The bolts came loose that mount the starter clutch to the rotor and buggered up the threads in the holes and broke the bolts in half. Other than the 3 bolts and holes, the rotor, magnets, and clutch parts look fine. Bike Bandit has one for $246 and cheapcycleparts.com has it for $237 but that's pretty steep for me right now.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I had the bolts back out on my starter clutch and when I pulled the rotor the thing fell too quick to catch and I buggered a magnet.

Long story short, I found a thread that had possible alternative rotors  that would work across engines. I settled on a 1980 GS250. The stator had the same number of winds and same gauge wiring, so keep your stator. The only difference is the magneto has 3 magnets instead of 6. I still haven't measured the output while it's running, but it's as good as before.

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=59202.0

Thanks for the info Dizzledan. My only concern is whether the older model rotors are compatible with the 05's. Seems like i read somewhere that suzuki changed something about the charging system in the 04 and up models but maybe the rotor itself is still the same and only the stator changed. I just don't know.

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I can help me out on this matter since i seem to be too ignant about it.

thanks

Ignition module changed, but charging system did not. 3 magnets will work.  In fact, I think I read that dgyver put that in my bike...  Not positive though: and won't be until I take the whole thing apart to fix a leak between the case halves.  Grrrrr