well gents...get used to it as i suspect we'll see much more of it and far more frequently as time passes by on the genI trannys 2nd gear issue...which imho?..is more of a "Nature Of The Beast" kinda thing and more of a "situation" rather than an "issue" as follows...
due to the busas massive displacment, power and torque?...it's role as a hyperspeedsportbike gets muted in the slow, tight and technical twisties of high speed mountain riding where even the busas "porky for a sportbike" weight takes it's toll on the gearbox that rarely if ever sees 4th gear when riding the mountain roads agressively...where the most popular gears by far are 1st, 2nd and 3rd...almost exclusively...and guess who catches a hella beating for every time you wind up in either 1st or 3rd?..you guessed it.....2nd...it gets hit twice everytime you see 1st or 3rd once...yeilding too and enduring a 2:1 wear factor as oppsed to 1st or 3rd...and if 90% of the riding you do is hard bang'in, rock&roll mountain riding?..and your both agressive and/or abusive (RE: "Drag Racer") ?..genI trannies 2nd gear will be the first one to go...then again?...I don't seem to recall Pashnit ever riding 2nd gear outta his GenI busa...and from what i understand?...the man rides hell outta the mountains...so?...go figure.
go for the undercut Ogre...L8R, Bill.