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Posted by aclone
- November 06, 2009, 17:47:48 PMGlad you survied it no more kawasaki filters for me!
Posted by bullride28
- November 06, 2009, 11:15:11 AMis a kaw filter no drip full on spray
Posted by aclone
- November 05, 2009, 19:39:28 PMWas it a kawasaki filter? Nothing like having oil dripping on to your rear tire at 70 mph.
mark
Posted by bullride28
- November 05, 2009, 17:11:22 PMfilter small hole 2 in a mil on 00 drifter vdr#380 vdog#1633
Posted by bullride28
- November 05, 2009, 12:09:03 PMtwo in a million small hole in oil filter kicked something up off the road never posted thought it was a freak thing BUT NOW WE KNOW WEEK LINK i put tool bag in blater space think about it running 70 mph OIL LIGHT COMES ON in fast lain just passed two trucks and aline of cars behind you 3/4 mi to get to side of road
Posted by aclone
- November 03, 2009, 14:43:06 PMI was riding with 9 other bikes I think a stone was thrown from the bike in front of me. I even have mud flaps so a stone from my front tire would have trouble getting under the bike. Don't have the filter toss it out. The dent was nickel size about 1/2 inch deep. The filter was kawasaki I replaced it with a fram the case on the fram felt thicker ( less give).
Mark
Posted by chief
- November 03, 2009, 10:00:15 AMYeah, that was my thinking... its really hard for something to get to the filter... not impossible but it would have to come up off the road and the tire would have to hit it first I would think.
While there was a recall on oil filters (2003/2004) - it didn't impact the 2002 model and the problem was manifested at the time of start-up - not while riding with warmed up engine.
Very interesting.
Posted by ski.dive
- November 03, 2009, 08:07:38 AMwith the location of the oil filter, i can't see you hitting anything there?
what brand filter was it?
can you post a picture of the hole in the filter?
Posted by aclone
- November 03, 2009, 06:54:13 AMMine is also an 02 1500.
Mark
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 02, 2009, 20:43:36 PM02 1500, black and chrome see my black drifter
Posted by chief
- November 02, 2009, 20:31:49 PMWhat year/model drifter?
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 02, 2009, 19:27:06 PMI run on brights now. Don't want to ever do it again.
Posted by aclone
- November 02, 2009, 19:19:25 PMI went between two raccoons at about 60mph They might have been 4 inches apart and running across the road. Don't know how I didn't hit them.
Scared the crap out of me, upgraded the headlights the next day.
Mark
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 02, 2009, 19:11:23 PMnever hit a bug that tough before. I did hit a raccoon that ot both my tires off thet ground. the only thing that was smellin then was my shorts 
Posted by aclone
- November 02, 2009, 19:06:01 PMMy wife and I Went riding on Sunday with a small group ( 9 bikes). Heard what sounded like a large bug hitting the windshield but no bug looked in the mirrors to see if I ran over anything nothing. When we stopped I smelled oil burning looked, had no leaks thought it was one of the other bikes. Kept smelling oil burning on and off through the rest of the day but no oil on the ground when we stopped. When I got home check the oil level I was a qt low, but no oil on the ground even after the bike sat 1 hour. Top off the oil started her up
and let her sit running, slowly a small pool of oil started to form. What ever I hit that made the noise had put a pin hole in the oil filter. I'm counting my blessings It could have been much worse. I needed to change the oil anyway. Wanted to know if anyone was had this happen or it was just one in a million and not to worry about it.
Mark