Hey Nick, the quote is correct...it's just not MY quote. Take a look to the left of the post and you'll see the word "Zaboz"....Chuckycheese is spelled differently. :roll:
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OK. Got it. Another senior moment for Old Nick.
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Ah the "good old days"
My S model does not have a kick starter either.
I used to enjoy kick starting my other bikes. Just because....... :lol:
Or watching a rider on some other "brand" usually American made, trying to kick start theirs, pull up next to them, and 1 kick start any of my other bikes.
The RE-5 was fun to start. It didn't have lots of compression, put would roar to about 5K and then settle down to idle.
My water buffalo with the expansion chambers sounded great when it started.
Do we need kick starter? I guess that's the question.....my opinion no.
As stated earlier, keep the electrics clean and in good shape and ride em hard :!:
Keith
My S model does not have a kick starter either.
I used to enjoy kick starting my other bikes. Just because....... :lol:
Or watching a rider on some other "brand" usually American made, trying to kick start theirs, pull up next to them, and 1 kick start any of my other bikes.
The RE-5 was fun to start. It didn't have lots of compression, put would roar to about 5K and then settle down to idle.
My water buffalo with the expansion chambers sounded great when it started.
Do we need kick starter? I guess that's the question.....my opinion no.
As stated earlier, keep the electrics clean and in good shape and ride em hard :!:
Keith
I've owned several bikes that only had kickstarters, but they were all vertical twins with notorious electrics - long stroke too. I remember the firat time I saw a bike without a kickstart - I think it was in the '70s. BMW. I came to realize that I needed one, but the BMW didn't because of one huge difference. It was actually reliable.
I think an 1100 four-banger would be hard to kick. Not a power issue, you just couldn't crank it enough to start. My friend's '78 Z1R has a removable one stored under the seat. He says he's tried it before (he's owned it for 25 years), but it's almost impossible.
I think an 1100 four-banger would be hard to kick. Not a power issue, you just couldn't crank it enough to start. My friend's '78 Z1R has a removable one stored under the seat. He says he's tried it before (he's owned it for 25 years), but it's almost impossible.
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My 77 GS550e has a kickstart, much easier to use a hill. I find that when it's warm the kickstart works fine, but when it's cold, it takes so much to start it electrically that kicking really isn't an option.
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Sometimes ya' just gotta use the kickstarter just to be cool. 8) It comes in handy during storage time just to turn the motor over so the internals aren't sitting in the same place all the time.
Scotty, as for the XS650, they were on the bike right 'till the end. On the bikes with points ignition, you NEEDED the kickstarter, the electric leg was pretty wimpy. The starter motor would cause too much of a draw on the electrical system, literaly "starving" the coils for power. I tended to kickstart my '77 XS650, just because it started better that way.
Scotty, as for the XS650, they were on the bike right 'till the end. On the bikes with points ignition, you NEEDED the kickstarter, the electric leg was pretty wimpy. The starter motor would cause too much of a draw on the electrical system, literaly "starving" the coils for power. I tended to kickstart my '77 XS650, just because it started better that way.
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My first street bike was a four cylinder with a kick start... a Honda CB750. I used the kick start half the time because it was fun. Keep the motor in tune and it was easy to kick start. I was kind of worried when I bought my GS750E in '81 because it did not have a kick start but I soon got used to it. I like the option of kick starting or electric start...I see nothing silly about that.
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If my bike didn't start immediately upon hitting the starter button, I would want a kickstart.
Sometimes ya' just gotta use the kickstarter just to be cool. It comes in handy during storage time just to turn the motor over so the internals aren't sitting in the same place all the time.
You say that because you're a much younger man, mcycle-nut. I find it hard to look back at the old kickstarting days with any nostalgia. I say good riddance to those days. I never thought it was cool. I couldn't wait to have a bike with electric start and a shaft, so I traded in my RD350 on a MotoGuzzi in 1979.
Chains and kickstarters -- things intelligent people eventually outgrow!
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Sometimes ya' just gotta use the kickstarter just to be cool. It comes in handy during storage time just to turn the motor over so the internals aren't sitting in the same place all the time.
You say that because you're a much younger man, mcycle-nut. I find it hard to look back at the old kickstarting days with any nostalgia. I say good riddance to those days. I never thought it was cool. I couldn't wait to have a bike with electric start and a shaft, so I traded in my RD350 on a MotoGuzzi in 1979.
Chains and kickstarters -- things intelligent people eventually outgrow!
:wink: :wink:
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I loved the kickstart on my first bike!!! I was the only one who could start it with it 8O My brother was always offering to start it for me, he never was able to :lol: I would finish putting my gear on and go over and start by grabbing the kickstart with my hand and start it first time every time 
the look on my brothers face every time was priceless.
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the look on my brothers face every time was priceless.Dink
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The couple of times I've found myself somewhat stranded without enough juice in the battery to start my bike I've been able to tip toe (sitting on the seat) her into an immediate start. The of course the time my starter button quit working, but that is another story.
Nick Diaz said:You say that because you're a much younger man, mcycle-nut. I find it hard to look back at the old kickstarting days with any nostalgia. I say good riddance to those days. I never thought it was cool. I couldn't wait to have a bike with electric start and a shaft, so I traded in my RD350 on a MotoGuzzi in 1979.
Chains and kickstarters -- things intelligent people eventually outgrow!
:wink: :wink:
When I was 20, I had a very sweet '71 Commando - no electric start of course, and when they added one in their corporate death-throws in '75 it added something like 40# to the bike and rarely worked. My Norton woul almost always start by the second kick, but if it did take more, it would quickly cause cramps in my leg.
I have no desire to kick-start a bike. But I driving an old British bike anymore either.
If they can make a 916 work and look the same with a shaft, I'm converted.
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Bert, go to a bike show, look up the MotoGuzzi exhibit, and drool over some of the gorgeous Guzzis available.
The 1978 850 LeMans is still one of the sexiest motorcycles ever made. It's a shaftie.
I had a Guzzi for 7 years (79 to 86). Loved it.
(The GS is better.) :wink:
Nick
The 1978 850 LeMans is still one of the sexiest motorcycles ever made. It's a shaftie.
I had a Guzzi for 7 years (79 to 86). Loved it.
(The GS is better.) :wink:
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Gorgeous! Beautiful! Thanks, Michael Howard!
What a motorcycle that 850 LeMans was, with the big 36mm Dellorto carbs and smooth power delivery.
Nick
What a motorcycle that 850 LeMans was, with the big 36mm Dellorto carbs and smooth power delivery.
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They have one of those for sale at a shop near me.
used obviously.....$7500 if I wasn't a poor-a$$ student, I'd be picking it up.
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used obviously.....$7500 if I wasn't a poor-a$$ student, I'd be picking it up.
Satch
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satchmo said:
That sounds kind of expensive...but in US dollars that would be about $1.57. :wink:
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One of the guys I ride with has a '77 LeMans. It's a really sweet handling bike and pretty reliable too. The seating position's a little too cranked for me though.
I think it's the V-11 Sport that I drool over.