Why have kick starters gone extinct?

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Could probably mock one up in plastic and glue in place for the look. Maybe Mr. T could get a company to make a new cover with a dummy lever.

I too miss the joy of kick starting a bike just to relive the memories. Hence the constant search for a good small CB 350F, or 350, or 400F or GB500. But I will have a 1970 CB750 soon enough for that memory.

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Not a 1970, but... Kick starter included

sweet ! way back when in the days of K0, a salesman told a riding neighbor of mine that if the CB750 starter ever goes out, you can kickstart it just using your hand. Yep, the lever is so long that you can 'kickstart' it with one hand !