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Message: [QUOTE="Bob Ellman, post: 502679, member: 30732"] I have a 00, 360WR and have the same hard starting problem. I am the 2nd owner of this bike, this 360 was purchased in 2001 and rode one season of enduro's. I have only trail rode it this past summer. I wanted to ride hare scrambles but never felt confident with the way it starts.It still has good compression, ( it take's a good push to make it turn over by hand) I don't think the rings are wore out yet. The problem is the kick start lever is too far forward because of the counter shaft drive. The compression ratio of the 360 is 8:1 not too bad. But the combination of the lever too far forward and being only 6" long requires you to lean over the handle bars and kick towards the back. I weigh 160 and am 5'10" just not enough body mass to kick hard when your tired from riding. My last Husky was a 1981 430XC 12" travel front and rear 12:1 compression, left hand kick start. That bike started in one kick everytime when it was warmed up. On my 360 I fabricated a new kick start lever that was 1" longer hoping to get a little more leverage, but that did'nt work, because it then slowed down the lever stroke by making it longer. So I went back to the orginal lever. I love the power and the handling of the bike, but I can't live with the hard starting. I am considering selling it and looking at buying a KTM. I have always riden european bike's and I just don't want to have a bike that a million other people have. I like to be different, and like Dennis "I refuse to grow up". I have been riding dirt for 30 years and plan to ride till I die! [/QUOTE]

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