Most of you know I just got my bike back together. Aftermarket starter (not sure) that is about a year and a half old. 9/66 starter gear setup installed. Air Gap right close to .125 as suggested (checked pinion gear engagement and it was flush with outer edge of ring gear)

Tried starter a couple times with outer primary off and it would hit the ring gear but not engage. Loosened starter then checked alignment and re-tightened to spec. Charged battery, and all seemed well.

Now, with everything buttoned back up, when I hit the start switch the starter will just click. After a few presses it spins up, very powerfully, and the motor fires in a split second, literally. Obviously running just fine, and obviously enough power to crank the motor.

Can hear starter spinning for a short while after engine starts, but I think that's normal?

Just who might have experienced something simliar, and what it was they discovered was wrong.

Thanks in advance.

 

haha guess I overstayed my welcome

it's the pinion gear hitting the ring gear. the "click" is coming from that exactly location

no fckin clue. pretty sure I assembled everything properly. bummer.