BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

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

                                  EXHIBIT 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002




         In connection with the Annual Report of Briggs & Stratton Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1 for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, James E. Brenn, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to ss.906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



     /s/ James E. Brenn
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James E. Brenn
Chief Financial Officer
November 15, 2002



         This certification accompanies this Report pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed filed by the Company for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.