Do all of these levers function with any stock XS650? I’m curious why the changes. The last is about a 25% weight reduction from the first.
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Three different kick levers
- Thread starter jetmechmarty
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Do all of these levers function with any stock XS650? I’m curious why the changes. The last is about a 25% weight reduction from the first.
Thinking there's two Specials too, the heavy early one '78/'79 and the newer '80's.
Same bend, different thickness.
I've noticed no difference swapping my '77 out to the lighter Special and then to the heavier Special when I got one. No idea on the early earlies.
Same bend, different thickness.
I've noticed no difference swapping my '77 out to the lighter Special and then to the heavier Special when I got one. No idea on the early earlies.
Do you know what year that top one shown is ?
I do not know. After closer scrutiny, it looks like a match for the one on my ‘78 standard. Somehow, at first, I thought it looked like the the curved one, but it is not.
I see now. The Special ones cuddle up to the carburetor. The straight one will not mount that far forward. I guess I answered my own question.
And mine as well, I must have had a Special kick lever on my last Standard and it tucked in real nice
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Yes, there were several different styles or types. Kickers up through '80 had a bigger "foot". '81 and later had a smaller foot and were lighter and smaller everywhere else as well. '78 and older ones stuck straight up. In '79, they started angling them in more. My favorite is a '79 or '80 one, big "foot" and angled in. I swapped a '79 one onto my '83 .....
An XS750 starter is a bit more angled and shorter. will bolt on and clear shorter rear sets?
An XS1 lever
An XS1 lever
The XS1 lever looks like the one on my E and the one in my first photo. It may be the same.
It would be nice to see that XS750 kicker mounted on an XS650 and compared to 81 up XS650 kicker as far as tucking in to the carb body. Being “shorter” is a little concerning. It doesn’t seem like it would be easy to kick start a 750 triple.
I do not have a kicker for the Tracker and have to carefully search EBay
Yes, it is. The pistons are smaller than the XS650, so it is easier. The XS1100 is easy to kick start as well. It's more likely the SR500 will be the one to hurt you.
There is another kicker for the 650s. It has more offset than the others.
If you order a new one from Partzilla it is what you will get.
If you order a new one from Partzilla it is what you will get.
