[dsn_klr650] broken frame bolt

[Weaver, Mark]

> Sorry about the massive untrim job to wade through. I accidently > sent the wrong file. Anyone have more pictures of KLR police bikes? > Being an East/Coaster, I have seen only H.D. and BMW around. The Pa. > forestry service uses ATV's for enforcement purposes. > thousand pardons from motoland, Gary > "Keystone Zen Riders" > Pa./KLR/posse >

the sonoma county sheriff has dr350's or 650's, i forget which. i think they only use them for busting backwoods meth labs in the coastal mountains near the russian river. mw

[steve pye]

Attachments : Hello Rich, I had the exact same malfunction on my A7 but because I purchased it in damaged condition I had assumed the bolt broke as a result of frame stress during the accident. I discovered the broken bolt after my first weekend of hard riding on rough woods access roads. After reading your post and the responces of other listers I suspect the broken bolt had more to do with vibration in the sub frame assembly than anything else. Re-torqued all four bolts and used Lock-Tite, no problems since then. Looks like it could be worth checking now and then if off roading with these bikes. Steve Pye A7

[b]-----Original Message-----[/b] [b]From: [/b]Rich W macdracer@prodigy.net> [b]To: [/b]DSN_klr650@egroups.com DSN_klr650@egroups.com> [b]Date: [/b]Thursday, April 20, 2000 12:06 AM [b]Subject: [/b][DSN_klr650] Broken Frame Bolt Greetings fellow listers.     I had a strange occurence this weekend after about 150 miles of road riding.  One of the bolts to the rear section of the frame just under the seat was broken off.  I looked on the top of the air filter box, just under the right side of the seat and there set a bolt.  About 3/4 of it anyway.  The rest is still in the frame. just wondering if anyone has had one of these break on the KLR.    Rich   A12 "Beast"  (Now parked until I can get an easy out tool and some new bolts from the Kawasaki dealer) [img]cid:008001bfabec$55b7be80$287fa7d1@pentium[/img] Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@softhome.net Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com