Here is a fitting story I read in some hunting magazine:
it was a safari ride through a swampy area and on the way back their truck - old Toyota FJ4, if I remember correctly - died while fording. they were able to push it to a dry piece of land, but the battery would not turn it over and with the night and crocodiles coming they just had to start that thing. They took of the rear wheel, or maybe tire??, wrapped a chain around it and after several what the writer called hilarious attempts, were able to jump start the truck and drive to the base.
My CZ250 had a shifter/kicker on the left side, it was quite smart - you pushed it in and fliped over (the lever pointing towards the back of the bike) and it would be a kicker and after it started, flipped it forward and use as a shifter.
My grandfather on the other hand had Indian with a sidecar before WWII and till his death in 70ties he had problems with his leg, because the kicker kicked back a hit him at the shin.
OK, I am talking nonsense, back to work
