BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                        2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
                                 Amendment No. 1

                                  EXHIBIT 23.2

               STATEMENT REGARDING CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
provides that if any part of a registration statement at the time such part
becomes effective contains an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, any person acquiring a security pursuant to
such registration statement (unless it is proved that at the time of such
acquisition such person knew of such untruth or omission) may sue, among others,
every accountant who has consented to be named as having prepared or certified
any part of the registration statement, or as having prepared or certified any
report or valuation which is used in connection with the registration statement,
with respect to the statement in such registration statement, report or
valuation which purports to have been prepared or certified by the accountant.

Briggs & Stratton Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
June 30, 2002, as amended by this Amendment No. 1 (the "Annual Report") is
incorporated by reference into Briggs & Stratton Corporation's filings in
Registration Statement Nos. 33-39113, 33-54357 and 333-42842 on Form S-8 and
Registration Statement No. 333-64490 on Form S-3 (collectively, the
"Registration Statements") and, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, is deemed to be a new registration statement for each
Registration Statement into which it is incorporated by reference.

On May 20, 2002, Briggs & Stratton dismissed Arthur Andersen LLP as its
independent auditor and appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP to replace Arthur
Andersen. Briggs & Stratton's understanding is that the staff of the Securities
and Exchange Commission has taken the position that it will not accept consents
from Arthur Andersen if the engagement partner and the manager for the Briggs &
Stratton audit are no longer with Arthur Andersen. Both the engagement partner
and the manager for the Briggs & Stratton audit are no longer with Arthur
Andersen. As a result, Briggs & Stratton has been unable to obtain Arthur
Andersen's written consent to the incorporation by reference into the
Registration Statements of its audit report with respect to Briggs & Stratton's
financial statement as of July 1, 2001 and July 2, 2000, and the subsequent
interim period through May 20, 2002 (date of dismissal) and for the years then
ended. Under these circumstances, Rule 437a under the Securities Act permits
Briggs & Stratton to file its Annual Report without a written consent from
Arthur Andersen. As a result, however, Arthur Andersen will not have any
liability under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of
a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen
or any omissions of a material fact required to be stated therein. Accordingly,
you would be unable to assert a claim against Arthur Andersen under Section
11(a) of the Securities Act for any purchases of securities under the
Registration Statements made on or after the date of this Annual Report. To the
extent provided in Section 11(b)(3)(C) of the Securities Act,





however, other persons who are liable under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act,
including the Company's officers and directors, may still rely on Arthur
Andersen's original audit reports as being made by an expert for purposes of
establishing a due diligence defense under Section 11(b) of the Securities Act.