Kickstart

[IgorVigor]

Hi.

Would it be possible to fit a kickstart to the FX 650 Vigor?

Just been thinking about it, as I take the bike offroad a bit and last thing I want is a non start because of a dead battery. (It never sounds like it will start anyway...always does though, after a spin or two)

I dont know if the SLR had a kickstart?

The dommie did though and being the basically the same engine I just wondered...

Thanks in advance

[Mervinh]

nope electric leg only on the SLR, as for retro fitting dommie gear dunno bout that
merv

[catteeclan]

I would be suprised if the crank cases were different from slr to Dominator. There's only one way to find out.
I guess you'll need all the kick start mech, a domi clutch cover with a hole in and maybe an idler gear with goes between the kick start gear and clutch.

[switch]

As far as I know, you can't fit a kick on dommies older than 88-89. That being said, I doubt you'd be able to add a kick on an FX/FMX/SLR.

[IgorVigor]

yes, and its an expensive way to find out it doesnt work :P

oh well...

will just have to make sure I dont stall the bike off road :P

[Mervinh]

Did the kickstart dommies have a manual decompressor?? cos the later bikes have an auto one
Merv

[catteeclan]

Originally Posted by switch

As far as I know, you can't fit a kick on dommies older than 88-89. That being said, I doubt you'd be able to add a kick on an FX/FMX/SLR.

Why, are the crank cases different? And did you mean newer than 88?

[catteeclan]

Originally Posted by Mervinh

Did the kickstart dommies have a manual decompressor?? cos the later bikes have an auto one
Merv

Now that could a prob.

[switch]

Originally Posted by catteeclan

Why, are the crank cases different? And did you mean newer than 88?

newer than 1989, actually. Thanks for spotting the error!

The crank case is not guaranteed to be 100% fit. More than that, you need the internal hardware. And to make things worse, the rear brake system of the 89+ models is where the kickstart used to be.

[IgorVigor]

hmm sounds like I would have more luck drilling a big hole and crank starting the beast :P

hmm...thats given me an idea :P