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Rhyno YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 25 Greenwood, IN Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #30 - 10/17/12 at 18:58:57 kick start, push start , pull start , lol hell i would just be happy for it TO START.
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javajunkie YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18 Topeka, KS Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #31 - 10/18/12 at 00:35:09 Rhyno wrote on 10/17/12 at 18:58:57: kick start, push start , pull start , lol hell i would just be happy for it TO START. +1
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J C Stokes Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 159	Re: kick start Reply #32 - 10/18/12 at 01:17:56 The 1901 Crestmobile single cylinder car used a belt pull start.
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Reply #33 - 10/18/12 at 05:02:29

It's been some years, but I watched a couple of "old guys" start a John Deere Model "A" at a farm sale. Each cylinder has a petcock on the bottom, which they opened and which served as decompressors. They set the engine controls for starting. They then turned over the engine by manually turning the external flywheel. The one on the flywheel side closed that petcock and the engine lit off running on one cylinder. The guy on the clutch side then closed the other petcock, and Behold! it ran.

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Reply #34 - 10/18/12 at 20:20:56

Charon wrote on 10/18/12 at 05:02:29:

It's been some years, but I watched a couple of "old guys" start a John Deere Model "A" at a farm sale. Each cylinder has a petcock on the bottom, which they opened and which served as decompressors. They set the engine controls for starting. They then turned over the engine by manually turning the external flywheel. The one on the flywheel side closed that petcock and the engine lit off running on one cylinder. The guy on the clutch side then closed the other petcock, and Behold! it ran.

Hey, my uncle had a Johny Popper like that on his ranch!

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Reply #35 - 10/19/12 at 05:36:06

My xs650 was kickstart only for about 6 months during last winter and I had a couple of mornings where I had to kickstart it quite a bit.
Let's just put it this way - a year later I can still get pain in my knee on the kickstart leg if I go for a long walk/hike - as a direct result.
Would have thought kickstarting a single 600 would really give you knee ligaments some issues sooner or later.

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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #36 - 10/19/12 at 06:18:44 The look of an engine with a kick start and push rod towers is sublime. However, kick starting a 650 single needs a decomp for sure. and as mentioned, you'd have to go old school electronically if youre looking to eliminated battery. Keep us posted if you proceed, it's gonna be a long winter if the NHL doesn't bother this year.
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Reply #37 - 10/19/12 at 11:36:00

I had a 77 Yamaha XT500 modified( overbore hi-compression piston, perf cam, carb, exhaust....etc) back in the day this was a kick start loved it would never strand ya although it had a compression release lever I (intentionally) felt the kickback and it could be brutal I would welcome it again and without accesories, wouldn't our bikes make due just fine with a magneto like a competition enduro I had just to run head/tail lights and turn signals today's vehicles are becoming problematic with these safety features( clutch/kickstand on ours) that cause more problems than I think they're worth I've had problems with my GM passlock feature (2005 Saturn) and my mom just got stranded with a 2011 Kia(brake switch) I don"t want any of these types of circuits on my vehicles

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: kick start Reply #38 - 10/19/12 at 21:03:34 Im waiting for the seatbelt/ignition interlock,,
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Reply #39 - 10/19/12 at 21:25:58

Back in the day, I put 25,000 miles on a 1975 Suzuki GT750 (two-stroke triple) and 50,000 miles on a 1977 Yamaha XS750D (four-stroke triple). Both had kick starters and electric starters.

I used the kick starters almost exclusively. If it took more than one kick to start, hot or cold, this meant that the bike needed a tune-up.

It was pretty easy to kick them through, AFAIR, but, I was quite a bit younger then, too.....

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #40 - 10/19/12 at 22:52:33 I dented a buddies tin patio roof,.. kick starting a Cushman scooter once... I tell you what,.. you bounce off a roof a couple of times, and you lose all enthusiasm for kick bikes... ...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: kick start Reply #41 - 10/19/12 at 23:02:31 I just gotta know why ya had the scooter on the roof,,
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Reply #42 - 10/19/12 at 23:39:06

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/19/12 at 23:02:31:

I just gotta know why ya had the scooter on the roof,,

Scoot was on the patio... I was 16, and a 110lbs,.. it jacked me into the roof...
Wasn't even my bike... 60's model Cushman,..
...foot clutch, stick shift... I just had to ride it....
Monster kickback on the start...
After ricocheting off the ceiling, twice,... I finally did get it started, and did two scary laps around the trailer park...
Those old scooters were scary fast for the wheel size, weight, and handling... felt like riding a 40 gallon water heater down a ski slope...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: kick start Reply #43 - 10/19/12 at 23:41:16 felt like riding a 40 gallon water heater down a ski slope... Sounds like a good way to get into hot water,, but, ya done paid the price to get it goin,, mite as well ride!
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: kick start Reply #44 - 10/21/12 at 08:33:40 Interesting, about the Cushman scooters. I never owned one, but rode several different ones, off and on, and never once had one kick back. I never got the chance to ride the later ones after OMC took over and redesigned the engine.
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