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My bike should kick after 3 or 4 kicks, went through the steps that should have corrected that as usual, to my supprise not this time, its an 81 dyna wideglide, if you have tips just blurt them out even if I've already done it I will weed through the advice,hahaha.
 
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Hi from the UK and welcome to HDF. You will probably get more help if you post your query in the Classics Shovel section, where our shovel experts hang out. Hope you are successful soon!
 
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Originally Posted by spot66
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My bike should kick after 3 or 4 kicks, went through the steps that should have corrected that as usual, to my supprise not this time, its an 81 dyna wideglide, if you have tips just blurt them out even if I've already done it I will weed through the advice,hahaha.
Dyna?
 
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Dyna?
Probably someone else`s bike....
 
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Stop teasin' - what was the problem?!
 
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