Hutch
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Birch Run, MI. U.S.A.
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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
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