[dsn_klr650] broken frame bolt
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2000 10:25 pm
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)
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