Ok. I think you're wrong. But maybe I am wrong. Please tell me.
Before the bike has a compression bump, the pistons have to build up compression. Because compression have to be created out of piston velocity, compression is not present in a engine that is not running.
So before the bike has a compression bump, the crankshaft has to have a velocity. Right?!
And according to what I read in the 2008 Buell XB Models Electrical Diagnostics Manual, the starter slides gear number 3 in gear number 15 when you push the starter button. And I assume this is a sound I should certainly hear. Right?!
So logically, with those two points described above, I should at least hear a click before there can be a compression bump. Right?!