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Posted by: DezSled

After bending the steering shaft, the one allen bolt that holds on the tie rod tab was torqued in there. The craftsman allen wrench spun and there was no way to get it out. Used a tig welder to attach another hex head bolt to the stripped out allen head. This technique works well on brake caliper pin bolts on 250Rs and a whole lot of other problems too.

Posted by: DezSled

Gotta thank the wife for letting me get another stem from Fuel ATV. She kinda bailed off pretzeling a tie rod too. Bent right back though. So the weekend wasn't a bummer, except for the brake pedal bruise on her butt....

Its one trick stem, bolted right on and has the ability to offset the antivibe clamps abit if you need it. Looks great chromed, made of much stronger chromemoly steel.

Posted by: z400clone

Sounds like a nice stem!

Have you ever gotten a pipe yet? Makes a big difference over the stocker......

I like your threads, but don't come over here much to check em out. We have good discussions on topics at lt-r450c e n t r a l.com(except all together). Love to see you there.

Posted by: FUELATV

Rumor has it has got a Full Yoshi system? Glad you like the stem. It will be alot stronger then the stock one.

Posted by: DezSled

Rumor was right. This cool masterfabricator sold me a bionic chromed chromoly steering stem and this beitchin' Yoshi system...Thanks FuelATV for the sweet parts.

Posted by: DezSled

Chromed bionic steering stem

Posted by: z400clone

OK, that stem looks SUPER! Kinda hope I pile my bike up so I'm forced to get one.......

Posted by: spanky101

looks very nice but i dont like chrome.... but looks good... prices ?

Posted by: DezSled

If I remember correctly complete w/ bar clamps - 7/8" or 1 1/8" your choice it was $240 w/ exchange. Which makes it alittle over half of a Roll Design stem. It is alot nicer than the stocker, if just for the 'bling' factor. The stabilizer bolted right up too. Sweet deal.

Posted by: onesavage

what kind of stabilzer do you have on your r450. thanks

Posted by: DezSled

The stabilizer is a Denton rebuildable stick type. Not the best out there but it works acceptably well. Just don't want to get harpooned by it...