if you are like me and new to these smokers, youll need to give it plenty revs to pull away otherwise like me youll stall it, youll get use to it and start knowing how to pull away slowly with out reving the tits off it, will she go into netural when its all switched off? clutch could be gone, but while its switch off you should still be able to select netral. kick start is a pain until you get the knack, i couldnt do it at first but now 2nd kick when cold, and first or second when hot, easy, dont try to hard!