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What Killed the Kickstart? | CB550 Review
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The battery.
With a battery you no longer needed a magneto and could have a high-energy ignition system.
Add an electric starter and that's the end.
Don't need a stupid video for this.
Are you feeling okay bud? Starting an essay with a rhetorical question is a common technique.
The dirt bikes I rode as a kid had kickstarters and small batteries.
The Yamaha DT400 I had as a kid is supposed to come with a battery. Apparently having one helped with starting easier but ours never had one. It only had a kickstart and it was a beast to kick. One big 400cc cylinder, 2 stroke.
Pretty spicy for someone who seems ignorant of the fact that plenty of kick-start bikes have batteries.