I'm probably going to go look at a used KFX 400... 2006 model.

The lady says the axle is bent.
I don't know rather to think this is a chance to get 'a steal'...
Or if I should worry about additional items...
Or if I should just run away...


I have no idea at all how strong the stock axles are, what it would take to bend one, etc... so I am lost.

Anyone else bent an axle, or just replaced and axle for a better one, etc?

How much work and money are we talking here?

What else should I look at on the bike for damage due to the bent axle?
I'm thinking...
Frame for cracks
Swingarm for cracks
Swingarm bearings
Shock mounts
Etc...

 

i bent the axle on my raptor 700. and yes stock axles are somewhat weak. went out and bought a rpm domanator 2 axle. it is adjable from +1 to +4 inches. it also has a lifetime warrenty. it is the strongest axle on the market. i picked mine up for 300 bucks new. is was easy to install also. but if you needed a shop to do it it would cost about 100 bucks

 

if the axles bent, then that must mean that the owner was pretty rough(idk how much there asking for though?????), but if you wanna do it cheap then go on ebay and get a used one for idk about $50.

 

yes it takes a little to bend them but sometimes not much. i bent mine on like a 30ft jump.

 

Well, I went to look at it, and without looking hard the bike looked GREAT.
You could tell that it was used, but not a lot.


I think when it was used, it was used hard, and suffered an accident.
Looking at it, it was very hard to tell how it got the injury though.

I found it very hard to access what damage might have occured to other points on the machine... being that I was by myself in their driveway. Riding it, the wobble of the one rear wheel was very pronounced though.

In the end I was offered the bike for $2500...
I would have gladly paid that if nothing were wrong with it.
But sorry, that's too much money, and way too much money to gamble like that.