I'll admit I started to watch this for amusement but as the video went on, I found myself becoming invested in the heroic struggle and cheered with her at the end ~ :)
My '72 XLCH was one of the hardest bikes to kick that I have ever owned. It even threw me up about over the bars a couple of times. Bless her determination.
I can relate brother, I had a 72 CH myself. It took a stout leg to start it, but provided it was in tune, never had problems kickn her over, of course lighter oil was required during the winter.
I have been kicking for many years too. The best way I have found is to put you left knee on the seat, keep the bars turned towards the kick stand (a longer kickstand would have probably helped her), and once you're on compression stroke you can put weight on the knee to raise your body up high and then get a full body kick with all the ass you got! I had a pan shovel that was printed, balanced, ported, polished and a big cam kit. It ended up being around 82 cubic in (I could be off. I can't remember for some stupid reason...oh, age!) straight piper and 4 speed with baker/timpken inerds. She was a very high compression and was a bitch...she literally had her time of the month and would severely piss me off! After the 472nd kick on a cold morning she would light up and throw flames! She had a taller 4th gear and could run about 80 without being rapped out but first gear...I was never beat, even by ricers, never beat from the line to about 40mph! Once I banged second gear that was it...my buddies would love to get me in races at the bar. Guys on their $50k baggers would laugh at my police special/ special construction, It looked like a crodd between Dennis Hopper and Henry Fonda's bikes. Very mechanical and you see all the working parts, wires, mouse trap, lines, etc. They liked the bike and would be blown away (literally) of how quick the bike was...I got many of beers from that old girl. I miss her too... Fucking wahhhhh...long ass story, My bad! I started typing and brought out some cool memories...just like this good looking woman will have for the rest of her life. cheers🍻
4 years later I'm reading this! Hell yeah man, wishing you good health and hopefully I brought you back to some cool memories 4 years later :) cheers boss
the problem is the jeans were too tight, I see this happen a lot, she needs to be wearing a thong to get the full stroke and be able to follow through with the kick. please have her try it again in the appropriate starting gear and post. thanks
I love a girl that can ride, and not just any girl can kick over a Harley. Girl you've got all my respect and nothing but wishing you bright sunny days to ride for the rest of your days! Way to go girl!🤘
I’m crying happy tears 😭😭😭😭😭 I tried and tried to start our lawn mower..... never been able to do it. I feel like such a failure. I’m so happy for this young woman. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ that is the true spirit of an unfailing warrior😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Don't give up.....never give up! That young lady is awesome. She absolutely wore me out....I was so tired I had to pause the video half way through so I could catch my breath. You are something.... doesn't even take a break.....just keeps kickin. I would like to meet you!!
In my younger days..all my buds and I seemed to have just kick starts...I (Army)had a cantankerous 1974 Norton 850, one bud (Navy)a 900 Kaw and the other..an old Jarhead a 1969 Iron head with Magneto...all 3 Nam Vets. We would take rides out to a lake qwe liked and sat on a Bar Deck for a sandwich and beer. The Youngsters came in with bikes that had rear tires a foot and a half wide and dragging the ground. When we got ready to leave, they would stand on the deck and watch us start our bikes. All they could do was to shake their heads as they had NO kick start on their garage beauties so no Motorcycle ZEN. The last to start was almost always the Iron Head...He worked the beer off but the sweet sound when it light... I have all the respect for this Lady...No ass to her yet she flogged it to submission. He still has the Iron Head and I still have the Norton...though we both ride other Harleys most of the time, When he feels friskie..he kick up the IH and I end up ripping the inside right leg of a pair of well worn jeans kicking the Norton.
Hey, I know grown men, mechanics at shops even, that quiver in fear at the thought of trying to kick over an old ironhead. And with good reason: they're a total bitch, which is why I finally sold my '59. People used to deride Sportsters as a "girl's bike." Well, not unless the girl is a 250 pound lady wrestler. I had one, I've dealt with others, and I'm cured. All hail the god of electric starters.
That was cool.. She never gave up.. Most guys woulda been too whooped to ride after all that.. Old School..Nothing sounds better.. When ya can get them to start..
