Let's Fix It! 1985 Kawasaki KDX80: Reliving My Childhood Dream with this Mechanical Nightmare Part 1

I bought my childhood bike! I had a bike just like this one when I was 11-13 years old. It was one of my favorite bikes! Unfortunately, the bike doesn't start and who knows what other problems I'll unearth when I dig into this one! Will my quest to relive a piece of my childhood turn into a mechanical nightmare and money pit?

[@RcOffroad9513]

Awesome!

[@wldmike223]

Hard to find these in nice condition like that .

[@gohobby9934]

Yeah, they are often beat to crap. I'll be restoring this one in some upcoming videos. There's no money in restoring it, but it will be a fun project and it's meaningful to me so I'm doing it.

[@NaneX_YT]

Nice video bro. I subscribed. 👌

[@gohobby9934]

Thanks so much! I'm working on more videos with this bike. Stay tuned!

[@smokinjoeb3926]

Hot foot moto makes reproduction reed block manifolds for it. My friend had an 87 had a gas on it. The clutch parts are the same as the kx60. Plates basket etc. Btw it's a 84 the 85 had silver frame color.

[@gohobby9934]

Thanks for watching! According to the 1985 Kawasaki Brochure and the vin#, it's an 1985.

[@craigjones2015]

Check for spark

[@gohobby9934]

I did and it's in the video at the 46 minute mark. Normally it's one of the first things I would do, but all those other things needed to be fixed before trying to start the bike anyways.