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Do you have trouble trying to start your bike? confuse

Electric starters are very good, but what do you do when the battery is flat?

Living at the top of a hill has advantages. 

If your bike has no kickstarter the task is more difficult.

If it's a high compression, single cylinder then there is a definite knack in starting.

 

When all else fails ...................

 

you may like to consider this alternative ...................

 

it has a lot of potential ...................................

 

it could catch on ............................

 

 

 

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We had to push start a HONDA.....get that a HONDA on Sat - but it didn't look like that disbelief

 

 

Did I mention that the bike that wouldn't start was a Honda?



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JT - it wasn't a problem with a Honda you had was it?



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We had to push start a HONDA.....get that a HONDA on Sat - but it didn't look like that disbelief

 

 

Did I mention that the bike that wouldn't start was a Honda?

 They are so unreliable, aren't they?disbelief



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JT - it wasn't a problem with a Honda you had was it?

 No mate....Mogwai's new XR had a flat battery (no kicker) but by disconnecting the headlight (always on) and giving him a bump start he was fine for the rest of the day wink

 

Does prove you can't beat a kicker though biggrin



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Thanks for clearing that up

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jt wrote:

 Does prove you can't beat a kicker though biggrin

 It is nice to know it's there but with good battery care (and a good battery) it's just not needed.



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Whatever.....but I have had bikes for over 40 years, had a few button only ones that I have had to push down the road over the years but never had to push one with a kicker wink

When I'm down the bottom of some sticky old lane I like to know that I ain't totally reliant on a battery, starter motor, switch and a load of wiring to get me started.

 

Yep buttons are great - I'm just making the point that for me a button only is not a good thing, and Sat proved it....

 

KISS is my motto.

 

 



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Yep - the CRF230 doesn't have a kickstart and whilst it is bloody reliable on the button sods' law will dictate that the one time in its' life it fails (main fuse blowing due to a short is a possibility) it will be at the bottom of a bowl with no chance of bump starting.



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Ah but with good battery care it will push itself out wink



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The one time mine went AWOL was down to a dodgy main fuse cover. Once I got it cable-tied tight it was fine again, but I have bump started it within 3 yards, as the compression must be very low.



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RichT4 wrote:
jt wrote:

 Does prove you can't beat a kicker though biggrin

 It is nice to know it's there but with good battery care (and a good battery) it's just not needed.

 Never owned a Gasgas then! I left my heated grips on at Simms (exeter trial) and flattened the battery, there was no way you could bump it in any gear, but a few mins on the kicker had it going and its injected!



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I think its about time Rich changed his sig, cause this time I'm right.....wink



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