Merry Chistmas Sam! I've got a 500 and haven't had the trouble starting it that some others have. I think if you are tuff enough to ride with an artificial limb, you can handle kicking the 500 over. No BS, my bike starts first kick every time, it didn't always but it does now, after breaking a kickstart lever, and realizing my pilot jet wasn't large enough. I used to just kick frantically at any point in the stroke,... big mistake, get it just past tdc, choke on, lean against something if you need to or stand on something like a rock or bike stand w/ your left leg and kick all the way thru to the rt foot peg. Best of luck.