2002 KAWASAKI KLR650 Problems & Recalls

I HAVE A 2002 KAWASAKI KLR 650 WITH 6053 MILES I AM TRYING TO SELL IT BUT NO ONE WANTS IT WITH OUT THE BALANCER UPGRADE AKA DOOHICKEY. I DID MINE TODAY AND FOUND THE SPRING BROKEN. THE TAIL END WAS MISSING. I KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS BAD PART INC. THE BALANCER ITSELF. I DON...

I HAVE A 2002 KAWASAKI KLR 650 WITH 6053 MILES I AM TRYING TO SELL IT BUT NO ONE WANTS IT WITH OUT THE BALANCER UPGRADE AKA DOOHICKEY. I DID MINE TODAY AND FOUND THE SPRING BROKEN. THE TAIL END WAS MISSING. I KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS BAD PART INC. THE BALANCER ITSELF. I DON...

I OWN A 2002 KAWASAKI KLR650 WITH APPROXIMATELY 9500 MILES ON IT. I WAS RIDING AT LOW SPEED ON THE DATE BELOW WHEN I HEARD A LOUD METAL CLANG IN THE ENGINE AND THE MOTORCYCLE CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. LUCKILY, I WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT 30 MPH AND I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC. THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT W...

Mileage: 9,000

KAWASAKI KLR650'S HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AN ENGINE BALANCER LEVER BREAKING. I HAVE A 2002 KLR AND FOUND MY LEVER TO BE BROKEN IN THREE PLACES. ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT CAUSE A CRASH IN THIS CASE, THE BROKEN PIECES COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT (AND HAVE IN THE PAST). YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT THIS PIECE TO...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE COUNTER BALANCE PART ON MOTORCYCLE FAILED. THE CONTACT PURCHASED AN AFTER MARKET PART AND REPLACED THE FAILED ONE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER. *AK

BALANCER TENSIONER SPRING FAILED. I HAD READ REPORTS ON THE INTERNET DESCTIBING THE BALANCER TENSIONER SYSTEM AS BEING PRONE TO FAILURE. I FOUND THAT THE TENSIONER SPRING HAD BROKEN WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE ENGINE CASE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS 6706 MILES ON IT. I AM REPLACING THE SPRING AND TENSION A...

Mileage: 3,000

SUBJECT: 2002 KAWASAKI KLR650. NOVEMBER 2003, 16,500+ MILES: DAVIS SERVICE CENTER, MONTROSE, COLORADO, WAS ASKED TO REPLACE THE STOCK COUNTERBALANCER CHAIN TENSIONER LEVER WITH A STAINLESS STEEL UPGRADE FROM EAGLE MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING. THIS WAS TO BE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SINCE I'VE HEARD FR...

Mileage: 16,500

BALANCER IDLE CHAIN ADJUSTER FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

MOTORCYCLE IS UNDER 5000 MILES AND ALREADY HAS CHANGED FRONT AND REAR TIRES. DUNLOP TIRE, MODEL 750, SIZE 130/80-1765S, AND PROBLEM STILLRECURRING, TIRE GOT FLAT.*AK

NAR 03/05/2003 AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE TRIPS TO THE REPAIRS SHOP WITHIN 30 DAYS FOR ENGINE OIL LEAK THE CONSUMER NO LONGER WANTS THE VEHICLE. *CB

Mileage: 300

THE BALANCER IDLER SHAFT TENSIONING SPRONG WAS DISCOVERED TO BE BROKEN WHEN PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WAS CARRIED OUT ON MY 2002 KAWASAKI KLR 650 MOTORCYCLE AT 2867 MILES. POTENTIALLY, THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SIEZE WHILST IN OPERATION.

Mileage: 2,867

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING SIDEVIEW MIRRORS WILL RESET THEMSELVES DUE TO HEAVY VIBRATION IN MOTORCYCLE. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SEE THROUGH SIDE MIRRORS. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK