I'm looking for a set of rear shocks for a 1980 Honda cr250. If anyone has some for sale please let me know! Also a rear fender would be nice as well! Thank you! Please SUBSCRIBE and LIKE the video if you enjoyed! It really helps me out a lot! Check out my Instagram: 2_vintage_ Thank you for all the support! I couldn't do this without you guys!

She lives... with the slap and clap.. time for a rebuild series

my sons and I had toKDX 200s and an RM 125 from the 1980s. We put them in the garage in 2010. I was in a car accident and we never rode them again. In 2018 I decided to sell the bikes. I had completely drained the carburetors and gas tanks as usual when I put them in the garage. When I went to sell them, I mixed 1 gallon of premixed gas/oil as usual. I put gas in the gas tanks, air in the tires. Each bike started within 15 seconds. if you put a bike in storage, or a lawnmower, snowblower, leaf blower, Weedwhacker, always drain the gas tank and run the carburetor out of gas. If you do that, it will start when you need it when you put fresh gas in it.. also: draining the fuel tanks on off-road vehicles with plastic gas tanks, prevents the gas tanks from discoloring, and making the stick on decals fall off. The fuel tank will remain the same color as the rest of the plastic if you don’t leave the bike sit long-term with fuel in the tank. On the other hand.. if you have a motorcycle, lawnmower, anything with a metal fuel tank, it’s best to completely fill those all the way up so that you don’t have exposed metal in the fuel tank that will rust when it is exposed to condensation..In that case, make sure you have the petcock turned to the off position. And if it is a leaking petcock, get a piece of gas line at least 3 feet long. Paul the gas line to the carburetors off of the fuel tank petcock. Install the 3 foot long piece of fuel line to the petcock, and put the other end up high somewhere above the gas cap so that if the petcock leaks into the fuel line, it won’t fill the carburetor float bowls, it will just stay in that fuel line.. I have had dozens and dozens of motorcycles. Many of the motorcycles I have had, I bought as non-running orphans. The most difficult part of the resurrection was cleaning the carburetor’s that had fuel left in them and getting the rust out of a fuel tank that was made of metal and was empty. The way I get rust out of the fuel tank is, I put about 5 pounds of screws, washers, bolts, nuts, just make sure they are magnetic so you can get them out with a magnet wand. Put them in the fuel tank after you remove the petcock, and put a quart of kerosene in the tank with the screws & other things , then start rocking that fuel tank in all positions to scrape all that rust and scale inside the tank loose, and it will be mixed with the kerosene and it will flush out. It may take you a few days, but you should be able to get it clean ...

The older bikes are just way cooler than any new bike.they don't call this bike the red rocket for nothing!.keep finding these older bikes.they all deserve a new life! Honda will never build another 2 stroke!!!

The gas is off when you were trying to start it lol

Do a full restoration like the cr80 that would be sick.that bike deserves a restoration

I was as exited as you when you got spark love to see people happy

You got to love the classic broken glove

We need an overview of your current collection of everything you own right now

Awesome, you should stow her in the back of the garage and restore her with genuine parts, the price is only heading one direction on these old classics and that's straight UP 😄

I've been dragging home "vintage" iron for two decades or more. The absolute best thing I've ever found for carb cleaner is straight Pine-Sol in the ultrasonic. It's really good stuff. Great content!

🌟I got to give you props,:for bringing back them old beast from the dead (respect) I got tired of finding rare parts is a task all in it self 🙌🏍 Salute 🎄Happy Holidays & safe travels !!!🥂

If you squirt a bit of gas in the plug hole, then put the plug in, then kick it over, you can make sure it fires up before you start messing with the carb or the throttle cable etc... It's a process. Makes life easier... 😀👍

Like magic bringing back a old CR back to life 😂

I had a CR 250 and a YZ 250 back in the 80's fun dirt bikes,

Watching this makes me miss my 82 cr480r these bikes are monsters

Finally lol been waiting for this

It's alive....and she's a smoky girl. How wonderful is the internet where you can search for exactly what you are looking for and more times than not find it! The CDI, thanks to the net, is in your hand in a matter of days. Awesome sauce!