TheChainzzzz nothing sounds better ? When it finally started it sounded like EVERY OTHER OBNOXIOUS STRAIGHT PIPED PIECE OF SHIT. I have ever been subjected to. Only a self centered asshole would ride this wreck around .
She was using the typical rookie cross-legged kick which robs you of downward force and momentum, that's the worse way to try and kick a bike. Someone didn't tell her she had bad form. Bike sounds like shit too. Work smarter not harder. She gets no sympathy points from me. lol
I don't think you mean creating her own gravity. Gravity is gravity. I think you mean; she sould learn how make her body into a whip with her leg as the end of the whip and using the power of the bikes compression ratio to assist in the countering force!!!! I agree with you though that she is a little on the light side and those stupid motocross boots weren't helping either. My hat is off too for her!!! If I ever run into her I will buy her a beer. Great video, Never Gave Up!!! Never Quit, Never Die, Kick Ass American Spirit!!!! God Bless and Semper Fidelis
I have an old Beemer with a kick start only. It's low compression, and always starts by the third or fourth time when it's cold, and by the second, but usually the first, when it warms up. Her Harley needs tuning, or she needs to modify her procedure, slightly . I salute her. I think she is probably at the lower weight limit of what's necessary for that bike. Manual starting engines have a "routine" they seem to prefer. It's different with each engine, lawnmowers are the same way. If you learn it, it gets easier .Pay close attention to what " works" .
WHEW HEW! Way to go girl! Im a girl about your size and Im thinking of buying an old 73 Iron head with a kick start..Pain in the ass but damn makes you feel good when you get it started!( I love a challenge!) I just hope I have the endurance to keep going! lol
I thought she was going to give up. Glad she didn't. Back before electric starters, we used to straddle the bike (well, not every bike), jump up and then we could put our full weight into the downstroke. Of course if you didn't time it right, you could get sent for a ride.
That sad part is that nobody took the time to show her how to properly kick it. They just video taped... Probably would have started in a couple kicks if she had been taught the correct procedure.
Awesome, she never gave in and eventually fired it up...however, when kicking a big old Iron like this, stand on the left hand peg while kicking over, that helps balance out the weight and prevents the bike pulling over to the right.
Its not a dirt bike, These are high compression V twin short stroke motors! They don't just kick over, you have to put your ass into it and mean it! It looks awkward but its the most effective way...there is a better way that I found but its close to this
Josh, I agree, so many people have tis fascination of standing at the side of the bike, I always stand astride the bike, if you stand at the side the bike tends to want to lean with you, I did stand on the left when my Morini had a kickstart on the left, I couldn't co-ordinate my left leg to work being astride the bike, it's just so easy if your astride.
taxed to death, this is definitely not the most effective way, if you stand at the side when you put your weight on the kicker the bike comes off the stand and leans towards you, this doesn't happen if you straddle the bike.
Gaetan Giroux I was waiting for her to take a ride on the end of that kicker lol. Hey, she kept after it. Gotta send her out two beers short of leaving, by the time she's got it fired up, you can shoot a game of pool and knock em back.
It's not the kickback, but the worn out kicker gear that makes the kicker go to the floor that leaves your knee feeling like a french fry bent over Hillary Clintons leg getting the paddle for meddling in the 2016 election.
Imagine zombie apocalypse "honey, go and get our harley, i will keep them busy". 3 mins later you are propably one of zombies, already eating your girlfriend :D
I felt her pain. Happened a lot to me on my pan. Once at a gas station a girl asked if I needed help. amused I said sure and backed away to give the little thing a try. She had it fired in two kicks. She Dryly looked at me and said put more ass into next time.
Cant someone show her to quit wrenchin' on the throttle. If thats a pumper carb its way flooded.It's a lowered bike and the sidestand is too long . She needs it leaned over more as a counterweight to her kicking.
Jeeze girl, stop twisting the throttle so much, you're pumping a shot of gas in every time! Might want to consider thicker head gaskets to lighten the compression a tad, and a good tuneup of the ignition. It should start easier than that!
My wife weighed 100 lbs and had no problems with her Sporty. I told her to prime it with a full twist of the throttle, put her left knee on the seat, pump it until it was on the compression cycle and come down hard on the kicker. Started for her every time. Of course I kept it in time for her.
