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1974 Suzuki TC100 - described as not going for many years.

It has been a farm bike all it's life and came with original black plate and ownership papers and had a cool 12k on the clock.

Talking to the owner and he said the engine wore out so he put another piston in it and rode until it refused to start but was a bit smokey'

I pulled the side cover off and removed the carb as thought i better check it and found it full of oil?, replace the fuel line as it was hard and brittle and added a filter to stop the rust and stuff in the tank blocking the carb. Kicked it over and oil kept going into the carb lean the bike over a little and oil ran out. checked oil level and was about right, plugs were wet and oil soaked. puled the exhaust off and about 100ml of oil in the exhaust. Even the Air filter crumbled as well so it needed some TLC.

lifted the head and barrel and the rings are very worn and the piston wall was thick with oil. I have pulled down a lot of 2 strokes and I have never had this issue and honestly I have no idea how the heck it was even running before this. I am hoping that's all it is as someone had the carb adjusted to about 1/4 throttle and the clutch was adjusted and wasn't disengaging. Brakes work good. Bent handlebars, broken speedo, seized front forks and the auto-oiler isn't connected

Ordered the engine bits I need and parked till they arrive, I will order a new seat cover and any other stuff once I have it running and then give it a clean and leave it like it is as I love the look of this 48 year old workhorse

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No bull, it was mostly engine oil, I could smell concentrated fuel from the tank but this smelled like oil and but it was mixed with the unleaded varnish.

I reckon because it's a rotary valve and the carb being so low the piston was causing a splash when it was going up the liner as it was scaping 90% of it off and that was when the the rotary valve would be open and feeding the crank case vacuum. 

I have pulled down and built up heaps of 2strokes and never have I had this, usually the left over fuel solidifies and this bike sat for over 10 years in an open shed until now.

Honestly the carb throat was being flooded with oil and then having the needle lifted so high because someone had it about 15mm open probably because it was the only way it would run. Even the jets were like new from the oil.

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4 minutes ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

If it has high/low ratio it's a TC100. TS was the road version...

Yea I know that, brain fart, but couldn't change the heading, I have been searching TS100 stuff and just got so used to writing and was half asleep LOL,

This makes 3 TC's I have now, the others being 125's

 

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And the other 2 new Suzuki's RV75 VanVan's I have and I am in the middle of painting one, I wouldn't call it restoring but definitely saving. Thank goodness it was surface rust apart from a couple of very small holes where the sand and shit would stick. 

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45 minutes ago, SOHC said:

Is this any use to you? You can have it, i ended up chipping one and couldn't find one then found 3, its the detent thing for the end of the shift drum

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Hey man, I probably wouldn't but I hate saying that as in a year or so I will LOL.

 

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49 minutes ago, Goat said:

Shit yeah, 

Had this on my watchlist. Drum front candy pink 2 stroke. All boxes ticked

Good to see it on here!

Yea I was like geez these almost never come up, not an affordable one that is on the road. 

Left chch 11pm, cruised down had some breakfast in Inver had a chat and loaded it on, had a coffee and another chat and drove back in time for dinner.

Triple 2 strokes have such a unique growl, I love them. I took it out today and after fuel went on the motorway and literally smoked everyone but by the time I got back home it was running sweet and just a slight bit of blue. I am going to do the same tomorrow to see if it clears sooner.

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