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I continue to be amazed by this forum....
What's the big deal?
I have started several commando's with one hand. It was done on my friend's E Start a few years ago at the NENO christmas party (after a few beers)
I also had done it many times on my new 1970 roadster with only 1500 miles (in 1971). 165 lb weakling back then.

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You are right Dave. There is nothing special about hand starting one. The only thing that makes mine a little different than most is the fact that I can walk out to the garage in the morning and turn the key on and give the kicker a little push and 95% of the time it is running before the lever is halfway down. No ticklers, no choke, no petcock, don't need to give it any throttle. Just like any modern car or bike but without the button. Jim
 
You are right Dave. There is nothing special about hand starting one. The only thing that makes mine a little different than most is the fact that I can walk out to the garage in the morning and turn the key on and give the kicker a little push and 95% of the time it is running before the lever is halfway down. No ticklers, no choke, no petcock, don't need to give it any throttle. Just like any modern car or bike but without the button. Jim
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Alas this is how Peel started in her prime, but I'd hold throttle WO for less suck drag, kicker would drop down faster than my kick half way done. I'd just release throttle at same time then pick it up if tending to stall until warmed. One day throttle did not return off WOT for a few seconds and too spunk out a good engine.
Do equip your hot rods with rev limiters as good investment.

Worse kick event was a few weeks after Boyer installed in by gosh & by golly, while I was recovering shattered R knee from drag strip tire fold up flop over.
Thought might as well put a time light on and get it right per instruction on 32'.
I was pleased I could put direct down pressure on knee, though still unstable forward or sideways, leap down expecting the usual slight resistance to have back fire that slammed crushed joint and broken bones at full knee lock, toss me over and down a slope where I squirmed in white knuckle pain for over 10 min, then eased up and I could walk almost as good as prior. So was very pleased it meant I would not need expensive joint replacement and crossed off another manual's advice to follow. Thank goodness retarding to just no back fire on kicking Combats also gives 28-29' max advance they like best.

ONCE you do find optimal after some trali-error, Mark the position by knife edge or expect to repeat fudging by hand or acrobatic timing light blur.
 
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