Good to hear it is fixed.

Should the starter motor ever fail don't hesitate to replace it with a four pole motor. It is a huge improvement.

Regards
Kevin

Hi, from my view it should fit. It has the "long" shaft, and if you refer to the Manufacturers partnumber listed it includes "5A8" - which is the manufacturer code for XV1000 TR1.
But - before you buy a new starter Motor please consider the following: you mention that the bike just klicks, in the area shown on first pic on top of this discussion. Question: does the lever shown on the pic  move? about 10mm or more? This indicates that the solenoid works mechanically to engage the starter gears inside. If it just clicks but does not move, I would suggest the solenoid does not work properly, maybe because of missing ground connection. Other funtion of solenoid is to bridge the two thick wires coming from battery and going to the starter, to give battery power to the starter. Next question: while trying to start, is there any noise indicating that the starter spins without turning the engine or just the click? If there is no "spinning" noise two Options are possible: starter does not work and should be replaced or fixed, or solenoid does not bridge the two thick wires. This can be tested by bridging the two wires, or giving direct battery power to the starter Motor. If the starter Motor spins - it's the solenoid which should be replaced. If the starter Motor does not spin, it's the starter Motor.

regards
Jürgen

Thanks Jurgen , hornschorsch- I will check again this afternoon but from what I remember Solenoid clicked and the lever moved but the starter motor did not spin like hornschorsch says, so it looks like solenoid is broken. Are new solenoids available?  

Still I have problems starting my TR1. This time I used a second solenoid and this acts in the same way as the first solenoid.

Here is a youtube movie https://youtu.be/Va-t9EK8gv8

Still only clicking and move around 10mm but the starter does not spin or even make a sound. This was a used solenoid so it is possible thst it is faulty too. I am also using a second starter motor trying to solve the problem.

so now maybe the solenoid is wired incorrectly (but I do not think so) so I have added a photo. does the solenoid earth, that goes to the starter go on the top or bottom pole in the photo?

Gears inside the casing do not look worn and the starter bendix works correctly

Thank you for your reply Jurgen. I did briefly try bridging the solenoid but just had lots of sparks and not starter turning. I will try again. I thought that the solenoid also should trigger the starter when clicking. This situation happened even with another starter although both starters are old.

Rick