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sam90lx:
Greetings and Merry Christmas. My name is Sam and I reside in Phoenix AZ. This site is a great find.
I am thinking about picking up a KX 500 2 stoke but my concern is kick starting it.
I am older now than when I grew up on dirt bikes and kicking was never an issue, but the problem
is compounded due to having a left artificial leg.

Is there anything out there that would work?

Thanks in advance a have a great Holiday.

Albertan:
The kickstart is on the right hand side, so in theory as long as you can kick hard with your right leg you'll be alright.  The KX500 does take a pretty hard determined kick to start it up, so you'd at least have to be able to balance with your left leg while you kick it.  I'm not aware of any electric start conversions for the KX500, but maybe other users on the site have some ideas.

ID KX500:
I'd add e-start to mine if possible too,, but never heard of it. Therefore a newer KLX 450R could be the ticket. If you want a heck of a deal I saw an '08 with only 62 miles,,in Montana's Craigslist for $4500. That might be worth the drive,, with 1.50 gas.... Also I think in AZ I saw Destry Abott had a KLX for sale. Good luck.

Bigtim:
Merry Chistmas Sam!   I've got a 500 and haven't had the trouble starting it that some others have.  I think if you are tuff enough to ride with an artificial limb, you can handle kicking the 500 over.  No BS, my bike starts first kick every time, it didn't always but it does now, after breaking a  kickstart lever, and realizing my pilot jet wasn't large enough.  I used to just kick frantically at any point in the stroke,... big mistake, get it just past tdc, choke on, lean against something if you need to or stand on something like a rock or bike stand w/ your left leg and kick all the way thru to the rt foot peg.  Best of luck.  

kaw rider:
install a compression release on it.

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