I used to use the compression release as the Victor did have one, but put a second spark plug in the head, and so now there is no room for the compression release mechanism. I am working on a roller starter with a dodge colt starter to drive it...seems I've got several colt starters from the race car spare parts pile and figured out how to make one, mostly by seeing the "worlds fastest indian" and the scene of bert starting his indian in his garage with one, even though I had seen the various websites touting their roller starter products, somehow the movie scene was the catalyst to my building one....so right now I am modifying a moped trans gear set to run the drive roller, one gear will be fitted to the colt starter, other to the roller....all the starter parts, frame, rollers, starter, including the 12v battery gonna be mounted on a chinese 2 wheel handtruck....I think... if it works the way I think it should, and the crick don't rise etc.....a couple of months ago I got the inspiration to run the Victor on the Salt this year, as it was 2002 since I was last there, so I got out the clipboard to see what needed to be done to get it ready to run, and as the 'board only had about 1/2 a page of gigs to do I figured it would be ready in 4 or 5 weeks.....I'm now up to 3 pages of stuff to fix/redo/build/modify to make the bike just run, let alone what I need to do to make it race ready, along with getting the tow vehicle,(not the Pig, it needs an engine rebuild as the 348 is very tired and time, money and energy for it just ain't there, the Pig is still being driven, it's just that it probably won't make the 3200 mile trip without falling apart and stranding me in some podunk town along the way, podunk being any town I don't live in, in this case) and all the equipment needed for racing ready for a week on the Salt....yeah I'm having fun....just got a 48 inch 16 ga metal shear, and a 36 inch box and pan brake to add to my collection of tools, my daughter saw them on the Pig this evening, and is more and more concerned about the amount of stuff I have, as, when I pass, she is going to have to deal with it all.....