Hey Kevin hope you’re having a good summer. Quick question shoul you put the oil pump mark dead on or would it be better to put it alittle passed it to over oil it. I rather run it rich then have it lean out. I don’t have much experience with these oilers and I am not sure how good they are. Thanks in advance

Hi Kevin , I've got a just purchased, 1979 ke125 that is missing one of the three coils on the stator , the blue and pink wires are disconnected with the black wire going to the points and the yellow wire going to what appears to be one the charge coils ( based on your video). This coil is made of the heavier gauge wire. The other remaining coil is of lighter gauge wire and appears to be the exciter/primary coil and is wired to the condensor. My questions is can you tell me where the pink, blue, yellow and black wires should go and what they do and where should the wires go from the condensor and points and what they do , right now the condensor has a green wire going to the points and a black going to what I think is the primary coil. thanks,, i can provide photos but am unable to upload to this site,, There does not appear to be a regulator on this bike, nor the wiring for one, there is a recitifier by the battery,,, the issue with the bike is no spark to the plug, ,

tnx for the info 24mm stock float height

Interesting. Back in the early and mid 70's I flat tracked a highly modified F5 in mile, 1/2 mile and short tract. I raced Ascot, San Jose, Sacramento, Orland & Calistoga 1/2 miles. I had a Champion frame, 38 mm Mikuni carb cut and pasted the rotary valve cover so the carb fit probably. We filled and reshaped the combustion chamber and heavily ported the cylinder. I had an F81M transmission as well. Needless to say it was really fast. I ran premix in it for the whole time. Never had unusual bearing wear. I did suck a rotary valve into the port due to valve flutter and it wore a divot in the cases. I had to fill the space by welding material into is and then report the intake but leaving a little more material running against the valve. But never had any issues with premature failure and it ran a LOT harder than any street based Kawasaki rotary valve engine. That may have been because I did more maintenance than the typical street bike but never had any issues.

I owned one of those back in the day

great information, my son recently bought a 1979 ke 125, that was supposed to have been running when parked in a shed 20 years ago but not running now. After getting it home, and having discovered that it had no spark. We then removed the magneto and discovered that the lowest coil is missing ( I assume this is the coil that you are talking about in the video above) and someone appears to have "rewired" one of the lighting coils to replace it. So there is only two of the 3 coils currently there. There is a red and black wire hanging loose. Will this setup work ? If not do you know where can I purchase either a new or used complete stator > thanks and again, great information ,There also appears to be no regulator on this bike, although one is shown in the parts fiche for a 79

My wife and I got a 1980 MX80. Ran when we bought it, but not well. When I got it home I took the carb to check it and realized everything was installed backwards or upside down. The throttle slide was upside down, the needle was just loose at the bottom as well as the regular screw screwed into the A/F Screw with no spring or washer either. How it ran I don’t know. But after “fixing” those issues it won’t even consider running. We have spark, compression, and fuel. Oil injection was deleted (clipped off but all there). Im stumped.

Hello, I have a 1974 MC1 90. I keep having a problem where it seems transmission oil keeps getting into my cylinder. After a few kicks I can pull the head off and there will be more. I tried draining the trans oil but there was almost non in it. I was able to get the bike briefly started before it flooding out again. Any idea what would be causing this? Thanks for the help :)

great job

about to try and do the same on a 74' DT100 thats completely locked up lets hope it works out then its just replace piston, rings, oil seals, and points. theres tracking down throttle, clutch, and brake cables and carb clean and such but gonna ignore all that for now as im no where near that point haha.

Where should I start on a km100 1976 I have no spark I unplugged the kill switch and went direct to coil to magneto I’m not seeing any rectifier on the bike or cdi I’m not familiar with electrical not sure if it should have the cdi but the rectifier is just missing would that cause it not to have spark

2 strokes are mostly 8mm lol

I've wanted this bike since i was 12 years old and i still want one im 50 years old now and still looking 😢

Put oil down sparkplug see if the compression rises up or check the crank seals

U just dont use an intake and exhaust feeler gauge u gotta look up the proper measurements for exhaust and intake like.oo4 and .006

Fun! great explanation

Hey. Welcome back

Well she will live to.

Well she runs.

👍

Tip fuel in the spark plug hole

Tinkering with vintage small bikes is my favorite thing to do, (and riding them)…I absolutely love your channel Kevin, you have a very pleasant way of explaining things….✌️ Happy 4th of July….🎉🎉🎉

Kev Happy 4th of July

What's happening dude.

I had the twin cylinder SL 350

They were bad about the cam chain jumping a tooth and bending valves. Cam chain tensioner wears out prematurely.

wow XR that brings back memories my first mx bike was a xr for racing then i moved up to a cr back in the day ;-)

I have a km100 it’s a 1975 how can I bypass the key any video on this

Yo it’s Andrew

Any brand aftermarket from ebay you like ?

Which non OEM carb would you recommend ? ebay, amazon ???

This video has helped me find some much needed parts and save some money while I’m at it. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to make this video, sir! At 19 years old, I’m finally getting around to restoring my late father’s Parnelli Jones edition Kv75 and I couldn’t be more excited! If you happen to find an alternative tail light assembly, please let me know as I am in need of a complete one. If I happen to find one, I will link it here to help others as well

I'm still here Kevin, nice video.

Just kick it! Or use your Milwaukee M12 Drill which is like the Binford 2000 drill 🤣

Great job

Can u tell me where I can find a replacement carb for me ke175 1976b calls for a vm26sc mikuni

Hey i have a broken clutch lever witch im get a new one but i need to know when putting back that clutch rod and wire underneth and how is it put back together properly ??

Nice! Where’d the CDI come from? Do you have a p/n?

Hey Kevin, your videos have been an amazing help while fixing my ke100. I have one question: my oil pump engages before the carb does when I turn the throttle, and it makes it bog down. Is there any way to fix this?

When Kawasaki serviced mine they lost the drain plug for the petcock, any idea what I can do?

Hi Kevin do you know where I can get a carb for an 81 ke100?

Excellent advice!

I have good spark on black wiring but I don't have spark on inginition coil what happening Kevin?