Gah! I hate my RT

OK, so the starter motor is playing up.

Making a lovely grinding / squealing sound when you crank it.

It will fire up, but it sounds *horrible*.

Googling suggests I need to get to the starter and look at the planetary
gears... easy enough, looking at the pictures.

What I can't work out is how to remove the starter cover.

The BoL is no use, and I can't find much on Google.

<whispers.... should have bought a Pan. Or kept the VFR. Anything but
this.>

 

<lozzo-inna-robe-wiv-cowl>

"Feel the hatred! Good!...."

</l-i-r-w-c>

 

I blame Lozzo for buying a BMW. It all went wrong from that day onwards.

 

It is very easy to get to and easy to remove and service.

It isn't exactly a new bike FFS. Try getting in and doing something serious
to a VFR engine.

 

One of these?

http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/photos/mechanicalphotos/R 7 & 1 series eng cutaway.jpg

FFS there's a couple of allen bolts holding it down on either side.
Undo these and lift it off.

 

Eh?

Take tank off, undo the few bolts holding down the cover, then swear a
little while trying to wiggle out the starter motor.

 

I have a strong suspicion the starter is also a generic car part. Or at
least bits of it are.

 

Haven't tried yet - but it looked far too tight under the frame rail to
remove anything like that.

 

They are.

But not the bits I need.

 

That's where the swearing bits comes in.

 

Is it the same piggy back type fitted to the GS's?
The magnets come unglued inside if so - it happened to my
old 1100GS.
You've probably found it already but :
http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/boschvaleostarter.htm
Steve

 

Take it to an autoelctrician. Guzzi starters are the same but
different(!) to Fiat 127s - the difference is they rotate the other way
but the parts are common. Instead of ?300 exchange I had mine repaired
for ?60 a few years ago.

 

Ditto - mine went to these people:
http://www.bview.co.uk/r/00028366
Cost me a ton IIRC

Steve