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Kawasaki ke 125 tracker build
dwmarlin4114:
I've been working on a "do the ton inspired" ke 125 tracker for quite some time now and after seeing how helpful your guys' inputs can be I finally decided to start my own build page so that i could share it with the rest of you guys. I was able to score a 79 roller along with a 76, 79, and most of a 81 bottom end for next to nothing so I saw some potential. I also got two cylinder barrels (one bored and sleeved), three heads, two stators and rotors (76 and 79), a carb, tank, and gauges and controls and what not. This is my first complete overhaul and first build thread so we'll see how it goes...
My plan is to split the cases and see what i'm dealing with in order to cannibalize a solid bottom end then do some stripping and painting to clean every thing up.
This is what the roller looked like when I brought it home. Thats a 79 frame with the 79 bottem end, mag and carb on it.
And here's some bottom end pics 81 then 76
dwmarlin4114:
so like i said this build has been going on for awhile so I have some catching up to do with the page. Thats not all bad because it should go quickly but the downside is that i dont have very many "before pictures" but I have plenty of afters.
The picture above of the 81 is after I split the case and remmoved the transmission and crankshaft. The motor had only the internals with it.
The 76 on the other hand is a pretty complete bottom end even though the crankshaft is completely siezed. It came with stator and rotor, valve assembly, gear change mech, oil pump, ect and internal parts.
This is most everything I pulled off the 79 and the internals from the 81
Here is the frame after everything has been taken off BEFORE paint...
dwmarlin4114:
So moving right along here... After I split the case on the 79 I decided that it was going to be the one i would use for the build. The bearings and seals were in good shape and all the threads were decent. Also I decided to use the head which is from I think the 81 or a completely different year altogether. But as it turns out I dont have any pictures of the stuff before but I have some after claening and painting.
Thats the cylinder I decided to use in the background its the one that is bored 1mm over and sleaved but I dont know if they had sleeved pistons from the factory or not I was hoping you guys could tell me. The reason being only one of my cylinders is sleeved and I'd like to get an idea of what year it is.
For the cylinder and head I had to paint black and polish the fins not original but I just like that look pluss with all the fins going the way they do especially on the head I thought it looked pretty cool. Theese pictures were taken befor clearcoat too so the finished surface comes out a little more glossy.
dwmarlin4114:
The next thing I did was to start polishing the right side cover again no before picture but here's what it came out looking like
Also some pictures of what it will look lke assembled.
dwmarlin4114:
Next I cleaned stripped and painted the frame and swing arm I wanted something different and something that would make the black and silver on the engine stand out so I went with white. Also I started working on cleaning and painting the froks and triple clamp.
The bars are a little bit bent but thats okay for now too
I'm not really crazy about the brown seat but I had the material laying around so I took out some of the foam and made a cover. Its no where near professional work but for $0 its waht I'm going with for now
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