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>be me, a few years back, after a top-end job
>couple heat-cycles in the garage, everything's good so far
>myself and two friends go for a 150-something mile day ride
>Haven't gotten a good breakin/shakedown yet, but whatever
>20mi of pavement, up/down on the throttle, get rings seated well enough
>check fluids at the trailhead, everything's good
>dirt.exe
>rally'n on the trails, great day
>lunch
>rally'n on the trails headed home
>back to pavement
>rip the backroads to the house
>home, friends pack up and take off
>i shower
>hungry.jpg, nothing in the fridge
>guess i'm going out for dinner tonight
>take the moto, sure, why not, it's running well
>2 miles from the house, trans pops into neutral
>kick down, kick down... keeps going down, down, down...
>might pop into gear, pops out and into neutral again not too long after
>shift up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up
>i shouldn't have this many gears
>pull into parking lot, nothing obvious/visible
>limp home, park in garage
>take the truck to dinner
>drain oil, clutch cover off later that night
>bolt that holds the shift star to the shift drum had backed out
>have to take clutch pack and hubs out to get to the bolt head
>rattle everything off, loctite'd that motherfucker in there, reassemble
>put another 5k miles on that bike with no issues
Loctite is your friend.
