Patent ID: 8631779

Claim:
An internal combustion engine with a kick starter, provided with a crankcase, a crankshaft supported by the crankcase, a transmission mounted on one side of the crankshaft, a generator mounted on another side of the crankshaft, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting a rotation gear shifted by the transmission to an output shaft supported by the crankcase, in which the transmission includes a drive pulley mounted on one side of the crankshaft, a driven pulley mounted on one side of a driven shaft supported to a rear of the crankshaft, and a belt set between the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and the power transmission mechanism is provided with a reduction gear for decelerating the rotation of the driven shaft to be transmitted to the output shaft, a kick shaft which extends from the other side into the crankcase, and a kick starter for rotating the crankshaft with the kick shaft; wherein the output shaft is disposed at a position overlapped with the driven pulley from a side view, and the power transmission mechanism is disposed between the output shaft and the driven shaft in the crankcase, wherein the kick shaft is disposed at a position below and forward of the driven shaft, which is not overlapped with the driven pulley from the side view, and a kick intermediate shaft is disposed between the kick shaft and the crankshaft to mount the kick starter on the crankcase, and wherein a spindle of the reduction gear which forms the power transmission mechanism is interposed between the output shaft and the kick shaft.