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He stopped after the 33rd kick and took a look around. Then he stopped again on the 69th kick and it fired on the 73rd kick!

I learned early on that my 650s want full choke and won't do squat if I don't start there.

My brother used to hand kick his Suzuki GT380 just for effect. I never saw him do it to his GT750. I just kicked the Trident a few times the other day and decided to let her sleep another month. 60+ kicks and I'd drop for a dirt nap...

I had an old Honda that was kicked started forward. When it backfired once it just about launched me off the bike. Also if it wouldn't start in 3 or 4 kicks I would have used starter fluid...Russ

When I was a young lad, there was a guy lived around the corner who had a Velocette Thruxton (500cc single to the uninitiated). Of course it was kick-start only, pretty high compression - but it had a valve lifter. Problem was he was only about 5' tall!

Whenever he brought the bike out, watching him start it was a spectator sport! First he would place it on the kick stand, open the pet-cock, and tickle the carb. Then he would pull the valve lifter and turn the engine over until it was on the compression stroke, and the kick-start was approximately horizontal. With it setup like this he would then leap into the air and come down on the kick start - the bike would go ker-thump - and either continue running, or not. If it did not keep running, he had to sit down on the curb for 10 minutes to summon up enough energy to try again!

In the spirit of the era, we nicknamed him "Grease Nipple"! (Nice bike though - you could hear it miles away!)

N0NB wrote:

He stopped after the 33rd kick and took a look around. Then he stopped again on the 69th kick and it fired on the 73rd kick!

I learned early on that my 650s want full choke and won't do squat if I don't start there.

Wow! You must be pretty bored to actually count those kicks.
Something like "counting wallflowers on the wall that don't bother me all....' Well don't blame me. I've got nothin better to do.

Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo....now don't tell me....I've nothing to doooooooooo :laugh:

Uhhh, sounds like the "Straddle her" Brothers in here. :silly:

oldkaws4ever wrote:

ya, when i had my 72 sporty, it kicked back once and damn near threw me over the bars, i litteraly had to stand on the seat to get leverage in order to kick it over.

Oh yeah baby! When kick starting a Harley, you don't just straddle the bike and unfold your leg. You park that bike on the kickstand, use the kicker to get it just past TDC, then jump up in the air and come down with your full body weight on that G-D kicker. The leg MUST rule, otherwise you will break some body part. Especially on a Sporty with its rinky-dink linkage, hence the term Sportster knee.

WPBill wrote:

LOL

I counted 73 kicks.

me too !what an idiot!:laugh:

try kickstarting a yamaha 500TT without the compression release!:woohoo:

At least REAL bikes have kick-starters!

PLUMMEN wrote:

try kickstarting a yamaha 500TT without the compression release!:woohoo:

i once trashed a one day old pair of timberlands
when a cr500 kicked back....didnt even realize it till foot started getting cold....took em back to bobs stores and told em i knicked em doing yard work....strange looks...new pair of boots:laugh: