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thespot413 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18 WMASS, MA Gender:	kick start 02/06/11 at 13:00:46 Ive been messing around with the idea of turning my bike into a kick start. I had 67 BSA and loved the fact that i had to kick it over every time i got on her. Anyone have any experience/any idea how much it would suck?
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Reply #1 - 02/06/11 at 13:16:26

I too enjoy the old kickstart motorcycles. I have kick started 750cc twins, no problem but in those old twins each cylinder was much smaller than the one big cylinder on the S40 and only one was in its' compression cycle on each revolution.

I am no expert on the S40 but from what I have read it would be a major job to kick start it. With that one big 650cc piston in compression it would be roughly twice as hard as kicking over a sixties vintage 650 cc Triumph Bonneville (well almost, the Bonnie had higher compression).

If you make some sort of conversion I would certainly like to read about it.

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #2 - 02/06/11 at 13:54:48 my old gn400 was a kick start, if you didn't do it properly it would send you over the handlebars or sprain an ankle, kick start, yeah right, lets bring back the crank start auto's.
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Re: kick start
Reply #3 - 02/06/11 at 14:25:25

thespot413 wrote on 02/06/11 at 13:00:46:

Ive been messing around with the idea of turning my bike into a kick start. I had 67 BSA and loved the fact that i had to kick it over every time i got on her. Anyone have any experience/any idea how much it would suck?

Oh yeah, there's a great mod. search back a couple of years and you might find it.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #4 - 02/06/11 at 14:30:03 Two strokes were easy to kick over,Almost like there was nothing there.I'm talking about twins and triples.
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #5 - 02/06/11 at 14:53:40 My first bike, a1937 Enfield 500 single had a compression release that opened the exhaust valves to kick it over. Helped a lot but it could still give you a sore foot. It was a hand lever under the clutch lever.
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Re: kick start
Reply #6 - 02/06/11 at 18:11:09

Just hang the kicker off the left cover over the stator and put the driven gear on the end of the crank on top of the stator nut. You should be able to go in through the inspection port in the middle of the left side cover. Hook up a push button on the handle bar that goes to the decomp relay and you should be ready to break an ankle. It should be a pretty easy job if you can find the right parts but that's what they said about building the Panama Canal. You will still need a battery to fire the ignition during starting.

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Re: kick start
Reply #7 - 02/06/11 at 18:22:24

Ed L. wrote on 02/06/11 at 18:11:09:

Just hang the kicker off the left cover over the stator and put the driven gear on the end of the crank on top of the stator nut. You should be able to go in through the inspection port in the middle of the left side cover. Hook up a push button on the handle bar that goes to the decomp relay and you should be ready to break an ankle. It should be a pretty easy job if you can find the right parts but that's what they said about building the Panama Canal. You will still need a battery to fire the ignition during starting.

Just switch over to a magneto ignition from a large lawnmower and you won't need a battery either!! or instead of a kick start you could make it into a pull start.. that'd be pretty cool.

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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #8 - 02/06/11 at 18:32:58 A pull start Savage LOL
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #9 - 02/06/11 at 18:59:35 Pull start? I can barely run forwards, you want me to run backwards?
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thespot413 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18 WMASS, MA Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #10 - 02/07/11 at 09:15:09 That pull start idea is epic. I better start working out though. Maybe once the bikes back together this time around, cant have it in pieces when the warm weather hits.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: kick start Reply #11 - 02/07/11 at 09:26:29 Theres no kick start add on this engine. Simply not gonna happen.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #12 - 02/07/11 at 09:39:12 If my S40 wouldn't turn over the engine I would kick it for sure.
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einheit13 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 116	Re: kick start Reply #13 - 02/07/11 at 14:31:35 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/07/11 at 09:26:29: Theres no kick start add on this engine. Simply not gonna happen. Actually, it can happen. You start at the starter mount. A few folks have done this with EVO sportsters, they were never made to use a kick start.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: kick start Reply #14 - 02/07/11 at 14:44:59 How about old school racing bump start?
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