I'm not talking about vaporware on the Kickstarter website.
This is about those people who jump on those poor, defenseless, motorcycle and ATV kicstarters like it was their milkman daddy who disappeared, then shown up drunk one day, after they were grown, wanting to make it all better.
What got me to thinking about this; you ask (you didn't but I'll tell you anyway).
I watched a video on YouTube of a guy, kickstarting a trike. He was supper happy to have a new to him trike, but it was exceptionally cringeworthy to watch him start it. No, it wasn't a 200X, it was something even harder to come by.
He wasn't taking any of the slack out or fully engaging it before giving it the business.
How many people are kicking these things to death and wearing themselves out?
Kicking them like that actually makes them harder to start because they aren't full, complete, kicks and it's all herky-jerky. They're not even looking for TDC either. A lot of the broken kicker parts and even engine cases/clutch covers can be attributed to a poor starting method.
Have you found some videos of good or bad examples? Post them up, hopefully it'll edumacate some people and save some trikes.
Here's one that isn't a complete fail, it's just the type of bike he was trying to start doesn't like ANY throttle when kicking. What happens is pretty typical with those bikes if not experienced with them and still happens to experienced people who get sloppy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA5ldT3KUSY
And that's how to knee yourself in the chin while kickstarting a motorcycle.