Quote from: kml.krk on June 02, 2011, 12:58:44 PM
why not just push start...??
It's only tiny bit more inconvenient than kick start and you save a lot of weight that way.

Thats what i was gonna say, you can do it by yourself and in 15' with these bikes.

Pretty good chance that's how Burning1 starts his race bike.

Push starting isn't all that bad until you have a problem starting the bike. Then you're just a goofball taking a motorcycle for a walk.

Plus knowing my luck I'd get rear ended by a semi pushing my bike down my street or something.

I was splitting the cases on my 89 today and took a look.. absolutely no remains of a kickstarter mount on the cases.. They must have recast the cases when they ditched the kickstarter and went up in bore size. You would have to weld a mount for the kickstarter mechanism on the cases, assuming the 425 mechanism would work.. (I haven't seen a 450 that had a kickstarter) and then use the 425 side cover (if it fits) or modify your 500 cover. In other words A LOT of work.. Oh well.. woulda been nice. Ed

I still run a generator and electric start. I've been thinking of installing a kick-start, but not sure.

What I have been thinking about, is adding a heavy duty external battery connection to the starter so that I can get the bike going in the morning when it's cold. Trackside, I'd probably just bump start.