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Are there any riders on this forum ,still able to kickstart bikes after having a total knee replacement
On their kickstart leg?
Cheers
Jenks

Jenks, have you considered joining NABD, then you could ask that question on their forum:-

http://forum.disabledbiker.co.uk/

Some time ago, we thought: What would happen if we had a bad (kickstart) leg? So a few of us experimented with standing the other way round and using the other leg. It looked a bit odd but who cares; it worked. Good luck Chris.

PS The day after I was messing around at home and nearly fell down stairs and twisted that knee. Panic... but it got better; phew.

Second that Chris, I had to do that with a dodgy foot last year. Takes a bit of getting used to but it does work.

I have no probs kickstarting my Triumph at all. My only issue with the new knee is the fact that it is loose in the shinbone and gives some serious aches and pains. But as it works ok and is held together tightly enough by the muscles and ligaments etc I'm loathe to have the thing removed and re-cemented. I convinced I got a secondhand one recycled from the crematorium. These joints are designed to be used, Jenks so use or you'll soon find you can't use it.

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If it's an Electra I bet the sprag clutch has gone awol!

Hi Jenks, I think Les is pointing you in the right direction, get yourself a live-in Indian girl, simples. Adam

I've got arthritis in every single joint. Then I discovered how to kick start the C5 - you don't.



Watch the girl hand crank it. You do not welly it, it's a lethargic prod.



None of this palaver about bringing it onto compression - ign on, cold-start on, lazy prod and catch it on the throttle, from cold.

jefrs, I weigh 14 stone, I can stand on the kick start of my Electra X and precisely nothing happens.