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anyone have issues with emgo kickstart lever hitting exhaust pipe? I have just put new mufflers on and the lever ..pipes not on yet but it looks mighty close
 
Sometimes adding an extra exhaust pipe gasket in the head will give a bit of wiggle room for the exhaust pipe.
 
alan hodge said:
anyone have issues with emgo kickstart lever hitting exhaust pipe? I have just put new mufflers on and the lever ..pipes not on yet but it looks mighty close
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Yes, I did. I paid the $$$ and got the MK3 lever, it has a little more offset.
 
What happens is the right header pipe when tightening it tends to kick it out when torquing the rose nut. My fix was to zip tie the pipe under the foot rest and give a good tighten to the rose nut. Remove tie before starting. Did I really have to say that?
 
I used my emgo kickstart lever three times, the third time it twisted out of shape and hit one of my brand new mufflers. Put the original one back on with rust/road rash and all, at least it doesn't hit the muffler.
 
Emgo kick starters are junk. Mine stripped out after 10 kicks. I went with a RGM folding kick start. The splines on the RGM hug the kick start shaft really tight. The Emgo design is much like the original and has problems, just like the original. Emgo produces a lot of good stuff, but kick starters are not one of them.
 
NORTSTER1974 said:
Emgo kick starters are junk. Mine stripped out after 10 kicks. I went with a RGM folding kick start. The splines on the RGM hug the kick start shaft really tight. The Emgo design is much like the original and has problems, just like the original. Emgo produces a lot of good stuff, but kick starters are not one of them.
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Yep RGM folding KS and you will never look back yes they cost more but worth every cent and the best thing they fold right out of the way.

Ashley
 
I've had lots of problems with stock Norton kickstart levers tapping the muffler on the way down. Consider the three mounting plates on each muffler. Disregard the diamond shaped plate that bolts directly to the muffler. The largest plate bolts to the back of the Z plate. On the outside there is a small plate that holds on the passenger peg. If you acquire another of these passenger peg plates, you can put it inboard of the Z plate, stacking it with the large plate and pushing the muffler and pipe inward by 1/8" . It is hardly noticeable and has worked several times for me.
 
You could use a couple thick washers and do the same thing with them in between the z plate and large silencer mount bracket.
 
My simple fix: make a plate out of alloy with dished center.
The inside nuts on the rubber mounts don't have too much clearance with the swing arm so be careful about moving that inside plate further inside with washers.
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Get the Production Racer muffler plates. Tucks the mufflers in a bunch. Downside is they are stupid expensive.
 
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