HELP! does anyone know where i can get a starter rebuild kit that will work with a

[bikinkawboy]

What Cettoman meant to say is to never run an alternator equiped machine without a battery. Car, bike, truck, tractor, whatever. The stator is one part of the alternator, not a different type of electrical generating device. Old timers would sometimes run their car or whatever with the battery cable disconnected, but those were with a generator, not alternator. Nearly everything built after the late '60s has an alternator.

I'm with molitor, I seriously doubt it's the starter. Don't forget to check the ground strap where it connects to the engine or frame.

 

[superccc21]

1985 kawasaki 454ltd? I just bought the bike a few days ago its in good condition, i even took her for a little spin this morning. I pushed the electric start and It started first try, no problems at all.
I went to start it tonight after work and when i push the start all it get is a clicking sound..
I have a buddy that fixes his own motorcyle. He came with me and checked the battery and just in case tried to boost the bike, still nothing.
We got close when ( cant remember what he called it) but he drove it down a hill and tried to start it while it was in second gear or something like that.
anyway while he was doing that it would start for like a second and then shut off.. He thinks its the starter wich makes sense to me.
He said he'd give me a hand if i got myself a starter rebuild kit. I just need to find out where i would get one that would fit on the Kawasaki 454ltd.
Or maybe someone has something else that could be wrong and could give me some ideas as to how to get it started.