Mad Marc

24/11/2025

I picked up a 1998 a few weeks ago... real beat up (see my latest YT video in bio). Probably going to save this project for late next year or 2027 (being realistic). I either want to build a Splitfire or Sebastien Tortelli replica. If you have thoughts on that leave me a comment. In the meantime I'll have a few videos of some little fixes: Here, the brake pedal is so worn out and digging a deep groove into the clutch cover, so I bored out the pivot and pressed in an oil embedded bronze* bushing. Also, a previous owner had installed a grease ni**le which I removed and filled the hole with alumiweld.

*edit: I previously misidentified the bushing as being copper. It's in fact bronze.

12/11/2025

I came across this basket case 1998 KX250 I couldn't pass up.

I couldn't pass up a "Mechanic's Special" on a 1998 Kawasaki KX250 that popped up nearby. It of course needed more work than advertised, and I'm sure there's...

03/11/2025

I decided to pull the clutch back out of my 1990 which I had filed the groves off of in a previous video, and just replace it with a new one. The new clutch basket looked real good but the hard anodizing left too thick a coat for the primary drive gear to fit on, so I sanded it off. The company offered to send me a new one but this worked just fine.

22/10/2025

Seeing Austin Barnhouse 's CR500 resto vids put me in the mood to slap together some footage I took over summer cleaning up this low-hour OEM pipe I found for my 1996 . Still collecting little trinkets for little Suzi here and there.

16/07/2025

Just dropped a new video on YT

Welcome back for Part 2 of my 2000 RM250 Build. If you haven't already please watch Part 1 here for context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5iLbfgfB8UIn th...

29/06/2025

I re-edited some footage from my 1995 KX250 build from three years ago as I've been refining my editing -- slowing it down, making it easier to follow. Have a watch and lmk your thoughts.

This is a re-edit (refined, remastered + new footage) of my 1995 KX250 engine rebuild video series from 2022. The new footage is mostly from my clutch cover ...

24/06/2025

Incredible job custom making a sleeve for a CR125.

26/05/2025

I got another RM250 project bike (+ an RM125 parts bike). Haven't decided what to do with it yet. Fix it and ride it? Restoration? Bling build? Watch the video and let me know what you think.

Surprise. Here's my new side project: a 2000 RM250. I also picked up a 1996 RM125 parts bike. Why? Because I didn't have the heart to ride my restored 1996 R...

25/05/2025

Watch my friend George pull out the baffle from his expansion chamber (yes, expansion chamber) on his CRM250.

04/05/2025

Relieved to have finally finished this engine and post another YT video after 6 months - Hope you enjoy it. https://youtu.be/_G57AWMvHkc

1990

Sorry this took so long. I got the amazing bolt and clutch part organizers from Kiss Toolz: https://kisstoolz.com/. They made me a special pink set for this ...