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flyn62

my 450 countershaft bearing and seal went out on the inside of my cases and let most oil out and my 250f frame broke on the bottom and took a hole out of my cases ( about the size of a softball) and it ran out of oil and blew up. has ANYONE ever seen an 08 kx 250f frame break with 11 hours on it? probably not. im pissed...

Twister773

typical kawi...honestly worst big bike ever lol...honda all the way...BUT if it makes you fell better my buddy has blown up his 08 kawi 450 4 times now...once it siezed, once the rod snapped and went through side of cases and pretty much grenaded whole thing, and one time a bearing failed and it siezed....i guess thats 3 and the 08 250f is about to go with 10 hours...he went from Honda to kawi and REGRETS it majorly. Sorry to hear your bad luck...

flyn62

i love the bikes, the 450 was our fault as i lost the chain the week before and snapped the hub and front sprocket and our mechanic told us we probably bent it and we did. but the 250f there is no excuse, kawi will pay for this.

weird thing is i won on the 450 earlier in the day and it ran great then the 1st lap of the next one it just went and i pulled off

50-50

I am the first to admit that I absolutely HATE Kawasakis. But let's be honest here for a second. All of the big 4 make great reliable bikes for the most part. The frame should have never snapped and Kawasaki should replace it under warranty. They should be thankful that you weren't severely injured. Hopefully you weren't racing it at the time because then it probably isn't covered. Whatever you do, don't tell them you raced it if you did!

mini_thump

Doubtful, its a dirt bike... No warranty

rider34

I think they will. I had a 06 yz250f, Blew up 2 motors due to there design of there valves. I got a brand new 07 out of it from yamaha.

You should talk to Kawasaki let them know about the bike. Maybe they'll do somthing about it. Its worth a shot!

rider34

Agreed....dont tell them!

and it would help if you say you crashed due to the frame.

flyn62

you get little perks being a team green assist rider

they did help out on a broken crank for a 07 kx 450 with 45 hours on it

mini_thump

Good luck then. When I worked at a Kwak/Suzuki shop we'd just give them a number to the big Kawasaki guys and let them try and work something out with them.

We rarely saw those bikes come back.

50rider340

Post some pics

JJW Designs

I honestly believe Honda no longer makes a durable motocross bike, compared to all the other companies out there. JMO.

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Twister773

*cough* big kids on 150r's dont count *cough*

JJW Designs

250's and 450's.

I have like 1 hour on my 150... don't even know what it's like yet.

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flyn62

really? our shop takes the bike and calls kawi for us and talks to them and gets it all paid for from them.

randee832

I have owned a kawi 250f and still own a kawi 450. The kawi 250fs are ticking time bombs honestly. But the 450s are pretty nice bikes.

flyn62

my 250f's last year were so great. not one problem all last year and not this year until now

kman153

yeah i work in a kawi yamai dealership shop and trying to do warranty work on kawis isnt that great..i mean they dont like doing warranty jobs ive seen new 07 zx10s with fearing cracks and get denied but a cruiser with 45000 miles on it gets a top end and oil pump under warranty...wierd??? yamaha is pretty good about there warranty work

flyn62

yamaha is VERY good on warranty work

crowbar

from what I understand they dont protect their dealers very well though. that sucks about the bikes man, hope everrything works out. It seems like the bikes are getting so close to one another in specs its like "pick the color you like and ride"

Js789

i got just got a 08 suzuki 250f blew up the sixth time I rode it I had kawis before that still have a stock one left and know I going back to kawis the suzuki was a 5,000.00 mistake