I am a old dude who rode kick start twins all my life....I always straddled the bike and would push until I felt the compression build up then I come down with my weight.....if it was cold I used the choke.
It's an old iron head not a dirt bike sportser knee is a real thing your knee doesn't bend that way trust me when you jump up to kick like hell the two gears come enmeshed fucking full power to the bottom. You will know what sportser knee is like.
My first bike was a '60 XLCH, and in the intervening 44 years that I've been riding Harleys I have never seen a single person come anywhere close to getting thrown over the handle bars kick starting one. That said, I can sympathize with the young lady.
That young lady is a trooper!!! Never gave up. I don't know her but.... I am sure proud of her!!! Thanks for sharing this awesome video.
I'll admit I started to watch this for amusement but as the video went on, I found myself becoming invested in the heroic struggle and cheered with her at the end ~ :)
This woman has a lot of spirit. You have to admire her for not giving up.
It took her about a hundred tries to start the moped
My '72 XLCH was one of the hardest bikes to kick that I have ever owned. It even threw me up about over the bars a couple of times. Bless her determination.
I still have a buggered knee from a 74 Ironhead back in 1980
I can relate brother, I had a 72 CH myself. It took a stout leg to start it, but provided it was in tune, never had problems kickn her over, of course lighter oil was required during the winter.
Girl i use to ride an old iron head and i am proud of you for not giving up.
Any woman that will kick over a iron head sportster has my respect. Get after it miss!
Seth Thomas I put my knee on the seat
I have been kicking for many years too. The best way I have found is to put you left knee on the seat, keep the bars turned towards the kick stand (a longer kickstand would have probably helped her), and once you're on compression stroke you can put weight on the knee to raise your body up high and then get a full body kick with all the ass you got! I had a pan shovel that was printed, balanced, ported, polished and a big cam kit. It ended up being around 82 cubic in (I could be off. I can't remember for some stupid reason...oh, age!) straight piper and 4 speed with baker/timpken inerds. She was a very high compression and was a bitch...she literally had her time of the month and would severely piss me off! After the 472nd kick on a cold morning she would light up and throw flames! She had a taller 4th gear and could run about 80 without being rapped out but first gear...I was never beat, even by ricers, never beat from the line to about 40mph! Once I banged second gear that was it...my buddies would love to get me in races at the bar. Guys on their $50k baggers would laugh at my police special/ special construction, It looked like a crodd between Dennis Hopper and Henry Fonda's bikes. Very mechanical and you see all the working parts, wires, mouse trap, lines, etc. They liked the bike and would be blown away (literally) of how quick the bike was...I got many of beers from that old girl. I miss her too...
Fucking wahhhhh...long ass story, My bad! I started typing and brought out some cool memories...just like this good looking woman will have for the rest of her life. cheers🍻
4 years later I'm reading this! Hell yeah man, wishing you good health and hopefully I brought you back to some cool memories 4 years later :) cheers boss
If I had her energy I wouldn't be sitting on my couch watching this right now. Good for her.
She's awesome. She never gave up. I love the screen when she fired it up
the problem is the jeans were too tight, I see this happen a lot, she needs to be wearing a thong to get the full stroke and be able to follow through with the kick. please have her try it again in the appropriate starting gear and post. thanks
Hell yeah....!!! Agree...!!
+gumgum gumilar fuck yeah
+gumgum gumilar fuck yeah
fuck yeah
why ... is that how you do it?
I love a girl that can ride, and not just any girl can kick over a Harley. Girl you've got all my respect and nothing but wishing you bright sunny days to ride for the rest of your days! Way to go girl!🤘
Not just "any Harley" -- a knee-breaker Harley: the feared Ironhead.
Girls ride on the back
Hell yeah! She's got more balls that a lot of guys trying that! I tried that thirty years ago and it broke the metal support in the bottom of my boot.
I’m crying happy tears 😭😭😭😭😭 I tried and tried to start our lawn mower..... never been able to do it. I feel like such a failure. I’m so happy for this young woman. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ that is the true spirit of an unfailing warrior😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
She will get better as time goes by...she just needs to eat more cornbread.
