looking for a roller starter

I may be looking for one also. My hand held after hours of making it and modifying it it just won't even budge my motor even though it is quite easy to turn with a ratchet wrench.
The small battery won't put enough torque to it so I modified it to accept a big 750cca car battery and it still won't turn it over. The original starter in it turned clockwise but I needed it to turn CC. So I got a Dodge started that turn the correct direction.



Once I find a way to turn this thing over I think I am only an hour or 2 from making real noise and crying a lot.

When I started my build I was a young 23 year old street racer so this build was suppose to be a street legal full race bike at the time. So in consideration of weight EVERYTHING that didn't have to be on the bike wasn't on the bike. This included elimination of the weight of any electric or kick start parts and would be a bump start only bike. Some of you know the story of this bike how for 35 years I thought this motor was only 1032cc, 10:1cr. After a tear down of the motor after 35 years after never having been fired I realized it was actually 1327cc at 11:1cr and might not be the easiest bike to bump start for a 60 year old guy (not my mind, but the body is showing wear) in 95* Georgia. So I looked into a hand held starter because the spud for the engine was available for a very low price. I even got Alan Sputhe who I bought my heads from to send me a set of pressure relief valves to put in the heads to ease starting. But the mechanic who did the reassembly didn't have the confidence to do them so I'm glad he passed on the job. But now I don't want to tear the top end down again until this freaking thing runs and I put a season on or how ever much time it takes for me to determine it needs to be done. In the mean time I need something to turn the motor over enough to fire it up before a few other things on the bike can be completed.Then I will need something that can be used at the starting line for LSR runs and trackside at RR tracks. and ready for use for DD. I just don't know how hard bump starting will be when I leave my destination without a starter. The hand held was portable enough to have fit in a backpack if need be with the motorcycle battery driving it, but that battery isn't enough torque to turn my motor or I have the wrong starter for this app. So thats why I need something like this.

So I've done some research and find most of the roller starters are in the $800 range to begin with. Some claim to be portable, but you still need to handle the battery separately. I've seen hand held units that were incorporated into a hand cart making them portable. I've priced the material needed and can incorporate a roller starter into a hand cart for less than $175, and make it totally portable and take up no more space than the hand cart standing up. What I am going to do is use my hand cart that looks like this:

I will cut the "T" strap out of the top center and lay the cart on the ground and weld in an identical unit to this one from member Mgmark:


You lay it down and back in over the top handle. All nice and tidy. I just won a starter motor on Egay for $59. I'm going to get the frame stock tomorrow from the local metal salvage yard. The battery will be a gel type and will be semi permanently attached. All you have to do is lay it down and place the start pedal where you need.
I'll probably make 2 to start and see if I can't $800 for one of mine to offset the cost of mine.

As I progress feel free to critique the build. I of course will custom powder coat them after all the welding, because that's what I do.
I am aware of the issues and have done enough research to know what to look out for. My plan leaves the cart to be a cart when the battery is not on it. Or I may put a second shelf on it for carry capacity or for a second battery for a 24v system.

Trailer Rollers $7.50 $15.00
5/8" Pillow Blocks $6.90 $27.60 $42.60
20t 35# 5/8" sprockets $7.50 $30.00 $72.60
10' 35# chain $13.00 $13.00 $85.60
59 Ford Starter $98.00 $98.00 $183.60
7" 1x2 steel tube $7.00 $7.00 $190.60
Solenoid $10.00 $10.00 $200.60
Bolts $5.00 $5.00 $205.60
Foot pedal $10.00 $10.00 $215.60
Shafts for rollers $2.99 $5.98 $221.58
Battery cables $20.00 $20.00 $241.58
Cart $30.00 $30.00 $271.58

I think that's everything.

So today I procured the metal for the frame ($8) and cut and had my friend weld it up ($20)
Here's my cart ready to cut the "T" out:


Frame for the roller starter:


Framework in place:

I think this design is going to work out nicely. If you look at the brace bars in the back I will add extensions to them to secure the frame work to. I'm thinking about bolting (quick release pins) the frame work to the braces so it can be removed and used as a stationary unit.

Added a coat of bedliner to the starter to freshen it's appearance. Measured and drilled the pillow block holes. Waiting on the pillow blocks and rollers to move ahead. Once those are in place I can locate and weld the starter bracket. Instead of messing with the wrong sprocket, for $5 I just ordered the correct one, which wasn't an odd size at all, it's 5/8" like the rollers.