InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Motorcycles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat Killed the Kickstart? | CB550 Reviewwww.youtube.comvideomessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down10·2 months agoThe battery. With a battery you no longer needed a magneto and could have a high-energy ignition system. Add an electric starter and that’s the end. Don’t need a stupid video for this.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months ago Don’t need a stupid video for this. Are you feeling okay bud? Starting an essay with a rhetorical question is a common technique.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoPretty spicy for someone who seems ignorant of the fact that plenty of kick-start bikes have batteries.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThe dirt bikes I rode as a kid had kickstarters and small batteries.
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThe Yamaha DT400 I had as a kid is supposed to come with a battery. Apparently having one helped with starting easier but ours never had one. It only had a kickstart and it was a beast to kick. One big 400cc cylinder, 2 stroke.
The battery.
With a battery you no longer needed a magneto and could have a high-energy ignition system.
Add an electric starter and that’s the end.
Don’t need a stupid video for this.
Are you feeling okay bud? Starting an essay with a rhetorical question is a common technique.
Pretty spicy for someone who seems ignorant of the fact that plenty of kick-start bikes have batteries.
The dirt bikes I rode as a kid had kickstarters and small batteries.
The Yamaha DT400 I had as a kid is supposed to come with a battery. Apparently having one helped with starting easier but ours never had one. It only had a kickstart and it was a beast to kick. One big 400cc cylinder, 2 stroke.