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Turned out the donor front end had more problems internally than were worth fixing so I went back to stock in the meantime.

Both good and scary to know, haha.

Thanks for the help, testing ahead.

So if I pull the plugs and things spin freely, we know it's an engine issue and the starter if fine just as I assumed given the testing. Is this something in need of a fix or as you stated will improve once the rings seat?

Makes sense. I am able to kick it, but I suppose there is a chance it's borderline too tight and pulling the plugs is still a simple test. Thanks for the idea.

Thanks @themotoworks, I haven't. Curious how pulling the plugs would potentially change what the starter does? Interesting, though I think I'm missing what that would tell me about re-assembly.

It seemed to, seemed to have plenty of juice. It seems like it’s spinning ok, just slowly. Like it’s pulling something heavier than it’s supposed to.

Thanks, I’ll check that as well when I get a chance. Would that be an indicator of any other issue besides the battery?

I agree, and given that almost the ONLY wiring on the bike that can go pseudo wrong, it has to be ground. if any of the other connections (of which there are few) I would get no response at all.

Appreciate the help, I'll update after some testing.

True, and that has been done. Ground or starter.

It has to be the ground or I'm the one unlucky person with 2 bad starters. I guess theres a chance the solenoid is bad, but I've never seen one just run slow, I've only seen them work or not.

That was what I thought as well, I've tried two separate ones with the same result. Ever seen any load issues with 8AWG with thin brains as apposed to 8AWG with thick braids? I've used thin braids before with no issues, but that's the only non-stock item here aside from the battery.

Thanks. I've changed the ground twice, but that's not to say it's resolved, I've chased bad grounds further than that. I have this stripped down to nothing on the bike but the motor, solenoid, battery and starter. Is the absence of some additional component a potential problem? None that I can...

Engine rebuilt on my CB360 project. While trying to test fire, I noticed the electric start only generated a really slow crank. So I tried manually kicking it to see if the cam was tight, but the kick felt normal and the bike fired. - Battery is new, it's not even a standard bike battery, it's...