I've seen this idea "Kicked" around a few times. seems if I remember how it went was. If ya want a kick starter, shoulda bought a bike that has one. The  Suzuki geniuses here that mod all things & make it faster say it aint a happnin thing. I think it would be cool as heck, too. If I could add one, I would be right there with ya.Sadly, it just aint in th cards..
I am gonna feel like a real Doofus if someone says otherwise now, but, thats the way I remember hearing it. BUT, I woiuld be a happy Doofus! I could get a kickstarter!

Ya but, where does that leave us?

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Yeah, and bring the tranny along...

Jared, I too wish the Savage had a kick start. The most dependable way  to start a bike. I grew up with kick starts from the 60's. Triumphs,Harleys, Nortons, Bsa, you name it. I hate depending on a battery. The 67 Royal Enfield 750cc bike I have is kick start, so is my 68 Bsa,69 Triumph, and 2005 Royal Enfield Bullet. The Bullet also has electric start, but when the battery was to low to run the starter it started right up with kicker. Push starting a small bike aint bad, but pushing a Harley sucks!! I hate being stranded, that is why I wanted to find a way to put a chain on the Savage, and finally figured it out for everyone. I will try to e-mail Allan in England and find out if the Suzuki LS400 was a kick start. The bike is identical to the Savage with a smaller motor. The problem is that it was never imported to the U.S. I believe the bottom end is the same(not sure) and only the top end is bigger on the Savage. If it has a kick start, it might be possible to put one on the Savage using LS400 parts. Getting the parts would be the next thing. They don't even list the LS400 on the web page titled"every Suzuki ever made" I tried to see if I could get the sprockets from England to put on my S40 and it was a no go finding them. My leg may get tired kicking a stubborn bike, but at least it goes back to full power after a short rest, can't say that about a battery. If you could put one on it, I would also go to a cable actuated decompression release, instead of the battery operated one on the Savage. All the oldie but goodie bikes of my day had a manual decomp. If they didn't and you couldn't start it ,the bike was to big for you. Give me a few days and I might have an answer about the LS400 and if it has a kicker.           Hutch

i suppose you want to put a crank back on your cars engine.

i rode a 400 cc suzuki for 20 years before this one, and a kick start is the last thing i would want for the savage.

i've bruised the arch of my foot so many times it hurts now just thinking about it.

look at this:



someone has posted it in this board months ago...

I've been thinking about this a lot lately... esp. as a pal of mine has been busting my balls a lot about a kickstarter (and a magneto!)...  I really don't think it's possible.  go stare at the case.  one of the botls that hold the RH side case on goes right in the center of where you'd have to put a bearing.  even if you reworked the case, THERE'S NO ROOM TO KICK!