How to kick start a motorcycle.

Step 5: The beast.

If you have a larger bike like a 200 or 450 (the honda 150r also applies) The bike ma have a hot start.Basically it reduces compression so its not as hard to start.On the 450 you couldnt start it without the hot start.So follow the same steps as the othe bike but while kicking the bike hold thee hot start until it fires up.It should be located over the clutch.Ride safely and have fun!

Comments

[indian741]

Never used this lever ,
I always kickstart without this,
I got a suzuki drz400 and a Armstrong mt500
Just get the piston to TDC ( the part where u hear it click )
Then 1 hard kick and i should run without this lever .

[muddog15]

will this work on a hard to start go kart?

[takboilaw]

I have a kawasaki 125 it has both electric starter and kickstart. I has a choke level on the handle bar and a kill swith aside from the ignition switch. I usually kickstart it when the battery become low due to my motorcycle audio(it drains the batteries charge)

[Scott_Tx]

This instructable needs a video to go with it! :)

[whipit85]

a hot start doesn't lower compression, it lets cool air into the carb, rather than the warm air from the heat of the bike, the cool air cool the cylinder enough to that it starts easier, when the motor is cool they serve no point.

[wobbler]

A hot start doesn't let cool air into the carb rather than hot from the heat of a bike air. The air to the carb is always coming from the same place. What a hot start does is vary the richness of the fuel entering the cylinders a appropriate for starting a hot engine and actually adds more air to the mixture, making it more lean. A cold engine requires a richer fuel mixture to start (hence the choke lever). The hot start lever is like a choke in reverse.

However, big bikes, especially big single cylinder bikes, are hard to turn over as at the top of the stroke there is a lot of back force from the compression in the cylinder. So, big bikes have compression release levers, which lift the exhaust valves slightly and make it easier to get the piston to the top of its stroke. The lever is then released and the bike then kick started from the optimum position..

[2hot2hack]

nice tips. my sister got me a yz125 (2010) to ride at her house but she moved and it rusted.

[Acepilot42]

cr 500's have that lever too

[miniminitrck]

Thats not a hot start anyways, its a compression release, and it is a very handy thing to have when you have a large bike