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KE100 won't start!

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MotoNoob226

Discussion Starter · 2 mo ago

Hey everyone. I am brand new here. First bike. I bought a Kawasaki KE100. 2 Stroke. PO said it ran but sat for a year and now is not running. Old carb was leaking. Replaced with new one. Attached all lines. Getting good spark and plug and wire seem good. Seems to get good compression. Seems to be getting fuel and oil mix ok. It doesn’t have any electrics. Kick start only. Almost tried to turn over once or twice but now nothing. Tried starter fluid in spark plug hole. Still nothing. Any advice on working through other problems? Thanks everyone!

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Easy Rider 2

· #2 · 2 mo ago

Starting fluid does NOT go into the plug hole.
You need some onsite help before you blow yourself up.

Starting fluid goes into the air intake.......with all parts fully assembled.
Small shots while turning the engine over. Hard to do with a kick start.

Old two strokes are a royal pain in the ass.
Not a good choice for a first bike.

AND....if nothing else, this should have taught you to NEVER buy anything that is not working.

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MaximUs75

· #3 · 2 mo ago

Hey, motonoob226, don’t listen to Easy Rider 2. I bought a dead ‘85 Yamaha maxim and got it running with $75 of parts after a month of experimenting. Best bike I ever had. Daily driver for 6 years. Easy Rider’s just mad he paid thousands for his ‘17 CanAm Spyder RTL. LOL!! You gotta start somewhere. Great job taking a chance on an old bike. I’m sure you will learn a lot in the process.

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450Zoomer

· #4 · 2 mo ago

Easy Rider 2 said:
Starting fluid does NOT go into the plug hole.
You need some onsite help before you blow yourself up.

Starting fluid goes into the air intake.......with all parts fully assembled.
Small shots while turning the engine over. Hard to do with a kick start.

Old two strokes are a royal pain in the ass.
Not a good choice for a first bike.

AND....if nothing else, this should have taught you to NEVER buy anything that is not working.

Wow, so helpful… lol

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Easy Rider 2

· #5 · 2 mo ago

450Zoomer said:
Wow, so helpful… lol

It is the TRUTH.
Making snide comments is certainly not helpful though.

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Easy Rider 2

· #6 · 2 mo ago

MaximUs75 said:
Hey, motonoob226, don’t listen to Easy Rider 2.

For every one person who buys a "basket case" and gets it running again, there
are probably 10 people who try and fail.

Just because it worked for YOU does not mean that everybody has the skill or luck to pull it off.

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450Zoomer

· #7 · 2 mo ago

Easy Rider 2 said:
Making snide comments is certainly not helpful though.

I would certainly agree that snide comments are of absolutely no use lmao.
Oh wait, is this you?
“You need some onsite help before you blow yourself up.”
“this should have taught you to NEVER buy anything that is not working.”

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MotoNoob226

Discussion Starter · #8 · 2 mo ago

MaximUs75 said:
Hey, motonoob226, don’t listen to Easy Rider 2. I bought a dead ‘85 Yamaha maxim and got it running with $75 of parts after a month of experimenting. Best bike I ever had. Daily driver for 6 years. Easy Rider’s just mad he paid thousands for his ‘17 CanAm Spyder RTL. LOL!! You gotta start somewhere. Great job taking a chance on an old bike. I’m sure you will learn a lot in the process.

Thanks for the helpful comment! Clearly, @EasyRider2 has never heard of buying a project bike instead of buying brand new. I actually bought it so I could learn how to work on bikes! Something I think more people should try.

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MotoNoob226

Discussion Starter · #9 · 2 mo ago

Easy Rider 2 said:
It is the TRUTH.
Making snide comments is certainly not helpful though.

450Zoomer said:
Wow, so helpful… lol

Thats what I thought. /

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Easy Rider 2

· #10 · 2 mo ago

MotoNoob226 said:
Clearly, @EasyRider2 has never heard of buying a project bike instead of buying brand new. I actually bought it so I could learn how to work on bikes! Something I think more people should try.

Clearly you know nothing about me.
I have been rebuilding all kinds of engines for a bit over 50 years now.

The simple facts are:
When selecting a "project bike", you should not pick one that is TOO bad off.
And the operation of a 2-cycle is enough different that it probably is not a good choice either.

I agree that it is good to know how a machine works but the road you have chosen to find that out
is NOT a good one. But you are now finding that out the hard way.

Good luck.

Note: No offense intended. A really LOT of people make the same mistake that you did.

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motorrad

· #11 · 27 d ago

MotoNoob226, did you get it running?

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