gixxerjasen,
Sorry for your damage!I watch the thread as i have read and other threads about fjr's broken subframes.My opinion without to mean that it is surely right,the damage become first,from a really bad design in this area from mama Yamaha!I see in the pictures that in this broken area,they do not make some properly reinforcements!I really don't know why the mama Yamaha all these years does not improved their subframes..??!!Also i don't believe that the overload can cause the damage!Many fjr riders have overloaded their oem top boxes for years without broken subframes!Especially in Europe i have never read or listen for a broken subframe!Nor one..!I really don't know again why?The most fjr in Europe have the oem top box.Also the most of broken subframes not come from the oem top boxes.Now,what cause the damage..My opinion is as i wrote previous,1)The bad design in this area,2)The unfiltered hits from the top box with some heavy things inside not properly installed without a foam or a like this in the bottom,in combination with some heavy bumps from a bad asphalt or a gravel road and a passenger where leaves all his weight on the top box.But,but..if the subframe it was well designed there would be no problem!!!The aluminium can withstand weight very well to a point,but can't withstand some heavy unfiltered hits..In my other bike XTZ 750 Super Tenere,for 19 years now i overloaded the top box every day with 15,20kg!!About 30lb!!And all this weight some times in gravel roads for 10,20,30 miles trip,vacation,weekends..For 19 years without any problem in the subframe..But,the subframe is made from iron pipes...Not from aluminium.My last words:
''A REALLY BAD DESIGN IN SUBFRAMES FROM MAMA YAMAHA''!!!
Ought to have constructed to withstand a top box without a damage!!
Broken subframes in a so expensive bike is ''UNACCEPTABLE''!!!
Also,especially for those that they use their oem top boxes,and they have a broken subframe,should make recall for new subframes!!
Or better to construct improved subframes!!
Wish you a quick repair for your bike!