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Can someone explain a kickstarter to me?
Johnny4428:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on May 13, 2022, 01:02:28 AM ---The kickstart fitted to a Velocette Venom 500 is a device used to launch the unsuspecting owner/rider to the roof of the nearest shed, screaming in pain and clutching a leg!
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😂😂😂 Brilliant!
K2-K6:
--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on May 13, 2022, 06:56:26 AM ---Who remembers how shocked we all were when Honda introduced a bike without a kick starter?
Was it the CB900FZ, or the CX500?
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I thought the CX was first, but KZ 750 was first of the fours as I remember it.
For starting on kick though, all the two stroke triples were easy, most you could start with your hand on the lever.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
My Ariel Leader was a pig to kick start when the engine was cold - there was a small button on the top of the carb that if you depressed it would flood the carb enabling it to start first kick - trouble was you had to take the side panel cover off to access the carb a pain in the butt.
Bearing in mind I was only 17 at the time my fix was to drill a small hole in the side panel so I could fix a length of welding rod through the hole fitting some rubber pipe between the end of the rod and attach it to the carb button. It took a few tries to adjust it so it worked every time including fitting a small return spring. It was a bodge but it worked - I would not do anything like that today - the naivety of youth eh!
taysidedragon:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on May 13, 2022, 10:16:14 AM ---My Ariel Leader was a pig to kick start when the engine was cold - there was a small button on the top of the carb that if you depressed it would flood the carb enabling it to start first kick - trouble was you had to take the side panel cover off to access the carb a pain in the butt.
Bearing in mind I was only 17 at the time my fix was to drill a small hole in the side panel so I could fix a length of welding rod through the hole fitting some rubber pipe between the end of the rod and attach it to the carb button. It took a few tries to adjust it so it worked every time including fitting a small return spring. It was a bodge but it worked - I would not do anything like that today - the naivety of youth eh!
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The carburettor tickler - it wouldn't be called that these days. It would have a much fancier name, with no chance of a double meaning. 😁 My old Brit bikes had them, and my leather gloves always stank of petrol because of them.
Later ones have an extension piece on the tickler button so that your gloves don't get wet. 👍
I've never been launched by a kickstart, but came close a few times. It hurts! The big singles always had a reputation as legbreakers, Goldstar 500, Panther Sloper 600 and Velocette 500. You had to get the position and technique dead right or you did your first solo flight!
Laverda Dave:
This image sums up a kickstarter
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