The kickstart for the Mk3 gives better clearance on peashooters because it was designed to clear the fatter "bean cans" of the Mk3. The original kicker for the earlier models cleared pretty well with original pipes and mufflers, but the aftermarket ones have all kinds of different bends and lengths to the first bend as well as different cone shapes on the mufflers, causing clearance issues.I suspect it was the marketing boys worried that the improved KS lever getting onto earlier bikes might reduce sales of the MKIII ES machines.
Could I trouble someone for a picture of the MK3 lever in the position where it clears the muffler
on the downstroke. thanks