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Busted Kickstart Knuckle

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Nurse Julie:

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--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on December 11, 2019, 01:32:49 PM ---This is all very intreaguing 🤔🤔🤔 Out of interest, how often do owners use the kick start on their bike? In 5 years, I have used it once due to a flat battery, started 1st kick, and again after the engine rebuild to get oil around the engine and. build up a bit of pressure before pushing the electric start button.

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I've never used mine to start the engine, just to prime the oil round the engine after rebuild like you. But, if I need to use it for real I don't want it to break!

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Haha, agree totally. I'm one of these people who has never, ever mastered the art of bump starting a bike (Unless I'm sitting on it already with someone pushing me, I can do it then) but not if I have to push it to get up speed and then get on the bike whilst it's moving. If the lever broke when I needed to use it and I was out on my own I would have to abandon the bike and walk home 🙄🙄🙄

K2-K6:
I've a Triumph speed triple with a dodgy starter sprag clutch,  often had to bump start it.

Usually it would try on starter but not spin fast enough,  at which point you'd have to run and jump.  Did it inside the Isle of Wight ferry once,  accompanied by the most enormous Kaaaaaboooom backfire  :-[ and scared the shiiite out of everyone in there  ;D

Also outside Chelsea barracks too,  car alarms set off  :-[ and "security" came running out primed for action  :o

Spitfire:
Only ever used the kickstart on mine when I had a duff battery, never used it routinely ever.

Cheers

Dennis

Moorey:
Never used mine if they don't start on the button there is something wrong. Having said that looking at the state of the footrest damage in it's past life it's been kicked to death for some reason.

Sprocket:
I only used it a couple times, once to prime the oil pump before it's first start and then before starting after I'd done the clutch. Maybe one real time too, just so I knew I could!. Then after this oil change, again to prime. Dang!

But bump starting is a second nature to me, have a 2T 250 that has electric start, but the battery is frequently not up to the job. If I was caught in a pinch I'm pretty sure I'd be fine without a kickstart.

Anyhow, I have a 350f one on the way from Germany so if my calculations are correct someone is about to 'find' one and suggest a paltry sum for it on here.... ::)

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