I dont have a kick start in my 21 race/track bike and its pretty easy to start.... as long as i dont flood it. If you remove the kick start lever and all the internals you save quite abit of weight.

Then again I weight about 109kg so I could do with a diet, but I like food to much so the weight has to come off the bike!
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If I have to take the carbs off once more...