minivan drivers

[Russell Scott]

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 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) >

[Krgrife@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/19/00 8:09:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, macdracer@... writes: << 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. >> Yes, I have had this happen as has one of my friends. These bolts should be replaced with a higher grade fastener and installed with some LocTite (blue). I think that what happens is that these bolts start to work loose and then break. If they are kept tight there's probably no problem. Kurt Grife

[Ralph E. Hanson]

Mark writes:

> I am also >wary of men driving mini vans because I figure there is a good chance the >guy is >still pissed off about losing the argument with his wife about buying the damn >thing and I don't want the frustration taken out on me. :

Hmmm... I had to buy a minivan last summer, but I leveraged the van into an excuse to the get the bike. Love that van, really I do. Ralph BTW, the Mac search engine is called Sherlock (or Sherlock II if you have Mac OS 9) and it is everything they say it is. I never use anything else. The Mac can drive you crazy in many ways, but it may well be the best tool to search the web with. Now back to work so maybe I can ride in the morning. Ralph Hanson 1999 KLR 650 rhanson@... http://www.wvu.edu/~journal2