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If you ever need to use that kicker, here's a couple of things I learned from watching the motor cop on his Panhead. He could start that thing with one kick that looked so smooth and easy, it seemed like the bike wanted to start.
First thing I noticed was that after he found compression and turned the fuel and ignition on, he did not let the kicker lever come all the way back to the top of it's stroke. He would give his kick from the 9 o'clock position, no higher.
The other thing that he did was he kept his knee bent ALL the way through. he did not actually kick. He would just use his weight and momentum to force the kicker downwards and not extend his leg. Man, he had that starting drill down for that big old cop bike. He would come out of Milly's Cafe in the little Oregon town where I grew up, kick that machine to life and shoot dust and gravel from the back tire as he fishtailed across the parking area back onto the main street and tear-ass out of town chasing some notorious outlaw.
First thing I noticed was that after he found compression and turned the fuel and ignition on, he did not let the kicker lever come all the way back to the top of it's stroke. He would give his kick from the 9 o'clock position, no higher.
The other thing that he did was he kept his knee bent ALL the way through. he did not actually kick. He would just use his weight and momentum to force the kicker downwards and not extend his leg. Man, he had that starting drill down for that big old cop bike. He would come out of Milly's Cafe in the little Oregon town where I grew up, kick that machine to life and shoot dust and gravel from the back tire as he fishtailed across the parking area back onto the main street and tear-ass out of town chasing some notorious outlaw.
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