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So THAT'S been (part of) my problem lo these many years!!


The amount of resistance to the kickstart lever is related in no way to the exhaust pipe fitment...that joint has nothing to do with 'loss of compression' and/or 'resistance to kicker'.


If your fuel petcock lever interferes with the movement of the choke, you have something in a very wrong position.

Lever is 'down' for main, horizontal for off, 'up' for reserve.

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Post by Byte »

thanks guys.

the light in my garage is not the best...

it's the actual stem that holds the fuel petcock that is restricting full extension of choke and not the fuel petcock itself.

re kick resistance, i felt strong resistance before this pull down - now not ver much resistance at all - possible causes?

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I didn't read this whole thread. Assuming a "pull-down" means you rebuilt the top end, low compression after could indicate wrong size piston, missing rings, head not torqued or bad head gasket, stuff like that. If you forgot to put the sparky plug back in, go stand in that dark garage for a couple days. :wink:
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lol - yeah checked the sparky - good call.

could the orientation of the kicker spring affect the resistance in terms of degree?
i did pull out the spring and white collar and reinstalled it.

why dosnet any gaps at pipe connection affect compression?

no - head was not touched or top end...

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there is no compression provided by the pipe while you are starting the motor. That's cuz there should be a big hole in the end. The bike would start without a pipe. Well, assuming it would start at all.

Having the return spring on wrong shouldn't make the bike feel like there was less compression during a kick. the spring only provides a couple pounds of lift to the lever. I didn't measure that mind you, but it seems right in my pointy little head.

I also don't get the thing about something holding the petcock. it's attached to the tank. The choke plunger shouldn't be hitting that unless something is in the wrong place.
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Re: '...my pointy little head.

I know that's not true. I can SEE by the pic of your brain that your head is really a bit flat on top!

Re: 'it's the actual stem that holds the fuel petcock'

I know what you're thinking (having said 'stem')...but that whole metal piece screwed to the tank is the petcock. It's not just the little lever you move around.

And...still...the choke plunger will not hit the petcock unless something is wrong..and that something would most likely be your carby being crooked in its boots.


I have a bad feeling that there is no light at the end of this tunnel.... :sad: Things are not going very well.

That, or I'm thinking my life is getting really tough!!

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If you forgot to put the sparky plug back in,...

lol - yeah checked the sparky - good call.

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SUCCESS!!!!

Yay - I'm very happy.

I just got home form work, read these current posts and thought F CK it!

I'm going riding!

I hopped on and kicked started it after a few very easy kicks without checkign anything (except to make sure the fuel cock is in it's right location).

My grin grew wider.

I then opened the garage door (bit smokey.....inside :lol: ), clicked her into gear and away I went....

I moved into 2/3 gears and all of my work seemed work it all of a sudden.

THANK YOU PEOPLE!

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Just out of curiosity - how much resistance do you guys feel when you kick start your kdx 220 or 200?

I know this is very subjective, but i am keen to know how you guys can put this in words...

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I can start my bike with my hand....
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WOW!

That's how I think I can start my bike as well.

It is definitely alot easier now than before I removed and re-installed the kicker spring.

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I've started my bike and a couple other KDXs by hand. I wouldn't recommend it as a common practice. I've had a kickback or two using my foot that was hard enough to hurt. A kickback like that if I had happened to be using my HAND would've broken it.

Re: 'how much resistance do you guys feel when you kick start your kdx 220 or 200?'

I have no answer to that. It is what it is...I know what it is..and if it changed to any extent I'd know it by 'feel'.

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