Thief-Proof

One thing about Indian three-wheelers, they would seem to be fairly thief-proof. Thieves simply wouldn't know how to drive them away. There are two methods of starting my three-wheeler. One is a rope-start. The other is electric start (pictured). I am letting the cat out of the bag now, but first one raises the blue decompression lever (bottom right). Then one cranks the engine with the key (top left). Then one drops the decompression lever -- and as soon as there is ignition, one turns off the key. Then one waits 20 seconds before putting the engine into gear. The vehicle won't pull off otherwise. To turn off the engine, one changes into neutral, waits 20 seconds, then raises the red stop lever (bottom right). The remaining lever engages four reverse gears.