2020 Boom Vader Motor Mounts & 200 Mile Report - Page 2

RustyJames · 05-06-2021, 11:00 AM

I'm at 310.8 miles glad you wasn't injured
I'll cheap a eye on mine
And I gotta question where the rectifier ? Yesterday my voltage meter peg to the top
My virago would blow the main fuse before I had to replace it

Lizard · 05-07-2021, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Bird

The factory bolts are M8 120mm. So if you go to standard 5/16 4.5-5" should work. I'm using some grade 12.9 from home depot and they seem to be holding up so far. If these fail I'm upgrading to ARP brand bolts.

I have a 2020 Vader BD125-15 and my bolts were marked 12.9 from the factory. I think I will replace them just as a precaution. I dropped my engine out of the frame anyway and China could mark them anything they want, but doesn't mean it is what is advertised. ARP bolts is a great idea. Thank you. I'm going to order up some 5/16 SAE to replace them.

CheapThrills · 09-04-2022, 11:12 PM

FYI, My Boom Vader came with engine mounting bolts labeled "12.9" and I now have a "12.9" broken bolt.

Not a bolt expert, but this bolt seems to have some abnormalities on the shaft that suggest there were some casting defects. Not sure, but no way now that I look at this bolt, it looked high quality, something "12.9" would suggest.

Just a guess, and once again, let me echo the masses, "Change the engine mounting bolts".

Later,

05-06-2021, 11:00 AM	#16
RustyJames Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Kentucky Posts: 12	I'm at 310.8 miles glad you wasn't injured I'll cheap a eye on mine And I gotta question where the rectifier ? Yesterday my voltage meter peg to the top My virago would blow the main fuse before I had to replace it __________________ 2021 Jiangsu Baodiao BD12511GTX18 In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame. On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming
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09-04-2022, 11:12 PM	#18
CheapThrills Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Lehigh Valley Area Posts: 152	FYI, My Boom Vader came with engine mounting bolts labeled "12.9" and I now have a "12.9" broken bolt. Not a bolt expert, but this bolt seems to have some abnormalities on the shaft that suggest there were some casting defects. Not sure, but no way now that I look at this bolt, it looked high quality, something "12.9" would suggest. Just a guess, and once again, let me echo the masses, "Change the engine mounting bolts". Later, __________________ - My 2 Bikes: TaoTao TBR7 Boom Vader Gen 2 (BD125-10) Testing a YouTube Channel
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