Should that say 'aren't' ?? There was a vid of a Kawi KX out there somewhere with a similar issue, except it broke the steering head right off the frame...ouch!
I believe so. I've seen a few of those videos from other brands. Before I change the title, has there been some similar breakage in a Husqvarna? I've not seen any... Yes I am aware of other occasional things like muffler tabs being weak, but not what is shown in the video.
KTM had a little test ride at Mill Creek MX a year or 2 ago. Frame broke at steering head, rider hurt. *%it happens.
It sure does... I will forget about this thread if I don't do something... Original title: "Irrefutible proof that Huskies are the ONLY bikes that have frame issues !" Lets try this title (again I've not seen any major frame issues at all on a Husqvarna) "Check out this bike with frame issues!"
I was being intentionally sarcastic with the title. I thought there was a post here on CH about the CR 150 frame break that has everyone in an uproar, I can't find the post here, but here's the thread in TT http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=986902
some frame issues i've had: '03 cr250r: cracked at head '04 cr250r: cracked at head, cracked spars '00 klx300: never stopped cracking and breaking all over the place '89 kx125: shock mount, snapped off '88 or '87 rm125: lower cradle snapped at weld list goes on... stuff breaks....inspect your frames and hard points on a regular basis. like every time you go to use it. the neck ya save may be yer own.
a quick addition, torque all your hardware to factory (SAE or other) specs. At a glance he has the other crack on LH lower, who knows what "they" did to the triple prior to catastrophic failure (over or under torque).
Thats about the 6th KTM clamp I have seen snap there. They just had a recall on bar mounts snapping as well. Lightness is not free. That said all bikes have issues.
99% of clamp failures ive seen are caused by gorilla-wrench. i have a man locally that welds them, yes, welds them. seen a lot of clamps saved that way!
Here's one about a TC450 with a cracked frame. It happens. http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/cracked-09-tc450-frame.18412/
Don't think I could ride with confidence if the triples were welded. I know the weld is usually stronger that the material being welded, but still it would be in the back of my mind.
