1974 Suzuki TM100L Contender

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[@dylanmccallum7712]

The older you get the more you can appreciate the classics

[@KaplanCycles]

Thanks for the compliment!!!

[@snowfox22]

@@KaplanCycles lol!

[@ianmangham4570]

The older the body the younger the mind.

[@brendanhickey9771]

@@KaplanCycles lolol

[@kenbass3862]

My first bike that I started racing on was a 74 TM 125. It was a great bike. That TM 100 is absolutely beautiful. Great bike and restoration.

[@jjsroofing860]

When I was 14 my friend had one of those. There so thin and light. One of the most beautiful motocrossers ever made. I had a Kawasaki 90 converted to a dirt bike. I was so jealous. Later on I bought a YZ 125 . Was hooked on motocross since.

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

That sound takes me waaaaay back

[@skipcampbell4328]

Had a 74 TM125 back when I was 14. It was stolen out of the garage. The time I had it never fouled a spark plug. That smell and sound makes my heart race! Un breakable bike.

[@dannywilliams3516]

What a badass little bike Ken. That is the best-looking little 100cc bike of any make I have ever seen.

[@j-rox8551]

Danny Williams KX 100 is pretty sweet 2

[@thilo7546]

I love the Kawasaki KE 100

[@DanDan-xr4ke]

Yeah for sure

[@ghoulredeyedemon2024]

@@j-rox8551 the KX100 Is a Good Dirtbikes Those are one of the Bikes that Compietes in the 85cc Class Fulltime Especially the KTM 105SX And the Honda CRF150R

[@crusTodd]

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING🤯 It looks like....candy😋

[@johncavar2914]

That old mill is a beautiful piece ..excellent location and facility to house a motorcycle 🏍 museum 👍. You did well Ken in getting your dream going 🏍 Lucky 🍀 you have a nice son to fulfil your passion 👍 Looks like he has same passion and interest 🏍👍

[@deborahchesser7375]

I love it, so loud and bright, so 70’s ! 👍🇺🇸

[@motomark9736]

Crispy ! My favorite bike as a 13 year old kid was a 78 RM 100 I was good on one of them I thought anyway lol I'm 55 now

[@paultaddeo5378]

Hey to funny,I owned a tm100 also when I was 12 nasty little bike. Im 53 now That bike helped step up my riding. Upstate N. Y GOD Bless,twist a grip!

[@markallen6818]

I had a 1979 RM125N,my Brother and I bought two at the same time.We Loved riding and racing theses Bikes.They were fast to.If you were a good rider you could out run bigger bikes as long as the track you were riding on didn't have long straights.It's still My Favorite Dirt Bike.

[@markallen6818]

Dreamed of having one of those back in the 70's and the 125 Challenger.Was finally able to buy a new 1979 RM125N.Loved riding and racing that Bike.It's still my Favorite Dirt Bike.

[@leecoomber3877]

The smaller cc strokers sound much crisper than the bigger cc .👍 No wheelies. 😪 Just been drooling on the pavement outside the Suzuki centre just down the street from my home at a 50cc fantic caballero...❤

[@rutniktrainer]

I had a TM 100 not sure the year. I set it up for ice racing. It was modded to run on alcohol. I never raced it, I used it to play on the ice.

[@ianmangham4570]

Absolutely STUNNING piece of eye candy.

[@michaeljohnson7276]

Sweet little bike Ken ! my first real dirtbike💥after owning minibikes ,was a 1975tm125, the coolest sound and smell of any bike ive owned, that pipe underneath was rad, and it reved so high, so fun, i think i was 13 years old, i used to clean and lube it religiously and baby it , other than the fist day i had it , i went hillclimbing and put a dent with my knee in that beautiful little tank, lol, other than that ,she was mint! Still wish i had it ! Keep the cool bikes coming guys, love your website! Mike Johnson from Minnesota.👍

[@tomwilliams4885]

In 1974 if you did not have one of these to race the 100cc class you were not going to win. As soon as these came out, the entire starting line was filled with them. For about 700 dollars out the door, a kid could afford one by delivering enough papers or mowing lawns. What a great little machine.

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

What a great time, it was.

[@davidkeeton6716]

Tom you are absolutely right! But as far as a kid being able to do that now, we have to forget it. Modern bikes are proportionally more expensive, and kids don't go out and mow lawns now, they might exert themselves, even sweat. Lord forbid. The only thing they exercise is their thumbs on their phone and their mouths whining, begging, or demanding.

[@1969cmp]

Very very nice. Usually I overlook mid 70s bikes but this us very nice. So are Bultaco and Maico. Some very nice bikes come your way. Cheers from Oz.

[@jamesmartiros443]

Awesome bike 👍 my father had a 1976 TM 125 bought brand new when he was 16 years old and he said that bike was a rippaaaa lol

[@waynepatrick17]

Nice shape to that lads it looks sweet.

