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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 1840" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Left side kickstart</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I bought a Francois Grosset electric starter kit for the same reason: my right hip was beginning to hurt. I've never regretted it. I could probably have fitted it in a morning, but in fact did it piecemeal as part of a comprehensive rebuild which included conversion to 12 volt coil ignition. The bike starts instantly. I retain use of the kickstart. It's probably advantageous if the bike is a good starter already, although from observation there are many Vincents that start with a great deal less effort than I seem to need.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">The recommended (big, Yuasa) battery fits the tray, needing only a longer anchor piece FT132, supplied. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">There is also, for me, a significant safety bonus: if i do stall in traffic, I can start instantly. I don't have to stop, put it on the (Bob Hills) stand - that hip again - find compression........meantime hoping some SoB doesn't run into me. Putting it on to the rear stand doesn't bear thinking about.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 1840, member: 4034"] [b]Left side kickstart[/b] [FONT=Tahoma]I bought a Francois Grosset electric starter kit for the same reason: my right hip was beginning to hurt. I've never regretted it. I could probably have fitted it in a morning, but in fact did it piecemeal as part of a comprehensive rebuild which included conversion to 12 volt coil ignition. The bike starts instantly. I retain use of the kickstart. It's probably advantageous if the bike is a good starter already, although from observation there are many Vincents that start with a great deal less effort than I seem to need.[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma]The recommended (big, Yuasa) battery fits the tray, needing only a longer anchor piece FT132, supplied. [/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma]There is also, for me, a significant safety bonus: if i do stall in traffic, I can start instantly. I don't have to stop, put it on the (Bob Hills) stand - that hip again - find compression........meantime hoping some SoB doesn't run into me. Putting it on to the rear stand doesn't bear thinking about.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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