Uneven heat range / front head 90f difference
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^^ I loved mine... wish I still had it.. but, that was very long ago,.. before I made the decision to own H-D exclusively... Not too smart if you consider that a Sprint was among them...worst No-Starting SOB EVER... a Sprint is the Best reason in the world Not to own a Harley...IMO
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Yup, was a clueless skinny kid not long outa high school, might have weighed 160lbs. Tossed me completely over the handlebars one time. When I learned that oh so important little lesson about not locking the knee when kicking. 
Thing was a fun beast to ride when it was running though, not much could touch it for raw grunt when playing in the woods.
Thing was a fun beast to ride when it was running though, not much could touch it for raw grunt when playing in the woods.
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Now see that the gig, you can always tell a hot head or a new kick start owner when they go after that kicker arm like they are trying to kill something, also says volumes about their mechanical skills. Been starting brits and old iron by just pushing it through for decades and my knee's still doing just fine because of it. Only bikes I ever had to get mad at were that POS 63 piglet chopper I had a very short while and a BSA 441 Victor 1 lunger, that was a no starting sob on a good day.
A tuned bike and clued owner can one or two kick every time even for healthy engines.
A tuned bike and clued owner can one or two kick every time even for healthy engines.
My '80 is now 100% pending that upgrade. It was a thought during its build but seeing 'I can do it' ima do it!
Some info has been misleading on electronic ignition w/ kickstarts though
rip that 5lb starter assy out and take a bunch of unneeded weight off my bike! I'm JK!
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first time I ever kicked over a big twin was a couple weeks ago on my buddies '74 FXE and I know exactly what you mean. I've kicked over enough 450 four stroke and 250 two stroke MX bikes to know how to 'get at it' with a kicker. I kinda rolled it through slowly until it was at the top of its stroke, then very subtly kinda dropped my hip into it and pushed it through as you said and sure enough it fired right up with just the right 'flicka da throttle.
My '80 is now 100% pending that upgrade. It was a thought during its build but seeing 'I can do it' ima do it!
Some info has been misleading on electronic ignition w/ kickstarts though
rip that 5lb starter assy out and take a bunch of unneeded weight off my bike! I'm JK!
My '80 is now 100% pending that upgrade. It was a thought during its build but seeing 'I can do it' ima do it!
Some info has been misleading on electronic ignition w/ kickstarts though
rip that 5lb starter assy out and take a bunch of unneeded weight off my bike! I'm JK!
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