Today I got a notice from Kawasaki that there is a frame inspection/recall active against my ZX-14 VIN. This is after riding my ZX-14 1,700 miles in the last 5 days. Including in some "life-threatening" situations.

I also found out that the failure-mode is a rear swingarm main pivot failure that often occurs in the 3-4k mile range. I now have 4,200 miles on my bike.

So I'm a little freaked out.

Colorado Powersports can only get me in next week, so I guess I'm done riding for a while.

The recall affects most 2006 and 2007 ZX-14 motorcycles. I checked my VIN using the form on Kawasaki's web site (I had to disable AdBlock Plus to get the form to load correctly.)