Starter problems

[Mike on a bike]

I tried to start the bike today, and it sounds like the starter motor is failing to engage properly, it spins freely and sounds like a bag of spanners, only engaging once in 10 attempts. Anyone in the know who can point me in the right direction on how to fix this problem.

[hairygit]

Yep, sounds like the clutch rollers/springs in the starter mechanism. Thankfully an easily available part, and easy to fit on a 750, it's on the back of the generator rotor, so not engine out or splitting the crankcases job.

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[Bryanj]

Also make sure that the screws holding the starter clutch to the rotor are tight and that the ground round part of the big gear does not look like a muti sided threpenny bit