Kicker or Pusher

[avgas]

I used to be quite the kicker, but since the 'implant', all i do is hurt myself. Same reason i cant push anymore.
So now the bike either electric start.....or i set her on fire

[sunhuntin]

pup has a push, but i wouldnt mind learnin how to kick start. tried to kick over an old 1970s ironhead last year....damn near cracked my ankle when it bit back! but that bikes a mother for her owner to even kick over, so its no wonder she retaliated, lol.

ideal bike would be a 65 panhead...got both, so can choose! LOL.

pics: left: me, glenn and mike with mikes ironhead.
right: glenns 65 panhead, my two wheeled lover.

[Mental Trousers]

some bikes have left side kickers

In that case I'd just look seriously unco

[Bartman10]

I used to have an SRX. Sometime it bit back but most of the time it was OK.

Once I lost the kick start lever between Ashvapus and Timaru. It caused a lot of grief, becasue when I tried to push start it I sliped off the seat and fell onto the road.

The bike took off at high speed and crashed into the gutter. I smashed my knee in the process.

The advantage of a kick start, especially on that bike was the it didn't matter if you had a flat battery which was always the case on that bike.

Once the choke cable broke and I was too skint to replace it. Every morning I'd kick the thing for half an hour before I could get it going.

Another time this dweeb in the WoF station tried to kick start it, and droped the bike. I was a little pissed off with him.

I prefer the thumb start on the GSXR. But one day I'll have trouble starting it and then I'll miss the old SRX. Or not.

[Black]

I'd love to have a push button starter.
Kick-starting is a pain in the arse, I hate it.
Its not that kick starting my girl is hard, its my objection to physical labour first thing in the morning (or any time in fact) that has my back up.

Also, when she's playing hard to get and your sitting at a set of traffic lights furiously kicking to get her started again (ok, I stalled - I admit it ).
Then you finally get her going and the light goes from orange to red - that sucked.

[Back Fire]

I'd love to have a push button starter.
Kick-starting is a pain in the arse, I hate it.
Its not that kick starting my girl is hard, its my objection to physical labour first thing in the morning (or any time in fact) that has my back up.

Also, when she's playing hard to get and your sitting at a set of traffic lights furiously kicking to get her started again (ok, I stalled - I admit it ).
Then you finally get her going and the light goes from orange to red - that sucked.

hah... had that happen once... the more frustrated you get the harder it is to kick over...

[XP@]

Bump

I like bumping... but there again I don't have a charger and live at the top of a hill.

[NordieBoy]

After 2 weeks I had the knack for kicking the Nordie (560cc Single).
When I finally got the decompression cable fitted it was much easier.
Without a hill it's impossible to crash start.
I've never had kickback at all and both my kicker bikes will start when hot no problems at all.

[enigma51]

I went through about 7 or 8 kickstars on the xr cause they use to break off at the bottom. And trust me replacing those was a bitch! Running start that was good fun especialy seeing the tar road was about 11km from the house and we lived in the mountains so we use to seek out a rocky section run it down the hill as fast as possible flick it into third or fourth and off you go

[flash]

ive never tried a push start, ive only ever riden two strokes, and man i get sick of it.
When school finishes and all the bikies/scooter dudes (which dont wear any gear and it fucks me off) just jump on their bike, press a button and flog off with me there just slowly reving it and waiting for it to warm up while making a small fog could around me. also i hate the style of a kick start, lets say you meet some chicks who want to see the bike and when you get there you have flick out the kicker and put on the choke, when right next to you is a four stroke with a guy on that just preeses a button and off he goes (very cool)

[TwoSeven]

Push button, but I'd prefer if they got rid of the ignition key and used personalised RFID. So I can start the bike if I walk up to it.

[speights_bud]

That would be cool, wouldn't be so easy to jam a screwdriver in the lock then take it for a joyride

[XP@]

ive never tried a push start, ive only ever riden two strokes, and man i get sick of it.
When school finishes and all the bikies/scooter dudes (which dont wear any gear and it fucks me off) just jump on their bike, press a button and flog off with me there just slowly reving it and waiting for it to warm up while making a small fog could around me. also i hate the style of a kick start, lets say you meet some chicks who want to see the bike and when you get there you have flick out the kicker and put on the choke, when right next to you is a four stroke with a guy on that just preeses a button and off he goes (very cool)

Just find a cool way to kick it...

or let one of them borrow your bike... if they can start it, then who's the cool one...

[Ixion]

ive never tried a push start, ive only ever riden two strokes, and man i get sick of it.
When school finishes and all the bikies/scooter dudes (which dont wear any gear and it fucks me off) just jump on their bike, press a button and flog off with me there just slowly reving it and waiting for it to warm up while making a small fog could around me. also i hate the style of a kick start, lets say you meet some chicks who want to see the bike and when you get there you have flick out the kicker and put on the choke, when right next to you is a four stroke with a guy on that just preeses a button and off he goes (very cool)

Man, you are riding a crm ? Just tell the chicks (and anyone else) that it's a competition bike (almost true). And doesn't have wimpy stuff like electric starters, cos race bikes don't. "wimps who ride scooters can't even start bikes like mine". Then start up (and rev it's nuts off to make your point -LOTSA smoke) and take off with the front wheel in the air. And pull a few other off road type stunts, then challenge the scooterists to do the same. Point out that you have to be bloody hard , cos of the injuries that y'get riding a competition bike, and wheelying, and broken legs rom kicking back when starting it, and so on. Chick cred guaranteed.

(Oh, and make a real performance out of kicking it. Don't just go prod prod prod. Do it like starting a big single, the whole "heave body into air and crash down " thing.And rev the shit out it once it starts. Chicks get turned on by that )

[DMNTD:Me]

Mmmmmmmmm...show me that button!