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It is a bit concerning when out in the sticks. Personally would have preferred them to keep the kickstart asap backup.

I’ll see how long this one lasts! If it keeps happening they will certainly need to change something as these bikes start and stop a lot as I’m sure you know.

At the moment I’m running the ERM with the standard head and I’m loving the power delivery, so clean and loads or toque. I’m also running the oversize power valve cover and Oxa pipe and these help with the bottom end grunt as well. I would definitely get the ERM, map and power valve cover as a first call, then you can add the head if you feel your riding needs it, but you’ll notice so much difference with the map and cover 👍🏼

That’s what I was hoping to be able to do but for love or money it wouldn’t come out without pulling but starter back just a tad 🤷‍♂️

Ahhh - what an annoyance Mine obviously had that tiny bit more clearance it only ‘just’ came out thought I’d have to remove the starter too . Bendix made in Italy not a Chinese part but either way shouldn’t fail so early . Was $200aus from dealer

That’s good then, maybe those couple more hours meant your bushings for the bendix were that fraction looser. It is annoying isn’t it, especially when these bikes have no kick start backup now.

4.5yrs with no kickstarter first fail (over 3 bikes) . Yeh annoying - I still kept riding that day but made bit of a mess of the flywheel teeth

@mikeaust80 luckily when mine failed I was at a motocross race so just bumped it before the start and made sure I didn’t stall in the race 😂

Cheers for the tip, something to keep in mind for next time 👍🏼

Unfortunately as far as I am aware the starter removal on the 17-23 bikes is a fair bit more involved. There is a bolt and a collar near the bendix you need to remove and then I think you need to remove most of the hoses, engine mounts, swing arm bolt etc to get the room to move the engine up to get the starter out. Have you tried getting the bendix out yet? You way well be able to wriggle it out past the flywheel without removing anything.

Thanks for the reply! I managed to remove the bendix as shown in the video, but I had to unscrew a screw on the clutch cover that was against the starter motor, which didn't allow it to move back! The clutch cover has a crack in the hole where the bendix fits, so the bendix probably jumped out, got stuck and damaged the starter motor!!

@desigart1089 glad you got it out! If I have understood what you explained it sounds like the bushing in the cover is damaged. So when you come to put the bendix back in you’ll need to replace the two bushings for the bendix, one in the flywheel casing and one on the engine casing. Cheers Ben.

@@SwiftMXUK Unfortunately, it's not the bushings, it's the cover stator that's damaged where it fits. I'm going to replace the bushings anyway, I'm going to see if I can fix the cover, I don't want to buy a new one, they're expensive!

@desigart1089 ahh I see! Maybe out with the Liquid Metal then! 😲

Thanks for the comment, good to hear a similar story! Hopefully I’ll make those hours on this one 🤞🏼

Dead easy removing the starter on the 24 bikes, literally only 3 bolts so wasn’t too much of an issue really. But maybe if you don’t want to get underneath the bike then you could take the flywheel off instead.

Hi! Certainly on the exc you can remove the starter without having to remove any engine mounts, I assume the XC-W would be the same. You just remove the black cover that protects the starter then there are two small bolts holding the starter to the engine. Once those are removed you can slide the starter out fairly easily. Obviously when replacing you’ll have to wiggle it about to get the starter cogs to engage with the bendix correctly but it should be possible. I have seen people get the bendix out without removing the starter but mine just couldn’t get the clearance with the starter in place. Cheers Ben.

@@SwiftMXUK Cheers Ben!

It was a bit of a bummer it going on a bike with no kickstart, made a day of jumpstarts interesting to say the least! Personally I feel this was more unlucky it failed so early on but none the less….its concerning and always at the back of my mind now! Cheers Ben.

There isn’t really much point in my opinion (if it’s even possible) a new part was about £50 aftermarket(approx £120 if genuine) and it’s only about a 15 minute job to replace. I might carry a spare in my rucksack now 😂 cheers Ben.

That’s all sorted now. We literally unboxed the bike, mapped it and rode it. 😂 You can adjust the idle on the TPI bikes with the yellow screw on the throttle body so that’s been done now using the TSP ERM tool to set it bang on 👌🏼

Thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoy them 👍🏼

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. Sorry the content has slowed down, hopefully get more up soon! You’ll love the bike! ✊🏼

Cheers for watching and glad it helped. This harness actually came with the bike in the kit with all the indicators/lights etc. not sure if you are uk based but you just need to get something like this, search this item number on eBay 145562448476

Nice work! That sounds like you have the bike running mint then with the different heads. How do you find the injection relocation?

@@SwiftMXUK I love it mate you can definitely feel the difference in the power with it

Thank you for the kind comment. I will show the set up. Few changes coming up over the next few weeks so stay tuned and I’ll have another video up as soon as I can.

Scottish Borders this one. 👍🏼

@@SwiftMXUK looks like great place to ride 👍

You got over 5k followers, that’s not small 😉

Thanks! Appreciate it but still not monetized, i spoke to youtube they said it needs time to update...even tho on analytics its says 2.7k hours but on earn it says 300 so confused about that​@SwiftMXUK

@baneeyboy wow, with those figures you defo should be monetized. How strange! Hopefully they fix it.

@@SwiftMXUK thank you

Thanks for the sub 👍🏼

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll try and talk less on the next one!

Its better wen people are talking on videos telling us whots happining whot there dooing

@user-xk4ho2qh5v I’ll find a good balance 👍🏼

Thank you. I certainly need to work on my throttle/clutch balance! Thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for the tip, something to try and work on. Cheers.

@@SwiftMXUK I just started riding my first bike at 22 a 2023 ktm250 tip sd and I'm a quick learner, I also understand in depth how it works so for me driving and riding comes very natural! keep it up, I love the videos also try leaning back standing when going up hill, low center of gravity ang lean back to get grip on rear tyre!

@@lowbudgetbuild nice bike that! Sounds like your are getting on well with it. 100% agree though, I need to get over the back more to get the grip on the rear and traction up the hills! Thanks for watching, more videos coming soon! 👍🏼

Thanks for watching and subbing. It was a lot of work but really lucky to have it! Cheers.

Indeed! It took some work and god knows how many people I approached and asked but i got there in the end! Will be great once i get some of my own tracks in there. Thanks for watching, more to come 👍🏼

@@SwiftMXUK I should starting asking I guess! Only way to find out!

@jcjrcottrell yep exactly, worst that can happen is they say no. I looked for woods that were away from people then found the owner. Explained that I won’t be up all the time and will keep it to short sessions. I think if you put a fair point across and are considerate they should make a fair decision. Good luck 🤞🏼

@@SwiftMXUK Yeah, I think it needs to be well away from people. We have a few local byways, so if it's at all close to that, you're going to get the local MX boys who ride the lanes illegally to come wandering, which will then close it down before it's even started!

@jcjrcottrell yep totally agree. Being away stops the noise complaints but also means your hard work of getting permission doesn’t get ruined by someone else!

Thank you for the tips. I will definitely be making everything softer to try and help. You are correct, they are old unused downhill tracks, but as time goes on I’m going to try and cut my own natural tracks in there 👍🏼 thanks for watching.

Thank you, looking forward to getting more time on it and getting better. I hope you enjoyed the video, more to come 👍🏼 Thanks.