Repeat Lesson on Motorcycle Starting Issues

Last month I had learned that the starting issues on Yagi, my TW200, boiled down to a bad battery not providing enough power to start the motorcycle. I had wasted too much time thinking it was a starter relay, or starter switch issue when I should have checked the battery first along with its connections. Today, June 6th, I relearned this lesson. I had cleaned out and sprayed graphite lube into the starter on my 2014 Ural Patrol, and it was still having sporadic issues starting the engine. This morning, I took apart the ignition switch, to clean it out and while doing so one of the wires going to the kill switch broke off. Hmmmm, possible culprit I thought.I managed to resolder the wire onto the kill switch assembly and tested it to make sure it worked before putting it all back together. Once assembled, I now had consistent starter issues in that it would not crank the engine on despite many efforts! Instead, I learned a new diagnostic procedure, at least when it comes to my…