dirtbikes with electric start !?!
arizona cowboy
this seems like the best idea ever, since sometimes you are on a steep hill
and the bike dies and there is no way to kick it on a vertical incline.
This feature could also cause you to win a race you would have otherwise
lost, for the same reason.
which are the dirt bikes that have the electric start feature available?
wild bill
scrape ..at..@..nc..dot..rr..dot.com.
Husaberg - all FE models, some FC models
KTM - all RFS series, I believe
Yamaha - All WRs, all TT-Rs (some optional, but available)
Suzuki - DRZs
Kaw - not sure
Honda - not sure
GasGas - not sure if the 450 does or not
Husky - I think all the TE models do
Ralph Furley
reasons I don't win races..
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Rusty Myers
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"scrape ..at..@..nc..dot..rr..dot.com." <NO...@NOHOW.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:31:17 -0500, "arizona cowboy"
> <cacheoverflowATyahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >which are the dirt bikes that have the electric start feature available?
>
> Husaberg - all FE models, some FC models
> KTM - all RFS series, I believe
> Yamaha - All WRs, all TT-Rs (some optional, but available)
> Suzuki - DRZs
> Kaw - not sure
> Honda - not sure
XR650L, crf230r, crf250x off the top of my head
WoodsChick
> Not being able to start the bike quickly is W A Y down on the list of
> reasons I don't win races..
But, hey! It's a good excuse! I think I'll save it for the upcoming GP.
Tami-
SNOman
My last GNCC race here in NZ my bike left the track down into the forest
and I couldn't get it back out :-( could get it started though :-)
took 3 guys to lift it out in the end, my first DNF
The Cooks
All Gas Gas 4-strokes have electric start.
Jim
(On Deb's Computer)
"99 Gas Gas EC274 (Sweet Baby)
Team LAGNAF
www.smackovermotorsports.com
Pete P.
> XR650L, crf230r, crf250x off the top of my head
^^^^^^^
Not this one.
PP
Pete P.
starter not needed for lightweight, nimble two stroke racers.
PP
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>Ha! Notice they are ALL four strokes! Heavy, massive electric
>starter not needed for lightweight, nimble two stroke racers.
Not needed for most four strokes either. Manufacturers are just
slapping them on there for the spindly-leg two stroke guys that can't
figure out how to start them.
My 13 year old doesn't have a problem firing up his YZ250F first kick.
Of course, he's learned not to spastically flail away at it like alot
of 2S guys.
The bait has been cast.
Rusty Myers
estart. Just verified on the Honda site also. I did have a typo on the
crf230 it is a F not a R. Both are estart. Guess some of the older
xr650l's weren't.
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Jay C
> Not needed for most four strokes either. Manufacturers are just
> slapping them on there for the spindly-leg two stroke guys that can't
> figure out how to start them.
LOL. I'm with ya! Don't forget about the old guys who are simply too lazy
to kick-start a bike... that's where I fit in ;).
Jay
-jc
> "scrape wrote
>
> > Not needed for most four strokes either. Manufacturers are just
> > slapping them on there for the spindly-leg two stroke guys that can't
> > figure out how to start them.
>
> LOL. I'm with ya! Don't forget about the old guys who are simply too
lazy
> to kick-start a bike... that's where I fit in ;).
This is a new excuse ... I thought it was your knee? E-start would be nice
after dropping the bike four times on the same obstacle, killing it every
time ... not that I would know.
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- Jeff
- 02 KTM200exc
- 99 WKX250
- ........................ then again, what do I know.
WoodsChick
> "Jay C" <jwcN...@NOSPAMsysmatrix.net> wrote
> > "scrape wrote
> >
> > > Not needed for most four strokes either. Manufacturers are just
> > > slapping them on there for the spindly-leg two stroke guys that can't
> > > figure out how to start them.
> >
> > LOL. I'm with ya! Don't forget about the old guys who are simply too
> lazy
> > to kick-start a bike... that's where I fit in ;).
>
> This is a new excuse ... I thought it was your knee? E-start would be nice
> after dropping the bike four times on the same obstacle, killing it every
> time ... not that I would know.
No Jeff, the knee thing is part of *my* nifty little package of
excuses. Well, that and being way too short to kick the WR
effectively, according to Yamaha USA.
New rings in the Pampera wreaked havoc on my knee, but it's not so bad
now.
An hour on the concrete MX track at Carnegie is worse.
Tami-
Jay C
> I'm with ya! Don't forget about the old guys who are simply too lazy
> > to kick-start a bike... that's where I fit in ;).
>
> This is a new excuse ... I thought it was your knee? E-start would be
nice
> after dropping the bike four times on the same obstacle, killing it every
> time ... not that I would know.
No, the knee is what I couldn't kick YOUR bike - or any of those other silly
two strokes with their kick levers mounted up near your balls...
Jay
-jc
> "-jc" wrote
> > "Jay C" wrote
> > > "scrape wrote
> > >
> > > > Not needed for most four strokes either. Manufacturers are just
> > > > slapping them on there for the spindly-leg two stroke guys that
can't
> > > > figure out how to start them.
> > >
> > > LOL. I'm with ya! Don't forget about the old guys who are simply too
> > lazy
> > > to kick-start a bike... that's where I fit in ;).
> >
> > This is a new excuse ... I thought it was your knee? E-start would be
nice
> > after dropping the bike four times on the same obstacle, killing it
every
> > time ... not that I would know.
>
> No Jeff, the knee thing is part of *my* nifty little package of
> excuses. Well, that and being way too short to kick the WR
> effectively, according to Yamaha USA.
So what you're saying is that the knee excuse is for chicks? It still fits
for Jay. ;-)
> New rings in the Pampera wreaked havoc on my knee, but it's not so bad
> now.
New rings in my CR500 required a healthy boot.
> An hour on the concrete MX track at Carnegie is worse.
Ouch ... I try to stay off the track ... pain.
-jc
> No, the knee is what I couldn't kick YOUR bike - or any of those other
silly
> two strokes with their kick levers mounted up near your balls...
Yours must be low mount ... balls not lever.
Jeff Deeney
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Heh. You should try my ATK. It has a KX80 sized kickstarter,
mounted high, on the left side. It starts great when warm, even after
my annual tip-over. When cold, I lean against a tree to start.
-Jeffrey Deeney- DoD#0498 NCTR UTMA BRC COHVCO AMA
'99 ATK 260LQ-Stink Wheels '94 XR650L-DreamSickle
We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.
Jay C
> > two strokes with their kick levers mounted up near your balls...
>
> Yours must be low mount ... balls not lever.
Could be.......
Pete P.
lineup by giving them the "CRF" moniker.
Pete P
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