Having 3 bikes, each from a different decade, non of the are kick start. My last kick start bike was a Suzuki GT-550 two stroke triple, but it also had an electric start. The kick pedal was so rarely used, that it siezed up from lack of opening it out to use it.

Manufacturers started getting away from manual starting systems more for liability issues than creature comfort. People were getting seriously injured from kick starters hitting back and tearing calf muscles, broken knees and legs, and even serious injuries caused from being throw over the bikes.

If yer bike aint gonna start with a dead battery, boost it or push it, because you can kick that sucker untill yer blue in the face, and seeking crutches before it will start.

You dont see cages with hand cranks on them anymore, and the same is for street bikes....