Two Stroke Motocross

Two Stroke Motocross Forum => Non-Moto => Topic started by: opfermanmotors on March 09, 2013, 06:34:57 PM

Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: opfermanmotors on March 09, 2013, 06:34:57 PM


Still a fan of the left side kick, I've gotten good and creative at starting it in tough places but accidents happen!
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: factoryX on March 09, 2013, 06:43:19 PM
Left side kick is interesting, first day I got my 79 cr250 I kicked it over with a pair of skate shoes and it slipped and cut my ankle open haha.
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: _X_ on March 09, 2013, 09:47:51 PM
ffffffff that! you need an e-start.
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: TMKIWI on March 10, 2013, 06:22:34 AM
e-start is for pussie's. :P
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: riffraff on March 10, 2013, 06:42:40 AM
Quote from: racer x on March 10, 2013, 05:47:51 AM
ffffffff that! you need an e-start.

Is that your vagina talking again?   ::)
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: Coop on March 10, 2013, 12:25:11 PM
Good stuff man. When the bike first flipped I actually said "Why the heck did he click it into gear!?" LOL. Then you explain it was an accident  :D .
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: _X_ on March 10, 2013, 01:23:41 PM
i told her to shut up but she wouldn't listen.
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Post by: citabjockey on March 10, 2013, 01:41:59 PM
Funny video. thanks for posting.
I am not a fan of ruts that are bigger than my bike.
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: Uniflowthe2nd on March 31, 2013, 10:34:02 AM
OMG that video was painful to watch! i actually didn't know there was left-side kick starts, it doesn't seem to make sense? or is that just me being naive? and yes TMKIWI e-starts are for pussies your right on that one!
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Post by: evo550 on March 31, 2013, 11:22:27 AM
E-start.....the sound of success :P  kicking is for dumb arses, pure and simple.
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: eprovenzano on March 31, 2013, 01:54:07 PM
Quote from: riffraff on March 10, 2013, 01:42:40 PM
Quote from: racer x on March 10, 2013, 05:47:51 AM
ffffffff that! you need an e-start.

Is that your vagina talking again?   ::)

My next bike WILL have and estart, and if that's my vagina talking that's OK by me...   ;D
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Post by: Lolerbabop on March 31, 2013, 02:27:31 PM
This place will soon be overrun by vaginas!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!
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Post by: _X_ on March 31, 2013, 09:13:43 PM
HA!
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Post by: SachsGS on March 31, 2013, 11:54:06 PM
Hey Opfer, if you noticed your Maischco fired on the first kick and then it took a bunch of kicks to get it going. What I've found with my Maicos is if, after stalling, the bike doesn't fire up on 1 or 2 kicks I'll prime it with the choke for 1 or 2 kicks and then it will fire right up with a kick or two. The big bores seem to lose their intake charge if they don't don't fire up right away. 
Title: Left Side Kick!
Post by: Coop on April 08, 2013, 12:03:47 PM
I actually got rid of my KDX because kicking it was too hard on my back (two surgeries in case you don't know). My next ff road bike will be e-start as well. My Gas Gas trials bike is kick but I don't ride it nearly as long as I did on trails rides with the KDX, where I might stop and re-start several times over the course of the full day of riding. I usually only start the trials bike once and ride an hour or two, then park it for the day.
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Post by: bearorso on April 19, 2013, 08:50:50 AM
That's a good advertisement for having a ES. Even a RH KS on a smaller 2t may have problems getting a decent kick in a rut like that.

Just think if that stall had happened in a timed special test - well, even a transport section. Not all starting situations are on level ground - some (well most, in my local area) are on the edge of a cliff.

Nothing at all against the LH kick start of a Maico. I had them, Maicos and other lefties, and it's just a matter of getting used to it. At the moment, my RH knee is so kaput, I'd have an easier time kicking over a LH KS bike whilst sitting On   the bike - I'd not have a hope in hell of kicking a LH KS levered bike standing off to the side........

Magic Buttons are OK by me - I'd love to have one.

I think I see the riders knee on the top of the rut wall?  I've had to do that, a fair bit. ;D Though, thank goodness, I never followed through with a foot onto the gear lever.  Now that's bloody Fear and Loathing. :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o.