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Unconventional said

A friend of mine bought a basket case BSA 500 single for $25 early 60s vintage. After we got that morphidite British Wentworth POS put together, the moment of truth. Gassed it up gave it a little tickle, he jumped on the kick starter and literally threw him over the bars when it sneezed back. We push started it until we figured out those extra levers, compression release and ignition advance :rofl:

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My dad called me one day with a similar story about getting launched over the handlebars.

“Hey, I bought a Suzuki ATV for the kids, (my younger step siblings and some of his grandkids), it’s a little bigger than the one you’ve got, but it’s hard to start.”

“Did you try jump starting it? Maybe the battery is junk?”

“It doesn’t have a battery, or a pull starter either. Just a kick starter and it threw me off the bike when I kicked it.”

“I’m on my way, don’t let any kids near that thing!”

I pull in at his house and he’s got a damn Quadzilla 500 sitting in the yard. “I’ll give you my Suzuki, just rebuilt the engine, for that! That’s not safe for the kids to ride!”

I ended up trading him my LT185 for the Quadzilla.