[dsn_klr650] broken frame bolt
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2000 10:51 pm
I agree, I love the adventure touring ability best about this bike, however
I was riding the past weekend with my brother and friends. They were on
4-wheelers and going much faster than I offroad. I really thought I was in
over my head, but wanted to ride with them anyway.
I guess jumping the KLR over 4 feet is not a good thing either? (Just
kidding!)
Thanks for the advise.
Rich (ordering some loctite for the remainder of the bolts)
----- Original Message ----- From: SWAMPY! To: ; 'KLR List' DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Broken Frame Bolt > Those bolts will vibrate out (not dealers fault) and they will shear if the > KLR is ridden aggressive;y off road. They're not manufactured to take the > off road pounding. Go to the DSN webpage and read the article on the > Chattahoochee Forest DSR from two years ago, my stepson tried to keep up > with those of us on more dirt oriented machines, and the KLR broke. It's not > the bikes fault, it wasn't made to be ridden like a KTM or Honda XRL. It's > an Adventure Touring Bike, and a damn fine one at that! Won't find a better > all-around do everything bike, but ya gotta keep that in mind! > > Swampy > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Scott > To: 'KLR List' DSN_klr650@egroups.com> > Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 11:25 PM > Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] Broken Frame Bolt > > > >I lost one. Didn't even notice it was missing for days. Mine did not > >break, it just vibrated out. The new one is in there real tight. I guess > >I would have to blame the dealer or Kawi for not making it tight enough. > > > >Russel'r > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Rich W > >Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:05 PM > >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > >Subject: [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. The section of frame that I am referring to is the > >part that basically supports the rider and has no suspension or motor > >attached to it. > > > >After riding I was sitting on the ground looking over the bike (with Beer > >in hand at this point) just sort of checking things over. Sort of bonding > >time with the bike. 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. > > > >I'm just wondering if anyone has had one of these break on the KLR. This > >machine has only 8K miles on it and I have only put on 700 myself. I'm > >starting to wonder if this due to some extreme off roading last weekend and > >the bolt finished breaking this week or maybe the previous rider was hard > >on it. Either way, it was a little scary to see that something like this > >was broken so suddenly and so early in the bikes lifetime. > > > >Rich > > > >A12 "Beast" (Now parked until I can get an easy out tool and some new > >bolts from the Kawasaki dealer) > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Enjoy the award-winning journalism of The New York Times with > >convenient home delivery. And for a limited time, get 50% off for the > >first 8 weeks by subscribing. Pay by credit card and receive an > >additional 4 weeks at this low introductory rate. > >http://click.egroups.com/1/3102/3/_/911801/_/956201135/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Visit the KLR650 archives at > >http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > >Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > >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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enjoy the award-winning journalism of The New York Times with > convenient home delivery. And for a limited time, get 50% off for the > first 8 weeks by subscribing. Pay by credit card and receive an > additional 4 weeks at this low introductory rate. > http://click.egroups.com/1/3102/3/_/911801/_/956201959/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > 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 > >