Can you push-start a trail bike with electric starter?
January 5, 2011 by pbik
Filed under Electric bike
I just wonder if you can push-start(literally push the bike to start) a trail bike like the Honda crf230f in case the battery dies on you in the middle of nowhere. It once happened to me however it was automatic gear on top od the electric starter… it was no plain sailing that’s why I’m looking for a bike with kick-start backup. Thanks
If you have a automatic Honda you won’t be able to push start it. You have a 5 speed yes you can. Put it in Nuetral run like the devil jump on and slam it in second.
if it’s a manual transmission you can push start it…put in second gear, squeeze the clutch, push it down a hill, hop on, and release the clutch.
a kick starter works in almost the same way as push starting, but it has a separate shaft…
Yea just like everyone else said, run like hell and 2nd gear just pop it, I usually don’t start in neutral I just start in 2nd and run with the clutch pulled, but yes it dose work.