Fast Eddie
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Gadge, the Norvil (as in Les Emery, not the factory’s term for their racers) use the design whereby the gear lever wraps around the kickstart.
Many, many of these kits, from various suppliers, have been sold and most folk seem happy with them, so on the whole, they do work.
I had the Norvil ones for a while and thought they were well made for the price.
However, IMHO however you look at this design, it’s a compromise. You either compromise the kick start position, or gear lever position, or a bit of both. Eventually I got tired of the compromising and changed mine.
I do not believe the moto cross style kickstart will work with Norvil rearsets as the wrap around gear lever won’t allow it to fold away.
Your best bet is the stock kickstart, or stock mk3 one, and a bit of time spent juggling things around to find the best compromise. Don’t be frightened to tweak the gear lever a bit either if it helps.
Many, many of these kits, from various suppliers, have been sold and most folk seem happy with them, so on the whole, they do work.
I had the Norvil ones for a while and thought they were well made for the price.
However, IMHO however you look at this design, it’s a compromise. You either compromise the kick start position, or gear lever position, or a bit of both. Eventually I got tired of the compromising and changed mine.
I do not believe the moto cross style kickstart will work with Norvil rearsets as the wrap around gear lever won’t allow it to fold away.
Your best bet is the stock kickstart, or stock mk3 one, and a bit of time spent juggling things around to find the best compromise. Don’t be frightened to tweak the gear lever a bit either if it helps.