My son now in his 40s just bought a rough 1983 kx80 for his son who is 14.
My son had an 80 when he was young and wanted his son to have a proper 2 stroke.
I helped him with his bike back in the 90s and now will help my grandson to have an iconic machine hopefully.
So essentially the engine runs, sounds ok,but with no chain unable to ride it.
The exhaust is the wrong one, but it fits the head ok so we'll make up mountings to suit.
Semolina in the gearbox, the water pump seal totally trashed.
So seal and gasket ordered.The impeller thread is stripped so will either put it in with JBWeld or drill out the middle and fit with a new bolt.
The clutch cable stop is damaged so we dremelled the broken hole deeper and secured it with a zip tie through a small hole drilled in the casting.
The rear wheel is the wrong one with a slot to locate in the swingarm instead of the torque arm,so some work needed there.Missing the chain adjusters too, but 2nd hand ones ordered on eBay.
Looking forward to a test run in a couple of weeks
