Anyone miss the old kick start? when i started riding in the 70's my first bike had a electric start and Kick start(77 FXE). Somedays i i miss the ole kick start.

 

Not me. I'd either have a blown knee or a vastly bigger right leg had the 107" Outlaw been a kicker

 

true about the 107' but still i always loved to kick the bike over..........go figure....LOL i can remember getting grief over useing the "magic button" to start the bike

 

Still have my kick start/ electric......Gives me a secure feeling i wont get stuck somewhere with a battery problem

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if your running a 5 speed , you can put a kickstart on it

 

at our age, we only have a few good kicks left,,,,
why waste them when you got a perfectly good battery!

 

How come you ony have one peddle on your bicycle there sonny ? can you peddle it fast enough to get down that hill ?

 

I had metrics in the kickstart days and you needed them .

The batteries wern't nearly as good then and the points ignition weren't known for a hot spark .

Take a cold day and you'd never start them with the electric starter , just wear the battery down .

Still miss the Kick starter even thou I'd probably never need it .

 

If ya had a dead battery but yer scooter was EFI, you couldn't kickstart it anyway without the fuel pump running.

 

Nope, don't miss it at all. My old '73 sporty was a kick only, took it to the gym on a leg day......didn't even think twice about it. Well its a good thing that there was a sub place next door. After a good leg day at the gym there is no way you can kick start that bike, I damn near got thrown over the handlebar! So, I gave up, went to the sub place with my tail between my legs, and ate dinner.....So, I love the "Bronson starter" on both the bikes I've owned since. Although, there is nothing cooler then kick starting your badazz HD, as long as it works out for ya.