top end rebuild>*bang*>wtf was that noise?

[mike-s]

so much for the "last update". Turns out nothing is wrong with the electrics, the alternator or any ancillary equipment. It just turns out that with the new rings and when at a fairly high operating temperature the engine (and particuarly the rings) have expanded so much that the starter just doesn't have quite the grunt to turn her over, once the engine was cold again she turned over without a problem and started again! This issue should go away within the next couple hundred km or so.

[chef1366]

You probably need to rebuild the starter. It should turn the motor with new rings or not.

[tkent02]

It just turns out that with the new rings and when at a fairly high operating temperature the engine (and particuarly the rings) have expanded so much that the starter just doesn't have quite the grunt to turn her over

Did you adjust the ring end gaps correctly?

[mike-s]

Did you adjust the ring end gaps correctly?

Absolutely! It was one thing i made sure of

You probably need to rebuild the starter. It should turn the motor with new rings or not.

That's what im thinking. I went and took the bike to work today so i could check it all out with a multimeter when i got home, but unfortunately it was rather cool and was drizzling quite a lot, so the bike was able to be started, abeit with a slight struggle.

I'll have another crack at it tomorrow in the morning if i get a chance at it.

[Matchless]

First eliminate the battery as the culprit then check if it is not the starter binding when hot. But as said by other posters the engine should not be harder to turn when hot unless something is wrong with it.

[mike-s]

Have sourced a starter motor, have also got some 8Guage wire & crimps to suit, am if the guy at the wreckers confirms he is open tomorrow morning i'm going to replace them both tomorrow as im sure the battery is fine (bought it new for this project and when it hasn't been in the bike and being used to start the bike it had been unplugged & sitting on a shelf with a relatively full charge), am also going to take the solenoid apart as well and see if cleaning that up helps my cause, but i doubt it is a problem there.