think its the starter?? please help

[EddyG]

I have a similar problem as the beginning post, Since I recently bought this bike and it was doing it when I bought it, of course he said it just started doing that. I talked him down to buy a new battery.

 

I want to thank GeorgeS for the long list of things to check, most I had already accomplished, but most of what he wrote I found messed up.

New Battery, new battery cable to solenoid/40amp fuse, Checked ground wire to case ( mine was not soldered, I know GeorgeS said to solder it, I suppose this really makes a difference??) The 5 wire plug, w/ 2 red 2 black, corroded repaired, the 3 wire 14 gauge plug one wire BURNT, cut it out of the plug and bypassed connector, installed new connector.

Checked battery voltage drop at the battery during crank, about 1.5 volts drop. That didn't seam bad to me.

It still has a hard time cranking over??

 

Next I suppose the starter is to be removed. Cane brushes be found for these?