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I was just reading a post and it got me to thinking (and that don't happen often). Who and how many of you out there remember and used a kick start? Call me lame old goat but I miss them.
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I saw one of those in a museum once.... 
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My 3 year old 125cc bike has a kick start...
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I still use them my ATV is kick start only as well as my old Iron Head
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we should do this every weekend!
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Oh yeah I remember my old Super Rat,took alot of kicks to get that thing running..
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Had many bikes with kick start. This got me thinking too Al why do you rarely see kick start on most modern bikes other than dirt bikes? It sure came in handy when the battery was dead.
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My Honda CB100 had one of those... which is probably why I had to bump start it most of the time :P
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id kick it if it doesnt start 
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The first 3 bikes I owned had kick start. Loved them and wish the America was equipped with one. It would be a real cool addition to an already cool bike.
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I wouldn't fancy a kick back off my america 
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having tried to bump start my america i understand why it doesn't have A kick start.
i am older than dirt though so i think every other mc i owned had a kick start.
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I guess I'm old. but wait.... 
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Way cool! Can I steal that answer? <G>
My first 4 bikes had kick starts... I dont' miss it!<LOL>
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Blah blah blah nostalgia blah blah blah good old days blah blah blah geezer wet dreams blah blah blah 
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yeah FJ...freakin' old people
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Um. Right. Yeah! Wait a sec... 
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Who and how many of you out there remember and used a kick start?
I used one, but I can't seem to remember it 
jh
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Yes I miss them; I think my first bike that did not have one was my Honda 900F
The invisible One 
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I miss them, every bike I had until my SM was kick start. These bikes wouldn't kick back much and if tuned right not at all. All my Triumphs are 1 kick bikes and so is my 64 BMW. Could always tell a man who knew how to tune a bike by how many times he had to kick it.
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Screw 'em. I don't miss them one bit.
I don't want a hand crank on my truck either.
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My SM is the 1st bike I've ever had without a kick start.
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I wonder if the 1500 will have a kicker? 
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remember what it was like to stall at a busy intersection, and have to kickstart and it not wanting to start on the first or second kick??? and then haveing to push it out of traffics way and by the time you got it started you had to sit thru another red light?? it would be nice to have one for backup but without a magneto, i wonder if a kick starter would be enough to get her runnin?? this is my first bike with disc brakes and a button starter and i think i like them both. 
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When I first started riding as an adult (almost 10 years ago), my first bike was almost MINT 73' cb750.
The wiring on that poor girl was a mess....my battery would drain all the time and the kickstart meant the difference of getting home a few times.
That bike was AWESOME.
got it for next to nothing (the guy had NO CLUE) and sold it for a nice sum.
-Tony
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Always a good fall back postion in case of tired battery; that said, the button sure is easy
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My first bike was an RD250, I have still got the mark on leg where the kick start kiced back. Push buttons great, no pain.
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Used 'em for years, don't miss HAVING to use it, but It'd be nice insurance for the button, as previously stated.
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We always called electric start the "girly button" Man did I catch a lot of flack when I got the SM after dishing it out all those years. The electric start is nice to have,but I would like to have a kick start too. I would use it most of the time probably. As easily as my SM starts with the button I bet it would be a 1 kick bike,maybe 2 cold. If I could start my old Panhead with the kick start the SM should be no problem.
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You old guys probably miss rotary phones and outhouses too
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I had one on my first bike a 1971 Yamaha RD 350 and my second a '71 Triumph, Trophy 650. I don't really miss kick starting but it was kind of 
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73 Yamaha 125 and 250 Enduro, both kickers. Pain in the butt, but WHEN they fired on the first or 2nd kick, it was cool!!!(when not, I limped for a while!!!) 
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My '03 Triumph is my first bike without a kickstart. I still don't trust that electromagical pushbutton gismo.
Kickers and manual ignition advance are a definite safety factor. If you can manage to start your bike, you are probably in good enough condition to ride safely.
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I got no kick from the pain Sometimes beginning that process to start my machine would result in a sprain of the knee So don't take that button from me (somewhere, Cole Porter is spinning in his grave right now) 
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Up until I bought the America in 2004, Yea I miss the old kick start, a bit like the starting handle on my old Humber Sceptre..
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yeah I also miss the starter pedal on the floor of my Chevy truck and choke knob in the dash and the split windshield but not those darn vacume wipers.
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I was just reading a post and it got me to thinking (and that don't happen often). Who and how many of you out there remember and used a kick start? Call me lame old goat but I miss them.
I haven't had a kickstart bike for 25 years.
But...
Every electric-start only bike I've had since then has had to be bump-started at least once.
So the best is electric and kick, like the late-70's KZ1000's.
And the new dirt bikes without a kickstart are a stupid idea. Try to bump-start in mud.
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I was just reading a post and it got me to thinking (and that don't happen often). Who and how many of you out there remember and used a kick start? Call me lame old goat but I miss them.
I remimber them and they are not missed ,,,,only fondly remimbered for sentimental value
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Sure would be nice to have the option when the battery is dead.
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Sure would be nice to have the option when the battery is dead.
Dick, I have a Boyer-Bransden electronic ignition on my 1970 custom 650 Triumph Streettracker, and the bike won't kick start(or start at all) if the battery isn't charged up to a certain level.
And so I'm not sure, but I wonder if our Hinckley Triumphs with their electronic ignitions would start with a kick if their batteries were in the same state???
(anybody care to offer a guess here?)
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