MadeYouLook
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posted July 29, 2024 09:22 PM
My frame broke the other day. 2007 zx14
I had just driven my 2007 zx14 20 miles in the pouring down rain. I turned onto my street and went over some potholes and thr hit a dip in the road and my frame broke allowing the rear suspention to cave and the wheel to ram up into my seat so hard it broke my rear fairings, tail light, tag plate, rear tire and rear seat cover mounts. Insurance campany said they have to come see it in person to verify that it's the frame because it seems odd to them that th frame would just break like that. Then today I found that kawasaki did a recall on the 06 through 07 zx14 just for that. Im anxious to see what my insurance is going to do.
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fish_antlers
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posted August 05, 2024 06:55 PM
That's interesting. Did you check to see if the frame recall had been performed? Check the vin.
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MadeYouLook
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posted August 05, 2024 08:57 PM
They told me on thephone the previous ownerhad it inspected but it still broke.
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posted August 08, 2024 07:54 AM
 Edited By: MadeYouLook on 8 Aug 2024 15:59
Kawasaki told me to take it to a dealership near me for inspection. No dealershio near me wants to work on it and refuses for many of their own reasons and have said "good luck" finding a dealership that wants to do it and that kawasaki shouldnt expect me to feel "safe" on a bike that a dealership (not the manufactorer) has had to completely strip down and put all back together on a new frame outside of the manufactor facility without their technology and experience. I mean do I really want people who don't want to work on it in the first place taking that much apart and putting it back together afain? Lastly. What the heck should my next step be if I can't even get it inspected? This IS my daily driver. My son has his car. My wife has hers. I don't even have any.means of my own transportation now for the first time in 34 years. I'm 50. This really really sucks and it wouldn't be if the frame had not broke. I was on my own residential road. I wasn't stunting, racing or doing anything that would in any way contribute. In fact. the road was still wet. If it had been dry when that rear suspencion dropped out of the bottom of the bike I would have crashed harder and it would have been catastrophic. I was told they would probably send a 2008 frame to a dealer with my VIN on it but how if no one will even inspect it for fear they might have to take on a project they don't feel us the safest option for me and want the liability issues I guess that cons with doing the work? Calling Kawasaki back today. All the dealerships are telling me awasaki needs to replace my bike with a 2008 or newer entire bike that was put together once by the actual manufactor. I am even dealing with my back soreness and mot trying to get doctors involved in hopes it will just go away because I don't want to complicate this situation or seem like I am trying to take advantage. It is a recall. I want the safest most reliable fix from people who are not feeling forced to work on my bike if they don't want to. Not asking for a brand new bike but newer and non-mol3sted bike in as good condition as mine was, has the low miles mine has. 21k miles is not bad at all for a 2007. Am I being unreasonable? Insurance company came and took one look at it and said "NOPE...we aren't covering that. That is clearly a Kawasaki fault and there is a recall. That frame should NOT have broke like that and Kawasaki needs to fix your life back." I'm not saying they won't. They have been very nice so far but now dealerships not wanting to do it really has me rethinking everything.
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fish_antlers
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posted August 13, 2024 03:32 PM
The recalled units should have had a stamp in the vin plate on the frame - Kawi should also have details of the recall being completed or not - not if the frame was inspected, but if the recall had been completed.
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MadeYouLook
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posted August 14, 2024 07:11 AM
I filled out the form Kawasaki sent to me via email and sent it back a few days ago. Waiting to hear back from them. I will post a followuo as we get into the process or I hear back from them.
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fish_antlers
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posted August 20, 2024 10:51 AM
Keep up the pressure. Was the recall completed on your bike or was it just an inspection? What do.the records show?
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posted August 20, 2024 10:52 AM
https://www.bikeland.org/board/viewthread.php?FID=27&TID=39449
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MadeYouLook
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posted August 20, 2024 05:13 PM
I don't have a record but the lady at kawasaki looked it up by VIN and said it had been serviced under the recall by the previous iwner. I will have to figure out how to find the actual seevice order somehow I gurss.
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posted August 20, 2024 08:00 PM
Ton of info in the link I posted
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