richhall Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 Hopefully somebody has a full length kickstart lever to fit my SWM tl320, some years ago (20+ ) I replaced mine with I think one off an Aprilia TX/TXR/Climber which hit the footrest so with a bit of heat, well a lot of heat I bent it to match the original lever. I have dug it out from the dark corner of the garage to restore to a usable trials bike ( the joys of retirement) but with the problem of being 20+ years older & having short legs I cannot get it to start ! I have purchased a new one off of Ebay apparently for an SWM but the only part that will fit is the spline Knuckle part the lever is still too short & will fowl the footrest. Pictures are of the one I bent with the one supplied which is 1/2" longer than mine & the Gori full length one & the bent one on my SWM so you can see how short it is. Any help/ advice greatly appreciated, or has anyone successfully lengthened a kickstart? Rich Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 I'm assuming you got that from Old Knobblies ? I heated and bent mine to suit, plus ground the frame marginally as required. I also tapped the head and fitted a decompressor to ease over tdc. This takes a huge amount of the effort out of starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richhall Posted March 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 Hi, yes Old Knobblies but the one I bent is only a fraction shorter so 1 is being returned. Cyl head already has a decompressor but I am still struggling as it hasn't been running since 06/07 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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