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JUST SNAPPED MY KICKSTART LEVER

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Roostmad1:
hello, :roll:far out i though the old 500 was hard enough to kick over last time but decided to put a new ring in it and install a dent free pro curcuit pipe this weekend,now it has insane compression,i,m not kidding itds like kicking a brick wall and second good kick the starter lever snapped,i think i'm going to have to get a decompression release put in the head or inject steroids into my right leg LOL!! PS has anyone got a kick lever for a 500 they want to sell,cheers everybody

NZ500:
Hi. d**n that sucks. Try mrcycles.com, they ship to new zealand for a reasonable price compared to others and parts seem a lot cheaper than here. Just ask them to use USPS not fedex or ups. I hope I don't have the same trouble once mines finally back together (complete rebuild).  I wasn't sure if I should get a spare kick start with my bits or not (I could have brought a mint bike for what this is costing me). It could be handy to take to trail rides

Roostmad1:

--- Quote from: NZ500 on August 14, 2010, 01:14:37 PM ---Hi. d**n that sucks. Try mrcycles.com, they ship to new zealand for a reasonable price compared to others and parts seem a lot cheaper than here. Just ask them to use USPS not fedex or ups. I hope I don't have the same trouble once mines finally back together (complete rebuild).  I wasn't sure if I should get a spare kick start with my bits or not (I could have brought a mint bike for what this is costing me). It could be handy to take to trail rides

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hi,hows it going mate?,did you get your 500 sorted?,good to see a fellow nzer in here,i was really looking forward to a ride never mind the lever was getting tired anyway,cheers

Roostmad1:

--- Quote from: Motorrad on August 14, 2010, 02:28:06 PM ---With my 13:1 motor. I started carrying a extra kicker and Allen wrench in the airbox. 

Also the 2003 kicker was built better than early ones.  More material

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thanks for the help,will also see how much a OME 2003 is also,living here in new zealand we pay quite abit more for geniuine kawaski parts.cheers

NZ500:

--- Quote from: Roostmad1 on August 14, 2010, 02:46:54 PM ---hi,hows it going mate?,did you get your 500 sorted?,good to see a fellow nzer in here,i was really looking forward to a ride never mind the lever was getting tired anyway,cheers

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Hey. It's all good apart from having spent nearly 20k on two bikes and the kingswood and still nothing I can use lol. I sent my crank up to HPE in christchurch to be rebuilt. Both sides of the crank are worn and needed to be ground down and hard chrome plated. The chrome platers are in no hurry it seems, they've had it for over a month now! I probably should have just brought a whole new crank assembly with the other bits i need from America. The kick shaft is snapped and I was going to repair the enigine cover which was broken when the kick starter shaft snapped, but it's a fiddley spot to weld in and I don't want it to be weak there so I'm looking at replacing the whole cover now. Few other little bits and pieces to fix and I've cleaned up some of the ports while waiting on my parts. My bike has a near new kick starter on it so I built up the knuckle of it with stainless steel tig wire like was mentioned on here recently (can't find the post any more or know who it was who posted it unfortunately) so that it spreads the load over a bigger area.

I'm not sure if the newer/beefier (02-04) lever fits your bike though because you have an '86 don't you? Perhaps someone can confirm this for you before you buy one.

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