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Kick Starting My Motorcycle Kick starting, it sets an attitude and gives the motorcycle a unique mystique. Some call it old school I call it: attitude starts with a kick. Kick starting can cause some embarrassing moments. Here we are at the Toy Run in the Target parking lot preparing to start the run. All other motorcycles are started and ready to go, but no one is leaving. Why, because my motorcycle is not started. Now everyone is staring at me laughing and waiting. Some of the riders are saying just fix your electric starter. My reply is, as always, “If I would have to explain you wouldn’t understand.” The pressure is on. I throw my leg on the kickstart and jump down: nothing happens. Not thinking, I jump three more times, still nothing happens. Calmly I look around my bike. Dang, I forgot to turn off the kill switch. I turn on the kill switch hoping no one noticed, but the pack is there laughing. I throw my leg on the kickstart, jump down and my bike starts. We begin the run. To keep situations like these from happening; I have made a mental checklist to prepare the motorcycle before I kick-start the bike. I begin with preparing the motorcycle. I must keep the old girl tuned-up. Tuning-up my bike is fairly simpl