2005 Kawasaki Ninja problems

Filed Aug 17, 2014 · Body · 12,000 miles · MN

I was cleaning my bike and noticed cracking coming up the side of the frame. Then I looked it up on line and found other 2004 and 2005 kawasaki's that had the same issue. After attempting to look under the plastic of the bike to see the extend of the crack, I was shocked to see that the whole weld was cracking on both sides of the frame. I contacted kawasaki via phone and was instructed to take my bike to a kawasaki dealer and they would tell me what could be done. I took the bike to our local dealership, explained what happened, they examined the bike, took pictures and called kawasaki head quarters. I was told to leave the office of the dealership when they were talking to headquarters. This made me quite uncomfortable because it made me feel like they probably know this is happening and were being dishonest with me. After a fairly short conversation, I was told by the dealer that kawasaki would send a new frame to a kawasaki dealer at no cost, but that I would need to pay all of the labor and additional parts costs. I was given an approximate estimate of $1500.00. After seeing several other posts regarding this same problem and the fact that kawasaki readily was willing to send the frame, I feel they are very aware of this defect in these motorcycles and are knowingly putting lives in harms way. I feel a recall would be the right thing for kawasaki to do. I do not want to see myself or anyone else get hurt orkilled due to these defect.