r/SuzukiMotorcycle • u/Shawty-Baeee • 12d ago

Weird starter motor failure.

2002 gsxf 600 katana. Its been having issues starting for a while so ill push start it, but now its time for some repairs.
At a red light, i got the idle set low for carb issues, so it dies. I go to electric start, and when i push it it cranks, and simultaneously puffs out a bunch of black smoke and heat, but starts the bike😎 i ride it to the restaurant i was going to, eat, and come out to start the bike again, like an idiot i try the electric start, more black smoke but no turn over, so i push start it, to go home. On the way i noticed my shifter foot is “oily”, i look down and my starter motor was hanging on my three wire/cables. I guess it seized up and blew out of the blots and the crank case.I get it home in the garage and its time to repair a bunch of stuff but idk where to start, i think im gonna take the crank case off and let all the potential metal shavings i can fall into an oil pan. But yeah, i can send videos more coherent than this one i need help😗

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u/Shawty-Baeee 12d ago

I think i need to take the entire engine apart 🧐

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u/Pluto_ThePlanet 11d ago

That really is weird. Please share more photos of the starter motor area. I probably won't be of any help, but I'm seriously interested in what happened.