KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: jamex on January 11, 2015, 07:33:22 PM

Title: Shorter Kickstarter Lever.
Post by: jamex on January 11, 2015, 07:33:22 PM
After doing Larry's decompression mod, my bike starts like a dream, I noticed Brute asked in Larry's post if anybody had tried fitting a shorter kickstarter lever, has anybody? I have also considered this, is there some other shorter lever available that will fit onto the splined knuckle?
Title: Re: Shorter Kickstarter Lever.
Post by: Foxx4Beaver on January 11, 2015, 09:24:39 PM
not that I'm aware of...the 250's kicker completely encloses the boss and uses a set screw for disassembly, and the 500's kicker has a snap-ring on the top of the boss for disassembly....and the shafts are different as well.

here's the 250...
(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac152/foxx4afoxx2/0112150442_zpsebfd2080.jpg) (http://s895.photobucket.com/user/foxx4afoxx2/media/0112150442_zpsebfd2080.jpg.html)

here's the 500...
(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac152/foxx4afoxx2/0112150441_zps73e5c63e.jpg) (http://s895.photobucket.com/user/foxx4afoxx2/media/0112150441_zps73e5c63e.jpg.html)

this doesn't mean you couldn't find another kicker from a completely different bike and be lucky enough for it to work.
maybe another member might know.
Title: Re: Shorter Kickstarter Lever.
Post by: wierdo on January 12, 2015, 04:26:21 PM
have a look at a honda cr kick starters, i have bought a 90's cr250 (longer) to put on my sons 96 cr125 (shorter) i had to separate the levers off the knuckles, and ended up with a 125 knuckle and a 250 lever, worked well..