the grips. info in the link, just though this would be a great post. now i have a reason to drop the bike off and tell them to do the fork seal too (under warrenty hopefully?)
http://www.arfc.org/motorcycles/KAWA...F/recalls.aspx

 

There is a far far more serious problem that affects the 09 model.
It doesn't affect all of them but I would want it fixed.
And under warranty









That's right, some of them are RED
(j/k)

 

Funny thing when I found a throttle closing issue on my wifes 09, upon disassebly I found that both sides of the bars had been coated w/ grip glue!

monday bike or friday bike?

 

already had mine done!!!!

 

weird they only say 09's.. When I got my 07 - the non-throttle side grip would rotate freely as if it were bigger than the bar itself.

I got a new Renthal bar and grips, so it doesn't matter to me - but still, pretty sure that affected all years.

 

Is there a specific VIN# range?

 

2009 KAWASAKI KLX250T9F - (1,393 vehicles affected) - Campaign #08V228000

SUMMARY:
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DESCRIPTION:
KAWASAKI IS RECALLING 1,393 MY 2009 KLX250T9F AND KLX250T9FL MOTORCYCLES. THE THROTTLE GRIP AND THE HANDLEBAR GRIP MAY COME LOOSE AND SEPARATE FROM THE HANDLEBAR AND THROTTLE TUBE.
CONSEQUENCE:
THIS CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR A CRASH RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH.
CORRECTIVE ACTION:
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE GRIPS AS REQUIRED. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 27, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KAWASAKI AT 1-866-802-9381.
NOTES:
CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

 

I'm still not sure what the VIN# range is, but to find out if your bike had the grips replaced checked the VIN on the ride side of the head tube there should be a small punch at the end. Of course your dealer may have replaced the grip and not punched. I'm hoping mine is not punched because my grip is damaged from my first get-off!

I just checked and mine does not have the punch. I know that the guy who owned it before me had a pair of Specialized grips (which I thought was a bicycle only company). The dealer put the stock grips on before turning it over to me, so who knows. All I know is I got no punch and a damaged grip I want replaced for free.

OK edit once again. The VIN range is JKALXMT129DA00040 through JKALXMT189DA02820 T9F models
and JKALXMT179DA01332 through JKALXMT109DA02791 for CA models.

This info is at http://nhthqnwws112.odi.nhtsa.dot.go...8V228-1053.pdf

 

This whole thing is just silly... Grips are a $10 wear item that should be replaced within the first 6 months anyway... My grips come loose all the time, and I never crashed or died any of those times... lol.

 

I'm with stupid ^