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All the bikes I have owned and or rode, if it won't start by a kick or three, it wouldn't start with a electric starter either. Such as a fried Zener Diode, for instance.
True, I always tuned my own bikes and once warm always 1 kick to start, when cold 2 maybe 3. If they didn't start then I knew something needed attention. I remember being out on my chopper once and we were all about to leave and the damned thing wouldn't start. I beat my brains out trying to get it to fire. I had just had it running an hour or so earlier so it should have fired right up. Turned out part of my coil mount had broken and touched the coil post when I leaned it over when I parked it. When I stood it back up to start later it was still grounding out the ignition. As soon as I saw it I moved it and the bike fired right up and we were off.Was really embarrassing to me since I always prided myself on my bike starting with a single kick and teased those who didn't. Even worse is now because I also teased guys who didn't have a kick start about their girly button. 
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