Kickstart

15/01/2009 at 10:58

I miss having a kickstart for the bike. I know it's easier with electric but if you went out and had a flat battery at least you had a chance of getting home.

Are there any bikes made that still have a kick start option?

Insanity

15/01/2009 at 11:00

I doubt it, aprilla RS250 has one though, not sure if they're still making them

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ivor problem

15/01/2009 at 11:00

I think most the cg based 125's still have kickstarts

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15/01/2009 at 11:01

AC wrote (see)

I miss having a kickstart for the bike. I know it's easier with electric but if you went out and had a flat battery at least you had a chance of getting home.
Are there any bikes made that still have a kick start option?

At your age I wouldn't have thought it was a good idea. Brittle bones and all.

Edited: 15/01/2009 at 11:07

50spence

15/01/2009 at 11:05

my scoot still as a kickstart

dooffle9

15/01/2009 at 11:05

Most teenagers need one

If you've ever tried kickstarting a SR500 you'd say fuck that

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15/01/2009 at 11:07

Your scoot has a kickstart because unlike a bike it not possible to push start it.

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15/01/2009 at 11:09

I wasn't thinking of using a kickstart myself.... I would send the wife out to do it for me.

Harry Monk

15/01/2009 at 11:11

Most moto X and enduro bikes have a kickstart

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15/01/2009 at 11:12

Harry Monk wrote (see)

Most moto X and enduro bikes have a kickstart

I was talking about proper bikes.

Harry Monk

15/01/2009 at 11:24

AC wrote (see)

Harry Monk wrote (see)
Most moto X and enduro bikes have a kickstart

I was talking about proper bikes.

Thay are proper bikes stooooooopid

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Adolf Hitler 1945

15/01/2009 at 12:02

Aren't they just used for riding around fields as a way to get kids started on bikes?

R1 loon

15/01/2009 at 12:04

Yeah, bring it back Kickstart was good TV

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Ozzy_170

15/01/2009 at 13:29

I love Kickstarts! don't ask why coz i don't know

i had on on the CG125 i did my CBT on, awsome fun, and yea, it would be nice to know that if the battery died you could still start the bike.

but kick starting my rf600 would be a challenge indeed, but perhaps a clever person could think of a solution?

15/01/2009 at 13:50

You'd think those super smart engineer types would come up with a solution to a kickstart for larger bikes. Can't be that difficult can it?

SParki

15/01/2009 at 13:56

Ozzy_170 wrote (see)

but kick starting my rf600 would be a challenge indeed, but perhaps a clever person could think of a solution?

lol .... a 4 cylinder 600 would be a piece of piss... all about technique m8 ... if ya think thats bad try my xr650, no electric girlie starter on there

Ozzy_170

15/01/2009 at 14:07

lol! fair enough,

there was a system for kick starting 'large' capasity bikes, there were 500cc single cylinders way back when (so my old man tells me) no electric starts then either.

but meh, i believe that just about anything is possible...