So My bolt is striped from the factory......

[Delearious02]

So I got my busa yesterday and it had the seat on it and I wanted to put the cowl on and guess what? I got the 3 bolts off and what do you know I get to the last one and my hex tool just spins I dont know why so I look closer and the bolt is rounded..... I wanted my damn busa hump! lol so I guess I will look into a tool to get the bolt out. sucks oh well *EDIT* forgot to say you can see where they drilled it in so far it dug into the paint on the handle. Frustrating for sure.... kind of a kill joy but still excited to have the bike finally

[Tybalt]

So I got my busa yesterday and it had the seat on it and I wanted to put the cowl on and guess what? I got the 3 bolts off and what do you know I get to the last one and my hex tool just spins I dont know why so I look closer and the bolt is rounded..... I wanted my damn busa hump! lol so I guess I will look into a tool to get the bolt out. sucks oh well *EDIT* forgot to say you can see where they drilled it in so far it dug into the paint on the handle. Frustrating for sure.... kind of a kill joy but still excited to have the bike finally

Yes i know what you are saying , when i went to remove the grab rail and passenger seat for the 08, those bolts were tight!!!!!!!!!! the friction hurt my hands when they finnaly came loose:head meets wall: I dont get why so tight?


anyway sorry to hear, congrats on getting your hayabusa:cheers:

[mcbean]

Yup they must have used loctite as they were tight all the way out on mine and the threads were covered in goo

[Delearious02]

Ya They were very tight but the one that was stripped you can actually see the paint and plastic shavings around the bolt hole...... The dealership is going to order me a new bolt but it kind of sucks that I have to drill that bolt out going to try my best to be careful I will be sooooooo P O ed if i screw up the paint ..... :(

[Cali Badazz !!!]

i have heard others remark about loctite and stripped bolts on other forums so i had the mechanic that did PDI remove grab rail for me. mine was fine i watched him do it.. sorry you got a "friday" bike probably ..lol

[justabusagirl]

you know that is no joke those bolts were so freaking tight i couldnt believe it!!! i told my husband about 5 times that i have never seen anything like it lol and we work on our john deer tractors!!:confused:

[SteveO]

just seen this post ...I rounded one of mine off trying to undo it :head meets wall:

[Cali Badazz !!!]

maybe we need a new k8 owner guidebook sticky about things to be prepared 4. after how many people report an issue does it become a common thing we can "all" expect to see or look out for?..there are no major problems just lil things that make you wanna scream bad words. when a heads up b4 touching it would have saved $ and downtime.. just my 2 cents. if i had not read about rubber grommets in ram air duct i would still be riding with 1 stuck 2 air filter..etc..