13 Feb 2023 8:33 am
I always used the kickstarter on my CB550 - it would start right up no problem. It was so much more fun to kickstart a motorcycle than to press a button to get it to start. It had some kind of ratcheting mechanism so that it wouldn't kick back on you. I think that was more of a problem on 2-strokes.Nostradamus'omh » 13 Feb 2023, 9:18 am » wrote: ↑ those kickstarters were great, until one got a kickback that damn near breaks a person's foot or ancle. shame they still aren't used with how often motor cycle batteries die.