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stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
- malmac
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stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
However I am looking at buying a 1974 R90/6 with kickstarter lever.
Would someone be able to tell me how far out the lever sits from the airbox face?
One of the ones seems to have the lever sitting out further than I remember.
Any help much appreciated.
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Mal
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Re: stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
I just measured my '74 R90S and the lever sticks out 12cm when it is in it's completely retracted state.
In the image, I am holding the tape measure level, looks a bit distorted from angle.
Good luck,
Scott
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Re: stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
Thank you so much for the reply.
Going to look at a couple of second hand /6's tomorrow, so your reply is much appreciated.
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Re: stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
LOL, one of the things I find with it is I am constantly grabbing it instead of my choke lever when trying to turn the chokes off after the bike warms up. Mind you, this is while I am riding. Maybe that is one of the reasons BMW put the choke lever up on the handlebars in later model bikes? St.
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Re: stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
I thought the kickstarter was not available after about 1975 or have I got that all wrong?srankin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:49 amI am not sure about the /6 but the lever on my RS is vertical when fully retracted, I mean 90 degrees to the ground.
LOL, one of the things I find with it is I am constantly grabbing it instead of my choke lever when trying to turn the chokes off after the bike warms up. Mind you, this is while I am riding. Maybe that is one of the reasons BMW put the choke lever up on the handlebars in later model bikes? St.
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Re: stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
'78 R100/7 '69 R69S '52 R25/2
Fast. Neat. Average. Friendly. Good. Good.
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Re: stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
I can't say for sure what years the kick start was standard for even the /6 bikes, I do recall my 74 R90S bikes had kick start as original equipment.
With the /7 bikes at least for the US, I think it was an option. St.
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Scott
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Re: stroke 6 kickstarter lever.
I am certainly older maybe no wiser but better informed.
Thank you all.
So far I have looked at three bikes with kick starters and two out of the three looked dodgy (hanging out).
Mal
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