[@haydndance4408]

Stunning peace of kit older bikes are beautiful

[@TheSteveSteele]

A TM125 was my first bike in 1976. Loved it. Not as bad as people think.

[@David33333able]

Ken, Love the old classics being one myself,,Back around 1982, I had 74 TM 125 with a modified rear shock mount to more of a lay down angle,anyhow I ended up buying a go kart with A 78 RM 125 motor in it,,enough said I made some mounts to make it fit,Worked great for years .METCALF and HOLLISTER,Ca,,,Great OHV parks,,,,

[@hectorpuertoricanrivera3470]

This bike looks so crispy 🇺🇲🍻

[@RadioReprised]

Very COOL! The 100 Yam and Suzuki were awesome bikes.

[@markcosta4337]

Cool jersey I had one when I raced my TM 125 74 model. Just before I went into the army way back when it was very sad for me to sell my 125.

[@derekdreke4990]

Mannnnn i love this 😍😍😍

[@tinybubbles3724]

I had a bike like that in the early 90's (1980 ds100 custom everything big expansion chamber, long travel suspension ect). Tried to hang with the 80's 125cc's. Brings back memories of bringing a knife to a gun fight.

[@randallburgess46]

Super nice,looks and sounds like it just came out of the crate!

[@ghoulredeyedemon2024]

The Suzuki TM100 Is the #1 Suzuki ever Built these are one of my Favorite Dirt Bikes, I would 💛 to Own one.

[@sonnyseabury4051]

That's one fine looking Vintage MX Bike.

[@mohdizmirabdmajid6820]

it look comfortable and fun to ride i love the old than the modern ones

[@corychiocca4227]

Bring it on the PIPE!!!!

[@montedyoung3247]

I wish my 82’ CR 500 Husky had been rebuilt that nicely!

[@redtobertshateshandles]

I had one of those rising sun jerseys. 13 years old then. Lol

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Old/new school Moto III! Sends me back!

[@markallen6818]

I've still got My Bell Moto lll,along with My O'Neill Pants,Hallmark Jerseys and Answer Chest Protector-Shoulderpads and AXO Boots.

[@tirsonacholibre5586]

beautiful bike

[@lesliehorwinkle]

10 HP @ 7K rpm........4 HP @ 6999 rpm.

[@ianmangham4570]

🤣

[@jasosmurray137]

That thing looks like so much fun, I’d ride it wayyy too much

[@thereluctantgearhead4544]

Sounds badass, nice old bike.

[@danielritchey3738]

Like i sead i love old bikes. I traded when i was 13 . a bmx red line for my real first com bike a 1977 HUSKY 250 cr. I rode it 25 mins at a time. 1.3 gals tank. Ken ur the best. Im goung on vac next year. Ill see u n jr . i ride a 1982 fxr . n daily driver Dodge cummins. See u on the east my brother.

[@opanndut]

Nice motor sir!!!👍👍👍

[@markcosta4337]

I wonder if he replaced the spacers back in a rear sprocket. The spacers tend to wear out and gave a lot of slack issues for that big 52 tooth sprocket. Did you went to a solid mountain?

[@dylanmccallum7712]

Lovely sound

[@husq48]

Need to do a video on a 71 TM-400!

[@timmoulthrop8510]

Those bike meaning the tm 400 hurt everyone that ever rode one come on guys it's the truth

[@sicks6six]

I had the TS100 with rotary induction. This intake was better IMO. Then I got a 250TS that was another level . Very similar to this. Loads of power right through the band ..

[@Rieju-Sherco]

We rode with a younger kid, back in the day that had a TM-75 man if he had this!! we would have had our hands FULL

[@ianmangham4570]

How beautiful is that BABY

[@JR-bw6jd]

Met a guy at an AHRMA Race at the Farm in Washington a few years ago and had a tricked out TM100. Never saw the bike but he said that he was pushing 30HP after someone named Rick Gagnon out of the Midwest built the engine. Rick has a website but I forget what it’s called. He can make engines incredibly fast

[@timfarmer648]

I think I saw that 100 in a Bruce Lee movie, and my friend gib had that helmet I love how they looked especially the yellow. 🤠👍

[@dafily1697]

Old 2stroke dirt bike is a drug, I'm definitly addict !! unrecoverable, still want some Castrol or Bel Ray flow in my veins...For what i know, THIS machine is the head of the bridge of Suzuki assault in US dirt bike category, then RMs and PEs followed and invading the US fields with the other soldiers named Yamaha, Honda and Kawasaki...

[@Hunter_S-fr4ns]

Beautiful

[@stevenbunn5450]

If the Japanese remade these bikes people would go retro , I think these bikes would find a good market.

