KE100 Start Up

This is the first start up of a 1976 KE100 enduro after I rebuilt it mechnically (but obviously not cosmetically!) for me to use on a construction site.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• KE100
• two-stroke
• stroke
• dirtbike
• motorcycle
• rebuilt
• vintage

[thomashamiltom]

i just bought one of those bad boys for $100! but it doesnt idle and the lights dont turn on but it starts and runs a little bit! lol. where should i start to fix up this bad boy like yours?? where do you get your parts?? you can see mine in my videos

[bigshankhank]

Pull the cover off the right side of the engine to access the carb, remove it and take it apart, dip the solid parts in cleaner (put anything rubber aside), soak for 24 hours, blow out the passages with compressed air, put it back together and resintall. On the exhaust pipe, remove the baffle at the very end of the pipe and replace the fiberglass wrapping. Parts are available at Kawasaki dealerships/ Good Luck.

[UpAllNight91]

Love how he blips the throttle before starting!

[bigshankhank]

It helps to pump a little fuel into the combustion chamber, starts easier that way.

[UpAllNight91]

Problem is that carb does not have an accelerator pump, so twisting the throttle with the engine off does nothing at all. Dont believe me? Ask around, its a 2 stroke, most 2 strokes dont.

[bigshankhank]

Its a holdover habit from my streetbikes, I always give the throttle a twist prior to starting to move gas into the chamber.

[171apples171]

So can you flood a motorcycle by pumping the throttle before you start it? I wouldnt think so since they all ususally have a vacuum on the petcock and its not squirting fuel into the cylinders..

[lplspaz]

just bought this same bike for $55 at a redneck auction...... i had to replace the ignition coil, because the guy i bought it from had a hot wire he put in him self directly from the battery tapping into the coil..... any idea why he would have done that?

[MichaelD400]

I Love Old Bikes...

[MichaelD400]

@rangerover5555 Mainly all it is lol!

[rangerover5555]

sounds like a chainsaw

[tomsvintageminis]

cool bike, I am restoring a 1971 Kawasaki G3 TR 100

check it ourt at

tomsvintageminis on utube

happy trails,

Tom./

[megalord299]

does anyonw know where i can get one of these?