High torque starter ?

[fj1289]

You mean like this?



To be honest, the 24 volt start system wasn't the CAUSE was of this ... but did make it possible.  The cause was a bad ignition setting in a new ECU, but instead of allowing the engine to stall or kick back, the starter had enough power to "force the issue".  This was the next weak link in the chain...

[JMR]

Funny how first generation Hayabusa's would break the upper case by kicking back if voltage was to low.

[racerrad8]

With all of this talk about starters, I wanted to pass along a few things I have discovered recently. I was buying my starters from a supplier than was buying from Japan. They were an aftermarket starter, but I was always happy with the quality and never had one problem. Well, a couple of years ago when the starters came in they were all black instead of the original looking finish. I took one apart and it still looked good inside, so I sold them and until just recently had my first problem. Based on my conversations with Ben, it was probably a manufacturing defect right from the start; http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=13982.msg142338#msg142338


The last batch arrived early 2014 and again they were black, but the cast end housings did not look very good and when I took the end caps off I wasn't happy with the quality. I wasn't happy with a brush plate as is was uncoated and would likely rust and instead of metal thrust washers they had fibre washers. The final kicker was the little sticker placed on the bottom of the unit that said..."made in Taiwan".

Those starter were returned and I have not offered a starter since then. Well, based on this experience I have placed an order through Yamaha for the Yamaha supplied Mitsuba starters to make sure there is quality starter available to you. I understand you can buy Chinese knock-off starters on eBay for cheap right now. But after Ben's issue and seeing the lower quality of the offshore starter motor on a long road trip you will be very unhappy when the eBay starter has left you stranded on the side of the road.

I will offer you this as well, if you have or are contemplating doing the 24v starter route, you should make sure you have the best starter in place to handle the task.

The genuine Yamaha starters are scheduled to be here mid to late August.

Randy - RPM