Gorilla comment was overkill to getting his point across.

I do respect my bike, that is why i am here trying to gain as much information as possible before taking any action.

Just to clarify when I say smashing through the gears, i am saying that I am trying to go as fast as possible and quickly changing gears (Hammering through the gears). Im not keeping the throttle 100% open and just smashing the lever until the gear changes.

My point was that you cannot do this with a bike that is older than you and has taken all sorts of abuse before it gets into your hands.

You will have worn gearbox dogs hence the slippage. You need a new motor or gearbox.

They don't get repaired..so you want a new gearbox and the beauty of it is that once they are worn, they slip, get damaged and worn and slip etc etc

so - ride it how you like - I have had mine a long time and ridden it harder than most. It is still living the dream..

mechanical sympathy is a good thing.

So chill out...

You join the thread with "whoa whoa" and "Gorillas" and attacked what I was saying. I think you need to chill out old mate.

If you have ridden harder than most and yours is still "living the dream" then I should be in a decent position with mine.

Right - ok. i think we are done here yes ?
We have established the box is now knackered that i pointed out on the first post.
I am not even sure if the gears are still available new as parts, and with the cost of gaskets - it will be more effective for you to find a good used motor and drop that in its place.
That way you can strip the old motor and take a look inside, measure bits up and see where the wear has taken place.

Regarding mechanical sympathy - once you have seen the insides of an old desmo 916 motor after 40k - that gives you a whole new sense of "chilling" when you think of that huge piston about 6" from your love spuds at 9k RPM.
But of course one of those wouldn't make a bid for freedom would they ? or would they ?

Meh, just needs a tube of Wondarweld and it'll be good for another 40K...

Love the pic,thats crazy!!!!!!!! I was thinking of a couple a hose clips and some silicone! Be fine then!

Morespeedvicar wrote:Love the pic,thats crazy!!!!!!!! I was thinking of a couple a hose clips and some silicone! Be fine then!

how would you propose to fix this then ?

Ill employ Chuck Norris to protect my junk

Is that your 916 Paul? I recon a bit of superglue and a quick raz with some wet n dry it will be good to go!!!!!!!

Um.... it's split the barrel clean in two and that piston's ended up the wrong way up? What the hell happened to cause such a massive failure??