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Yeah well hondas are well made and repair really nicely usually. They don't have many design faults/weak parts. You'd have to suspect that whoever is doing these short lived repairs is not doing the repairs very well..I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of it and do better than these in a hurry mechanics. The kickstart... yeah the sprag clutch in the centrifugal drum could cause that, or the kick gear might be munted, or whatever disengagement mechanism it has for the gear might be playing up. It's easy to test the sprag clutch by putting it in a forward gear and trying to push it forwards, in which case, if the sprag is good, the wheels will try to turn the engine over. If you push oi backwards the sprag will slip and not try to turn the engine over.

I agree the service manuals, leave a lot to be desired, and they do assume you know what you are doing, well if i knew i wouldnt be buying the service manual,and my favorite line, reverse procedure to put back together, no tip tricks or anything, they dont always go back togrther as easy as they come apart. Yes the yamaha drain plug is crap, i think it was 18 or 19mm i cant remember exactly, my differential plug was no better also stripped 6mm allen and i had to chiesel it off.