"James Sweet" wrote in message
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Starter motor current is ~50amp.



For a motorcycle? Some cars don't use that much current to turn the
engine over.



Well my car with a relatively small 2.3L 4 cylinder engine has a starter
motor rated at 1.4KW, so well over 100A. I'm not sure if this is typical
but the starter is powerful enough to move the car if I put it in gear
and turn the key. I suspect larger engines typically have even more
powerful starters.

That's for an average MC starter.