She never gave up, good for her.
you don't get to hear those "Fuck Yeah's" from electric starters...
Don't give up.....never give up! That young lady is awesome. She absolutely wore me out....I was so tired I had to pause the video half way through so I could catch my breath. You are something.... doesn't even take a break.....just keeps kickin. I would like to meet you!!
never turn it off again
3/17/2018 168 people have never tried to kick start anything. Nice work sticking to it. Thumbs up!
Pretty sure I heard that ol' ironhead laughing at her like mine used to laugh at me!
Great vid!
In my younger days..all my buds and I seemed to have just kick starts...I (Army)had a cantankerous 1974 Norton 850, one bud (Navy)a 900 Kaw and the other..an old Jarhead a 1969 Iron head with Magneto...all 3 Nam Vets. We would take rides out to a lake qwe liked and sat on a Bar Deck for a sandwich and beer. The Youngsters came in with bikes that had rear tires a foot and a half wide and dragging the ground.
When we got ready to leave, they would stand on the deck and watch us start our bikes. All they could do was to shake their heads as they had NO kick start on their garage beauties so no Motorcycle ZEN. The last to start was almost always the Iron Head...He worked the beer off but the sweet sound when it light... I have all the respect for this Lady...No ass to her yet she flogged it to submission. He still has the Iron Head and I still have the Norton...though we both ride other Harleys most of the time, When he feels friskie..he kick up the IH and I end up ripping the inside right leg of a pair of well worn jeans kicking the Norton.
Hey, I know grown men, mechanics at shops even, that quiver in fear at the thought of trying to kick over an old ironhead. And with good reason: they're a total bitch, which is why I finally sold my '59. People used to deride Sportsters as a "girl's bike." Well, not unless the girl is a 250 pound lady wrestler. I had one, I've dealt with others, and I'm cured. All hail the god of electric starters.
That was cool.. She never gave up.. Most guys woulda been too whooped to ride after all that.. Old School..Nothing sounds better.. When ya can get them to start..
TheChainzzzz nothing sounds better ? When it finally started it sounded like EVERY OTHER OBNOXIOUS STRAIGHT PIPED PIECE OF SHIT. I have ever been subjected to. Only a self centered asshole would ride this wreck around .
She was using the typical rookie cross-legged kick which robs you of downward force and momentum, that's the worse way to try and kick a bike. Someone didn't tell her she had bad form. Bike sounds like shit too. Work smarter not harder. She gets no sympathy points from me. lol
@@artmchugh5644 you say that like its a bad thing. gonna get that on my business cards "Self Centered Asshole".......yeah, i like that
My hat is off to this young lady. I thought she was way too light for the job. She must create her own gravity.
I don't think you mean creating her own gravity. Gravity is gravity. I think you mean; she sould learn how make her body into a whip with her leg as the end of the whip and using the power of the bikes compression ratio to assist in the countering force!!!! I agree with you though that she is a little on the light side and those stupid motocross boots weren't helping either. My hat is off too for her!!! If I ever run into her I will buy her a beer. Great video, Never Gave Up!!! Never Quit, Never Die, Kick Ass American Spirit!!!! God Bless and Semper Fidelis
Yeah that's why both her legs are on one side, more weight.
Considering that several of my friends had issues getting my 125cc kick started... she's awesome! ❤
thanks for unplugging the distributor so we could enjoy this little gem... next time-less clothing!
I have an old Beemer with a kick start only. It's low compression, and always starts by the third or fourth time when it's cold, and by the second, but usually the first, when it warms up. Her Harley needs tuning, or she needs to modify her procedure, slightly .
I salute her. I think she is probably at the lower weight limit of what's necessary for that bike. Manual starting engines have a "routine" they seem to prefer. It's different with each engine, lawnmowers are the same way. If you learn it, it gets easier .Pay close attention to what " works" .
WHEW HEW! Way to go girl! Im a girl about your size and Im thinking of buying an old 73 Iron head with a kick start..Pain in the ass but damn makes you feel good when you get it started!( I love a challenge!) I just hope I have the endurance to keep going! lol
Have you bought your moto? Are you happy?
