BMW f650gs, snaped bolt
Hi guys,
I'm on the road in Iran at the moment about 2 days away from turkey heading to europe pretty much in the middle of nowhere. My sidestand has been getting more bent each and every day for a while now and today it finally snapped, bad considering the bike has just reached the 19,000 km mark. The question is, its the bolt between the frame under neath the footpegs that has snapped, the only way to get it out is to remove the exhaust, foot pegs and a few more bits and pices and drill out the remaining tread and replace the bolt, easier said then done where i am at the moment. I've had to ride it today all day with the bolt snapped, what i am wondering is , is this part of the frame or is it just for the side stand, when i ride the bolt spins away inside the frame so there's definatly no pressure on it. If it's just for the side srtand i'll leave it until i get to a Bmw garage next one's in Istanbul,Turkey about 2 weeks away yet,
any advise would be helpful
Thanks alot guys
Kev
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