Kicking a CB400f

[noexit]

Is a CB400F hard to kick start? I know it's not going to be hard to kick over, but I know that they're kind of cold blooded, so maybe it takes a bit to keep it going?

I've never ridden mine, and the only other I've ridden was already warm, and started right up with the button.

 

[crazypj]

400f doesn't need 'kickstart' you can pretty much rest your foot on lever, it's only a102cc piston (early models were 408cc) ;D
If it's hard to start, the timing or carburation is off, choke from cold and DON'T TOUCH THROTTLE
Winding on throttlewhen trying to start make most stock Honda's almost impossible to start

 

[noexit]

Cool. Mostly I'm asking because my CB350 doesn't like to start from cold with the kicker. With electric start, I use choke, and the slightest bit of throttle, barely a had resting on it. Once it's warm, a quarter kick could start it.