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 ~ :)
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
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 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!🤘
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
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.
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!!
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 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 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 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’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😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
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.
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.
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.
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" .
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.
I do know how you felt when it finally fired up! All my buddies ride electric start bikes and don't understand what it takes to get one of these old girls running.
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 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.
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!
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 hope she took it out for a ride after that! when my iron head takes along time to start i have the same reaction! i like how she was connected with the bike like it was alive!
Years ago, my buddy was the iron head guy in our bunch. There is always one. XLCH in a rigid frame. Little guy. We didn't bother to kick our big twins (one or two kicks) until he got his started. We always counted the kicks though. One. Two. Three......... Twenty eight. Twenty nine....
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.
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.
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.
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
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 ~ :)
If I had her energy I wouldn't be sitting on my couch watching this right now. Good for her.
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
Girl i use to ride an old iron head and i am proud of you for not giving up.
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
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.
This is awesome, her smile when it starts is the best
you don't get to hear those "Fuck Yeah's" from electric starters...
never turn it off again
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
She's awesome. She never gave up. I love the screen when she fired it up
She will get better as time goes by...she just needs to eat more cornbread.
She never gave up, good for her.
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.
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?
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.
Pretty sure I heard that ol' ironhead laughing at her like mine used to laugh at me!
Great vid!
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!!
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?
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.
3/17/2018 168 people have never tried to kick start anything. Nice work sticking to it. Thumbs up!
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.
nice one babe x never give up thats your bike you deserve it
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
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😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Love seeing these real struggles, makes it all that much more victorious when it fires off. Of course years later now but still rad, love the scoot.
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.
was anybody else hoping when she started to freak out and scream fuck yeah that it would have turned off lol
Considering that several of my friends had issues getting my 125cc kick started... she's awesome! ❤
Girl has staying power! Got to be in shape to keep up with her!
couldn't care if the thing never started nice jeans ha!!
She looks good doing it!
true dat
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.
Welcome to old school. Now I just hit the starter button. No bloody shins or trips over the handle bars. Lmfao
thanks for unplugging the distributor so we could enjoy this little gem... next time-less clothing!
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.
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" .
Love it. She is smart enough to bring it up to the compression stroke!
LOVE those boots!!!
Sweet, sweet cheeks. She has got to be one tuff broad if she chooses a vibrator that makes her work for it.
Girl kickstarts a harley... good girl.. Loved the video from here in Corwall Ontario, Canada.
I feel your pain. Sometimes my old bike was so hard to start, when it finally started I was too tired to ride.
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.
thumbs up and respect .. for making it and not giving up and even more for uploading.
I do know how you felt when it finally fired up! All my buddies ride electric start bikes and don't understand what it takes to get one of these old girls running.
I am so proud of you! Hell yes, nothing like perseverance!!!
Always remember Edison tried 10,000 before he succeeded. Great job. 👍
she never gave up right on gril.
Watching those lovely kittens playing behind denim, I can watch this lovely woman all day😊
Proper technique and boots. I’ve had bad days kickstarting my softail, too.
I could watch this aaaaalll day.
My kinda girl, That's a lot of spirit.
She's awesome...The funny thing they don't show is the stall, sonova and resulting dominoes of all the bikes in the garage...
I like the kind of girl that just wont quit! Its all in the technique.
She never gave up!
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.
The two things I never get tired of looking at...
I’ve gotta find a woman like her, never gives up ❤️
The malicious asshole in me was waiting to see if it was in neutral.
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
Those bangs are making my nose itch.
What bike is on the left side of the ironhead? cb750? looks good!
Wow, am really impressed with the effort on kicking that beast over. Well done.
Awesome!! Kudos to her! My kind of girl!
Looks like a 50.s sporster like i had, you go girl!!!
she makes that look like alot o fun ; ]
great !! momma dint rais no quitter
which is harder: kickstartin a high comp single or low comp twin?
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.
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!
lmfao that was awesome !!!!!
Well done👍
Awesome.!! Definitely keep her pal.... very good looking and can kick up a old bike RESPECT 👍🏼
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....
Way to hang in there!!
My dad had a 74 shovelhead that took about 30 minutes to an hour sometimes to kick start it.
i hope she took it out for a ride after that! when my iron head takes along time to start i have the same reaction! i like how she was connected with the bike like it was alive!
That level of tenacity just to start a motorcycle... This is one of those people you hire for a tough job then get out their way!
Magnificent...what a gal! Pair of wellies next time please!
Ew wtf?
lmao @ Fuck Yeah! Excellent determination and perseverance! I'm a 99% er!
damn...that bikes got some compression and cams! reminds me of my ol 77 XLCH that bike was a prick to start sometimes
Awesome! & great Lucero background music!
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.
2:45 for you
THANKS
Old vid, but I can definitely sympathize with being so light. At least it warms ME up in the morning!
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
Jesus the comments on here are creepy
awesome. now turn it off and go have a beer
Years ago, my buddy was the iron head guy in our bunch. There is always one. XLCH in a rigid frame. Little guy. We didn't bother to kick our big twins (one or two kicks) until he got his started. We always counted the kicks though. One. Two. Three......... Twenty eight. Twenty nine....
I truly appreciate what you are doing
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.
LMAO get a bike that u can actually handle.
Good job! Lucky thing it didn't kick back. I limped around for two days when mine did. Got it up to operating temp kicking it.
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.
Yeah! I knew you could do It! Good job! Nice sled. Nice video! Excellent vlog. Have a good one.😎
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.
The look on her face when it happened. Like she win the lottery 😃😂
Yep, I had one, wish I would have her !!!
Sweet hardtail Ironhead and good looking girl. The look and excitement when it fires!