This was sort of disappointing for me. I loved my Ninja and wanted to believe that some out of the ordinary issue occurred, no fault of mine. However, the connecting rod broke in multiple places. Otherwise known as catastrophic failure. The only explanation is little to no oil. But, you never know. It's possible there was a weak solution in the casting metal the day this was built or a flammable thing that found its way into my engine. Or, a tumor. One can never be certain.
Excess fuel, or coolant,in liquid form can cause a momentary hydraulic lock and could bend the rod. It doesn't take much and could have run for quite some time that way. Then you miss a shift or overrev the engine, or long steady high rpm runs set up a harmonic. Then KAPLOOEY. I once through a rod at 65mph and listened as it bounced down the highway... Remember, its just bits and pieces
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