lietoome
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posted May 08, 2007 12:19 PM
Need pics/advice on drainplug
Loaded the bike on the trailer this morning and crushed the drainplug. Now I'm having it shaved, welded up and relocated. Any advice on this would be great. Did you guys move yours to the front, rear, left/right??? Pics?
I was headed to have the swingarm installed and now this...F**K!
FWIW, if you are running lower than stock, its just a matter uf time til you rip the fuggin' thing off.....be pro-active by choice, not re-active like my dumb ass.
  
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kawasaki_rick
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posted May 08, 2007 12:28 PM
Welded mine up, relocated on the side, (the shifter side). Sorry no pics. Its easy 2 do though.
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Tool man
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posted May 08, 2007 01:09 PM
Yea... Kawi kind of dropped the ball with that one, locate it on the shifter side & kickstand side as well, was the place to put that oil drain plug. Tuck it up out of the way, KMC
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stevewfl
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posted May 08, 2007 02:07 PM
I was surprised Kawasaki neglected to improve their design for '07.
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serius blk
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posted May 08, 2007 03:07 PM
Dont feel like a dumb as dude. I and many others have done the same thing. Hell i just about burnt mine up. Did i feel like a dumb ass. YES. Makes you think, kaw built the bike for the strip but put the plug on the bottom. Dont understand that one.
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lietoome
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posted May 08, 2007 04:19 PM
glad it happended on the trailer and not somewhere else. As far as feeling like a dumbass...well i was in a hurry when it happened, so I AM a dumbass.
Good part about it, I was already planning on the downtime  and I'm getting it fixed right.
thanks, it will be mended and moved to the left side. You guys that moved the, did you just grind the lip off of the nut guard?
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bigdtd
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posted May 08, 2007 06:33 PM
grind the lip off of the nut guard
ouch!!!
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stevewfl
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posted May 08, 2007 06:49 PM
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grind the lip off of the nut guard
ouch!!!
+1
that sounds PAINFUL
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Halvefast
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posted May 09, 2007 10:16 AM
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lietoome
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posted May 09, 2007 04:05 PM
I was painful, brought a tear to my eye....now we'll see if the $ is gonna make me cry.
Thanks for the pics rich, I'll print them up so I can show him.
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smokinzx14
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posted May 09, 2007 07:59 PM
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I was painful, brought a tear to my eye....now we'll see if the $ is gonna make me cry.
Thanks for the pics rich, I'll print them up so I can show him.
Don't feel bad , i have ground half mine off from hard landings at the drag strip ....I have not broke the pan yet ...lucky me ....Tonight i had sparks flying off the drain plug bolt .......
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lietoome
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posted May 10, 2007 06:13 AM
Lee, why don't you relocate it? Down time?
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smokinzx14
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posted May 10, 2007 07:30 AM
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Lee, why don't you relocate it? Down time?
Down time kills me.. But going down from an oil slick would be worse ...I'll have to put that on my long list of things to do SOON..... 
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