[SVTim]

Wow , in that pic on the third page with the "pieces of metal found tin the oil pan" , one of those pieces looks EXACTLY like the piece I found when I dropped my oil pan a couple years ago . Looks kinda like part of a gear or something . I actually kept the part for some reason !

Oh yeah! That was just a few peices I grabbed for a quick pic. There was A LOT of metal throughout the engne. I honestly don't think much made it past the screen in the oil pickup.

Does anybody know why second gear seems to be a problem on these bikes? Is it operator error, oil that is not at spec, or just a bad design?

[ThAzKat]

from the pics it looks like a weak casting of the gear, brittle

[SVTim]

I've heard that is caused by not using oil that is the correct spec. Something about the acidity or something in it. I've always used just regular Castrol 10W-40 (that was in my '01 GSXR) because I put so many miles on that bike.