Oh look at what I've found: CR500 1998 with 10 hours on it

[george formby]

i rode one one a trailride years ago...fantastic electric smooth power, with i big tank a cr5 would make a great adv bike

Shirley you jest? I rode the British Enduro champ's works sponsored bike eons ago. Scared the crap out of me, huge gobbits of torque & a big leap in power when it even got a sniff of back pressure. I doubt I rode it for 5 minutes before I lost my bottle.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Although that one does have the 83 bottom end with resulting 5 speed. But yeah what is it with lefty kickstarts, I cannot, CANNOT start a bike with a lefty.

My bad. Didn't read the blurb! Yeah...I was only 18 when I had my 83. Was an arse of a thing for me to start as I only weighed around 65kgs back then! I had to stand next to it and use my right foot. Got pretty good at it after a bit of practice...but annoying when you biffed it in a race and had to do that...

[Drew]

Left hand kick isn't as bad as all that fellas.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Left hand kick isn't as bad as all that fellas.

No sweat on a CR250 mate...but how many 500 two strokes you owned with a left kicker?

[Drew]

No sweat on a CR250 mate...but how many 500 two strokes you owned with a left kicker?

Two, but they were twins. Prolly made my life easier.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Two, but they were twins. Prolly made my life easier.

My furry overcoat it does! Cause you're actually only kicking basically a 250.

[Drew]

My furry overcoat it does! Cause you're actually only kicking basically a 250.

Tried to kick start a Norton Commando once. I was only about 13 or 14 though. Not surprisingly, it didn't even fire. But it was left leg start.

[Drew]

These old girls are a piece of piss.

[Jay GTI]

It's not the force required that's the issue with the lefty kickstart, I seem to be very biased to which side of my body/brain works best, which is also why my right turns suck balls compared to my left turns. So I just really struggle with the fluid kicking motion required to kickstart a bike with the lefty lever.

[george formby]

It's not the force required that's the issue with the lefty kickstart, I seem to be very biased to which side of my body/brain works best, which is also why my right turns suck balls compared to my left turns. So I just really struggle with the fluid kicking motion required to kickstart a bike with the lefty lever.

I concur. Trying kicking a football with your left foot. It looks like the gay soccer cup.

[nallac]

I concur. Trying kicking a football with your left foot. It looks like the gay soccer cup.

Never watched it... you enjoy watching it do ya?

[george formby]

Never watched it... you enjoy watching it do ya?

Can't kick for toffee so I'm in goal... great ball handling skills apparently. Go the pinks!!