Heya

As part of the process of removing the sensor i had to drain the gearbox fluid, on examination of the fluid there was a collection of rubber sealant and 'gold dust', which suggests something made of bronze in the transmission is failing. Things always start this way, i buy something and i say to myself i'm just going to use it, i don't have the time to study its habits, there is no shame in mindless consumerism, but i can't. I refuse to admit it but i can already feel the grease under my nails and the smell of an oil and workshop soap bouquet. My camry is 10,000km overdue for an oil change and the transmission fluid appears to contain rust, but i don't care and have no plans to do anything about, but the idea there may be damage in the transmission of a bike i've done barely 400 meters makes me want to stop the world and tell anyone dumb enough to listen that terrible things are afoot and changes must occur before the earth can rotate again. And thats where the bike is at the moment. I can see iamb going to have to remove the transmission cluster and examine the all bearings and bushs, the previous owner said he has never ridden the bike with the dry clutch set up, maybe it's just the transmission running in . Somewhere i can hear the mechanical gods laughing their collective arses off. When the pervious owner started the bike up he showed me how the power valves reset themselves, i took this to meaning there was a problem in somewhere in there. When i got it home i took the tank off it and watched the valves reset themselves. I checked the cables that actuate the power valves and found some fraying in the cables at the power valve end of the rear cylinder. I suspect the frayed parts of the wire cable where jamming on the black plastic cable sheath preventing the power valve reach it's setting position. There's something Unhonda going on here, i suspect cable brackets at the power valve end are the wrong way around or something because all the cables show signs of wear, it's like the angle that the cable exits it's sheath is too extreme and there failing in fatigue.

cheers

Robert