Most of the time the bike starts right up. Holding the bike wide open and kicking it does not produce the same results as a carbureted two-stroke.
It takes a full, smooth hard kick, and then you have to be careful not to flood it.
Especially when the full stroke of the kick starter turns the motor over just about one revolution. There is a bit of an art to starting a fuel-injected two-stroke that does not have a starting battery.
He then collaborated with several brands to develop their models and in 1979 Mick appeared on the Ossa prototype of the new TR model, which featured a development of Ossa’s motocross engine with much slimmer crankcases and a radially finned head. Mick Andrews Yamaha Majesty 250 Mick then moved into partnership with his friend John Shirt to build their Majesty Trialsbike which used a Yamaha engine, but with management problems and strong competition from Spanish brands, it was time to move on. Yamaha had already built a bike, they had bought an Ossa to get some ideas and so Mick would have been their first choice to develop their new trialsbike, the TY was loosely based on the MAR, and they made many modifications to get just what they wanted. Ossa started to get into troubles and with all the factory politics so the obvious happened, when Mick was approached by Yamaha he did a deal and he went over to Japan. In Mick's hands Ossa MAR whent on to win 2 European Championships and 3 Scottish Six Day Trials. Ossa began producing the Mick Andrews Replicas in 1971 and was a very competitive trialsbike, this put Ossa on the top of the trials scene. Though not as popular as the Bultaco and Montesa models of the time, certainly it was a worthy Trials bike with smooth power and sharp handling, which has become a Mick Andrews trade mark of the Trials bikes he has helped develop. Still a fine Trials Rider I have start somewhere so it will be with Ossa, the Plonker (not the best of names eh) this was their first big effort into Trials, developed by Mick Andrews with production beginning in 1967.