I thought she was going to give up. Glad she didn't. Back before electric starters, we used to straddle the bike (well, not every bike), jump up and then we could put our full weight into the downstroke. Of course if you didn't time it right, you could get sent for a ride.
Or worse sportser knee.
....but she knew how to get possible tdc.
This is awesome, her smile when it starts is the best
That sad part is that nobody took the time to show her how to properly kick it. They just video taped... Probably would have started in a couple kicks if she had been taught the correct procedure.
I'm glad they didn't ;) .. sometimes, when I have a bad day, I return to watch this awesome vid ..
Same as those gun vids where the bf never shows her how to hold a gun properly lol
Ya know, there's one of you in every crowd. That's the sad part.
This is exactly what I said. She has a crappy teacher.
Exactly, well said.
Welcome to old school. Now I just hit the starter button. No bloody shins or trips over the handle bars. Lmfao
Always remember Edison tried 10,000 before he succeeded. Great job. 👍
Girl has staying power! Got to be in shape to keep up with her!
Sweet, sweet cheeks. She has got to be one tuff broad if she chooses a vibrator that makes her work for it.
Love it. She is smart enough to bring it up to the compression stroke!
She looks good doing it!
true dat
I feel your pain. Sometimes my old bike was so hard to start, when it finally started I was too tired to ride.
couldn't care if the thing never started nice jeans ha!!
Awesome, she never gave in and eventually fired it up...however, when kicking a big old Iron like this, stand on the left hand peg while kicking over, that helps balance out the weight and prevents the bike pulling over to the right.
she never gave up right on gril.
I’ve gotta find a woman like her, never gives up ❤️
Ok so is nobody gonna tell her to throw a leg over it. Who showed her that awkward technique. Glad she got it figured out.
you don't throw your leg over ,so you dont get that huge bruise on the inside of your thigh....
Ive been using that "awkward technique" for almost 40 years.
Its not a dirt bike, These are high compression V twin short stroke motors! They don't just kick over, you have to put your ass into it and mean it! It looks awkward but its the most effective way...there is a better way that I found but its close to this
Josh, I agree, so many people have tis fascination of standing at the side of the bike, I always stand astride the bike, if you stand at the side the bike tends to want to lean with you, I did stand on the left when my Morini had a kickstart on the left, I couldn't co-ordinate my left leg to work being astride the bike, it's just so easy if your astride.
taxed to death, this is definitely not the most effective way, if you stand at the side when you put your weight on the kicker the bike comes off the stand and leans towards you, this doesn't happen if you straddle the bike.
I am so proud of you! Hell yes, nothing like perseverance!!!
My kinda girl, That's a lot of spirit.
that young lady has a never surrender attitude , she's got grit !!!
Wow, am really impressed with the effort on kicking that beast over. Well done.
Girl kickstarts a harley... good girl.. Loved the video from here in Corwall Ontario, Canada.
thumbs up and respect .. for making it and not giving up and even more for uploading.
The two things I never get tired of looking at...
Shes lucky the bike didn't kick back... it would've been broken bones.
I have an iron head and it will toss your knee up to your chin if you let it!
tubedude54 yep, over the bars
Gaetan Giroux I was waiting for her to take a ride on the end of that kicker lol. Hey, she kept after it. Gotta send her out two beers short of leaving, by the time she's got it fired up, you can shoot a game of pool and knock em back.
That's much less common than popular lore would have it. What usually causes "Sportster knee" is a worn kicker ratchet slipping under load.
It's not the kickback, but the worn out kicker gear that makes the kicker go to the floor that leaves your knee feeling like a french fry bent over Hillary Clintons leg getting the paddle for meddling in the 2016 election.
Awesome.!! Definitely keep her pal.... very good looking and can kick up a old bike RESPECT 👍🏼
was anybody else hoping when she started to freak out and scream fuck yeah that it would have turned off lol
Looks like a 50.s sporster like i had, you go girl!!!
LOVE those boots!!!
Old vid, but I can definitely sympathize with being so light. At least it warms ME up in the morning!
Imagine zombie apocalypse "honey, go and get our harley, i will keep them busy". 3 mins later you are propably one of zombies, already eating your girlfriend :D
Some of us doesn't need to be zombie to eat our girlfriends...
starts on one.....have to begin the procedure in half past eleven....
