You stomp till you're silly on the kick starter and pull in the clutch and drop down into first. Accelerate and clutch- shift into second...etc. If its night time you turn on the head light. You have an HRD Vincent and are asking these questions?Right pappy, I forgot. I had a Velocette MSS 500 and priming (tickling in proper british ) was all important. No tickle - no go.