Quote:OK, out of the bike battery tested good 12.84 volts. Kickstand switch removed and bypassed. Clutch switch jumpered. Still no start, just the starter going clank. What next?
Quote: don't feel anything from the solenoid. I don't feel anything from the starter. The clank I hear seems to be coming from the engine itself
Quote:Could the rectifier be an issue? I remember the seller telling he had a hard time getting it to crank once and it turned out to be the rectifier.
Forget about the rectifier for now. It's part of the charging system not the starting system. If the problem was in the charging system you would have a dead battery, but you said the battery was ok.
I'm confused by the "clank". There is nothing in the motor that can make noise when you hit the start button UNLESS the starter is trying to turn.
Note: What comes next is only valid if you are positive that your battery is ok. Did you actually take it somewhere and have it load tested. Just testing the voltage across the terminals only tells part of the story. A bad battery is the most common cause of a no start.
Touch the negative lead from your voltmeter to the engine case somewhere, touch the positive lead to the stud on the starter that has the wire hooked to it and push the start button. If you get a voltage reading pretty close to battery voltage and the starter isn't turning the engine, then you're going to have to pull the starter out and figure out why. If you get NO voltage at the stud when you hit the start button then the solenoid isn't sending the juice to the starter. That will give you - and us - a better idea of where to go next.