DURING A NEAR ACCIDENT, I ACCELERATED ON MY MOTORCYCLE IN A LOW GEAR, THERE WAS NO LOUD NOISE, BUT THE MOTORCYCLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VERY SUDDENLY. IT CONTINUED TO VIBRATE, AND THE SENSATION BECAME MORE DISTINCT DURING ACCELERATION AND BRAKING. I WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AT THAT TIME, AND HAD TO RIDE THE BIKE BACK HOME BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE BALANCE CAM TENSIONER SPRING HAD FAILED, AND METAL SHAVINGS COATED THE INSIDE OF THE MOTOR. HAD I CONTINUED TO RIDE IT, THE METAL SHAVINGS MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN THE OIL PUMP AND RUINED THE ENGINE, OR HAD THE CAM CHAIN SEIZED, THE MOTOR WOULD HAVE SEIZED AND AN ACCIDENT MAY HAVE RESULTED. AFTER RESEARCH, A NON-OEM PART WAS REPLACED DUE TO MANY REPORTS OF THE SAME PART FAILING. THE AFTERMARKET TENSIONER AND SPRING ARE FAR LARGER AND STRONGER THAN THE OEM PART. *TR
1992 Kawasaki KL650A6
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed May 18, 200815,500 milesCA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.