1985 KX 80 resurrection !!

[onekawboy]

recently drug home a an '85 KX80
top end ate apart
current status:
motor taken in to local shop to split cases to see if it can be resurrected...
if bottom end can be saved...top end will be sent off to be repaired

hoping to have running by late fall ...maybe ..depends on crazy on its renewal I go !



 

[onekawboy]

rebuilt the crank..new bearings and seals .. mellennium swapped out cylinder and I installed wiseco pistion set in...
bike up and running...2 issues

leaky radiator ...
leaky carb ...think float is sticking....gas was coming out of bottom...

[Foxx4Beaver]

rebuilt the crank..new bearings and seals .. mellennium swapped out cylinder and I installed wiseco pistion set in...
bike up and running...2 issues

leaky radiator ...
leaky carb ...think float is sticking....gas was coming out of bottom...

Could be the needle valve/seat also....I had a similar problem with my K5 with fuel leaking out of the bowl overflow....put a new needle valve in and it cured it.I'm not saying this is "your" problem...just another possibility.

[jswatland]

Sometimes it the needle just gets stuck after sitting for a while. Hit the carb with a wooden hammer handle or something like that and see if it frees up. This is more of a temporary fix but you may not have problems with it after. just one of those dumb things