Ya, I've heard and seen several of these bikes with second gear problems. My friend bought his red 85 new, and had the problem on that one also (but his mileage was getting around 45K at the time). I've seen second gear blown out as low as 12K miles on one bike I looked at, but I'm sure they were HARD miles/abuse.
I have one with that problem (blue '84 parts bike), but never had to repair one myself. I'm told it's a big job, as you have to pull the engine, and "split the case" to get to the parts that have failed. I also just heard (yesterday) from a guy who had the same problem, and he said it was a broken weld on a part that was accessible from the cover on the (left?) side of the engine. He said he took the part out, and had it welded, and it's been OK since then. On Mar 3, 10:02 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't know the 700S had second gear issues, none of the 6 I've > owned had it. > > On Mar 3, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Javier Garcia wrote: > > > The only rare thing is the paint job... and the pics. > > >http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/2244573333.html > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/ > > group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
