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Posted by mittico68
- October 11, 2013, 13:10:49 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on October 11, 2013, 10:20:14 AM
mittico68 I am thinking a young lad like you would have no issues kicking over an 800, a 1500 on a cold morning with full choke might be a bit of a bi*ch to get going........
me with a messed up right knee might not even be able to kick an 800 over, but it would be cool.....
Thanx for the compliment, but I'm no longer so Young (45 years old!) and I'm already facing, since a long ago, aches and pains of old age... 
Be happy, you still have the left knee to use for it
Anyway, IMHO it would be even cooler to have a nice lady kickin' our bikes 
Posted by Troll
- October 11, 2013, 12:39:18 PMMy W650 has a kicker..I use it a lot. Total independence from the battery? No that won't work. The electronics need power, as does the electric fuel pump. Way back, in the dark ages, I had a magneto...fairbanks-morse, as I remember, on my '58 panhead, but you still needed a battery, or a battery eliminator (a VERY LARGE capacitor) to run the lights and keep the generator's regulator happy. Some small bikes had lighting coils in the magneto, so no battery at all, but the lights were pretty poor, a flashlight would have been better....
Posted by DC
- October 11, 2013, 11:12:30 AMQuote from: Darth Wraith on October 11, 2013, 08:48:03 AMTHIS!It would be awesome, total independence from battery and cool starting, of course...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 11, 2013, 10:20:14 AM mittico68 I am thinking a young lad like you would have no issues kicking over an 800, a 1500 on a cold morning with full choke might be a bit of a bi*ch to get going........
me with a messed up right knee might not even be able to kick an 800 over, but it would be cool.....
Posted by mittico68
- October 11, 2013, 09:25:00 AMSure it would be delicious, but how much effort to start the engine...
Maybe it's better a fake kickstarter along with the electric one 
Posted by Darth Wraith
- October 11, 2013, 08:48:03 AMIt would be awesome, total independence from battery and cool starting, of course...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 11, 2013, 08:33:12 AMHowever it would be cool to have one, just for S&G, and to watch people's face as you kick start you ride......
Posted by Darth Wraith
- October 11, 2013, 08:07:24 AMNot feasible at all if you want a real working kickstart. However, I remeber a phot somewhere of a 1500 Drifter retro Indian police style with a mock-up kick pedal... Fortunately for you, I just found it:
Posted by chief
- October 10, 2013, 15:58:40 PMIts not really feasible with our engine/transmission design. A lot of time and treasure would be needed.
Posted by ventoracing
- October 10, 2013, 15:51:34 PMAnyone ever try adding a functional kick start to an 800 or a 1500 for that matter?