kenimpzoom
Rear Admiral
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- Jul 13, 2002
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Man I love Ebay.<br /><br />I have a 1976 Kawasaki KE125. Not exactly a common bike.<br /><br />Two months ago, I was taking my last lap around the deer lease, all of a sudden the rear locked up. The chain jumped off, but worse yet, a chunk of crankcase blew off. Turns out my shift shaft was bent and it caused the case to crack. The sudden shock of the chain jumping off finally caused the case to bust open. End result, engine would run, but gearbox had huge hole and all the oil leaked out. I pushed it back to the truck, loaded it up, and thought that would be the last time I could ride it.<br /><br />Well, last week, I was messing around on ebay and low and behold there was a complete motor and other parts. Total price including shipping - 40 bucks.<br /><br />I got the parts, some new gaskets and seals, slapped it together, and it fired up in three kicks.<br /><br />Man, nothing feels better than a job well done.<br /><br />Oh yea, I bought the bike on ebay for 300 bucks last year.<br /><br /><br />Ken