Kick Starter

[GL_Steve]

Has anyone made they're own kick starter?

Does anyone have specific drawings or pictures to be able to create one from scratch?

My bike didn't come with one and I would like to have one but don't want to pay the asking price on ebay when I can easily make one.

[MiWinger51]

Making one yourself would involve reproducing the spline. I run a wire EDM shop and doing that wouldn't be cheap. How mugh can you buy one for?

[GL_Steve]

Making one yourself would involve reproducing the spline. I run a wire EDM shop and doing that wouldn't be cheap. How mugh can you buy one for?

Which splines? I see a notch/detent but don't see any splines.

[MiWinger51]

I don't have that bike. I was just guessing there would be a spline that the kick starter would engage. Kinda like the spline that the brake pedal slides onto.

[GL_Steve]

There likely are splines on the part that the kick lever slides into but not on the lever itself.

It looks like it would be fairly straight-forward to make one out of drill rod as I have 30 years experience in metal shaping/forging/heat treating but having an accurate drawing and measurements or pics to scale would be a benefit.

[sfruechte]

I see several on ebay starting at 59.99 shipped. That one looks a little scuzzy, for another $15 or so you can get a nice one with the holding strap, etc...