Very good advice! Never had a Harley myself, but my old Triumph 650 choppers
were the
same way. Launched myself over the bars once...lesson learned!
Alan Gingles
1948 Chevy 1314
http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
ADvent@thuntek.net wrote:
> i used to rida a harely and if you didn't kick on the copression stroke like
>Paul
> is speaking of, you might end up in a birds nest if you near a tree. Guys have
> gotten broken legs from kicking on the wrong posistion. Somebody else
>mentioned
> the hand posistion, listen to his warning!!!
>
> STMSymank@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> > As another model T fan and previous owner of a 26 C cab, I have had my
> > share of hand cranking. I feel there is one more mildly important rule of
> > cranking. It is if the entire spin cycle is broken down like a clock; safe
> > cranking is done form 6:00 to 12:00 because of the potential for getting
>your
> > arm into the backfire spin zone. Watching a real T nut you will usually
>only
> > see quarter turns, because the power in your cranking is right there, and
> > because onlookers are amazed at the easy start in a couple quarter turn
>lifts.
> > Stan the man
> > Newberg Ore
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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