piece of cake helen, starting those little 350 and 500s. you just try starting a 650 panther on a cold, wet monday morning. you're wearing baseball boots [cause you spent all ya money on aforementioned bike] and there's no kickstart rubber. the advance and retard cable is that frayed that you can't retard the damned engine, and to cap it all, it's one of the very few solo panthers you've ever seen. holding one of those things up under those circumstances is NOT funny. and yes, i still have the scars to prove it, from my ankle blob to just under my knee. but what a joy when you got it right [and what a mess all the other times] ;-]
ade! xxx