NOW can we have electric start, you Japanese OEMs?

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Canadad 10/26/2016 3:38pm
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Very interesting read almost 10 years later.....easy to separate the visionaries from the dinosaurs!!
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kevin204 10/26/2016 3:41pm
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I'll never own another new bike without e-start.
Dirty Points 10/26/2016 3:52pm
10/26/2016 3:52pm Edited Date/Time 10/26/2016 3:54pm
sam90lx wrote:
Greetings and Merry Christmas. My name is Sam and this is a great site. I am from Phoenix and I am thinking about buying a KX...
Greetings and Merry Christmas. My name is Sam and this is a great site. I am from Phoenix and I am thinking about buying a KX 500. This thread is of interest to me as I would love to have an e-start as I am older now and have a left artificial leg. Please tell me there is a product or way to have an Easy Button?

Thanks in advance.
Left artificial leg? You're good to go on that monster!

You just can't get a KTM MX500 OR CR480.

...And I just realized I am responding to a time traveler from the distant past.
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luna966 10/26/2016 3:55pm
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I quit riding for a few years after suffering a hip dislocation on my right leg which made kicking over those 450's a very painful and scary task. Electric start ktm's brought me back to riding and enjoying hopping on dirtbikes again, at this point I will never own another bike without e start.

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BobPA 10/26/2016 4:05pm
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kevin204 wrote:
I'll never own another new bike without e-start.
This

Except for my 125, because I can literally start it with my hand
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Canadad wrote:
Very interesting read almost 10 years later.....easy to separate the visionaries from the dinosaurs!!
i thought so myself. with it being from basically the beginning phases of the 450's to all the advancements we have now. it seemed like an appropriate bump
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fBgM54 10/26/2016 4:28pm
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luna966 wrote:
I quit riding for a few years after suffering a hip dislocation on my right leg which made kicking over those 450's a very painful and...
I quit riding for a few years after suffering a hip dislocation on my right leg which made kicking over those 450's a very painful and scary task. Electric start ktm's brought me back to riding and enjoying hopping on dirtbikes again, at this point I will never own another bike without e start.
that is actually a really cool story! thanks for sharing. I think its cool to see how technological advancements help people achieve things they would otherwise not be able to do.
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DuneRider250 10/26/2016 4:48pm
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Long live kickstarters
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Skidaddle 10/26/2016 4:55pm
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I start my bike with my left foot so I can remember starting CRs with left side kick with my right.
And I was riding big bikes at 10.
Dont ever tell a kid,
"If you can start it, you can ride it"
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user760a 10/26/2016 7:15pm
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I could not care less about electric start. The KX450F is a very easy bike to start, if it is such a challenging proposition for me to just start the bike, how am I going to actually ride it, a task that takes 100 time
s as much effort?

Just give me some real forks, kawasaki. death to garbage air forks
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kzizok 10/26/2016 8:21pm
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TerryK wrote:
Wow, talk about digging up old threads! lol
You can say that again!

And here we are, 8 years later and the topic is still relevant (minus the optional '17 CRF).
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Eight years old.
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MotoX85 10/26/2016 10:25pm
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You can keep your e start. No problem starting my 450 sitting on the seat.
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BobPA 10/27/2016 9:37am
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eazrider wrote:
I'll be 65 next month, no problems starting my 750 Shell kitted XS 650, YZ 360 Vintage scoot, or my '06 YZ 450. I would like...
I'll be 65 next month, no problems starting my 750 Shell kitted XS 650, YZ 360 Vintage scoot, or my '06 YZ 450. I would like to think a fellow that is 34 years old would be able to kick start his dirt bike. When I start feeling ;like whining, I usually just pull over and change my diaper... Smile
Like they say

"if you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough"

Or

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks"

I am 29 and have had multiple leg injuries, I still kick my 250 2 stroke and 125....but I don't like it. Everytime I hop on my 350 and hit the button it makes me appreciate modern technology.

Old threads are old
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kzizok 10/27/2016 11:49am
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I must be missing something. Why do some view kickstarting to be more cavalier than e start?

When I was a kid we had VW bugs that didnt have ac. I have never wanted to go back to that by not using the ac in cars that have it.

I dont want to go back to air cooled bikes because a radiator got a hole punched in it.

Maybe Im off base.
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eazrider 10/27/2016 9:37pm
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kzizok wrote:
I must be missing something. Why do some view kickstarting to be more cavalier than e start? When I was a kid we had VW bugs...
I must be missing something. Why do some view kickstarting to be more cavalier than e start?

When I was a kid we had VW bugs that didnt have ac. I have never wanted to go back to that by not using the ac in cars that have it.

I dont want to go back to air cooled bikes because a radiator got a hole punched in it.

Maybe Im off base.
I'm not so sure the attitude is "cavalier" so much as it is "practical"... E starting is a wonderful thing, I tend to focus on keeping things simple, as I hate walking in my Alpine Stars. If I have an electric start on my KTM, (some of the new ones aren't provisioned with kick starters) and one of these wonderful Rekluse clutches, (which I DO) have) I find it very difficult to bump start my bike when the e start doesn't work (been known to happen) or the motor doesn't fire right away and the battery gets drained after bogging out in a water hole. On the newer Rekluse clutches, you can pull the side cover off, readjust the clutch clearance, put it all back together, and have a buddy pull you or bump start it yourself...Bikes are going to start coming sans a manual way to start the things, just like every car in the world today no longer has a hand crank to get it fired up. I'll go the way of electric start when A: the things are stone reliable. or B: when I get too lazy or infirm to kick the darn things...Smile
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eazrider 10/27/2016 9:46pm
10/27/2016 9:46pm
I'm gonna keep a couple of my kickstart bikes...I know they are going to have a special race at Glen Helen called the "Kick Start Nationals", much like the "Four Stroke Nationals", and later "The Two Stroke nationals"...I'll be ready..! Smile

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