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Originally Posted by HardDrive
I guess the real story here is my lack of mechanical knowledge. Looks like a common feature on larger displacement bikes that are kick started. You learn something new everyday.....
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Don't be too hard on yourself. Its not just for high-compression kick started but mainly high compression in ratio to what you use to turn the engine over. Lots of small diesels have compression release simply because the starter size is smaller. The big CC motor cycles have them even without high compression sometimes because they have to turn an engine and a primary (and sometimes a goofy 6" wide belt) with a tiny motorcycle starter and battery. Your 748S engine is high compression but doesn't need compression release most likely because its high compression with only 748cc's instead of high compression with 2100cc's.