The term Kickstart can refer to: The bootstrap for computers running AmigaOS Kickstart, A network installation system for some Linux distributions. The task of using the foot activated starter (the kickstarter) on a motorcycle, see kick start Kick Start , A motor bike racing/trials competition TV series which aired on UK TV. A Popular bike racing computer game (derived from the TV series) for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers.