anyone have bad kickstarting experiences?

[1badex]

i was at a race this past sunday, and a guy on a 450r went around a corner and flipped over the handlebars.when he got back on his bike he sat there a good 20 secs. tryin to get it started.does anyone else have this problem or is it just this guy?
they might be fast but that is valuble time lost.(just curious)

[dunebuggie66]

if it sat upside down too long it could have flooded a little. otherwise the hotstart works great. i know sometimes when i tip mine up on the grab-bar to work on something and forget to turn the gas off it is a bit harder to start, but i guess this can happen with any machine.

[TrX450rKiD]

Mine starts first or second kick every time :D

Gotta love Honda engineering :macho

[Pappy]

not bad i geuss....but with an e start i prolly wouldnt have had my quad run me over on its way BACK down a hillclimb:p

[Scro]

this is the first time i have had a kick start....but i love it....the only problem i ever had was when i first got it home..and i wasnt used to it.....at the time i didnt have on any boots and it came back and smacked me in the shin....hurt like hell.:mad:

Originally posted by bama450r
it came back and smacked me in the shin....hurt like hell.:mad: this is my first time ever using a kickstart & that has yet to happen to me

[jlm996s]

it came back and smacked me in the shin....hurt like hell.

I did that the first time I tried to start mine too! Only took one time and I've learned not to do it again!

[SSRedRider]

Mine kicks easy. THe only times I have had trouble is when I stand it up on the rear and I think it is because I didn't turn the gas off when I was supposed to. Don't give it any gas when you try to start it and make sure you have the hot start all the way in. I love mine.