Budget Honda Z50 rebuild. Can I save it?!

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Episode 1! Lets tear this bike apart. This all started about 3 years ago. My youngest was turning 3, and of course that means he needed a motorbike! I discovered a co-worker had a Z50 in her garage that her husband grew up riding on the farm. So I went to check it out. It turns out it had been sitting on the farm for a *very* long time, after a lifetime of being abused by each of the kids as they grew up. We did some preliminary work on it after he opened it. It was ROUGH. It appeared to have low compression, maybe due to a timing issue, but that's as far as we got with it back then. Well, now he's 6, and he's been riding his older brothers old Z50 and he's loving it! It's time to get this bike back on the trail so he can enjoy it before he outgrows it. Follow along this journey! Subscribe here- https://www.youtube.com/c/RustyPhoenixMotors Please comment and tell me what you think! I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts on this process. Check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rustyphoenixmotors Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/dorkpunch_rustyphoenixmotors/?hl=en MORE on the Z50! Unwrapping the present- https://youtu.be/nF7fGDoRguY First project from the new location- https://youtu.be/ZlJJ6S9yV4o Tearing the bike apart- https://youtu.be/bS7nCPU0Xbg THE GIVEAWAY BIKE: https://youtu.be/ymsM1GhwKSQ https://youtu.be/LBa4FPWF10U MORE ON THE T7! Brand new! https://youtu.be/vRfSNp3cN28 T7 Testing https://youtu.be/z0ISZ2POS-s T7 in Moab! https://youtu.be/c0QS99WUZA8 High fender vs low! https://youtu.be/tPtLn4GTh24 Flight testing the Tenere 700! https://youtu.be/ZZX1Yv9bfB4

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