Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
kick starter
Polar-Bus:
--- Quote from: littlewing78 on November 19, 2011, 05:31:56 PM ---I broke my second kick starter last weekend. I didn't want to pay $100 for a new one right now so I decided to make one.
I bought a long socket wrench for 10 bucks and used a socket that I already had. 16 mm socket is about the perfect size. The wrench handle is very tough so I don't think it will bend too easily. Not quite finished yet but I think its going to work fine for a bit.
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I admire your efforts, but there is NO way I would trust a "home made" fabricated kick lever for a KX500. When you weld and or heat metal you drastically change the metal's compasition. Spending $100 on a new kick lever is hard to justify, but ask yourself how much your right ankle worth ?
DoldGuy:
--- Quote from: Polar-Bus on November 21, 2011, 03:35:01 AM ---
--- Quote from: littlewing78 on November 19, 2011, 05:31:56 PM ---I broke my second kick starter last weekend. I didn't want to pay $100 for a new one right now so I decided to make one.
I bought a long socket wrench for 10 bucks and used a socket that I already had. 16 mm socket is about the perfect size. The wrench handle is very tough so I don't think it will bend too easily. Not quite finished yet but I think its going to work fine for a bit.
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I admire your efforts, but there is NO way I would trust a "home made" fabricated kick lever for a KX500. When you weld and or heat metal you drastically change the metal's compasition. Spending $100 on a new kick lever is hard to justify, but ask yourself how much your right is worth ?
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+1, Great effort but how much would it cost IF it snapped in medical bills.....time missed from work.....& the most important, another reason for the little lady to complain about "Those DA_N Bikes"
Just my $.02
DoldGuy
littlewing78:
I am going to buy another kick starter. This is just to get me by in the mean time. I have already snapped two levers so I am kind of used to that. I wouldn't even think of kicking it over without a boot on. I still have scars on my shin from when I first got the bike. I will try and temper the steel when I am done.
1989kawasaki:
something like that would be OK if you had something like a kx60 or one of those little h**da Z50s
but NOT a kx500 . for obvious reasons
jswatland:
Maybe there is something wrong with your motor that you keep breaking kick starters? I'm not very knowledgeable with these but i'd probably try to retard the timing a touch. I'm sure some smarter guys could point you in the right direction. I just have a hard time believing that you had two defective kickers.
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