That's good to know,havn't had to use the kick start but i guess it would be handy in such a situation as a dead battery.I didn't put any 'an ti rust agent' as advised by the manual so i'm hoping that hasn't caused any problems also. The engine is 163FML, and the bike has CM200GY-2 on the side panels. I wonder if anyone has ever heard of 'Crow Motors', or is this the only motorcycle they ever made?