She's awesome...The funny thing they don't show is the stall, sonova and resulting dominoes of all the bikes in the garage...
She never gave up!
By the time you get that started, I'll be half way across town.
I could watch this aaaaalll day.
I felt her pain. Happened a lot to me on my pan. Once at a gas station a girl asked if I needed help. amused I said sure and backed away to give the little thing a try. She had it fired in two kicks. She Dryly looked at me and said put more ass into next time.
Cant someone show her to quit wrenchin' on the throttle. If thats a pumper carb its way flooded.It's a lowered bike and the sidestand is too long . She needs it leaned over more as a counterweight to her kicking.
I like the kind of girl that just wont quit! Its all in the technique.
She won't be robbing any banks with that bike... Yikes!
Frank Sells 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hilarious observation.
Rob one that's on a hill and the police station is further up xD
The best thing is that you didn't give up. I like the will. Salute.
Awesome!! Kudos to her! My kind of girl!
Sweet hardtail Ironhead and good looking girl. The look and excitement when it fires!
Jeeze girl, stop twisting the throttle so much, you're pumping a shot of gas in every time! Might want to consider thicker head gaskets to lighten the compression a tad, and a good tuneup of the ignition. It should start easier than that!
Nice bike. . gorgeous kickstarting action in your boots. .I'm full of joy when it starts up good girl well done love to see more..u.k
lmao @ Fuck Yeah! Excellent determination and perseverance! I'm a 99% er!
Magnificent...what a gal! Pair of wellies next time please!
Ew wtf?
10 points for persistance, good on ya girl
great !! momma dint rais no quitter
My wife weighed 100 lbs and had no problems with her Sporty. I told her to prime it with a full twist of the throttle, put her left knee on the seat, pump it until it was on the compression cycle and come down hard on the kicker. Started for her every time. Of course I kept it in time for her.
Way to hang in there!!
My dad had a 74 shovelhead that took about 30 minutes to an hour sometimes to kick start it.
damn...that bikes got some compression and cams! reminds me of my ol 77 XLCH that bike was a prick to start sometimes
Jesus the comments on here are creepy
GREAT looking bike, I'm jealous. That is one determined lady.
Looking at all these kick start video's, brings me to the conclusion that, these vehicles won't make good get away vehicles.
kinster02 I know mine certainly wasn’t even when backed in and set up before hand on the compression stroke.
wonderful it is not easy for a light girl like her starting a motorcycle! congratulations for not giving up!
she makes that look like alot o fun ; ]
Beautiful. Plus it keeps her in shape. Nice bike
awesome. now turn it off and go have a beer
I am a old dude who rode kick start twins all my life....I always straddled the bike and would push until I felt the compression build up then I come down with my weight.....if it was cold I used the choke.
lmfao that was awesome !!!!!
She is one badass lady you go girl awesome video
The malicious asshole in me was waiting to see if it was in neutral.
she never gave up on it. keep it up
Why do most Harley riders awkwardly kick start from the side. Why not straddle the bike and kick like you mean it.
It's an old iron head not a dirt bike sportser knee is a real thing your knee doesn't bend that way trust me when you jump up to kick like hell the two gears come enmeshed fucking full power to the bottom. You will know what sportser knee is like.
Proper technique and boots. I’ve had bad days kickstarting my softail, too.
2:45 for you
THANKS
Is that your secret to staying fit ;) Way to go girl!
LMAO get a bike that u can actually handle.
The look on her face when it happened. Like she win the lottery 😃😂
Wow a motorcycle! Did not even notice! :)
You gotta give this girl a lot of credit for this. Sometimes I am amazed at the things women can accomplish.
Fuck ya. Very determined young lady. Enjoy the ride, you earned it
My first bike was a '60 XLCH, and in the intervening 44 years that I've been riding Harleys I have never seen a single person come anywhere close to getting thrown over the handle bars kick starting one. That said, I can sympathize with the young lady.
i have seen it happen, a few broken legs also, iron head sportsters are the hardest bikes to kickstart next to a vintage triumph triple.
I had an Iron Head,damn thing always started on its own starter,believe it or not!!