E-start vs Kick
- Thread starter jcsmiley
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E start is nice, but if its in place of a kick start which some ktm models have then no, gotta have a kick start, the e start is a nice 2nd option.
My favorite use for the magic button is when i stall on a slow turn, start her back up without having to stop. I guess we could rename it the lazy button.... a buddy of mine has a KTM, i think an '11 or '12 520 that has only e start, to me thats nuts to not have a kickstart on a dirtbike.
Ride some of the terrain we do in the Sierra National Forest and the Mojave Desert and you'll wish you had an e-start first and a
Kick start as a back up. Especially being the
Smidge you are.
Just "aks" yourself this - how you gonna kick start that bike when you are hill side, your left foot can't touch the ground as that is the downhill side and the kick starter foot is what is keeping your balance!
Go ahead, aks yourself!
my '14 KTM 250xcw has both, that being said the e start is worthless. Never seems to work. I much rather prefer the kickstarter... however the e start is amazing (when it works) for tough spots like it trees or on side hills where your ground foot is unable to touch the ground. My buddies '13? KTM450 has only e start, and his battery died on a long trail ride. Had to push it back to the truck and use some speaker wires to jump the battery with his truck. no jumper cables
E starts LOL, how did we ever ride without them? Actually I was thinking that if the desert and the sierras were still where I rode 90% of the time, I might not be thinking of getting an E start bike. My east coast riding and the places I ride up here seem to make one much more beneficial and worth the weight gain.