I got an 85 atc250r this morning I’m so happy 😎

Went from no spark to a good runner sweet awesome job once again bud

🔥🔥🔥🔥 the way it idled slow I thought it was gonna shut off sounds so amazing. Such an amazing bike

Can't wait til u get shocks on it and go for it's first ride since you brought it life again thank you for saving another vintage bike🤙🤙🤙

A buddy had one of these back in the day. It was more fun than race bike by today's standards. Very fun for light fast trail riding.

The pitons toast i think,crank and seals may be too

You are very methodical in fixing things.

The reason these are so rare is back in the day you could not change the connecting rod or rod bearings you had to buy the entire crank assembly, it’s probably different today but back then you just junked the engine

I was already waiting for the new video

Love the channel. Watching your repairs is very calming, seemingly despite calamity all around, life is still good in middle America. Don't forget your PPE, gloves, safety glasses, and a face mask

Nice work! I love these old aircooled smokers, you did great now get it complete and let it race again!

Great job getting this classic beast running!!! I'm glad it wasn't the stator!!

Best part of these builds when I’m watching is when they fire up 💪🏻 .... progress💯

That overflow tube can be drilled out. Use a drill bit and a handle for a thread tap and do it by hand, slowly. Then a brass tube from a hobby shop can be cut and installed. Might have to use very fine emery paper to reduce the outside diameter of the tube where it presses into the float bowl. Had to do a similar thing myself.

Never doubt the red rocket!!!

I'm watching while in school 😂😂

Gotta get some heat in that garage....best thing I ever did. Glad you got spark....Yahooooooo! Good Job! Glad ya got her going!

I like old dirt bikes

Brow I love these old bikes !!! Yes I have ridden this exact bike Back in the Day !!!! Great Stuff !!!!

ether is a good diagnosis tool. just make a couple solid pieces of steel for temporary shocks

Tip. On air cooled 2 stroke motocross bikes, we always ran them with no idle. If you've even experienced a 2 stroke running away, high rpm during a race, you'll understand why lol. They can develop hot spots that will make the engine run wild even when the spark plug cap has been yanked off in desperation. I'm sure some of your viewers can share some stories with you about it. Can be terrifying.

Awesome job Joe! Love seein these old bikes fire..also watching ur skills progress! Keep up the good work ! 😃👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Enjoying this project. Would love to see a full restore on this classic cr

Blowing heaps of white smoke ....crank seals stuffed......full rebuild ,motor sounds totalled

Happy you got the Red Rocket alive again 👍

Heck with all that kick starting when I was young I wore out lots of tennis shoes. Put a socket on electric drill and spin flywheel

Love those old Elsinores, had a few as a kid.

Congratulations on getting that started Hooray! I like the old air cooled bikes they are from when I was a teenager in the 70s I know its a 1980 though. I like it. I think it may need a new piston it sounds like a piston slap or rod knock maybe that is why it smokes too much. I couldn't hear it after it ran a while though? Just buy some new modern shocks they will work better. You make me want to buy and fix up another bike. My last one was Honda 100 and before that a 125 water cooled Yamaha. so expensive LOL. It didn't run well I know now it needed to be leaned out from watching your videos. Wish I had them back should have kept them. Sold them for school was not worth it.

I got 2nd hand frustration watching you kick that over and over again lol. Starts well for a Chinese carb and no air filter

stoked she smoked ,, great channel dude great retro content ,glad the algorithm found you ,,,keep up the great work

Theres supposed to be a roller in the throttle housing assembly ..... it helps the cable move around the corner freely towards the throttle tube

2 stroke almost always required little throttle to start , so you did quite alot of useless kicking 😋

Ive been working ondirtbikes for a long time,never seen a throttle tube that stuck on

Nice. I love the sound of an air cooler 2 smoke.

On these old bikes after you know you have gas to the carb take a rag sprayed with starting fluid and put it on the air filter and it will prime everything in a sense. It is easier and works better than putting gas in the cylinder

Driving me insane watching you try to kick it like that! Get on the damn thing

"just get a rubber hammer and play with it a little." proceeds to hit with all his force.

I think you might need new reeds bruh👊🏻

Epic series on this CR! Great perseverance👍

Back to life nice work joe 👍

Good feeling when it finally starts!

