Kettle gt750b 1977 starter motor

[Frankibaby7]

hi guys hope you are all well , anyone got a kettle starter motor for sale , I think mine is on the way out …. Cheers guys pm me if you have thanks …
Frankibaby

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[Alan H]

Speak to Uncle Baz.....

[Frankibaby7]

Cheers Alan I have on baz and chatted to him , it’s sounds like a big job to get it out Alan , drain the coolent carbs off air box off obviously, but apparently quite a bit to take off , I may just leave it an and kick start it lol … need you on it ha ha …… easy for you mate , scary for me cheers Alan

[Alan H]

Baz & his mate did that one about 4/5 years ago . They did it in about an hour if I remember correctly - so it'll be 'just' out of warranty.
Ride it up there and he might do a similar job (again).

[Frankibaby7]

Ha ha just out of warranty love it yes we can get it out for him Alan lol

[stevewharton]

Hi Frank, I had the same problem last year, that is thinking my starter motor was on the blink.
Started making enquiries re' removing it, stripping it down and repairing it, or simply replacing it.
Before doing that though I replaced my 7 year old Motobatt battery and problem solved. Nothing wrong with my 49 year old starter motor, it still works like a new one.
Hope your problem is solved as easily.
Cheers, Steve W.
P.S. I didn't go for a new Motobatt as the prices have gone through the roof, so I bought an Atom battery which is an American product, paid around £55 and very impressed with my purchase
P.P.S. I always start my kettle from cold with the kickstart, to save the battery and when it's warmed up use the leccy button.

[Frankibaby7]

Hi steve thanks for that , yes starting from cold on the kickstarter, is a good idea , the hippo as I keep named from Alan h starts very well from cold on the kickstart , what happened one day it just clicked from the solonoid , so I bought a new one fitted it still the same , but when I rocked the bike in Second and pressed the starter it started, and this continued until it wouldn’t start at all , so the battery was a bit low so I bought a new one charged it , and yes it turned the starter motor but very slow , and laboured, I haven’t rocked it in gear yet but I think it’s just non use steve , I rode it the other day for about 30 miles it was starting on its own , now I come to use it again and uuurgh urrrgh slow lol so I thought let’s get a new one carbs off tank off air box off , but apparently it’s more involved than that , I’m reading drain the water cooled system, take off sris pipes take off hoses , and the starter cover , I’m not sure if I no enough about these 750s yet to get it all back together like you guys are all bloody brilliant with them lol …
I’ll take it out later and see where I am with it .. thanks mate appreciate the help