Final update and good news: the bike is now running great and has been good to us while I’ve been teaching my wife how to ride. The issues I described above were easily rectified once I finally had the time to dig back into it. The rear end noise was exactly what I thought, the starter was engaging because for some reason it has been wired to the rear brake light and has a toggle switch where the original starter button would have been.
The rear axle was not bent, I just had to tighten up the rear axle bolt which had come loose and was barely hanging on.
Alls well that ends well. Thanks again for your advice. See you agaon in the dual sport section 🤙
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