Refurbishment is cheap. Oh no it's not!

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Someone put me in touch with a company who refurbishes starter motors saying it costs very little. Got a quote off em for my storm starter motor. £130 plus £30 p&p. Sod that for a game of soldiers. That ain't cheap.
Looks like I'll be modifying a Honda Hornet one then .

[callam_nffc]

At work we send loads of motors off for refurb, want contact details for the company we send them too? Might be worth a try

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I'll wait for this Honda Hornet starter motor to arrive and see what mods it'll need to make it fit. I'm not very good at mods so we'll see

[MacV2]

I'll wait for this Honda Hornet starter motor to arrive and see what mods it'll need to make it fit. I'm not very good at mods so we'll see

Take one large hammer & hit repeatedly until it fits...

[8541Hawk]

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[shaggy-doo]

i no you have just bought a hornet starter motor but have you seen this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR-Fir ... 2ec8d9c631 it has only done just under 12k

[darkember]

Not that hard to do Haynes do a full strip-down with photos.

[VTRDark]

i no you have just bought a hornet starter motor but have you seen this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR-Fir ... 2ec8d9c631 it has only done just under 12k

Under 12k and look how rusty that bolt is already. It just goes to show.

I agree strip it down. Give it a good clean and sort the bolt out that always goes rusty and gives a bad contact. There's not much to go wrong with them really. Only that bolt and the starter bushes. I suspect the bushes are fine and the bolt is probably giving you some issues.

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[shaggy-doo]

i no you have just bought a hornet starter motor but have you seen this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR-Fir ... 2ec8d9c631 it has only done just under 12k

Under 12k and look how rusty that bolt is already. It just goes to show.

I agree strip it down. Give it a good clean and sort the bolt out that always goes rusty and gives a bad contact. There's not much to go wrong with them really. Only that bolt and the starter bushes. I suspect the bushes are fine and the bolt is probably giving you some issues.

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he has the clocks that say way under 12k: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR-Fir ... 2ec8ef1aa0 may be not looked after or used in winter but if you look at the other items he has for sale they do look in good nick

[VTRDark]

he has the clocks that say way under 12k:

I'm not suggesting the seller is lying just pointing out that it goes to show how quick those bolts go bad. It's a common issue with these bikes if the bolt is not packed out with some grease to stop them corroding.

http://vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php ... re#p230910

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[darkember]

Reasonable price just to have all cleaned up & packed away on a shelf ready if needed.

[thumperslaw]

Someone put me in touch with a company who refurbishes starter motors saying it costs very little. Got a quote off em for my storm starter motor. £130 plus £30 p&p. Sod that for a game of soldiers. That ain't cheap.
Looks like I'll be modifying a Honda Hornet one then .

That be me your talking about.

I just googled starter motors refurb and picked the first one for you

Shop about your get it cheaper ;)

[agentpineapple]

maybe go for a low mileage second hand starter motor
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR-Fir ... 2ec8ef1aa0

[callam_nffc]

maybe go for a low mileage second hand starter motor
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR-Fir ... 2ec8ef1aa0

does anything escape your prying ebay eyes mate? Was just going to share this haha

[954luca]

Why not just get a fireblade starter motor 92-99, they bolt straight on, you just need to use the longer firestorm lead, no messing about. Loads on ebay for about £20. I put a 94 fireblade starter on my firestorm last year.