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XL/XR kickstart

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WTF304:
Probably been asked since this forum started,  has anyone taken the deleted kickstart system from this engine and re adapted it? .. yes electric is very nice, easy thing to have but why get rid of a ( just in case backup) way to start the bike. Thoughts and info appreciated

Just seems silly to get rid of a secondary, a kicker is still better then roll/pop starting in a failed electric start due to .... well anything.

J6G1Z:
I wish Honda had seen fit to install a kicker along with the electric start. The FT Ascot can be converted by sourcing the correct parts from several XR/XL models. I do not know the specifics. I have seen 2 pictures of FT Ascots that were retro-fitted with a kicker. It looks to me like the foot-peg is in the way of a full kick.

J.

WTF304:
Yea I've read that too ...  forgot where i read but somebody found a kicker from a completely different machine that the peg can stay and it got the full kick. Wish i could find out some part numbers, waiting for the some what local swap meet. Found alot of extras for my CT70, unfortunately no longer in my possession but that was a cool little bike. I once found a complete kickstart assembly for the XL/XR from around the same time the FT came about just didn't have the extra $$ at the time.

Anybody on this forum done the kickstart on theirs ?

J6G1Z:
I don't recall anyone going through the conversion on this site. There is discussion about it & a couple of pictures of completed bikes. You will need to do some parts compatibility research. Here is a picture of a custom Ascot with a kicker: http://ascot500.com/index.php?topic=13.0

Good luck
J.

WTF304:
I'm not entirely sure thats the engine that came in that, i think that's a swapped motor. Don't really see the deep pan or the electric starter, and alot of people from what i gather just swap the entire XL/XR engine and switch the electrical parts from the FT engine layout. Nicely done though

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