Ha, I saw this thread and thought, "I've just posted some pictures of this". But BigAsh beat me to it
df_vtr...........You will find that KTM will sell you the two replacement bolts to fit the ignition barrel but they are anti-tamper bolts so they have a top that breaks off once a specific torque is reached and then they are impossible to remove without drilling them out. My advice to you is to replace them with ordinary allen bolts so that if you ever want to replace your top triple clamp or remove it to work on the bike you can just unbolt it easily. IMO there isn't much added security in having the anti-tamper bolts, you'd have to do quite a bit of unscrewing the front mask and headlight to access the ordinary bolts and most bike thieves just snap the lock in one quick action if they wanted to steal the bike.
bic_bicknell
BASH69
Post missing.
BASH69
Post missing.
bic_bicknell
Yes, a bit of an under-engineered bodge all right.
I think you could save it by just doing the same job over but using a decent thickness of material to replace the thin plate. If you have access to a milling machine I'd take the section of the barrel down, (or do it by hand), and then use four big bolts - two to attach the new part to the bottom of the clamps and two to attach the new part to the barrel. Bolts minimum 6mm I reckon. If you could tap the holes even better but if not just use lock nuts.
I think you could save it by just doing the same job over but using a decent thickness of material to replace the thin plate. If you have access to a milling machine I'd take the section of the barrel down, (or do it by hand), and then use four big bolts - two to attach the new part to the bottom of the clamps and two to attach the new part to the barrel. Bolts minimum 6mm I reckon. If you could tap the holes even better but if not just use lock nuts.