cap, the doo has been a point of contention since the first KLR's. The doos, when they break, appear to break in the very same places pretty much without exception. Damage from a broken do can range from just a minor annoyance, to catastrophic engine failure at speed. My doo was broken and so had the spring, I found both parts in the sump under the tranny, doesn't take a lot of thought to realize what "could" of happened. I was lucky. On another board, one guy had his doo break on a bike that was under warranty, long story short, KHI didn't foot the bill for the repairs, now whether that was from mistakes made by the dealer I don't know, all I know is they didn't pay. Bike that have had 70k+ have had the stock balancer adjuster last just fine, then again, bikes with only 1000 miles have had broken ones. Do yourself a favor, buy the doo kit, it's only $40, you could find the money just picking up soda bottles over the weekend, the point is, it's cheap, it's permanent and it just works. Get the doo from eagle mike, or one of the other vendors like Fred at arrowhead or klr650.com and put it in yourself , you will sleep better at night and ride with more piece of mind on the trail. Good luck and welcome to the nut house.
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