Just wanted to thank everybody's help with this - I got the bike for $700, plus about $100 transport, and almost 12 hours total travel time and loading / unloading the bike.
Battery is totally dead and won't charge anymore. I tried plugging in a newly charged car battery to test things out - won't start after pushing the electric starter.. so I connected the positive cable directly to that thick wire leading to the starter and I can hear the starter turning very slowly, it can't crank the / run the engine though. I realized the fuel tank was set to off so I turned it on but gas started pouring out of the carbs. I tried tapping the carbs a few times and they started leaking less.
I'm thinking bad solenoid since starter turns when the battery's positive cable goes directly to that thick wire - but what about the starter? It still can't turn the engine - I also think it's worse now because after a number of tries trying to start the engine, this time, it won't turn the starter anymore, it just makes a click sound
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