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Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« on: February 06, 2012, 07:35:28 PM »
 Post your guesses for earliest Sold in North america production bike that came with electric start only,, no kick or step starter.. the one I am thinking of may surprise you... some of them did have kickers but it may have been optional..

 Postwar bike generally means 1945 or later...

 guess away.. ;D
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2012, 07:45:08 PM »
Just a wild-ass-guess: Indian?
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2012, 08:07:54 PM »
nope, not that I am aware of,,
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2012, 08:59:21 PM »
Harley iron head era
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2012, 07:43:58 AM »
Schwinn.
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2012, 07:45:41 AM »
Second for the ironhead.  Around 1973 or 1974. 
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2012, 07:53:05 AM »
Moto Guzzi?
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2012, 08:06:12 AM »
Ducati.
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2012, 08:31:53 AM »
did Ducati have electic only, before the 860 GT ?

Moto Guzzi, you may be right, not sure when they started selling in N. America

 Estart Sportster is an XLH was already out in the sixties I believe. but that is not the one I was thinking of..
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2012, 08:32:20 AM »
BSA.
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 08:37:20 AM »
Honda Dream?
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2012, 09:04:30 AM »
 Which Honda dream before the eighties, and which BSA ?

 Put a model with the make..
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2012, 09:18:31 AM »
58 Dream C71.
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2012, 09:56:52 AM »
 Trev Deeley was the first importer of Honda into any English speaking country and that was 59 ish.. I believeAmerican Honda started around 1960...
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2012, 10:16:47 AM »
I missed the North America part.  ::)
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2012, 02:42:41 AM »
MV Agusta 600GT (1965/66)
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Re: Earliest PostWar Bike with no Kickstart
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2012, 07:36:09 AM »
I have a '48 Indian with no kicker
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