Gixxer K7 totalled (frame snapped in 1/2)

**CM2005** · 22nd March 2007, 09:42

i'll give him fifty bucks for it! and put the motor in a dirt bike!

**Jimmy B** · 22nd March 2007, 09:52

Stupid question but did this guy even have a license?

**ManDownUnder** · 22nd March 2007, 10:04

Correct me if I'm wrong on this one - but I thought the weld IS plenty strong (due to the total cross section of the weld metal involved - taken from the bottom of the penetration to the top of the built up material) and it's the heat affected zone either side that you need to be careful of.

If that's the case - the weld could be expected to let go along one (or other) side of the weld, not down the middle like that. I'm willing to bet that was poor penetration in the weld.

Combine that with a tearing force likely applied... and the weld would have been ripped open - like opening a zipper, from the top down, or possible a simple sheer although I'd be surprise if the whole thing sheered off like that.

Either way... hitting the wall is what did it... maybe if he's avoided it things would have been a little better?

Are there are close up pics of the weld itself?

**Freakshow** · 22nd March 2007, 11:10

Maybe it is a new design feature that all the welds are saraficial and fall apart to absorb crash impacts as it is becoming so frequent.

**The_Dover** · 22nd March 2007, 11:14

fuck man, that must mean that these k7's are even more fragile than the k6's that just fell apart as you ride down the street.

what a heap of shit.. he should have bought a honda.

**bugjuice** · 22nd March 2007, 11:29

this was the complaint of the K5/6s if I remember right.

And what upset peeps seem to forget, is that the bike is designed to handle and be strong in cornering and accelerating etc.. not crashing..
don't wanna break it? don't crash. Learn how to fukin ride properly for one!!

no digs, dover, btw..

**The_Dover** · 22nd March 2007, 11:31

Originally Posted by bugjuice

this was the complaint of the K5/6s if I remember right.

And what upset peeps seem to forget, is that the bike is designed to handle and be strong in cornering and accelerating etc.. not crashing..
don't wanna break it? don't crash. Learn how to fukin ride properly for one!!

no digs, dover, btw..

none of my frames snapped.

every other fucking part did though.

**bugjuice** · 22nd March 2007, 11:41

lol.. then you could have buddied up with someone who did, and have at least a half decent bike then..

**The Stranger:Me** · 22nd March 2007, 11:45

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

Correct me if I'm wrong on this one - but I thought the weld IS plenty strong (due to the total cross section of the weld metal involved - taken from the bottom of the penetration to the top of the built up material) and it's the heat affected zone either side that you need to be careful of.

If that's the case - the weld could be expected to let go along one (or other) side of the weld, not down the middle like that. I'm willing to bet that was poor penetration in the weld.

Combine that with a tearing force likely applied... and the weld would have been ripped open - like opening a zipper, from the top down, or possible a simple sheer although I'd be surprise if the whole thing sheered off like that.

Either way... hitting the wall is what did it... maybe if he's avoided it things would have been a little better?

Are there are close up pics of the weld itself?

Would be real interested to hear from someone with experience in this area. I know from my daze of arc welding steel and destructive testing I have never seen a weld break like that. But obviously different materials and processes.