Ok guys,
I did some trail riding on my raptor a while back. It ran fine. Got home and the bike wouldn't start. I thought, "ok, need a new battery". Got a new battery. Put it on. Bike still wouldn't start. Turned over, but wouldn't start. Cleaned the carb. Adjusted the floats. Adjusted the valves. Changed the gas. Put in new spark plug. Using some starting fluid got the bike to start and idle with the choke on. Valve sound was more noticeable than it was previously, but I didn't think it was too terrible since I was within specs on my adjustments. Turned off the choke and the bike wouldn't idle on it's own. Went back out today to try again. Starter now only engages intermittantly. Tried a different battery. Same problem. Sometimes takes 2-3 seconds before starter will roll motor over. I think when it does I hear a "slapping" sound. It's pretty loud. Started twice for about 2 seconds and died. Fuses are good.

I did some trail riding on my raptor a while back. It ran fine. Got home and the bike wouldn't start. I thought, "ok, need a new battery". Got a new battery. Put it on. Bike still wouldn't start. Turned over, but wouldn't start. Cleaned the carb. Adjusted the floats. Adjusted the valves. Changed the gas. Put in new spark plug. Using some starting fluid got the bike to start and idle with the choke on. Valve sound was more noticeable than it was previously, but I didn't think it was too terrible since I was within specs on my adjustments. Turned off the choke and the bike wouldn't idle on it's own. Went back out today to try again. Starter now only engages intermittantly. Tried a different battery. Same problem. Sometimes takes 2-3 seconds before starter will roll motor over. I think when it does I hear a "slapping" sound. It's pretty loud. Started twice for about 2 seconds and died. Fuses are good.