Could you start it?

@@mrspud8869 I did start it, my uncle had already shown me. Longer story though, dad was drunk and I rode it about 50 miles that night. Wasn’t all good though, dropped it about 2 miles from home. Wrong gear, low rpm, it bucked twice then killed and went down. lol

@Kaiser SwagHelm II No way I could have picked it back up as a scrawny lil kid. Not to mention, no way he was gonna lay his bike on the ground so I could try.

When I was about 21, I let my skinny little 17yo girlfriend ride my old shovel down to the end of her street. I told her not to change gears. She road down the end of her street, turned around and came flying back by me going through the gears, 45 minutes later she called me still at her house. She had ridden to her girlfriends house about 10 miles away and was over there partying with a bunch of girlfriends....You go girl...lol

@@joesurfer9754 😂

Mine still has a kickstart startup. Less of a chance of me starting the bike up while drunk with a kickstart

Most modern low end carburetor motorcycles still have kickstarters included. They make great bases for custom projects.

You could have that shit I had a Harley-Davidson shovel head it started every time and I drove off out of my puddle of oil I just left was glad the day I sold that piece of shit and got a metric bike.

That's why I ride a dirt bike

@@Gpuma83 sounds like you maybe had a lemon I have an 80 FLH Shovel with both kick and electric start i seldome use the kicker but I have had it since new and still no puddle of oil underneath of it so maybe I just got lucky and no leaks .. sorry you had this issue as being in the wind with these ol shovels is a blast ...

I was begging for it 15 years ago when my 60cc moped kicked back every now and then and the pain was already unbearable. I wonder how it feels with a 1000cc+ engine, but I don't really want to know.

@@akumpi My friend tried to kick my 850cc Norton and got his achilles tendon ripped, when the bike backfired. I never lock my knee, when starting the bike for that very possibility.

@@akumpi It will throw you over the bars sometimes.

@@akumpi my grandpa used to compete in bike shows and had some crazy Harleys, told me one time the kickback broke his toe and the doctor said at some point it’s broken every bone in his foot

@@akumpi the kickback from a magneto ironhead is something you’ll never forget.

I just sit down on the seat since I straddle my CH when I start it... wait a minute while it warms then put it in gear and drive away!

I've never kicked my bike with out straddling it first. So as soon as she kicks off I just sit and let her warm up. But ya it's a sense of accomplishment. Just like kicking on and on is aggregating and a bit shameful.

Its because they kicked the bike a hundred times and it finally started. They skipped that part of the video

@@benjaminpowell9758 No. three, maximum 5 times.

SAme here😂

I had 3 shovels 2 kick one straight electric That one was a pain in the ass Was tempted to put a kicker on it

Agreed

@daniel Taylor. Yes, l agree too. You have to raise your leg higher because the scooter is leaning away from you which makes you tired much faster. Standing to the side and the bike kicks back and you aren't prepared for it

@daniel Taylor. If the engine kicks back while you stand to the side you might run your shins down the side of the bike.

@@bottmar1 kickback hurts you real bad

Agreed,I'm waiting for someone to stand on bike backwards to start it,that be the next starting trend.😁😆

me too

It's all for show baby

Coolness factor.

sounds like a running horse

Got a back kick from an royal enfield...tore my knee....now it's healed...and I never do the mistake to start it with throttle again

the young mechanic before i learned my lesson, s 74 sportster tore my knee up 30 yrs ago. Still hurts

You do know that on big twins the kick starter disengages at the bottom of the stroke, if you kick it thru, right? The guys who get kicked back are the ones who don't kick it all the way thru or let up on it to soon...

Hank Gureski I stand corrected. Preciate it. Good info. If I’d know that back in the late 80’s when i had my 74 XLCH my knee probably wouldn’t have got bent backwards.

@@Blayze1017 allsportster kickstarter gears if bushing is worn or if ratchet teeth are rounding off thennu get a slip kicker that hyper extends ur knee levin u on the ground saying mommy,mommy make the pain go away!!!

"aw shit, it's just that damn bike again"

Reminds me of the Jesus Christ kid 😂😂

@@SC-br6tu you remind me so much of your uncle

You said it!!!

I think evo engine sounds better when idleing

I was thinking the same thing. My first four Harley’s were all Iron head Sportsters. My right knee was always sore. When ever I would walk, or I should say limp into a bar, people would ask me what year Sportster do I ride. Great times for sure.

This is correct

yeahhh

@@MediaShareMalaysia catch your motor running, heeeaad out on the hyyyway .🤘🏼🇺🇸

"portland" 😂

Haha, but his pants and boots were cute! Definitely struggling!

most of the times these are custom bikes which don't get started that often so for starting it's easier with no ait filter on them. But for riding them you should put them on

@@GibsonOnTheWall ok that would make more sense I can see how that works thanks for the reply

Well them old Harley-Davidson bikes back then was LUCKY 🍀 TO get 30,000 miles before they needed an overhaul this is no joke the tolerances were so loose they had to redesign their motors to last back then they were the most unreliable motorbikes you could buy so the rice burners taught them a lesson on tighter tolerances how it gave you longer lasting engines that last and don’t leave oil puddles everywhere that’s a fact ask any old Harley Rider.

@@firstnamelastname9603 i seriously doubt this claim. Like, SERIOUSLY doubt your "perfect bores". The advent of filters was for a reason, and unless you make so much power that the motor is trying to vacuum in that air filter, you need it. There is no downside to running one, their main purpose being keeping dirt and dust out of the motor. The amount of boneheads on the internet is staggering.

For the same reason they have no rear suspension, tiny fuel tanks, thick front wheels or no electrics: because these bikes are just for show, it doesn't matter how they ride.

Generator shovel

Innocence