Kikstart II is a motorcycle trials racing game released in 1986 for the Commodore 64/128, Amiga, and Amstrad CPC, based on the BBC Television series Kick Start. Players control a motorbike through obstacle-laden courses, using acceleration, braking, hops, and wheelies to clear hazards ranging from ramps and gates to telephone boxes and tyres. Precise timing and bike control are central to navigating each stage successfully. The game supports either a single player competing against the computer or two players racing simultaneously via a split-screen mode. It outperformed its predecessor commercially and proved influential enough that its core mechanics were later adopted by other titles, including the Game Boy release Motocross Maniacs. A native-mode enhanced version was produced specifically for the Commodore 128, making it one of the relatively few games to take advantage of that hardware directly.
