BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION

                           FORM 8-K Dated May 20, 2002

                                 Exhibit No. 16



Office of the Chief Accountant
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549



May 23, 2002



Dear Sir/Madam:

We have read the first five paragraphs of Item 4 included in the Form 8-K dated
May 20, 2002, of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (the Company) to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and are in agreement with the statements
contained therein, with the exception of the reference to the approval by the
Company's Board of Directors and its Audit Committee's recommendation to appoint
Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent auditors, of which we have no
knowledge.


Very truly yours,

ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


By: /s/ Thomas J. Enders
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        Thomas J. Enders



Copy to:  Jim Brenn - Briggs & Stratton Corporation


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