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Message started by NDBiker on 03/17/08 at 09:37:24

Title: kick starter?
Post by NDBiker on 03/17/08 at 09:37:24

So this might be a dumb question but is there anyway to put a kickstarter on a savage engine? Keep in mind I know nothing about the engine or how a kickstart works.

Title: Re: kick starter?
Post by T Mack 1 on 03/17/08 at 10:01:29

Simple answer: NO

Long answer, If you have tons of money, YES.

Requires figuring out which shaft/gears in the engine/tranny combo can be used. Then, have a new sidecover designed to accommodate some way to engage the kicker but still free-wheel the internal workings when the engine is running. Then finding some-one to machine said pieces and someone to make (mold & machine) the sidecase. Then, the easy part, turning the decompression system into a manual one (remove solenoid and put thumb lever on bars?) .

Cost would be outrageous on the internal components & sidecase design and fab work, so the simple answer is NO......

Title: Re: kick starter?
Post by NDBiker on 03/17/08 at 10:14:11

HA! yeah, that's what I thought. Funny thoughts run through ones mind when they are trying to start their non-starting bike.

Title: Re: kick starter?
Post by sluggo on 03/17/08 at 12:18:35

i had an ole gn400 with kick start. it ran on mag i never ran battery just kick and go. i turned ignition on pulled key and just left it that way. i knew no one could figgure out the stating sequence and never had a problem. i can't count the time's ii've left the key on now. so much i've come up with a jumper cable system. have had to use it a couple of times. at that point i stand there holding the cables someone always helps. yeah i sure would like a kick start onthis one.

Title: Re: kick starter?
Post by thumperclone on 03/17/08 at 14:40:27

well you could kick it but pushing is easier on your feet.a new battery is easier yet..

Title: Re: kick starter?
Post by Hutch on 03/18/08 at 11:13:01

I too wish the Savage had a kickstart backup. I hate depending on a battery. Even if a battery is low and won't turn the starter, it usualy has enough juice to fire up with a kicker.Out of the 7 bikes I own, only 2 are not kickers, the Savage and the 120hp custom I built. I wouldn't even bother trying to kick the 120hp bike over with my 150lb butt. I think it would look good with a kicker pedal on the Savage. I guess I am just old fashioned. Hutch

Title: Re: kick starter?
Post by mpescatori on 03/19/08 at 06:31:21

Showehorn a DR650, 750 or 800cc engine in the frame, and you have kickstart 8-)

Title: Re: kick starter?
Post by vroom1776 on 03/19/08 at 07:23:25

aint gonna happen w/o big $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$