Rekluse or estart, same price roughly, what would you buy?

[bkwdc]

With a rekluse you dont stall. Ever.

[Bandit9]

Originally Posted by PEB

Neither, unless you are planning on loaning your bike to your girlfriend.

Nice.

To the OP, have you had the suspension tuned up for you yet? If not, that is where my money would go first.

Does the E start even work consistently enough to consider adding on to an existing bike? I admit I haven't paid much attention since I have a kicker.

[nambo-trev]

100% agree if you haven't done suspension work that is number one, these two items would come a lot later on my list but that's just me

[jostby]

My bike is so easy to start that I'd try the Rekluse out of curiousity.

[nambo-trev]

Now that I think of it I recall you have a pretty sick suspension set up don't you simmo?

[Simmo737]

Hmm, I feel like I've been talked out of both, I had a great suspension setup on my 11 and about to start the suspension saga on my 13 as I've got 25 hrs on it and like it but it could be better.

Pm read, btw

[fasteddy]

Love my Rekluse, best mod I've ever added to a bike, it never stalls, and it's like cheating.. Clutch is still there, if you need to use it and at times I do, still.. the addition of the Rekluse is like cheating.. I've put on LHRB as well, and the jury is still out in that.. My 2 cents..

Ed..

[gasser]

Originally Posted by Jakobi

letting the recluse do all the clutching takes away the fun, even if it does do it better.

For Jakobi clutching takes away all the fun but for some of us with wrist problems not clutching brings back the fun. I have e-start and Rekluse and wrist problems - The auto clutch is by far the best mod I have ever made to my bike. I will add one to any dirt bike I get in the furure. E-start is a different story. I have not replaced the battery in my e-start 250 since it went bad over a year ago and the only time I've missed e-start is when I suffered an injury to my kicking leg.
Don't get me wrong e-start is great when you're stalled on a hill but that almost never happens to me since I installed the Rekulse. First of all I make a lot more of the climbs, second if I don't make it the motor usually keeps running even if the bike is down. Restarting the bike on a hill happens very rarely and much, much less than it did without the auto clutch.
You often hear that an auto clutch is dangerous on a hill because it can disengage and the bike roll backwards. Not so - you quickly learn to keep a little throttle applied to keep the clutch engaged. A left hand brake would help in those situations but even more so on a bike with a manual clutch - let me explain. Almost every single time I have found myself going backwards down a hill is after losing momentum, coming to a stop where there is inadequate traction for the front brake to hold the bike in place while the bike is restarted.
Obviously we're all different and our needs are therefor different so I appreciate all those who come on this forum and report how different things have helped them meet their needs.

[Boom Boom]

+1 on what gasser said.
I have both and would give up my e-start before the auto-clutch.
I ride a bunch of nasty trials like single track, the A/C turns a brutal day into an enjoyable day.
If I done more open fast stuff then I would have no interest in the auto-clutch.

[Jakobi]

Great post gasser. Indeed everyones needs and requirements are different. Also very valid re the rolling backwards down hill. Any decent hill the front brake isn't worth its weight and laying the bike over against the high side of the hill is the safest method. When this happens though, its usually the clutch which is used to lock/unlock the rear wheel when manipulating the bike back into position before throwing a leg over and heading back down for another crack. The left hand rear brake would have a great advantage here, not to mention how much more natural it would feel for the declines not having to roll the right hip forwrd to dab the brake pedal.