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I recently raced a GP where I was about 40 minutes into the 45 race and I stalled the bike. I hit the button for about two seconds and it lit back up and the bike never stopped rolling. My arms and legs were pretty smoky by that point and kick starting a bike would have been a nightmare......I know I've, been there.
I've been there as well. Was goin g for a holeshot, saw a mate cutting across from the outside, was going to T-bone him so locked the rear brake, missed his rear whellby mm's, and stalled the bike. It started 18 kicks later when the person in last place was half a lap in front of me
I always told others, when you stall a 4T in a race, don't panic, put the bike in nutral, find TDC and give it a kick, if you kick it like a 2T you're fucked. So should've taken my own advice
If my competition in MX had an e-leg, I'd want one as well. I'll concede that much. But my point is, not everyone wants, or needs an e-leg. "Each to their own"
I don't need it, so I don't want the extra weight of it, and not having a kicker for backup on an off road bike is a bad idea IMO.
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We've had a sea of Orange over here for years, long before they got an e-leg. You Yanks were a bit slow on the up take, but then, in your defence, we do get out of bed 24 hours before you.
I haven't spoken about e-start with my MX mates, but my off road mates want nothing to do with it. In saying that, we all ride 2T's.265cc's and below. None of us like e-legs, or 300 2T's.
I live in the Latrobe Valley, in Gippsland, Victoria. They held a round of the ISDE here. Can't remember which year, but check it out.
We don't have the same elevation as some of your states, but, it's all hills and valley's around here. This is the MECA for off road in Oz. This is Shane Watts country.
Hence why I won't ride a bike without a kicker. I've been stuck at the bottom of a steep gully once before.
I watched the video of your loop, we ride much harder stuff than that. No offence, I realize it's a "back yard" loop, and not complete.
The hill here are only hard because they are so technical...and usually only a few feet wide. First or second gear only.
This is directly out the back of my place, about a 5 minute ride. We only ride the dirt bikes in winter though.
It's not the best example of the tracks we ride, but you'll see we don't ride salt flats
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I will never buy a kick start four stroke again. Ever.
Somebody DID say if “ you can’t lift your bike into a stand, then you shouldn’t be racing MX.”
...oh wait that was me...
I use the kickstarter first thing in the morning on my ktm, then electric start for the rest of the day.
The last thing I want to do is try to limp or tow a bike through this shit.....it ain't happening. Riding a healthy bike through this stuff is challenging enough for me. I'll take the kickstarter AND the electric start when I'm an hours ride from civilization. A few extra pounds don't bother me I like the redundancy on my off road bikes......Don't need the kickstarter for moto in my opinion.
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