hi i have owend my 2003 gaser 250 for about 1 month the last time i used it i noticed it was vibrating alot figured the engine was lose i was a bout 30 miles from home so i continued to use it next thing i no the to mouning lug on the head has snaped clean off and the bike was vibrating like a paint shaker fromm hell. can i get it welded if not weare can i buy a new head from
snaped head mount
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I had the same thing happen to me after building some stainless motor mounts for my 07. New head from the dealer was around $130 cdn I believe and he had it in a few days, I wouldn't mess around with welding it it'll probably warp. After replacing the head and mounts I went through and loctited all the other mount bolts and haven't had an issue since. One thing I noticed on the 2010 is that the motor mount bolts on the bottom of the motor look bigger than the older ones. Somebody on here may have a used one as well.
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Wes.
I replace mine with 1/4" thick one I make myself out of aluminum. If your motor mounts get loose it doesn't take long to break the stock ones. When I make mine I cut to length 2 1' x 1/4 " thick strips I drill 5/16" hole in one end of the 2 strips. I put one side on starting with the frame bolt. I then drill the hole in the other end of the strip using the cylinder head to position the the second hole. I repeat the process for the other side. They will not be slotted anymore and are a little harder to install when you replace parts but I have yet to break one. I have broken lots of the stock ones. Please keep in mind that I am a little harder on my bike than the common rider. I know most rider don't have problems. It's funny that when I start taking other gasgas riders riding they start breaking the same parts as me. The cylinder head stay is one of those parts. It is one of the reasons I go through shim mania when I put a bike together. The bolts stay seam to stay torqued longer.
Glen your radiator guard idea with the lower pipe isolators in the top has been the best shroud/radiator protection I have used. I have been making them with a hex lug and integrated inner spacers. I to have thought about making a additional strut off the headstay for radiator protection. The stock gasgas headstays are silly.
