engine shot ... crate motor
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:37 am
There is no such thing as a crate motor from KHI. If they have to build an
entire motor from pieces that is what will happen. You or the dealer cannot
buy a crate motor from KHI ... officially they don't exist. In a past life
as an MC mech., I had to do exactly that on a few occasions. Honda and
Yamaha would replace an entire motor in VERY special circumstances, KHI and
Suzuki would not. None of the Japanese big four have offered complete motors
for sale to the general public in the past ... don't think it has changed.
Regards,
Ed
> > Message: 16 > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:40:24 -0400 > From: Devon Jarvis > Subject: Re: Re: Engine shot > > Dooden wrote: > > > > And since the ext warr. covers such failures, the dealer makes flat > > rate for rebuilding and KHI pays for it. > > > > Good and bad, if they rebuild it good, you get a fresh motor, the > > dealer rakes some flat time money from KHI, if they rebuild it bad, > > they still get the money, you get a POS back, but at least if it fails > > again it might be covered down the road since the dealer rebuilt it. > > > > "having a hard time determining what went wrong" > > > Sounds more than a "slight" noise to me, but its possible something > > small went and it cascaded around and took out more stuff. > > > > Here's my speculation. The dealer has a friend with a blown > KLR motor, and a customer with the extended warranty and a > motor that needs a little work. > > I think someone's getting a used running motor cheap, and > someone's getting a crate motor from KHI. It's KHI getting > hosed in this instance, assuming Tyson gets his bike back in > good time, fixed properly. > > Devon