Hmmm .. I can just about decipher your banter there, Ron.
Also I guess, if you've been painting the engine an' stuff, it might be worth checking that there are no electrical connections through engine or chassis that are now compromised by a layer of paint, thus causing the starter to struggle.
Though if the threads of the bolt are clean it should connect well enough that way, I suppose.
Worth a check while you're waiting for the battery to recharge, anyway.
I also have a lithium battery on my 750, and it jumps into life as soon as your finger merely approaches the start button .. as long as the floatbowls are full .. and the starter solenoid connection hasn't popped orf.
Saves 5.45 kg over the original, wet, 16AL-A2.
Yep, that's nearly FIVE AND A HALF BLOOMIN' KILOS.
And a faster crank, as Ron says.
Though some would claim there's a risk in fitting one.
And they apparently don't like cold weather or ever being fully discharged ... though I've never had any probs.
Lithium, iron phosphate .. LiFePO4 is the spec to go for .. not lithium ion.
There'll be a thread if you search.
Something to read anyway ... also while you're waiting for the battery to recharge.