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COMPRESSION RELEASE CABLE
A cable running from the handlebar lever to the cylinder head compression release, used to ease pressure before kickstarting.
This is a compression release cable, part number 40-8579. It runs from the handlebar-mounted lever down to the compression release mechanism on the cylinder head, letting you bleed off cylinder pressure by hand — the classic way to ease the kickstart over on a big single or twin before giving it a proper swing.
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