1980 Suzuki TS185 found behind a shed sitting for over 20 years...will it run? 

That’s awesome! Id love to find a 400 sometime. I agree, the lines and colors on the old bikes are though to beat.

Thank you! And that’s a great idea, I’ll have to remember that! Luckily the furnace wasn’t running when that spring and ball went flying lol. It was dead silent and I could hear where they hit. I was blown away when I found both pieces on opposite ends of my basement floor.

Sometimes, it's better to be than good. Every time I can't find something, it's out of stock...go figure. Keep doing what you're doing. I, for one, appreciate your videos.

@@d.brayman3165 I appreciate it very much! Thank you for watching!

Thank you! Much appreciated 👍

That’s cool, did the 77’s not have the oil line separately for the crank bearings? I’m wondering how those bikes survived when people removed the oil injection lol

@Garage2Trail I wondered that too but it runs fine the injection line goes in same as yours right at the intake on the cylinder.

That’s good to know! I am always worried it’s not getting enough oil with that 2nd line when I’m relying solely on that for mixture.

@Garage2Trail yea when I first start it, it smokes bit but it clears up when you start driving. Longest trip I've taken so far was a drive to the next town 30 miles and it ran fine, I just wish it had a speedometer!

That’s good to know! You wouldn’t happen to have an extra fuel tank would you? 😆 this one is in BAD shape.

Thanks Wattie, always good to hear from you. Thanks as always!

Thanks Peter! Glad to be an inspiration to get more old bikes back on the trail 👍

Nice…funny how you don’t see many of them.

Thanks! What’s the power ball up to right now? 😆

Cash prize about $105 million what would you buy first.🛻🚜🏎🏍🛵🛺@@Garage2Trail

Thanks! 2 strokes makes life easy…especially air cooled lol

Thanks man! I didn’t think it would start with such low compression either!

I hope so…I’m fearing the crank seals might be gone and that requires the motor to split for the right hand seal. After cleaning up the tank a bit more, I may try to seal it. It won’t be real pretty but I think I may be able to make it function for now. The stuff I thought was rubber sealer was just caked on mud. The fuel petcock is destroyed however. Completely frozen. Still want to try a few things before I determine if it’s the crank seal too.

Thanks! It was a relief to get it going!

Thanks!

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Thanks and me too! It was one of the worst ones I’ve opened up.

This one caught my eye…a blue Suzuki with a boxed swingarm and dual shocks, a very unique headlight and lines. Such a cool looking bike.

Thank you! I know better than to pry with a screwdriver like I see a lot of people do! I’m hoping I can find a tank. Not going to be easy I can tell.

Maybe 78-80 Rm plastic tank and mountings not too far off and could be made to work.

Good idea! I may have to look around for one but I may be able to make this one work believe it or not. After cleaning it up a little more thoroughly, the rust is bad but I’ve had worse on other bikes that I’ve been able to seal up with JB weld tank sealer…I’m going to at least give it a shot.

Thank you!

Hello and thank you! I’m located on the east coast (Pennsylvania). I really appreciate you reaching out. The tank is beyond my abilities to fix and patch I’m afraid.

Thanks Josh! Yeah for sure..I’m just waiting on some decent weather to get that out for a ride along with a couple other bikes which I’ll be sure to show here.

Awesome :)

Ohh nice I’ll have to try it! I have a tube of the stuff. Thanks!

I appreciate that but my goal isn’t a full restoration so I do the bare essentials to see if I can get it to run. It had compression before I realized the piston was blown out. I’ll do whatever work is necessary to make these bikes reliable riders. This was power washed before I did anything with it as well.

Hopefully soon. Got a bit side tracked and had to work on my daily rider with some maintenance. Also waiting on some parts too. It’s currently on the lift and I will be opening up the top end to have a look at the rings.

I’m probably going to do that. Just once more going to let it run longer outside and assess if she smokes because I would think crank seals could be bad too.

I understand your frustration…def sounds like a fuel delivery problem in your case…what happens if you spray some starter fluid in the intake? How clean is your carb? Just wait until the next video on this bike which will be out tomorrow and you see the condition of the piston lol

@@Garage2Trail thanks for your interest. Must tell you what happened yesterday. My son suspected the coil is faulty and replaced it with a “universal” one some time ago - brand new - the no-starter....smoker....but sparkplug-show-sparker. Yesterday he put the original (old) coil back and there the engine fired with the second kick. Off the bike flew like a wild horse....only to die 200 yards down the road. Again, after kicking his leg lame, it started and operated as new, again for only a few hundred yards. Dead. Towed it back home. Now, what can be the problem? Coil? Wiring? Ignition? Magnito? We need more skills here. What bothers me: I saw the sparkplug sparking and I saw it came out wet but I could not find the universal guilty. I thought a coil is a coil and sought the problem in the carburetor - float level, air mix up, down, in, out. Humiliating. But I think we will win - eventually.

@@sasvanwyk5886 how long will it run at idle speed? It really sounds like fuel delivery problems. How good is the flow from the petcock? Maybe the bowl can’t get enough gas and takes forever to fill back up. When riding it, it would suck the gas down faster which is why I ask if it runs a while at idle. If it was electrical I would think it would need to get hot to start acting weird. My bet is on fuel delivery…petcock or float as you mentioned. You’ll get it though…just keep eliminating one thing at a time.

@@Garage2Trail now, after being towed back, it is back where we were...with each kick, prrrrr pup pip, litle smoke at exhaust, kick, purrrer pip pip, smoke kick.....completely as if there is a shortage of fuel. But how can it come alive by itself? The old coil is now the same as the new coil. Now you throw me back into the carb again. We have not tested that flow into the carb yet.....nor even sure what it should be. Only saw the overflow when we had the level too high...no way to measure the actual level. The thong is already cracked from bending it up and down. A new float & needle plus seat would be the next smart move. This bike was standing indoors for Ten years or more. It carried my two sons up and down...now the two grandsons become 13......SONS. But I was one too.... Funny to see them get on the dead horse, kicking it in hope....but.

Dang…it’s gotta be the carb. Just test the flow coming from the fuel petcock to be sure. Unhook it from the carb and turn it on. It should flow out and not drip. Carb may need rebuilt like you said. Narrowing it down….

Nice I didn’t know they came in green too