[@leidervilla6382]

Amo a Suzuki Tengo Suzuki SUZUKI ME A DADO MUCHAS ALEGRIAS GRACIAS A DIOS JESUS GUARDE ALA EMPRESA SUZUKI DESDE MEDELLIN COLOMBIA 🙄

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

I told my dad the same thing!

[@peaceprayer595]

I want that.

[@slippy9916]

Nice touch with the blue jeans

[@johncavar2914]

Careful 🐛Ken never hits that fire hydrant 🐙

[@johncavar2914]

Serious all those shenanigans on the green nature strip ..some one could get hurt lol 😂

[@davidkeeton6716]

He may own that property, and he is max aware of every little dip and bump on it, I'm sure. So hitting the bright yellow fire hydrant or the picnic table is kinda out of the question.

[@fraue.arnold72]

👌 perfekt !

[@suzukimx45]

sweet !!

[@ianmangham4570]

Looks like a racer

[@mikestowe6136]

thats trick see bikes this clean ya need to keep n not sell

[@KaplanCycles]

I saw a picture of this bike today in my heart sink

[@mikestowe6136]

@@KaplanCycles i wish i was rich id buy every bike that was that clean n leave there but then id have to help ya fix the other building to put them in lol which i would

[@KaplanCycles]

Mike I really appreciate that ..that sure that you would do that if you could it's kind of a fantasy of mine that I hope that someday somebody like Harley Davidson or some rich benefactor would step up and help out with the project so far we haven't got a whole lot of help From the public sector it's been mostly the loans that we got from the Connecticut department of economic development that allowed us to get this far. it's been mostly me my family working around-the-clock in dumping our life savings into it hopefully the low payout in the end and definitely not Mike I really appreciate that that sure that you would do that if you could ...hopefully the low workout in the end and definitely not doing it for money..

[@jerry-ii2pm]

Put jr. On that bad boy an c how well she holds up lol!

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Why does it look like it has an extra spark plug with no wire on it?

[@johncavar2914]

Throw in the motor cross boots 👢 and top instant sale 🐢

[@vicgeier3482]

Had a 74 and a 75 TM100

[@nnchanel2979]

what is the size of my brother's front and rear tire circle

[@jessarellanes6648]

Nice bro

[@ianmangham4570]

Rockstar donuts

[@crusTodd]

A multi-section works pipe would really cap it off

[@timmoulthrop8510]

My first race bike. The guy we see on that one way to big. They go fast with someone half that size

[@markallen6818]

Probably about 120lbs too heavy for that little 100.

[@davidkeeton6716]

Ken, you and Kenny are too heavy for a 100 and you know that. You probably weighed 100-125lbs when you raced yours. They sure were fun when we were that light and a lot younger.

[@brendanhickey9771]

Wow

[@indonew5521]

mantap gaess

[@winstonpoplin]

Looks as if it has an extra spark plug that isnt hooked up to a wire. Is this correct?

[@orange70383]

In case one goes you just switch over, 2-strokes can be pretty hard on plugs.

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

I also heard for different heat range of spark plug but idk

[@davidkeeton6716]

@@baby-sharkgto4902 yup

[@davidkeeton6716]

@@orange70383 that's a good theory, but if you think about it, and I have found out in reality, with my 71 Bultaco Pursang 350, the second plug, that is not hooked up is getting as black and carboned up as can be, so it's kinda useless as a quick, plug it in spare. It is useful if a different heat range, but will at least need some sand paper taken to the electrodes before use.

[@colafizz2356]

Anyone remember the 80s Gilera 50

[@沈茂林-x6y]

光聽聲音就很爽快。

[@DOC-Jake-]

My friend had 1. We rode the 💩 outta it. It was a fast bike. I believe it was a 75 125 cc. Tm. Sounds like music to me.

[@mikestowe6136]

that thing is cherry

[@lambbolt]

i could make love to that bike!...lol. Just a dime piece

[@virginiemartinez3054]

👍👍😍👏👏

[@Deathtrap617]

Total dime piece

[@larrynorsworthy8582]

I've never seen a 100

[@lincolnstovall9471]

Suzuki RM 100!!! I destroyed 2 of them. Let alone myself. 👍🤙👍🤙

[@michaelmays4790]

Cr60 would eat that thing

[@antoniopeddis3260]

Occhio che si grippa non riesce a spuntare però è un reperto bella e conservare bene anche il casco di qui anni...

[@767dag]

Stock one , better. !!!

[@scottmeyer3803]

Should have a fourstroke Friday

[@freedomring4813]

LOL

[@2strokesmoke857]

No

[@scottmeyer3803]

I own only two strokes I'm just saying lmao

[@markallen6818]

WHY?EVERYBODY knows 2 Strokes RULE!!!

[@joesmuckatelly8282]

Dig

[@lastup4170]

Needs period works colors... That red is just wrong. Otherwise I love it.

[@johnwilburn8319]

You're to BIG for it😢!

[@carlomalatesta295]

Suzuki in my Heart!!!!