• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Kickstart mod.

Wildebeest90210

Wildebeest90210

Husqvarna
AA Class
I'm thinking of modding the kickstart to engage earlier by removing some metal at the point shown in pic. Does anyone know if it can cause any problems? Has anyone done this? Looking for advice before I wield the grinder !

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You can preload the kickstart lever one spline more which gives the same result.
Because the lever comes to rest at the same place each time [ rubber stop ] then the more preload you give it the further the shaft turns backwards which means that it engages earlier.
I have done this on both mine to get longer engaged stroke.
Be careful not to go too far or disaster will be the outcome.
Cheers
 
the thing to remember is the gear turns with the engine
if the pawl is out at final assembly you went too far
I did this to all my bikes
it works on all cc's and all models
 
I also ground the plate so the pawl flicks out earlier. It's important to not take too much off and also not to alter the radius on the plate otherwise if you remove too much material the pawl can snag on the plate. The height of the plate when you reassemble it is important so look out for spacers and reassemble correctly. Mine had a new kickstart shaft fitted and the plate that the pawl moves against had a couple of small spacer washers to stop the pawl slipping underneath it. I have some photos somewhere that I'll try and find. It worked well.

Kind regards
Lucien.
 
I did the same on my Husaberg 650, being a left hand kicker and high compression I needed all the help I could get. It made just enough difference to turn from a 3-4 kick to start to a 1-2 kick. Worth doing I would imagine.
 
Done it. Looks to work fine in the case but just waiting to machine the gear to use bush not bearing then will assemble proper and kick the crap out of it again...I mean start it up.
 
Still got to machine the gear. I have an admission, bike is 'as finished' but not with modded kicker. Back to work on the 7th jan and will finish it off then. In my lunchtime of course!
 
Finished this off. Took about 5/6mm and got a reasonable throw now. Could go a bit more but all buttoned up now. I got a new gear and got the holes drilled around the gear that were there on the old one but not the new one, beware its case hardened ! I used my old ally bronze bush shrunk in to in the new gear. its not standard as you can see where I bushed the crank case. I added a pic of putting a little chamfer on the gear change where it interfaces , its made it a little easier to fit the case on. (continued on next post)
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2premo said:
have you tried it???
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Not to actually start it. It feels ok though, no jumping when you kick it or any play. I'll be getting it running at the end of jan early feb to send it for its MOT(annual inspection for road use). Any "stripped threads" I'll let you know. I get the feeling stripping a thread may mean something medical in austrailia though.:thinking:
 
just referring to the nuts bolts and screws holding you together. how is he healing process? you feeling better?
 
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