I call bullshit! My MC28 had a dead battery a couple times. It started with a little persuasion. not something I would want to do all the time, but it would get going. Once the bike "charged" the battery, it was fine for the rest of the weekend till i could get a new battery. Of course this was a race bike, full race harness, etc. so no extra components like lights, etc. to draw power while trying to push start it.

Oh ye, it will never kick over with a dead battery, just need to push it till you drop, then have a friend push it some more, it'll get going.
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Charles Gallant