March 31, 201115 yr My kickstart hits my fuel tank on return and generally shakes around a bit and it is starting to mark the tank. Is there anything I can do to fix it, or can I just glue a small patch of rubber to the tank....does the superglue for rubber damage the tank ? What is the centre pop mark for, it looks like it's for a ball bearing to sit in but there's no ball bearing and doesn't look like there was one. Edited March 31, 201115 yr by houseape1000
March 31, 201115 yr Acouple of layers of gaffer tape in the recess of the tank will give it some protection I think my kick start has a ball & spring Edited March 31, 201115 yr by BigMike1961
April 1, 201115 yr yes my kickstart has done that too on my o4 one. its broken through the laquer and has made a right mess. the kickstart does seem to click in which means there must be a ballbearing and spring, but it seems to go past further and flap about against the tank. possibly just wear amd tear. still it give me the oppotunity to have a tank paint job and bling up the old gal!
April 3, 201115 yr Had the same thing happen on the Scorpa I just bought.Made up a little alloy plate to the shape of the kick start cut out.Also made a water pump protector using an old heel plate from a Yamaha FZR 400 rearset(simply put a slight bend in it and drilled the bash plate and bolted it on.Not pretty but it works,tested it out yesterday . cheers the noo Brian
April 6, 201115 yr I use single sided self-adhesive foam rubber (4mm) to protect the fuel tank. Works fine so far, and the adhesive doesn't seem to do any harm to the fuel tank. Cheers Tom
April 9, 201115 yr I use single sided self-adhesive foam rubber (4mm) to protect the fuel tank. Works fine so far, and the adhesive doesn't seem to do any harm to the fuel tank. Cheers Tom What a good idea.
April 9, 201115 yr A couple of layers of gaffer tape in the recess of the tank will give it some protection I think my kick start has a ball & spring The kick start does have a ball & spring but it's further in, you have to take the kick start arm off to see it. Edited April 9, 201115 yr by BigMike1961
April 10, 201115 yr Author I ended up gluing a bit of rubber with contact adhesive. As far as the ball-bearing thingy goes, it must be inside the kick and locates on the shaft somewhere, does anyone know if I can take the kick start off the swivel without the ball escaping. Cheers, Andy.
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