Honda XL125 Sitting In A Barn For 33 Years!! Will It Run??? | Part 1

I'm trying to get this old motorcycle running but I hit a few snags along the way.

[michaelcsiti]

absolutely love your content! You, mortske, vice grip garage and junkyard digs have taught me so much! I grew up around antique indians myself. My grandfather had a garage full of indians. from hill climb bikes all the way to old 50's chief's. as i remember he even had some from frames and engines from the late 1910's, think 18 or 19. all of it got sold to wheels through time museum in one of the carolina's

[troyrosenbaugh]

I cut my teeth on a 1975 XR75. Rode it and rebuilt myself bout 4 or 5 times. When I was older dug it out of shop for my kids. Spent bout an hour cleaning it up luring it. Fresh gas clean carb fired up 3rd kick. Had an original 1st year atc 90 to, it need cleaned up and tires but fired up 3rd or 4th pull. My kids rode those two til they were to big for them. Oh the memories. Great vid Bud, 👌

[troyrosenbaugh]

Got 1980 XL 125 s here at the house, gave a bottle of Makers mark whiskey for it, cleaned carb and used to ride it around my property maybe to town now and then. A few weeks back put a 150 big bore kit on it, shes a screamer now...

[braddokken]

This brings back memories. Everyone had various Hondas growing up. CT 70's, CT 90's, XR 75's and 80's various XL's. I don't know of anyone who bought a complete bike. We would horse trade and scrounge for parts and put them together. We would throw everything but money at them and we had a blast. A few years later and we were doing the same thing with cars and trucks. Wrench all weekend so with luck the car would take me to school and work for a week and then do more wrenching. Good times!

[WingmanJohnny]

Well. Keep up the great work pops. I will keep on watching

[tammyjett]

I had one of those when I was 13 raised a lot of dust on the farm in central Nebr. A lot of fun an memories. Good luck to ya.

[dakotamarion]

I wish I had a child hood like yours, sounds like a ton of fun!

[colescrustycars]

Very cool. I recently got into old honda 3 wheelers so this is right up my alley.

[graemeduckett]

to get the valve collets out, use a long reach socket slightly smaller than the diameter of the spring .Strike it quckly and they will release.

[smittysmat]

Regular viewer here!
I watched this when you originally released it, but watching again as I’m still reviving a “gifted to me” 1974 xl125 EXACTLY like yours. (Hey, you don’t have a spare exhaust pipe do you?😜)

Unrelated trivia: I noticed this was pre you using the word “carburoster”. 😊

[firecharger]

you made a vice grip slide hammer! that's great

[samuelhadley]

I absolutely love them motorcycles. I had probably about six of them and I used to build one in half a day and drive the crap out of it and then fix another one. Those were some good ol days. 😂🤣😂🤣😝😜🤔🤠👍⭐🇺🇲

[pedrodones]

i had the same one after high school, sold it after college, , it was fast as hell

[dalilaantoniagonzalezroman]

Excelente trabajo . Esta disponoble el segundo video de armado de la moto? Gracias y me ha sido de gran utilidad, ya que estamos identificando partesbpara armado de moto

[AZVIDS]

Nice, hope it runs. Did i see an ultralight aircraft in your “hangar”?

[thesmallenginekid]

Just got an 82' XL250. Needs a top end.

[punkinsgarageandpaint]

I got a Honda Shadow I bought. It was took apart some for paint and was found back together. We got it to run and I paid for it. Had another friend take to his house and after a falling out I had another go get it., I can't get it to run cause I'm clueless.. been sitting in my shed 3 years now...

[troyrosenbaugh]

C clamp, notch out old socket pop em right lose. Ugly but functional. Check your intake valve well they usually bend a little at the top and want to hang up in guide. Yeah sometimes you don't know til you pull it apart.

[danhard]

they still make and sell these 100's and the 125's by the thousands and sell them in the Philippines

[sethsoutdoorsvideos]

Hey man thanks for showing how to work this engine me and my father are gonna buy one of these for like 100 dollars on Facebook so seeing can help me to be able to fix that engine.