Curved vintage style kickstart

slotrod65 · Post by **slotrod65** » Thu May 02, 2013 12:56 pm

Yesterday I added a curved, chromed, vintage style kickstart pedal to my Stella.
Man, it looks so cool!

Here is the stock kickstart:

And the curved, chromed replacement:

I picked up the vintage style kickstart from Scooterworks.

http://www.scooterworks.com/kickstart-l ... YJiU7XvuSo

The website says it fits the 2t, so I called, and found it fits the 4T as well.

The vintage kickstart pedal went in very easily, in just a few minutes. It is about 1" shorter than the stock kickstart, but I was out riding yesterday and found no issues with it being slightly shorter

DCUNITED4LIFE · Post by **DCUNITED4LIFE** » Thu May 02, 2013 5:50 pm

Meh, Glad you like it, but this falls into the same catergory as the "Stella" badges with Vespa typeface for me. A "P" bike with a vintage kickstart seems just as weird as a Vintage vespa with a "P" kickstart....pretty sure that's why people change out the quadrants when they stuff a P200 into a vintage bike...but whatever floats your boat! At least you'll have a spare for when one breaks (which I have done before).

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:05 pm

Well done. I think it looks swell...

slotrod65 · Post by **slotrod65** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:11 pm

DCUNITED4LIFE wrote:Meh, Glad you like it, but this falls into the same catergory as the "Stella" badges with Vespa typeface for me. A "P" bike with a vintage kickstart seems just as weird as a Vintage vespa with a "P" kickstart....pretty sure that's why people change out the quadrants when they stuff a P200 into a vintage bike...but whatever floats your boat! At least you'll have a spare for when one breaks (which I have done before).

To some extent, I know what you mean. But, I wanted a chromed kickstart pedal, and thought this one looked good. I am not planning in adding those TASSO vintage-stein body panels or anything, but I just kinda like the look of the curved kickstart. To each his own...

DCUNITED4LIFE · Post by **DCUNITED4LIFE** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:24 pm

Well, I assume that is your two tone Stella right there in the avatar so I'll at least chime in and say that the two-tone is looking good!

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:32 pm

I think the biggest benefit is the lever is made of steel rather than soft aluminum.
All the stock one needs to kill it is to be operated loose one time.....from then on it will continually loosen.

As far as trying to look like a Vespa?
Nope, just a better part IMO

Rob

Lokky · Post by **Lokky** » Thu May 02, 2013 7:14 pm

Robbie wrote:I think the biggest benefit is the lever is made of steel rather than soft aluminum.

is that an actual benefit tho? I always it was made of aluminum so in case of a crash it'd shear the lever without shearing the shaft.

DCUNITED4LIFE · Post by **DCUNITED4LIFE** » Thu May 02, 2013 7:28 pm

Lokky it right....

The reason they are made of Aluminum is because the kickstart quadrant is made of hardened Steel....much easier to replace a kickstart lever than to have to split the cases and replace the quadrant.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Thu May 02, 2013 9:10 pm

I dunno, six of one, half dozen of another.......the lever (the steel one) isn't hardened, so it likely would just bend if dropped on that side.

Probably the best approach would be to leave it in the glovebox......I tried it once, it worked, but so does the electric starter.......I don't think I've touched it in the last 4000 miles.

Maybe I'll find a plastic cap of some sort to protect the stub.

Rob

mr bill · Post by **mr bill** » Fri May 03, 2013 3:22 am

Very cool ! no one I know would even see a differance.
It'll allow for a bit more foot plactment, thanks for the link.