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Is it ok to ride without the front motor mounts?
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I bought a KZ400 a little while ago that I didn't recognize was missing it's front motor mount brackets. Hopped on the eBay and bought a pair with bolts. The ones I got are the right brackets, but my motor is already about a half inch too far forward and a quarter inch too high, so I cannot get all 3 bolts to line up to install the brackets. It doesn't look like I can loosen the top motor mount to readjust everything (looks like it's a single position set-up like the front motor brackets).
I know it was popular on some bikes to loosen these mounts to prevent cracking the case or something like that, but is it okay to ride without the brackets there all together?
I'd like to know because I am literally just buying a chain breaker away from returning to daily riding and my old daily (my Yamaha) just keepings taking a giant dump on me every single time I try fixing something so as soon as I can get a chance for decent money, she's gone - this means I am going to start using my KZ as my daily now.
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swest wrote: A manual should tell you the sequence of installing the bolts.
Steve
Absolutely agree that you want to do it by the book.
However if you are mounting *anything* that has more than one bolt hole and the other bolt holes don't exactly line up you have to pause for a second. Add to that the assembly you are bolting on weighs ~150 pounds, itself produces ~30-40 hp and can take you to 80+ mph. Pretty sure I want all the bolts installed and torqued to spec
Prolly an engine swap I'm guessing, should be easy to determine by the engine serial number then if possible fab up some new mounts.
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Bowman wrote: Prolly an engine swap I'm guessing, should be easy to determine by the engine serial number then if possible fab up some new mounts.
Numbers on block/casing my KZ's VIN, so I doubt it's an engine swap....
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