eBay starter motors- any good?

shakey · Sep 8, 2021

The Starter motor on my 2005 1150 GSA decided today that life was no longer worth living and went out in a small but disturbing cloud of electrical smoke.

Bump start, curtesy of some energetic locals and a 200 mile nonstop ride home and now I’m shopping for a replacement.

eBay has a selection of what look like suitable items, all around £50/£60 but that’s at least a third of the price of dealers.

My question is, are they any good? Does anyone have any experience of using them? Is it a case of buy cheap buy twice or are these a reasonable compromise?

Thanks in advance

ajcarr44@aol.co.uk · Sep 9, 2021

shakey said:
The Starter motor on my 2005 1150 GSA decided today that life was no longer worth living and went out in a small but disturbing cloud of electrical smoke.

Bump start, curtesy of some energetic locals and a 200 mile nonstop ride home and now I’m shopping for a replacement.

eBay has a selection of what look like suitable items, all around £50/£60 but that’s at least a third of the price of dealers.

My question is, are they any good? Does anyone have any experience of using them? Is it a case of buy cheap buy twice or are these a reasonable compromise?

Thanks in advance

Hi mate, I went through this about 4 months ago, bought a cheap starter from eBay, believe they were called Schmidt? After around 3 weeks it failed on me 100 miles from home, since then purchased a motor works refurbished starter that came with print out of tests they had done on it, been spot on since!

Buy cheap buy twice!

Hay Ewe · Sep 9, 2021

maybe get a cheap unit and at the same time, order the parts required to fix yours from https://www.euromotoelectrics.com/
Pretty easy to fix your self

Udders · Sep 9, 2021

I bought one of these a few months back and got Mikeyboy to fit it while my bike was getting a full refurb. It’s been great so far. They were recommended on here too.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-R110...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

DrFarkoff · Sep 9, 2021

look for an HC Cargo starter I have fitted quite a few of them over the years and am very impressed by their build quality, they clip the magnets so they aren;t able to fall on to the rotor https://hc-cargo.co.uk/catalog/p/111335--starter

They also do an airhead starter https://hc-cargo.co.uk/catalog/p/111334--starter

theoneandonly · Sep 9, 2021

i've brought s/motors from Germany , if it has TUV mark , should be good .

Rugged Path · Sep 12, 2021

My cheapie version works fine.

Patria o Muerte

mouthfulloflake · Sep 13, 2021

yep cheapy worked great for me for thousands of miles.

it was $53 USD delivered to my home.

I have also rebuild the OEM starters, but its about the same money spent, and ive got plenty of spares.

eBay starter motors- any good?

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