• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

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125-200cc Kick starter options?

venturini

venturini

Husqvarna
AA Class
Does anyone know of any aftermarket or cross-reference option for a different kick starter for a 2013 CR125. The top part just feels to short to me---I'm looking for something that would give a more "positive purchase", i.e. longer so that my whole boot (size 9) would fill it up.
 
Not sure but have you owned the bike long? I found it odd at first but am pretty used to it now.
 
I have gotten used to mine as they don't seem to have a great deal of compression to kick over in the first place. I'm also a size 9 hoof.
 
venturini said:
Does anyone know of any aftermarket or cross-reference option for a different kick starter for a 2013 CR125. The top part just feels to short to me---I'm looking for something that would give a more "positive purchase", i.e. longer so that my whole boot (size 9) would fill it up.
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LoL...welcome to the world of the quirky Husky kickstarter!!! Don't worry mate, you'll get use to it before long...hey it's a 125, can't be that friggin hard to start:thumbsup:
 
I thought they were too short when I got mine last June... But I got used to it real fast.... They start real easy with very little effort..
 
You think its a small kick starter with size 9 foot it looks like a toy with size 12 boots lol. I find I use the ball of my foot to start it more ofter then the arch of my foot. I was thinking about adding an inch to the tip of the kick starter.
 
Use to start a xr100 by hand. Just reach down an spin it over by hand. This past weekend after loosing spark I found myself just rolling over my wr144 by hand. After I get it fixed I will just try to start it by hand. So I may end up with a cast or not.

Is rather short aint it.
 
I know Kelly was thinking of making a better kicker for the 165's. They still start pretty easy so I think he has tabled that project. You might PM him and see if he wants to revisit that project.
 
Yeah, I was shocked to see that the compression ratio is only 8.8:1. A lot could be easily gained, I think, from bumping up the compression. Does the WB165 kit use a flat or domed pistion? Do you know the compression ratio for the 165 kit?

Back to the kickstarter----I was thinking of getting an extra OEM kickstarter and having my father weld an extension on it---then the shop owner quoted me something like $130 (only sold as an assembly)---so I said "no thanks", I'll try to get used to it.

In the back of my mind I thought I'd seen that a lever off of a certain year YZ would work but that might be for the GasGas I used to own------that kickstart lever sucked BIG TIME---just a short but for a 250 engine.
 
The problem isn't really the short lever per se, it's the position of the actual kicker mechanism being up high compared to other bikes...grafting a higher lever, you'll probably end up kneeing yourself :p
 
i've been waiting for Kelly to make a new kicker, already broke my stock one, i'm sure it will happen again.

bike starts really easy, but i dont trust the stock unit.
 
wallybean said:
I know Kelly was thinking of making a better kicker for the 165's. They still start pretty easy so I think he has tabled that project. You might PM him and see if he wants to revisit that project.
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I was looking into it but it would cost to much and there is not much room to make it longer if you run a large tank. Shelved that one.
 
Motosportz said:
I was looking into it but it would cost to much and there is not much room to make it longer if you run a large tank. Shelved that one.
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But if the only option available to the Husqvarna owner is the stock unit at $130 we are kinda screwed. If it was just higher quality and wider at the top, it could prove popular, even at $75-$100. Then again, it's not my money being invested to make the unit to begin with so it's easy for me to say that they'd sell well.
 
Lots of angles, cross drilling, hole milling, just adds up to too much money. Plus that fact that i could make a stronger one but not a longer one and still work with big tanks. It is not dead but also not priority.
 
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