[SOLVED] Diagnose my starter problem please

[Fazerider]

Neither Haynes nor Yam manuals are clear as to where the starter motor is and how to remove it. any diags anyone?

It's the black cylindrical thing bolted to the top of the gearbox just behind the cylinders. Access from the left, only two bolts to undo and it'll slide out once you've given it a thump from the rhs to loosen it.