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PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:49 pm 
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As the title says, is my kickstart lever correct? It has a definite bend through it, and it does stick out to the point that it's annoying and my leg is against it while riding. Possible it is an H1 lever, or just bent?


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:54 pm 
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Just looks bent out to me???



not an H2 kick starter expert though....

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 10:43 pm 
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Maybe a previous owner forgot to retract the foot peg when kicking. After a few dozen times, they get bent something like that.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 10:45 pm 

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+1 looks bent compared to my H2B, but heard there is a curved designed one too?

And does not look like my H1D.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:00 am 
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Thanks. It has a really nice arc in it, yes, but looks almost too correct to be bent, I would have thought it would bend down at the base if it had hit the footrest, but I really don't know. The bend starts out at the base in the same direction and looks like it was forged like that.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:23 am 

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I always have problems with the levers hitting my leg, not comfortable. So, I mount the levers on the kick shaft down a couple of serrations, puts the foot push area of the lever down a bit closer to the side cover when the lever is retracted, but, done right, and lever not bent, stops the leg issues. The levers get bent when people don't have the engines tuned correctly, then, whang down on the lever thinking it takes massive body weight to start a triple.

I have literally started a well tuned stocker, and even some fairly well hopped up H series engines with my hand on the lever, using only arm strength, they start that easy when right.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:32 am 
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I always have problems with the levers hitting my leg, not comfortable. So, I mount the levers on the kick shaft down a couple of serrations, puts the foot push area of the lever down a bit closer to the side cover when the lever is retracted, but, done right, and lever not bent, stops the leg issues. The levers get bent when people don't have the engines tuned correctly, then, whang down on the lever thinking it takes massive body weight to start a triple.

I have literally started a well tuned stocker, and even some fairly well hopped up H series engines with my hand on the lever, using only arm strength, they start that easy when right.

So you think it is bent then? I know what you mean about guys being hard on the kickstart mechanism, I always take up the gear backlash by putting a slight load on it before actually kicking, the shock load through the lever and gear train can be harsh, and it makes me cringe when I see guys just jump on the lever on their own bikes without doing that. This motor starts amazingly easy considering you are kicking a 250cc, one cylinder at a time.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 8:16 am 

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If the lever has been hitting the peg, there would be a divot/dent where they interfered with each other.

As far as starting, I have always run a piston to full TDC rock over, then lever back all the way up, back down to eliminate free play, and kick smartly. Using that procedure, I have never bent a lever.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:22 am 
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100% . . . It's just bent! My FBG bike was the same last Saturday, I straightened it out with a Scaff tube and 10 kicks later it was exactly the same again, some kickers are made of cheese and some with steel :roll: The ideal solution is to replace it with an early KZ750 Twin kicker.

You can always take the original off, wrap it in an old pair of jeans and beat the cr@p out of it, but it won't be too long until it bends again . . .

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:33 am 
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Ok thanks, I'll put it in the press and straighten it and hope it does not bend again.....

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