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Can anyone help or advise me please, just purchased 1978 xs650 project, after a little fettling, I managed to kickstart engine into life, sounded sweet with no rattles or smoke, however, the starter motor was disconnected, so I suspected a possible problem, I re connected, then pressed button...

can anyone help or advise? I have recently purchased a 1978 xs650, it starts and runs lovely on kickstart, but when using electric start, after the first couple of spins on starter motor, a rather horrible metallic "clonking/knocking" comes from within the rear end of crankcase, the motor was...