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Thanks for replies so far ...

Spooks, yes in an ideal world that's a solution, in fact my 400 has the battery from my old 950Adv 'S' in it right now...

But my question was kinda hypothetical... I was looking for an option for a battery eliminator, or something you could connect in place of the battery - which is what the capacitor does on my little Katy..

So - if the battery's buggered to the extent that it doesn't take charge will it still conduct electricity? What if you just junk the battery altogether - what potential damage could be done to other parts of the electrics? Crank, the LC4 has the kickstarter on the wrong side of the bike for some unfathomable reason and is a complete b!tch to start on the lever ...


I think Henry's solution is halfway there, but somewhat hill dependant!



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Crank, the LC4 has the kickstarter on the wrong side of the bike for some unfathomable reason and is a complete b!tch to start on the lever ...
How is that ???
wrong side ??
I'm confused...
that's very new to me... a LC4 is one of the most easiest 600+ bike to start with a kickstarter... "well if done right" even without the decompression leaver or snapped cable.. done that for over a year before I had the pennies to get the free-wheel-gear repaired... even did a trip to Scandinavia that way with a non working free-wheel-gear.

absolute no problem starting the bike with the left foot sitting fully loaded on the bike, just find the dead centre, push the leaver ones more down half way after that, let it come up again and give it a good kick and off you go.

Even now with the e-starter fully working again, do I use the kickstarter if the bike is cold, in the morning to prevent the e-starter from getting used more than necessary or worn down... only use the e-starter if the bike is warm, using the e-starter when the bike is cold puts a lot of strain to the starter and battery.
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How is that ???
wrong side ??
I'm confused...
that's very new to me... a LC4 is one of the most easiest 600+ bike to start with a kickstarter... "well if done right" even without the decompression leaver or snapped cable.. done that for over a year before I had the pennies to get the free-wheel-gear repaired... even did a trip to Scandinavia that way with a non working free-wheel-gear.

absolute no problem starting the bike with the left foot sitting fully loaded on the bike, just find the dead centre, push the leaver ones more down halve way after that, let it come up again and give it a good kick and off you go.

Hi Spooks ...

Most kickstarters are on the RHS but as I said the LC4 is on the left - likewise they're back to front with the chain drive too, but they resolved all that with the EXC didn't they ...

Mine's a 400, and I junked the decomp system because it wasn't needed, and the arm on top of the valve inspection cover got in the way of my twin fan conversion - but it was always hard to start, and just plain awkward - to say nothing of wrecking the side-stand spring if the stand was deployed at the time ...

I changed the carb on mine from the sh!tty dellorto to an FCR 37 - it made a huge difference to how the bike ran - still hard to start though lol..

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Mine's a 400, and I junked the decomp system because it wasn't needed, and the arm on top of the valve inspection cover got in the way of my twin fan conversion - but it was always hard to start, and just plain awkward - to say nothing of wrecking the side-stand spring if the stand was deployed at the time ...
well sounds like you got a ex-military LC4 than....
now that you removed the decomp valve arm is not needed, a pity you junked it.. I fitted the rallye fan KTM part-no: 58535041044 on to the RH radiator as a twin fan conversion, without any interference of the decomp arm, only had to turn the condensator at a 45 degree angle.. that's it.

about the side stand... do you need that for starting the bike ?
OK I have long legs, so I'm sitting on the bike and kick... while my mate with his XR650 has to use the side stand and standing on the pegs to get here going...
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Don't know about it being ex-military - it came in good old KTM Orange! Now it has a big tank and silver plastics though ...

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