Hello everyone, Some of you might remember this from a few days ago. Anyway, here's the latest. My punches arrived this morning, so off I went to my little shed to try to get the broken cotter pin out. I took the exhaust off, got my daughter to lean the bike over, and started tapping. It took a good few hits, but eventually, just as people on this forum said it would, it came out. I was interested to see the damage (see photos attached of old pin, new pin, and spindle.) This looks very much as described in Rupert Ration, p.107, and I wonder if the problem came about because of the pin coming loose over time. Anyway, I now have a choice: 1. I could refit the kickstart lever with the new pin, and see what happens, or 2. I could take the outer cover off and check the teeth on the quadrant. When the problem started, the kickstart lever seemed to hit solid resistance sometimes when I tried to kick the engine over, and some people advised that it could be due to damaged teeth. What do you think regarding these two options?