2009 Kawasaki KX450F
2009 Kawasaki KX250F
2002 Suzuki GSXR 600
Sprocket bolts look tight
2011 Yamaha YZ 250 -MX
1996 Yamaha Banshee 350 -Trails
1982 Chevy S10
2005 Pontiac GTO -451rwhp
I've seen and messed with some pretty bad linkage bearings in the past , but can't remember ever seeing a swingarm break like that.
" And there goes Jeffro. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
Maybe the rear shock didn't compress on landing?
This a first for me as well.
if you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
Well ,his brother Matt posts on here quite a bit. Wonder if he'll chime in. I'm almost thinking a shock failure of some type with a hard impact.
" And there goes Jeffro. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
There were a few cracked swingbarms on Suzuki 2 strokes back in the day, so maybe they didn't notice the crack building underneath the powder coat?
That right thur is a 2-stroke, ladies and gents. It must have come on the pipe so hard it snapped the goldarn swingarm!
Braaapin' aint easy.
"I rebuilt my own shock. Filled 'er to the top with 90wgt to take the big hits. Now this....I don't get it?"
chuckie108 wrote:Too much heat when they powder coated it?
Yup.
Check out what 350°f does to aluminum heat treat.
KC
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I came on here to post this, beat me to it, what happens when you go too big.
I wonder what sound it made.
massive jumps on old bike?
as a side note, what is the fascination with pouring money into rebuilding old beaters when KTM, Husky, and other Euro brands offer modern two strokes? people just love to tinker I guess
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As a guy who is currently building a KX 125, I think it is just the fun and pride of the build. Anyone can buy a bike, only a few have the patience and skill to build one.
Plus it is still half the price to buy and rebuild one from the ground up.
Tomac and/or Anderson for 2020.....
Well , I own both. Nothing wrong with finding an older bike with low hours. And I can also say first hand , that these newer bikes aint got much on my 06' RM 250. I love my new Husky , but gawd dang I love the hell out of my old RM....she's a blast to ride.
" And there goes Jeffro. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
You missed the sarcasm. According to some people only KTM's suck and snap in half. That couldn't be further from the truth.
No idea what happened but that won't buff out.
"Sorry Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower."