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Thanks for the info everybody. Its not that it is hard to kickstart. I'm having an issue with it kicking back so I am going to adjust the timing and try a few other things. Its just while I'm at it I figured I would look into all options involving kickstarts. I hadn't seen anyone ever discuss...

San Francisco is always cold and I have no insulation in my garage hah. Yeah I've had other kickstarts and never had a problem, but they were smaller cc engines. If my bike doesn't kick back it is a one kick bike and it runs great once it is started.

Has anyone put a decompression valve on a late model XS650 ('81) to use with a kickstart only? I know that the set up was originally for the electric start, but I have used other (mainly dirt bike) engines that used decompression valves for kickstart and it made it a snap. I haven't been able...

Thanks, for some reason that never came up when I was searching for it. Still curious about installing a decompression valve. My buddy has a bike he built from a dirt bike engine with a decompression valve and it is the easiest thing to start I have ever used. However, it kind of seems that the...

So I have a 1981 XS650. It has a Hugh's stator, pamco ignition, kick-start only and straight pipes with thoroughly made baffles. I am going to re-gear it with 18/30 to lower vibes on the freeway and then dyno test/ tune it. The problem I am having now is that about every third kick the...