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**Ixion** · 31st May 2006, 17:33

Wound coil field magnets. You need electricity to generate the electricity to start the motor to generate the electricity you need to generate electricity you need to .............. , well, you get the idea, catch 23.

**XP@** · 8th June 2006, 16:07

Having the confidence to get on to a moving bike is really important if you are going to crash start one.

1. Stand on the left.
2. Work out where your foot peg and where you can put your right foot without getting too close to the gear lever. (this bit is really important)
3. With the bike in neutral and clutch in start pushing.
4. when you have enough speed put your right foot on your left peg and step up on to the bike.
5. Now if you have enough speed (your going down hill) swap feet and sit properly on the bike. You can do this by jumping up a couple of cm or sitting side saddle on the seat. Then get your right leg on the right of the bike by standing on the left peg and swinging your right leg over the back.
6. Change in to 2nd and drop the clutch, and be ready to ride in side saddle for a while.

Arses... if you can follow that your doing better than me! If someone wants to make a video of me showing how it's done then I would be happy to meet up one lunch time.

**crashe** · 8th June 2006, 16:15

Two options:

Get some idiot to push the bike while you are sitting on it...

or

Push the bike to the top of a hill, get on the bike and freeroll down it and then drop it into gear (or already have it in second gear), when you have built up enough speed.........

**Squeak the Rat** · 8th June 2006, 16:22

My manual actually states "Do not push start your cool motorcycle" or words to that effect.

Any one know why that is the recommendation?

**Korea** · 8th June 2006, 16:26

Originally Posted by Squeak the Rat

My manual actually states "Do not push start your cool motorcycle" or words to that effect.

Any one know why that is the recommendation?

Because push-starting is Oh-so-uncool!

...sorry, couldn't resist.

**Motu** · 8th June 2006, 17:19

Originally Posted by crashe

Get some idiot to push the bike while you are sitting on it...

Speedway bikes are started by a pusher - I been da Pusher Man.But I've also seen them started by hand - 15:1 compression alky burning with no gears - just lean over on the right peg and lift the rear wheel,and pull it through on the rear wheel...they start easy.

**eliot-ness** · 8th June 2006, 19:29

Until the mid 60s all road race bikes were push started. Easy on the small stuff,125/250cc. Not so easy on the 500 singles. The routine was straight forward. Ride to the start grid and just over the line. kill the engine and ease back behind the line in gear bringing the piston back against compression. When the flag dropped three steps and bounce down hard on the seat dropping the clutch at the same time, wind the throttle open, left foot on the peg and swing right leg over just in time to change into second gear. With a start line up of around 30 bikes you needed to pray hard that nobody in front stalled or dropped their bike. With a road bike the technique is the same but use second or even third gear to make it easier, declutch and blip the throttle when the engine starts.