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                 BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                         1999 Annual Report of Form 10-K

                              EXHIBIT NO. 10.14(b)



               AMENDMENT TO DIRECTOR'S LEVERAGED STOCK OPTION PLAN

                         Adopted Effective July 1, 1999

     NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following amendments are hereby
adopted effective for LSOs granted for Fiscal 2000 Company performance:

     (a)  Section 1.0 Objectives is amended by deleting the second to last
          Sentence and replacing it with the following:
               "These LSOs become exercisable after they have been held for
               three years, and they expire at the end of seven years."

     (b)  Section 6.0 Term is replaced in its entirety with the following:
               "All LSOs shall be exercisable beginning on the third anniversary
               of the date of grant, and shall terminate on the seventh
               anniversary of the date of grant, unless sooner exercised or the
               Board determines other dates of grant."