Scooter body?
My first bike was a 1982 Kx80. What a ripper!
Got my first ticket on a 82 kx80
great to see something other than another Tillitson motor special.
The rear is called the, sub frame just for fyi
man you dudes are by far my fave if im having a bad day all i have to do is tune in on cars and cameras and im good just reminds me of when i was younger me and my bros did this every day awsome guys keep doing what you love ill be 41 and still have go karts dirtbikes atvs and am a full time utv atv mechanic awsome chan
this bike was my first bike ever im pretty sure even the same model, when we got it was in disrepair bought it off some lad for 500 bucks, never replaced the piston in the 6 years and many hundreds of hours of riding, they go forever
Carburetor is pronounced “Key-Hin”
Dude the vintage kx85 and the Suzuki rm80. And honda cr80 Where the best little bikes. The power bands are so crazy long. So fast. I was terrified at 10 yrs old when I got mine. So sick you guys scored big time. In realty it more like $2500 obo. For that running & riding Charles is low on pricing
Watching Isaac struggle trying to figure out where to put the kickstand was worth watching alone 😂
That dude is seriously special. Like actually a little special. No normal person works in a shop forever and still doesn't know some of the things he doesn't know.
Nice find 🔥 Can't wait to see one of these 80cc motors on a gocart 😁👍🏻
I’ve been fixing up a 1990 Kx 80 Big Wheel. 19” front and 16” rear. What an awesome way to transition to dirt biking from mountain biking.
Awesome video loving the content
These are the kind of videos I absolutely love
$1,000 for that load of stuff, package deal (especially if it is Local) is a good $$ deal in the way the market on these toys are right now.
Nice find! If your at all interested in an even smaller 2 stroke dirt bike then try looking into the Kawasaki kx65. Those things are a blast, as small as a z50 with double the power.
I can't stand these guys who say in their videos we found this bike or that car or this machine, and will it run again it's ridiculous yeah that will run if your going to invest the time and money to make them run again. So why say will they run again? It should say we got 3 clapped out old ass kawa-sucky KX80's because let's face it no kawasaki is legendary period I can't believe this kid said that. Dude sounds like he has a bunch of old Macio's or Elsinor's he's going restore into perfect diamonds or something! Legendary HA! What a moron! 😅
Finally thank you John issac and Charles 💯💯💯💯 been waiting on y’all to pull some pit bikes and old 2 strikes out yesssssss💪💪💪💯
yea i think there is a bunch of us that has been waiting a long, LONG time for them to do some 2 stroke dirt bike engine content. Lets just hope this is the beginning of a lot more 2 stroke content.
@@supertedogpriken yeah next we need a 2 stroke drag bike
Brings back some good memories of when I got a KX 80 in the summer of 1980 a long with my friends getting dirt bikes we had some crazy times on them dirt bikes one of the best memories of mine was getting riding gear from sr Kenny Roberts I got a set of Scott boots that were red and blue red leathers with black diamond padding on the thigh area and some riding tips like how to breath when riding and racing always look ahead of yourself and balance I raced my KX 80 for 4 years in highschool in Riverside California at John W North high along with working at Malcolm Smith racing in highgrove California as a clean up kid at the age of 14 my dad had reworked my KX 80 doing head work and carb along with over size piston talk about kicking A.s on the track
Better off building another complete KX80/85 and offloading one of them and unwanted parts, if wanting to do a shifter kart, find a Honda CR125 engine. They are the one to go for and a lot of adaptor parts to fit them to a pro style kart.
or the Rotax 122 engine. They are the go to for shifter karts in this part of the world.
Yeah, the 125 will be better torque for the additional weight of the cart + adult rider. Then again, why bother with a 125 when a 250 will cost about the same and be twice the fun?
Would love to see this complete fixed up and looking nice. Engine overhauled and frame as well. A good cleaning and some scotch brite on the plastics. New grips and fix that clutch and the pipe. You'll be ready to go
My fave bike for general kicking around on was always a KX 125. Hell, I took 3rd in a 200 mile hare scramble on one. If you just became a believer in the two stroke world, welcome.
The KX 500 awaits.
I've been on the hunt for a few yrs now,.. looking for an XR650R,.. PROJECT BIKE..
Everything I found is $3200-$7500. That's not project bike that's finished build,.. anybody know of one hit me up comments,.. I WILL reply bak!! Thx in advance,..