J jg928s4 Joined Jan 26, 2009 Messages 1 Jan 26, 2009 #1 Can I add an Electric Starter to a 1999 FE501?? Getting old, and sick of kickking........
husabutt Joined Feb 19, 2003 Messages 3,227 Location Escondido, Ca. USA Jan 26, 2009 #2 Sorry, the e-start cases are different on the 2000's and below.
S steve Joined May 12, 2002 Messages 1,632 Location Snowy Mountains NSW Australia Jan 26, 2009 #3 Not only are the crankcases different, but the frames are different too as the starter hangs off the front and the bottom loop has to make room. Anything is possible, but this is not an easy one to do. Steve
Not only are the crankcases different, but the frames are different too as the starter hangs off the front and the bottom loop has to make room. Anything is possible, but this is not an easy one to do. Steve
Taffy Joined Nov 20, 2001 Messages 17,032 Location Ely, England Jan 27, 2009 #4 jg wlcome to UHE mate! lets have a name and a location please. get the bike set up properly and you won't have a problem. rgards Taffy
jg wlcome to UHE mate! lets have a name and a location please. get the bike set up properly and you won't have a problem. rgards Taffy
L logjump Joined Jun 19, 2001 Messages 1,273 Location Troutdale, Oregon USA 2005 FE550e Jul 28, 2012 #6 benw77 said: I thought there was a 1999 FE501-e model??? Click to expand... There was, but as stated above, the frame and engine cases were different than the ~kick start only~ models.
benw77 said: I thought there was a 1999 FE501-e model??? Click to expand... There was, but as stated above, the frame and engine cases were different than the ~kick start only~ models.
B benw77 Joined Jul 21, 2012 Messages 27 Jul 28, 2012 #7 logjump said: benw77 said: I thought there was a 1999 FE501-e model??? Click to expand... There was, but as stated above, the frame and engine cases were different than the ~kick start only~ models. Click to expand... Hi again, how can you tell if you have this model as my bike has all the controls for the e-start but no starter ? I thought maybe the previous owner took them off ?
logjump said: benw77 said: I thought there was a 1999 FE501-e model??? Click to expand... There was, but as stated above, the frame and engine cases were different than the ~kick start only~ models. Click to expand... Hi again, how can you tell if you have this model as my bike has all the controls for the e-start but no starter ? I thought maybe the previous owner took them off ?
zaga Joined Mar 22, 2009 Messages 1,386 Location Portugal Jul 30, 2012 #8 Hi Picture of the engine :cheers: ZAGA
