I'd hate to hear that you are going to miss your trip. I've got a KLX400R project bike that's not going anywhere for a while, if your replacement starter is not going to get to you in time, I can overnight mine or send it up with Jake. Just send me the replacement when it gets here. Let me know if you want it.
John
That is very generous and I probably will take you up on it. I am going to tear it apart tonight and make sure it isn't something else but I'm pretty confident it is the starter. If it is I'll let you know and maybe you can send the starter up tomorrow, I'll paypal you the postage or whatever you want.
Do you need anything for your project? I have a ton of extra DRZ parts, just no engine.