I should have kept the handful of 80’s and 90’s CR’s I had over the years. (50cc-250cc and a 94 CR500) The 500 was the only bike that ever truly scared me

That's awesome it runs glad to see you got it running man

That thing is is beast man once yo get in all cleaned up and thing will look good

LOL....i had to get a sweater on to finish the video. looks cold in there. Seriously though, great job!!

You must be lucky to find these bikes!!!

I had one exactly like that back in the day I wish I still had it

You should do a full rebuil like you did with the cr80

Low faith and high hopes makes for results with these types of projects lol

If you put parts righ on the botton of your sonic cleaner,it will eventually eat a hole in the pan

Need some heat in there joe! 🔥

Good Job Joe ! Save this one and make it nice !

I hated mine for the left side kick! I could sit on the seat and start it sometimes, but mostly kicked off the bike. I would leave it running alot on the trail just so I didn't have to start it again! I was 16 and about 5'6'' though. Got a 390 Husky the next year and it made starting this look like a breeze!

Bro your demeanor is so chill. When that bike started I was standing on my couch fist pumping. Keep it up. Mad love bro.

That motor is clapped

It's so rare because every one was on a yz or rm still. Thellow bikes dominated from 75 till 82

Thank u so much and marry Christmas to u and your love ones love the new 250 buy the way and my favorite so far is the atc 250 r and the Honda 80 2 stroke dirtbike u complete rebuilt and give away sweet your awsome guy bud ttul thanks again

Check for water mix in engine oil, I think this bike was flooded or been inside water. By the amount of rust, cdi & coil shorting out, even acc grip jamming up. Let it run for a bit, piston rings may come back.

Loving the editing dude

Its the exhaust thats making the tinking you need 2 springs on it not ganna lie 1 did bust off and i used the other spring for my 1972 suzuki ts250

Don't know about rare but i had a couple for 15 years gave them to my buddy.79 Aluminum 80 plastic tank.we had a lot of fun on them.

The bike is of Jewel a gem,

I just picked up a 1983 XR 200r and it's not been easy to find parts for it so if you're cr is the same way I feel your pain

Great video would like to see a big bore 2t on the channel in the future maybe something different a wr500 or KTM 380 / 550. Keep up the great work anyway love this channel 👍

The change from drums and air cooling to brake fluid and radiators does seem to have added a lot of corrosion problems. And when will they think of an auto fuel cutoff device to keep carburators from clogging. Even an automatic float bowl drain. Don't know if it works or not but I would always tap the carb float bowl with a screwdriver handle on reassembly. Just to make sure they didn't stick. Worked once so I kept on doing it. First ride was on a Honda XL 175 or so..

Squirt a little gas in back of the carb when it's hard to start

Great job bringing that bike back from the dead! I see great opportunities in your future as a motorcycle guru and possibly owning your own motorcycle shop if that is something you're interested in.

After the 8th ad I was over watching. I’m sorry and really like your videos keep up the great work. Less ads in future I hope

You should get you and impact screw driver with all the work you do on bikes, would be a big help especially for case screws and things like that! Also, that one funky reed might be blowing back through the carb, new reeds would probably do a lot. Keep up the good videos! Glad you finally got her to fire

You can change the plug wire on that old coil, done it many times

Time for a rebuild Joe it sound like someone is shaking my tool box , And needs a good tune up get ye self a carb balancer there so cheap but so handy

My 1983 Cr250r starts with one kick cold with no choke

Should get and old 450 dirtbike and do a full rebuild. Btw when that was badass when that thing kicked over

Awesome video man

Your getting good at wrestling these old machines.. Good show ol boy. 👊

Main bearings and oil seals.. probably the reason the ignition burnt out in the first place from oil build up on the plug from the crank case

Good stuff, enjoying your videos buddy 👍

Get some shocks and make a riding video! Love the vintage 2 stroke sound

i’m getting the bike in my pfp saturday i’m so excited

You can get afv shocks for like 80 to100,look good,work good

Love the vids bro

I had a 80 cr250 and a 85 cr500. Both bikes tried to kill me many times. Lol. Love the bike. GaMike