1200 starter question

Yes clean the starter.
Also might be the oil you are using. Too thick and the sprag clutch won't engage. Delo15w40 or Rotella 15w40 is what a lot of members use.
You could also flush the crankcase with a qt of marvel mystery oil for a 200 mile easy rpms ride, go home and change oil and filter while hot to flush out grime in cases and pickup screens.

That is what my 1200 did when I used some Golden Spectro oil with the anti friction additives. Similar to what Newday said, my mechanic had me run a regular Honda 10-30 for 500 miles and change the oil to a regular Honda 10-40. I must have put 60,000 miles on after that and never had any issue with the starter catching.

I just did an oil change I used castrol 10w40,same oil i've always used.but i'll give the starter a good cleaning,don't know much about the marval mystry oiul but i'll read up on it