Unofficial Royal Enfield Community Forum
Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Bullet with the UCE engine => Topic started by: Kevin Mahoney on December 09, 2008, 05:56:14 pm
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I got confirmation from the factory today that the G-5 and E-5 (which we haven't talked about much, it is basically the Electra with an EFI engine) will come with a kickstarter as standard equipment. So to summarize, the C-5 will NOT have a kickstarter, the E5 and G-5 will have a kickstarter.
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Kevin, thanks for the update and final word on: "To kick start or not to kick start?" (That was the question!)
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I got confirmation from the factory today that the G-5 and E-5 (which we haven't talked about much, it is basically the Electra with an EFI engine) will come with a kickstarter as standard equipment. So to summarize, the C-5 will NOT have a kickstarter, the E5 and G-5 will have a kickstarter.
Cool! Choices are good. So, what kind of SPRAG gear will it have? Surely it must be better than the current one, say yes?
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Somebody mention my name?
Ace Luddite, reporting for duty! ;D
Actually, I think they are leaving it off the C5 as a puzzle project for their Luddite customers like me, because they know their customers can't leave anything be, and will try to cobble a kickstarter onto the C5 anyhow.
They know we like to tinker with things.
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oh geeze, you're going to make me chose between the sexy new C-5 and the also sexy, but not quite as G-5? you guys are so mean :-\
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I haven't had a street bike with a kick starter in........ I've never had a street bike with a kick starter. Just the dirt bikes and they were all 2-strokes.
IF the starter won't do it, Isn't it still possible to bump-start the bike?
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By all reports from the field the sprags are "bullet proof"
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oh geeze, you're going to make me chose between the sexy new C-5 and the also sexy, but not quite as G-5? you guys are so mean :-\
Not mean to me - as I've said before, unless it's some kind of a "classic", (a true classic, which to me means old), I'm not going to own a motorcycle that I have to jump up and down on to make it run. If it HAS a kicker as a backup, fine, BUT:
Electricity has been around for a lot longer than kick starters.
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Kick starters and beat up boots, a way of life...
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HUZZAH!
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